Unveiling the nature of G6096: a likely hierarchical triple system
Abstract
G6096 (Gaia DR3 609651611028044544) was recently reported as a wide ( days) and eccentric () binary possibly hosting a massive white dwarf or neutron star. In this work, through analyses of the projected rotational velocity between the blue and red bands, spectral disentangling, joint radial velocity and astrometric fitting, and X-ray emission, we suggest that the system contains additional visible component(s) rather than a compact object. We develop a new approach to reveal the nature of G6096 by jointly modeling the spectral energy distribution, rotational velocity, and astrometric measurements. Finally, we speculate that G6096 is a hierarchical triple main-sequence star system, comprising a primary with a mass of orbited by an inner binary consisting of two dwarfs with masses of and , respectively. This method may help reveal a population of triple systems when applied to {\it Gaia} astrometric data, particularly the upcoming DR4.
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@article{arxiv.2607.13772,
title = {Unveiling the nature of G6096: a likely hierarchical triple system},
author = {Yinghao Xu and Xinlin Zhao and Song Wang and Guang-Yao Xiao and Zikun Lin and Xue Li and Hao-Bin Liu and Henggeng Han and Weiyi Chen and Yucong Weng and Meng Sun and Xiaohong Yang and Jifeng Liu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.13772},
year = {2026}
}
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15 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters