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The Period Change Rate in the RS CVn Binary HD 5303

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

K. Thompson ,
D. W. Coates  and
G. Anders
K. Thompson
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic 3168
D. W. Coates
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic 3168
G. Anders
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic 3168
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Abstract

From the observed timings of primary eclipse of HD 5303 we find that its 2.7 day period is increasing at a rate of about one second per year. In this paper we consider the implications of this in terms of mass transfer or mass loss from the system.

Type
Galactic and Stellar
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , 1991 , pp. 283 - 284
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1991

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