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Kappa Arietis

Kappa Arietis

Binary star system in the constellation Aries

Kappa Arietis, Latinized from κ Arietis, is the Bayer designation for a binary star in the northern constellation of Aries. The combined apparent visual magnitude of the pair is 5.02,[2] making the system bright enough for it to be dimly visible to the naked eye as a white-hued point of light. It is located approximately 181 light-years from the Sun based on parallax,[1] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +11.5 km/s.[4]

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The binary nature of this system was announced in 1918 by Lick Observatory. It is a double-lined spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 15.3 days and an eccentricity of 0.61.[5] Both components displaying the spectral properties of an Am, or metallic-lined star. They have nearly the same brightness and their mass ratio is 1.03; very close to equal.[6]

References

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    Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
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    Mendoza, E. E.; et al. (June 1978), "UBVRI photometry of 225 AM stars", Astronomical Journal, 83: 606–614, Bibcode:1978AJ.....83..606M, doi:10.1086/112242.
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    Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953), "General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities", Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication, Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W.
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    Jones, Rebecca B. (1931), "The orbit of the spectroscopic binary κ Arietis", Lick Observatory Bulletin, 433, Berkeley: University of California Press: 117–122, Bibcode:1931LicOB..15..117J, doi:10.5479/ADS/bib/1931LicOB.15.117J.
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    Mitton, J. (January 1977), "Spectroscopic observations and curve-of-growth analyses of the four A stars omicron Peg, beta Ari, kappa Ari and 32 Vir", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 27: 35–46, Bibcode:1977A&AS...27...35M.
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