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When material expanding away from a star in a binary system reaches the edge of its Roche lobe, what happens?



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The material will start to fall back toward the star.



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All of the material will accrete on to the companion.



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The material will no longer be gravitationally bound to the star.



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The material will increase in temperature and eventually undergo thermonuclear fusion.

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