On the dynamics of the ABDoradus system

Details On the dynamics of the ABDoradus system On the dynamics of the ABDoradus system

2005-10-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0510199v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20053757

We present an astrometric analysis of the binary systems ABDorA /ABDorC and ABDorBa / ABDorBb. These two systems of well-known late-type stars are gravitationally associated and they constitute the quadruple ABDoradus system. From the astrometric data available at different wavelengths, we report: (i) a determination of the orbit of ABDorC, the very low mass companion to ABDorA, which confirms the mass estimate of 0.090Msun reported in previous works; (ii) a measurement of the parallax of ABDorBa, which unambiguously confirms the long-suspected physical association between this star and ABDorA; and (iii) evidence of orbital motion of ABDorBa around ABDorA, which places an upper bound of 0.4Msun on the mass of the pair ABDorBa / ABDorBb (50% probability). Further astrometric monitoring of the system at all possible wavelengths would determine with extraordinary precision the dynamical mass of its four components.

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