J/A+A/341/121       Visual binary orbits and masses       (Soederhjelm 1999)

Visual binary orbits and masses post Hipparcos Soederhjelm S. <Astron. Astrophys. 341, 121 (1999)> =1999A&A...341..121S 1999A&A...341..121S (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Stars, double and multiple ; Binaries, orbits ; Stars, masses ; Parallaxes, trigonometric Keywords: stars: fundamental parameters - stars: binaries: visual - stars: binaries: general - astrometry - catalogs Description: The paper gives orbits and masses for some 200 nearby visual binaries, as derived from combining ground-based and Hipparcos data. Table 6 gives identifications and notes, and points to the detailed data in Table 1 (short-P systems with mass-ratio from the Hipparcos observations), Table 3 (mass-uncertainty below 10%) or Table 4 (mass-uncertainty above 10%). File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file table1.dat 104 30 Astrometrically determined mass-ratios with improved orbital elements and parallaxes table3.dat 118 41 The most accurate mass-sums and orbital elements for the systems without astrometric mass-ratio table4.dat 118 139 Data as in table3.dat, but for the systems with estimated mass-uncertainty above 10%. table6.dat 56 222 Cross-identifications for the systems mentioned in this paper notes.dat 80 228 Individual notes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See also: I/239 : The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues (ESA 1997) Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 6 I6 --- HIP HIP (Cat. I/239) identifier 7 A1 --- n_HIP [b] b when two solutions for the object 8- 11 F4.2 mag Hp1 Primary Hp magnitude 13- 16 F4.2 mag m2-m1 Magnitude difference (secondary-primary) 18- 21 F4.2 --- M2/M1 Mass-ratio (secondary/primary) 23- 25 F3.2 --- e_M2/M1 Mean error for M2/M1 27- 32 F6.2 mas plx Parallax in present solutions 34- 37 F4.2 mas e_plx Mean error for plx 39- 44 F6.2 mas plx(HIP) ? Parallax in HIP (Cat. I/239) 46- 49 F4.2 mas e_plx(HIP) ? Mean error for plx(HIP) 51- 53 I3 % eps Total mass-uncertainty 55- 56 I2 % eps(p) Mass-uncertainty due to parallax 58- 59 I2 % eps(o) Mass-uncertainty due to orbit 61- 64 F4.2 solMass Msum Mass-sum 66- 67 A2 --- Note [mng ?] Note (1) 69- 74 F6.3 yr Per Orbit period 76- 82 F7.2 yr T0 Epoch of periastron 84- 88 F5.3 arcsec a Orbit semi-major axis 90- 92 F3.2 --- e Orbit eccentricity 94- 96 I3 deg i Orbit inclination 98-100 I3 deg omega Orbit argument of periastron ω 102-104 I3 deg Omega Orbit PA of node Ω -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): m = previously known or suspected spectroscopic subsystem n = note in notes.dat file g = giant spectrum -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat table4.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 6 I6 --- HIP HIP (Cat. I/239) identifier 7- 8 A2 --- m_HIP Multiplicity index on HIP (71683/1) 9 A1 --- n_HIP [b] b when two solutions for the object 10- 14 F5.2 mag Hp1 Primary Hp magnitude 16 A1 --- l_m2-m1 Limit flag on m2-m1 17- 20 F4.2 mag m2-m1 Magnitude difference (secondary-primary) 21 A1 --- u_m2-m1 Uncertainty flag on m2-m1 23- 26 F4.2 mag V-I ? Combined (primary+secondary) V-I color 28- 32 F5.1 mas plx Parallax in present solutions 34- 36 F3.1 mas e_plx Mean error for plx 38- 42 F5.1 mas plx(HIP) ? Parallax in HIP (Cat. I/239) 44- 47 F4.1 mas e_plx(HIP) ? Mean error for plx(HIP) 48 A1 --- u_plx(HIP) Uncertainty flag on plx(HIP) 50- 53 F4.1 mag MHp1 Absolute magnitude of primary 55- 56 I2 % eps Total mass-uncertainty 58- 59 I2 % eps(p) Mass-uncertainty due to parallax 61- 62 I2 % eps(o) Mass-uncertainty due to orbit 64- 68 F5.2 solMass Msum Mass-sum 70- 73 F4.2 --- q ? Photometric mass-ratio 74 A1 --- u_q [)] Uncertainty flag on q 76- 77 A2 --- Note [nmg ?] Note (1) 79- 86 F8.3 yr Per Orbit period 87 A1 --- u_Per Uncertainty flag on Per 88- 94 F7.2 yr T0 Epoch of periastron 96-101 F6.3 arcsec a Orbit semi-major axis 102 A1 --- u_a Uncertainty flag on a 104-106 F3.2 --- e Orbit eccentricity 108-110 I3 deg i Orbit inclination 112-114 I3 deg omega Orbit argument of periastron ω 116-118 I3 deg Omega ? Orbit PA of node Ω -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): m = spectroscopic subsystem g = non-MS component n = note in notes.dat file -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file: table6.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 14 A14 --- Name Bayer/Flamsteed designation 16- 21 I6 --- HIP HIP (Cat. I/239) identifier 23- 32 A10 --- CCDM CCDM (Cat. I/211) identifier (hhmmm±ddmm) 33 A1 --- u_CCDM [)] Uncertainty flag on CCDM 35- 39 I5 --- ADS ? ADS identifier 41- 52 A12 --- Disc Discoverer designation 54 I1 --- Tab [0/4] pointer to Table 1,3,4 (1) 56 A1 --- Note [*] *: Note detailed in "notes.dat" file -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): 0 indicates that the object is not in tables 1, 3 or 4. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Byte-by-byte Description of file: notes.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 6 I6 --- HIP HIP (Cat. I/239) identifier 8- 80 A73 --- Note Text of the note -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgements: Staffan Soderhjelm
(End) Patricia Bauer [CDS] 03-Dec-1998
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