A Third Star in the T Tauri System

New speckle-holographic images of the T Tauri Infrared Companion (T Tauri IRC; T Tauri S) reveal it to be a double system with a sky-projected separation of 0".05, corresponding to a linear distance of 7 AU. The presence of this third star may account for the relative paucity of dust surroundin...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2000-01
Main Author: Koresko, Chris D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Infrared imagery
Infrared stars
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Summary:New speckle-holographic images of the T Tauri Infrared Companion (T Tauri IRC; T Tauri S) reveal it to be a double system with a sky-projected separation of 0".05, corresponding to a linear distance of 7 AU. The presence of this third star may account for the relative paucity of dust surrounding the IRC.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.0001370