A New Detached M Dwarf Eclipsing Binary
Abstract
We describe a newly discovered detached M dwarf eclipsing binary system. This system was first observed by the TrES network during a long-term photometry campaign of 54 nights. Analysis of the folded light curve indicates two very similar components orbiting each other with a period of 1.12079 +/- 0.00001 days. Spectroscopic observations with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope show the system to consist of two M3e dwarfs in a near-circular orbit. Double-line radial velocity amplitudes, combined with the orbital inclination derived from light-curve fitting, yield Mtotal = 0.983 +/- 0.007 Msolar, with component masses of M1=0.493+/-0.003 Msolar and M2=0.489+/-0.003 Msolar. The light-curve fit yields component radii of R1=0.453+/-0.060 Rsolar and R2=0.452+/-0.050 Rsolar. Although a precise parallax is lacking, broadband VJHK colors and spectral typing suggest component absolute magnitudes of MV(1)=11.18+/-0.30 and MV(2)=11.28+/-0.30.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- June 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1086/431278
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0504490
- Bibcode:
- 2005ApJ...625L.127C
- Keywords:
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- Stars: Binaries: Close;
- Stars: Binaries: Eclipsing;
- Stars: Individual: Alphanumeric: TrES-Her0-07621;
- Stars: Late-Type;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 15 pages, 3 figure, 3 tables, accepted by ApJL, additional references