The light curve made of a pair of eclipsing binaries will exhibit dips in intensity.The bottoms of these dips can have different shapes.How do we interpret this?
A) A flat bottom means that we are viewing the system along the long (semimajor) axis.
B) A flat bottom means that the stars are experiencing a total eclipse.
C) A rounded bottom means that the stars are exhibiting a partial eclipse.
D) A V-shaped bottom means that we are viewing the system along the short (semiminor) axis.
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