Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-07-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1134/S1990341307020034
Speckle interferometric observations made with the 6 m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2000 revealed the triple nature of the nearby ($\pi_{Hip}=51.80\pm1.74$ mas) low-mass young ($\approx200$ Myr) star GJ 900. The configuration of the triple system allowed it to be dynamically unstable. Differential photometry performed from 2000 through 2004 yielded $I$- and $K$-band absolute magnitudes and spectral types for the components to be $I_{A}$=6.66$\pm$0.08, $I_{B}$=9.15$\pm$0.11, $I_{C}$=10.08$\pm$0.26, $K_{A}$=4.84$\pm$0.08, $K_{B}$=6.76$\pm$0.20, $K_{C}$=7.39$\pm$0.31, $Sp_{A}$$\approx$K5--K7, $Sp_{B}$$\approx$M3--M4, $Sp_{C}$$\approx$M5--M6. The ``mass--luminosity'' relation is used to estimate the individual masses of the components: $\mathcal{M}_{A}$$\approx0.64\mathcal{M}_{\odot}$, $\mathcal{M}_{B}$$\approx0.21\mathcal{M}_{\odot}$, $\mathcal{M}_{C}$$\approx0.13\mathcal{M}_{\odot}$. From the observations of the components relative motion in the period 2000--2006, we conclude that GJ 900 is a hierarchical triple star with the possible orbital periods P$_{A-BC}$$\approx$80 yrs and P$_{BC}$$\approx$20 yrs. An analysis of the 2MASS images of the region around GJ 900 leads us to suggest that the system can include other very-low-mass components.
Balega Yuri Yu.
Hofmann Karl Heinrich
Malogolovets Evgeny V.
Rastegaev D. A.
Weigelt Gerd
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