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==See also== * [[Contact binary (small Solar System body)]], two asteroids gravitating toward each other until they touch. * [[HR 5171]], a [[Hypergiant|yellow hypergiant]] previously thought to be a contact binary. * [[Interacting binary star]] * [[KIC 9832227]], a contact binary and a previous candidate for stellar merger. * [[Luminous red nova]], e.g. [[V1309 Scorpii]] (2008), may result from the merger of a contact binary. * [[MY Camelopardalis]], a contact binary that is already sharing an atmosphere with each other * [[Thorne–Żytkow object]], a type of star wherein a red giant or supergiant contains a neutron star at its core. * [[VFTS 352]], a massive contact binary in the [[Tarantula Nebula]].
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