High-precision orbital parameters for the short-period spectroscopic binary HD 159656 - An eccentric orbit confirmed for an old but active system

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 387, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 220-236

  Ramm, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Binaries: spectroscopic; Stars: activity; Stars: fundamental parameters; Stars: individual: HD 159656; Techniques: radial velocities

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; GIANT STARS;

BINARIES: SPECTROSCOPIC; HIGH-PRECISION; ORBITAL PARAMETERS; SHORT PERIODS; SPECTRA'S; STAR: ACTIVITY; STAR: INDIVIDUAL: HD 159656; STARS: INDIVIDUAL: PROXIMA CENTAURI; STARS:FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; TECHNIQUES: RADIAL VELOCITIES;

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EID: 44649180490     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13185.x     Document Type: Article

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