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1999A&A...341L..63D - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 341, L63-66 (1999/1-3)

GJ 2069A, a new M dwarf eclipsing binary.

DELFOSSE X., FORVEILLE T., MAYOR M., BURNET M. and PERRIER C.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have discovered a third detached M dwarf eclipsing binary system, for which we present an accurate radial velocity orbit and a preliminary light curve. From those data, we derive individual masses (0.433 and 0.397M) with 0.4% accuracy, the most accurate to date for M dwarfs. Both stars are clearly sub-luminous for their mass, compared with solar metallicity stellar models or empirical mass-luminosity relations. Their spectral types are also later than expected. This indicates a metal-rich composition ([M/H]∼0.5). An infrared light curve and a more accurate trigonometric parallax would make this system a stringent test of our understanding of M dwarfs.

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Journal keyword(s): stars: binaries: eclipsing - stars: binaries: general - stars: binaries: spectroscopic - stars: binaries: visual - stars: low-mass, brown dwarfs

Simbad objects: 4

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