# superhump

> periodic brightening in a cataclysmic variable star system, in which the period is a few percent longer than the orbital period of the system

**Wikidata**: [Q2367582](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2367582)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhump)  
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