dwarf Cepheid Comparison Table

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dwarf Cepheid comparison table

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AI Velorum star dwarf Cepheid A class of dwarf Cepheids. They are all RR Lyrae stars with periods shorter than 0.25 days.

beat Cepheid dwarf Cepheid Dwarf Cepheid in which two or more almost identical periods exist which cause periodic amplitude fluctuations in their light curves. The "beat" period averages about 2 to 2^1/2 hours.

SX Phoenicis Phoenix dwarf Cepheid A dwarf Cepheid (spectral type A) with the shortest known period (1^h19^m).

Subject	is part of	is an instance of	is a kind of	has definition
AI Velorum star			dwarf Cepheid	A class of dwarf Cepheids. They are all RR Lyrae stars with periods shorter than 0.25 days.
beat Cepheid			dwarf Cepheid	Dwarf Cepheid in which two or more almost identical periods exist which cause periodic amplitude fluctuations in their light curves. The "beat" period averages about 2 to 2^1/2 hours.
SX Phoenicis	Phoenix	dwarf Cepheid		A dwarf Cepheid (spectral type A) with the shortest known period (1^h19^m).

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