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WZ Cephei is an eclipsing binary star of W Ursae Majoris-type in the constellation of Cepheus located 880 light years away from Sun. The stars orbit around common orbital barycenter every 0.41744 days (slightly over 10 hours). Timing analysis have revealed the possible presence of a third low-mass stellar companion in wide orbit.

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