Measuring the mass of a pre-main-sequence binary star through the orbit of TWA 5A

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2008-2014

  Konopacky, Q M ^a,b   Ghez, A M ^a,b   Duchene G ^c   McCabe, C ^d   Macintosh, B A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: visual; Stars: fundamental parameters; Stars: individual (TWA 5A) stars: pre main sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249322301     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513010     Document Type: Article

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