THE PHASES DIFFERENTIAL ASTROMETRY DATA ARCHIVE. II. UPDATED BINARY STAR ORBITS AND A LONG PERIOD ECLIPSING BINARY
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Muterspaugh, Matthew W.
Hartkopf, William I.
Lane, Benjamin F.
O’Connell, J.
Williamson, M.
Kulkarni, S. R.
Konacki, Maciej
Burke, Bernard F.
Colavita, M. M.
Shao, M.
Date Issued
October 2010
Journal
The Astronomical Journal
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IOP Publishing
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Muterspaugh, Matthew W., William I. Hartkopf, Benjamin F. Lane, J. O’Connell, M. Williamson, S. R. Kulkarni, Maciej Konacki, et al. “THE PHASES DIFFERENTIAL ASTROMETRY DATA ARCHIVE. II. UPDATED BINARY STAR ORBITS AND A LONG PERIOD ECLIPSING BINARY.” The Astronomical Journal 140, no. 6 (October 20, 2010): 1623–1630. © 2010 The American Astronomical Society
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Abstract
Differential astrometry measurements from the Palomar High-precision Astrometric Search for Exoplanet Systems have been combined with lower precision single-aperture measurements covering a much longer timespan (from eyepiece measurements, speckle interferometry, and adaptive optics) to determine improved visual orbits for 20 binary stars. In some cases, radial velocity observations exist to constrain the full three-dimensional orbit and determine component masses. The visual orbit of one of these binaries—α Com (HD 114378)—shows that the system is likely to have eclipses, despite its very long period of 26 years. The next eclipse is predicted to be within a week of 2015 January 24.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
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https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/140/6/1623
