- OY Carinae
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OY Carinae Observation data
Epoch {{{epoch}}} EquinoxConstellation Carina Right ascension 10h 06m 22.07s Declination -70° 14′ 04.6″ Apparent magnitude (V) +12.2 Characteristics Spectral type DA / M6V Astrometry Distance 277.1 ly
(85[1] pc)Details Mass ≈0.7[1]/0.07[2] M☉ Radius 0.011[1]/0.127[2] R☉ Luminosity 0.0055/0.00117 L☉ Temperature 15,000/3,000 K Orbit Period (P) 0.000172 yr Semimajor axis (a) 0.00213 Astronomical Units" Eccentricity (e) 0.0 Inclination (i) 83.3° Other designations OY Car, RX J1006.5-7014, SON 6302, 2MASS J10062206-7014045, SBC9 600, AAVSO 1004-69Database references SIMBAD data OY Carinae (abbreviated OY Car) is an eclipsing binary system approximately 277 light-years away from Sun, classed as cataclysmic variable. The system comprises an eclipsing white dwarf star and red dwarf star that orbit each other every 1.51 hours, and possibly a yet unconfirmed third low-mass (substellar?) companion.
Planetary system?
Greenhill et al. (2009) would invoke the presence of a third object to explain orbital period variations with an apparent periodicity of roughly 35 years. The third body could yield a minimum mass 7 times greater than Jupiter and be located 9.5 Astronomical Units away from the cataclysmic variable system[3], being likely either a massive planetary object or else a very low-mass brown dwarf. It is likely that the apparent change is due to solar-cycle type magnetic activity in the secondary star. Large irregular deviations from the general trend, with time-scales of years, also occur. Further observations will be able to confirm either discard the presence of a substellar companion.
The OY Carinae system[3] Companion
(in order from star)Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)Orbital period
(years)Eccentricity b (unconfirmed) ≥7 MJ 9.5 35±3.5 ? References
- ^ a b c Mauche & Raymond (2000). "The EUV Emission-Line spectrum of OY Carinae in superoutburst: scattering in the wind". RevMexAA (Serie de Conferencias) 9: 232–233. http://www.crya.unam.mx/rmaa/APCM/PDF/apcm_mauche.pdf.
- ^ a b Wood et al.; Horne, Keith; Berriman, Graham; Wade, Richard A. (1989). "Eclipse studies of the dwarf nova OY Carinae in quiescence". Astrophysical Journal 341: 974–994. Bibcode 1989ApJ...341..974W. doi:10.1086/167557.
- ^ a b Greenhill et al.; Hill, K. M.; Dieters, S.; Fienberg, K.; Howlett, M.; Meijers, A.; Munro, A.; Senkbeil, C. (2006). "Decrease in the orbital period of dwarf nova OY Carinae". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 372 (3): 1129–1132. arXiv:astro-ph/0602331. Bibcode 2006MNRAS.372.1129G. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10920.x.
See also
- Algol
- CM Draconis
- HW Virginis
- NN Serpentis
- QS Virginis
Categories:- Carina constellation
- Eclipsing binaries
- Planetary systems
- Hypothetical planetary systems
- Objects named with variable star designations
- White dwarfs
- Red dwarf stars
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