The third body in the system UX Her
Abstract
The paper presents new photoelectric observations of the eclipsing binary system UX Her. The data were used to derive 21 times of minima. The shape of the (O-C) curve indicates the presence of the third body in the system. In the case that the orbital period of the eclipsing pair is constant the following elements were obtained: P3 = 69±5 years, e3 = 0.46 and f(m3) = 0.0034 M⊙. The minimum mass of the third body was estimated as 0.3 M⊙.
- Publication:
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Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnate Pleso
- Pub Date:
- February 2004
- Bibcode:
- 2004CoSka..34...33T
- Keywords:
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- binaries;
- photometry;
- orbital period;
- multiple systems