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Analysis of an eclipsing binary system

Gemma Còdol Cugat

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Analysis of an eclipsing binary system

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Gemma Còdol Cugat July 7th, 2022 Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Joves i Ciència program

Eclipsing binaries

A binary system that is aligned with the viewer's plane of sight, producing periodic transits and eclipses

Source: University of California, Santa Barbara

Light curves

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3. 1. Period

T = 0.3001 ± 0.001 days or 7h 10min

Relative magnitude

Phase

3.2. Semimajor axis and total system mass

by means of Kepler's third law:

a ≈ 0,0088 AU

MT ≈ 3,9156 M☉

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