Week 4, clip 13

Timepoint:  10:31.7

1) Light curves from eclipsing binary stars can provide a lot of information.  Which of the following features of a light curve would tell you information about the temperatures of the two stars?

- The duration of the minima in brightness.
- The duration of the maximum brightness level between minima in brightness. 
- The relative depth of the minima in brightness.
- The steepness of the slope between maximum and minimum brightness.

Answers:
1) The relative depth of the minima in brightness.