Orientation of the Orbital Planes of Visual Binary Systems

• Autorzy: Głębocki, R.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The space distribution of orbital poles for 252 visual binaries is analyzed to check a possible tendency towards parallelism. It is confirmed that orbital planes do not show any trend to be parallel to the Galactic plane. No strong evidence is found for a preferential orientation of the orbital planes for subgroups of binaries with similar periods and eccentricities. Asymmetry in the distribution of orbital poles is seen only for a subgroup of 19 binaries lying closer than 10 pc. Small differences in the distribution of orbital poles are also detected for subgroups with different location on HR diagram.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

binaries: visual; stars: formation

• Czasopismo: Acta Astronomica
• Rocznik: 2000
• Tom: Vol. 50, No. 2
• Strony: 211--220
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 8 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Głębocki, R.

• Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 57, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland,

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