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MM Herculis - An eclipsing binary of the RS CVnV, B and U differential photoelectric photometry has been obtained for the RS Canum Venaticorum-class eclipsing binary star MM Her, with the light outside the eclipse being Fourier-analyzed to study wave migration and amplitude. These, together with the mean light level of the system, have been monitored from 1976 through 1980. Observations within the eclipse have revealed eclipses to be partial, rather than total as previously thought. The geometric elements of the presently rectified light curve are forced on the pre-1980 light curves and found to be compatible. With these elements, and previously obtained double line radial velocity curves, new absolute dimensions of 1.18 solar masses and 1.58 solar radii are calculated for the hotter star and 1.27 solar masses and 2.83 solar radii for the cooler star. The plotting of color indices on the color-color curve indicates G2V and K2IV spectral types.
Document ID
19830053571
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Sowell, J. R.
(Dyer Observatory Nashville, TN, United States)
Hall, D. S.
(Dyer Observatory Nashville, TN, United States)
Henry, G. W.
(Dyer Observatory Nashville, TN, United States)
Burke, E. W., Jr.
(Dyer Observatory Nashville, TN, United States)
Milone, E. F.
(Dyer Observatory Nashville, TN, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1983
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysics and Space Science
Volume: 90
Issue: 2 Fe
ISSN: 0004-640X
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
83A34789
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-7543
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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