V343 Normae Orbit Fitting

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Abstract

I present new photometry of the young binary group V343 Norma apart of the β Pictoris moving

group. V343 Nor was previously estimated to have a period of 4.5 years. By combining radial

velocity data with new and old direct imaging data a better constrained semimajor axis could be

determine and used to better constrain the masses of the individual stars. After comparing the

newly derived period and total mass I was able to get a period of 4.58 years and a total mass of

1.41⊙.

Publication: Nielsen, E. L., Rosa, R. J., Wang, J., Rameau, J., Song, I., Graham, J. R., Macintosh, B.,
Ammons, M., Bailey, V. P., Barman, T. S., Bulger, J., Chilcote, J. K., Cotten, T., Doyon,
R., Duchêne, G., Fitzgerald, M. P., Follette, K. B., Greenbaum, A. Z., Hibon, P., … Wolff,
S. G. (2016). Dynamical mass measurement of the young spectroscopic binary V343
Normae AAAB resolved with the Gemini Planet Imager. The Astronomical
Journal, 152(6), 175. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/175

Presenters

  • Hunter Chavez

    New Mexico State University

Authors

  • Hunter Chavez

    New Mexico State University