Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-06-10
Astron.Lett.35:466-471,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
5 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1134/S1063773709070032
The system of subdwarfs G89-14 is one of the most metal-poor multiple stars with an atmospheric metal abundance $\mathrm{[m/H]}=-1.9$. Speckle interferometry at the 6-m BTA telescope has revealed that G89-14 consists of four components. Measurements of the magnitude difference between the components and published data have allowed their masses to be estimated: $M_{A}\approx0.67 M_{\odot}$, $M_{B}\approx0.24 M_{\odot}$, $M_{C}\approx0.33 M_{\odot}$, and $M_{D}\approx0.22 M_{\odot}$. The ratio of the orbital periods of the subsystems has been obtained, 0.52 yr : 3 000 yr : 650 000 yr (1:5769:1250000), indicative of a high degree of hierarchy of G89-14 and its internal dynamical stability. The calculated Galactic orbital elements and the low metallicity of the quadruple system suggest that it belongs to the Galactic halo.
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