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We present first results of a survey for companions among X-ray selected pre-main sequence stars, most of them being weak-line T Tauri stars (WTTS). These T Tauri stars have been identified in the course of optical follow-up observations of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Wolfgang Brandner , Juan M. Alcala , Michael Kunkel , Andrea Moneti , Hans Zinnecker

We present a unique discovery of three new detected systems showing two different phenomena together. These are 2+2 quadruple stellar systems showing two eclipsing binaries as the inner pairs. And besides that, these systems were also found…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-25 P. Zasche , Z. Henzl , M. Mašek , J. Kára , H. Kučáková , J. Merc , R. Uhlař

We present a strongly interacting quadruple system associated with the K2 target EPIC 220204960. The K2 target itself is a Kp = 12.7 magnitude star at Teff ~ 6100 K which we designate as "B-N" (blue northerly image). The host of the…

We found that multi-periodic low-mass stars discovered by Kepler K2 in the Upper Scorpius association are close binaries with typical separations of the order of 10 au and large mass ratios. These stars were surveyed by speckle…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-12 Andrei Tokovinin , Cesar Briceno

TIC 470710327, a massive compact hierarchical triple-star system, was recently identified by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). TIC 470710327 is comprised of a compact (1.10 d) circular eclipsing binary, with total mass…

We present measurements of the orbital positions and flux ratios of 17 binary and triple systems in the Ophiuchus star forming region and the Upper Centaurus-Lupus cluster based on adaptive optics imaging at the Keck Observatory. We report…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-21 G. H. Schaefer , L. Prato , M. Simon

Upper Scorpius is a subgroup of the nearest OB association, Scorpius--Centaurus. Its young age makes it an important association to study star and planet formation. We present parallaxes to 52 low mass stars in Upper Scorpius, 28 of which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-29 Jessica Donaldson , Alycia Weinberger , Jonathan Gagné , Alan Boss , Sandy Keiser

Spectroscopic orbits are computed for inner pairs in 9 hierarchical multiple systems (HIP 19639, 60845, 75663, 76816, 78163, 78416, 80448, 84789, and HD 105080) and for one simple binary HIP 61840. All subsystems are double-lined, and their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-24 Andrei Tokovinin

In this study we identify 11 Kepler systems (KIC 5255552, 5653126, 5731312, 7670617, 7821010, 8023317, 10268809, 10296163, 11519226, 11558882 and 12356914) with a "flip-flop" effect in the eclipse timing variations O-C diagrams of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-02 A. K. Getley , B. Carter , R. King , S. O'Toole

This work extends the still modest number of multiple stars with known relative orbit orientation. Accurate astrometry and radial velocities are used jointly to compute or update outer and inner orbits in three nearby triple systems HIP…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-19 Andrei Tokovinin , David W. Latham

Stellar obliquity serves as a key diagnostic for tracing the dynamical evolution of bound systems-from giant planets and brown dwarfs to stellar binaries-revealing whether these diverse populations share analogous histories. Here, we report…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-13 Tianjun Gan , Alexandrine L'Heureux , Étienne Artigau , Charles Cadieux , René Doyon , Neil J. Cook , Shude Mao

High-resolution spectroscopy and speckle interferometry reveal the young star HD 86588 as a quadruple system with a 3-tier hierarchy. The 0.3" resolved binary A,B with an estimated period around 300 years contains the 8-year pair Aa,Abc…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-29 Andrei Tokovinin , Hank Corbett , Octavi Fors , Ward Howard , Nicholas M. Law , Maxwell Moe , Frederick M. Walter

Thirteen spectroscopic orbits of late-type stars are determined from the high-resolution spectra taken with the CHIRON echelle spectrometer at the 1.5-m CTIO telescope. Most (HIP 14194B, 40523A, 41171A, 51578A, 57572B, 59426A, 62852B,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Andrei Tokovinin

KIC 4247791 is an eclipsing binary observed by the Kepler satellite mission. We wish to determine the nature of its components and in particular the origin of a shallow dip in its Kepler light curve that previous investigations have been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-06 H. Lehmann , M. Zechmeister , S. Dreizler , S. Schuh , R. Kanzler

We present results of a search for a young stellar moving group associated with the star HD 141569, a nearby, isolated Herbig AeBe primary member of a 5+/-3 Myr-old triple star system on the outskirts of the Sco-Cen complex. Our…

Many of the Kepler close binaries are suggested to constitute hierarchical triple systems through their eclipse timing variations (ETVs). Eclipses by the third body in those systems, if observed, provide precise constraints on its physical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-25 Kento Masuda , Sho Uehara , Hajime Kawahara

Adding to the large radial velocity survey of nearby solar-type stars (summary in Tokovinin, 2023a), spectroscopic orbits are determined for four hierarchical systems: HIP 49442 (inner and outer periods of 164.55 d and 34 yr, respectively),…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-11 Andrei Tokovinin

We present an analysis of a newly discovered 2+1+1 quadruple system with TESS containing an unresolved eclipsing binary (EB) as part of TIC 121088960 and a close neighbor TIC 121088959. The EB consists of two very low-mass M dwarfs in a…

We aim at identifying very low-mass isolated planetary-mass member candidates in the nearest OB association to the Sun, Upper Scorpius (145 pc; 5-10 Myr), to constrain the form and shape of the luminosity function and mass spectrum in this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-31 N. Lodieu , N. C. Hambly , N. J. G. Cross

Kepler-56 is a multi-planet system containing two coplanar inner planets that are in orbits misaligned with respect to the spin axis of the host star, and an outer planet. Various mechanisms have been proposed to explain the broad…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Gongjie Li , Smadar Naoz , Francesca Valsecchi , John Asher Johnson , Frederic A. Rasio