FZ Orionis: a short period W UMa system

Alawy, A. A. El-Bassuny

doi:10.1007/bf00627237

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“…Both of these studies indicate a slightly asymmetric light curve, which was explained in the latter paper by the presence of a spot on the primary component. A period analysis was performed by Alawy (1993), who also mentioned a possible cyclic changing of the period, but no satisfactory solution was presented.…”

Section: Df Hyamentioning

confidence: 99%

Period changes in six contact binaries: WZ And, V803 Aql, DF Hya, PY Lyr, FZ Ori, and AH Tau

et al. 2009

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Six contact binaries lacking a period analysis have been chosen to search for the presence of a third body. The O − C diagrams of these binaries were analyzed with the least-squares method by using all available times of minima. Ten new minima times, obtained from our observations, were included in the present research. The Light-Time Effect was adopted for the first time as the main cause for the detailed description of the long-term period changes. Third bodies were found with orbital periods from 49 up to 100 years, and eccentricities from 0.0 to 0.56 for the selected binaries. In one case (WZ And) a fourth-body LITE variation was also applied. The mass functions and the minimal masses of such bodies were also calculated and a possible angular separation and magnitude differences were discussed for a prospective interferometric discovery of these bodies.

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Section: Df Hyamentioning

confidence: 99%