The first orbital parameters and period variation of the short-period eclipsing binary AQ Boo
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Publication Title
New Astronomy
First Page
42
Last Page
48
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.newast.2016.04.005
Abstract
We obtained the first VRI CCD light curves of the short-period contact eclipsing binary AQ Boo, which was observed on March 22 and April 19 in 2014 at Xinglong station of National Astronomical Observatories, and on January 20, 21 and February 28 in 2015 at Kunming station of Yunnan Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Using our six newly obtained minima and the minima that other authors obtained previously, we revised the ephemeris of AQ Boo. By fitting the O-C (observed minus calculated) values of the minima, the orbital period of AQ Boo shows a decreasing tendency days/year. We interpret the phenomenon by mass transfer from the secondary (more massive) component to the primary (less massive) one. By using the updated Wilson & Devinney program, we also derived the photometric orbital parameters of AQ Boo for the first time. We conclude that AQ Boo is a near contact binary with a low contact factor of 14.43%, and will become an over-contact system as the mass transfer continues.
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Recommended Citation
Wang, Shuai; Zhang, Liyun; Pi, Qinfeng; Han, Xianming L.; Zhang, Xiliang; Lu, Hongpeng; Wang, Daimei; and Li, TongAn, "The first orbital parameters and period variation of the short-period eclipsing binary AQ Boo" New Astronomy / (2016): 42-48.
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