Would 2 Stars in orbit Accelerate?

[MaSe]

Hey everyone. My first post, So many questions! But i'll start with this for now: If 2 stars were to be in orbit with each other would they accelerate and what would be the maximum volocity could they achive.

Thanks!

[Radar]

Hi Mase,

Welcome to the forum.

If two stars were orbiting each other, as they slowly got closer and closer, they would certainly get faster and faster. As to what kind of speed, I really couldn't say, but I'd say tens of thousands of kilometres per second would not be hard for stars that are millions of kilometres across.

Ray

[gramps]

I would think that due to mass,make up,and, in the event that that two bodies,"stars",could even get that close would either create,or be the result of a," cats ass raffy(lol)" . Very intellegent question. Perhaps birth.... Perhaps death..... .

[DarkKnight]

We have two Solar mass stars 4.2 light away Ie Alpha Cent their distance apart is only the equivalent of the Sun to Uranus. they orbit around a point every 80 years.
As they are of a similar age and mass, it will be a very long time before they get anywhere near each other.
By that time they will have reached the red giant phase and will be many times the size than they are now.
I am not sure that they will get closer together or drift apart.?
Usually if a one star is more massif than another it will take matter from the other star and probably go supernova long before they spiral into each other.
As was stated in the post before mine, it all depends on Mass:thumbsupmate:

[Radar]

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