V606 Cen: A Newly Formed Massive Contact Binary in a Hierarchical Triple System [PDF]
Astrophysical Journal, 2022 V606 Centauri (V606 Cen) is an early B-type close binary with an orbital period of 1.4950935 days, and its complete light curves are very difficult to observe on the ground.
F.-X. Li +5 more
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Mass-ratio distribution of contact binary stars [PDF]
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2022 The mass ratio $q$ of a contact binary star evolves due to mass transfer, magnetic braking, and thermal relaxation oscillations to small values until it crosses a critical threshold $q_\text{min}$. When that happens, the binary undergoes the tidal Darwin
Milan Pevsta, O. Pejcha
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The first photometric and spectroscopic analysis of the extremely low mass-ratio contact binary NSVS 5029961 [PDF]
Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2021 We performed photometric and spectroscopic investigations of NSVS 5029961 for the first time. The new BV(RI)c-band light curves were obtained with the 1.0-m telescope at Weihai Observatory of Shandong University.
Shu Zheng, K. Li, Q. Xia
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CCD Photometry of Contact Binary WZ Cephei [PDF]
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2008 We present the full BVR light curves and five times of minima of WZ Cep to provides a complete photometric solution and to confirm the long term variation of the light curves.
Woo-Baik Lee +2 more
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Photometric Solutions of W UMa Type Stars: GSC2576-0319 and GSC2584-1731 [PDF]
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2006 High-precision photometric observations were performed in BVI bandpasses using 1m robotic telescope at Mt. Lemmon Observatory for two binary stars, which are reclassified as W UMa-type systems from ROTSE(Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment ...
Chung-Uk Lee, Jae Woo Lee, Chun-Hwey Kim
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Small Mass Ratio Contact Binary GR Vir and HV Aqr [PDF]
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2004 The absolute dimensions of low mass contact binary, GR Vir and HV Aqr were obtained using WD program from the published spectroscopic and photometric observational data.
Kyu-Dong Oh +4 more
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ZZ Piscis Austrinus (ZZ PsA): a bright red nova progenitor and the instability mass ratio of contact binary stars [PDF]
Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2020 ZZ Piscis Austrinus (ZZ PsA) is a neglected bright southern contact binary system with maximum V magnitude of 9.26. We present the first multiband photometric analysis and find the system to be in deep contact (>95 per cent) with an extremely low mass ...
S. Wadhwa +6 more
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Determinations of its Absolute Dimensions and Distance by the Analyses of Light and Radial-Velocity Curves [PDF]
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2004 We completed the light curves of the contact binary CK Boo for 13 nights from June to July in 2004 using the 1-m reflector and BVR filters at Mt. Lemmon Optical Astronomy Observatory, and determined four new times of minimum light (three timings for ...
Jae Woo Lee +4 more
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The solar nebula origin of (486958) Arrokoth, a primordial contact binary in the Kuiper Belt [PDF]
Science, 2020 Examining Arrokoth The New Horizons spacecraft flew past the Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth (also known as 2014 MU69) in January 2019. Because of the great distance to the outer Solar System and limited bandwidth, it will take until late 2020 to ...
W. McKinnon +27 more
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Determinations of its Absolute Dimensions and Distance by the Analyses of Light and Radial-Velocity Curves of the Contact Binary -I. V417 Aquilae [PDF]
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2004 New photometric and spectroscopic solutions of W-type overcontact binary V417 Aql were obtained by solving the UBV light curves of Samec et al. (1997) and radial-velocity ones of Lu & Rucinski (1999) with the 2003 version of the Wilson-Devinney binary ...
Jae Woo Lee +3 more
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