Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982mnras.200.1161g&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 200, Sept. 1982, p. 1161-1168.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
12
Binary Stars, Electrophotometry, Giant Stars, Late Stars, Orbital Elements, Radial Velocity, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Velocity Distribution
Scientific paper
81 and χ Gem are fifth-magnitude late-type giant stars which have been known for more than half a century to be variable in radial velocity. Systematic Cambridge observations covering well over a decade now permit reliable orbits to be determined for both stars. The periods are approximately 4.2 and 6.7 yr respectively. The high γ velocity, +83 km s-1, of 81 Gem is noteworthy, but does not seem to be accompanied by any spectroscopic abnormality. It is likely that χ Gem is a triple system, as there appears to have been a small but significant change in its -velocity since the 1920s.
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