Francis C. Fekel et al. 2009 ApJ 695 1527 doi:10.1088/0004-637X/695/2/1527
Francis C. Fekel1,5, Andrew F. Boden2, Jocelyn Tomkin3 and Guillermo Torres4
Show affiliationsWe have used interferometric and spectroscopic observations of HR 8257 to determine a three-dimensional orbit of the system. The orbit has a period of 12.21345 days and an eccentricity of 0.2895. The masses of the F0 and F2 dwarf components are 1.56 and 1.38 M ☉, respectively, with fractional errors of 1.4%. Our orbital parallax of 13.632 ± 0.095 mas, corresponding to a distance of 73.4 ± 0.6 pc, differs from the Hipparcos result by just 2% and has a significantly smaller uncertainty. From our spectroscopic observations and spectral energy distribution modeling we determine the component effective temperatures and luminosities to be T eff(A) = 7030 ± 200 K and T eff(B) = 6560 ± 200 K and LA = 9.4 ± 0.3 L ☉ and LB = 4.7 ± 0.2 L ☉. The primary rotates pseudosynchronously, while the secondary is not far from its pseudosynchronous rotational velocity. Although both early-F stars are slowly rotating, neither component of this close binary is an Am star. A comparison with evolutionary tracks indicates that the stars are slightly metal poor, and although the components have evolved away from the zero-age main sequence, they are both still dwarfs.
binaries: spectroscopic; stars: fundamental parameters; stars: individual (HR 8257)
Issue 2 (2009 April 20)
Received 2008 December 8, accepted for publication 2009 January 28
Published 2009 April 7
Francis C. Fekel et al. 2009 ApJ 695 1527
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