WZ Sagittae Comparison Table

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WZ Sagittae comparison table

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recurrent nova nova

WZ Sagittae recurrent nova A recurrent DAe old nova (1913 and 1946) with the shortest known orbital period (about 80 minutes). It is almost certainly a close binary system in which mass is being transferred onto a white-dwarf primary.

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recurrent nova		nova
WZ Sagittae	recurrent nova		A recurrent DAe old nova (1913 and 1946) with the shortest known orbital period (about 80 minutes). It is almost certainly a close binary system in which mass is being transferred onto a white-dwarf primary.

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