An eclipsing binary system is:
A) two stars detected as such by movement of lines in their spectra by varying Doppler shifts.
B) two stars that periodically eclipse each other.
C) two stars clearly separated when viewed from Earth.
D) a star that is periodically eclipsed by the Moon.
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