Draft:HD 61859
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HD 61859 is a spectroscopic binary in the constellation Gemini, located next the bright star Castor. It is made up of two F-type main-sequence stars which orbit each other every 32 days.[1] The system has an apparent magnitude of 6.06, meaning that it is faintly visible to the naked eye under dark skies. It is located at a distance of 64.983 light-years (19.924 parsecs) from Earth.[2]
Characteristics[edit]
HD 61859 is a spectroscopic binary system, more specifically a double-lined spectroscopic binary, where the spectrum of both stars are seen.[3] It is made up of two F-type main sequence stars that have the same spectral type of F7V.[4] Both stars orbit each other every 32 days, and are separated by a distance of 30.5 R☉.[1][a] The orbit of the system is highly inclined in relation to Earth (i = 94.73°) and has an eccentricity of 0.1951, causing the distance between both components to vary from 24.5 to 36.4 R☉.[1]
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) detected very weak eclipses 0.1% in the system, when the secondary star passes in front of the primary. This observation, however, is still insufficient to classify the system as an eclipsing binary.[1]
Notes[edit]
- ^ From angular separation in milliarcseconds and distance.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Lester, Kathryn V.; Schaefer, Gail H.; Fekel, Francis C.; Gies, Douglas R.; Henry, Todd J.; Jao, Wei-Chun; Paredes, Leonardo A.; Hubbard-James, Hodari-Sadiki; Farrington, Christopher D.; Gordon, Kathryn D.; Chojnowski, S. Drew; Monnier, John D.; Kraus, Stefan; Bouquin, Jean-Baptiste Le; Anugu, Narsireddy (2022-11-01). "Visual Orbits of Spectroscopic Binaries with the CHARA Array. IV. HD 61859, HD 89822, HD 109510, and HD 191692". The Astronomical Journal. 164 (6): 228. arXiv:2209.09993. Bibcode:2022AJ....164..228L. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac9385. ISSN 0004-6256.
- ^ Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ Tokovinin, Andrei (2014). "From Binaries to Multiples. II. Hierarchical Multiplicity of F and G Dwarfs". The Astronomical Journal. 147 (4): 87. arXiv:1401.6827. Bibcode:2014AJ....147...87T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/147/4/87.
- ^ Pourbaix, D.; Tokovinin, A. A.; Batten, A. H.; Fekel, F. C.; Hartkopf, W. I.; Levato, H.; Morrell, N. I.; Torres, G.; Udry, S. (2004). "SB9: The ninth catalogue of spectroscopic binary orbits". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 424: 727. arXiv:astro-ph/0406573. Bibcode:2004A&A...424..727P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041213.