RU Ursae Minoris
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ursa Minor |
| Right ascension | 13h 38m 56.82s [1] |
| Declination | +69° 48′ 11.2″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10 - 10.66[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | F0 IV/V + K5V |
| Astrometry | |
RU Ursae Minoris is a binary star system in the constellation Ursa Minor. Its apparent magnitude ranges from 10 to 10.66 over 0.52 days as one star passes in front of the other relative to observers on Earth.[2] Its component stars were calculated to be a primary star of spectral type FOIV/V and a secondary of spectral type K5V, both slightly more luminous than their spectral types indicate. The system is semidetached, as the secondary star is filling its Roche lobe and transferring matter to the primary.[3] The primary is between 2.2 and 2.3 times as massive as the Sun, with 1.8 times its radius and around 8 times its luminosity. The secondary has around 0.72 times the Sun's mass, 1.1 times its radius and between 0.58 and 0.86 times its luminosity.[4]
The period the two take to orbit each other is decreasing very slowly (by approximately 0.15 seconds per year), suggesting the components are moving closer and will become a contact binary.[4]
References
- ↑ "RU Ursae Minoris - Eclipsing binary of beta Lyr type (semi-detached)". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- 1 2 Watson, Christopher (4 January 2010). "RU Ursae Minoris". AAVSO Website. American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ Manimanis, V. N.; Niarchos, P. G. (2001). "A Photometric study of the near-contact system RU Ursae Minoris". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 369: 960–64. Bibcode:2001A&A...369..960M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20010178.
- 1 2 Zhu, Li-Ying; Qian, Sheng-Bang; Xiang, Fu-Yuan (2006). "The Near-Contact Binary RU Ursae Minoris". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 58 (2): 361–66. Bibcode:2006PASJ...58..361Z. doi:10.1093/pasj/58.2.361.