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On the period variations of RT Persei

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Si sono raccolti i minimi osservati di RT Persei fino al 1971 e, dalla soluzione per minimi quadrati, si sono trovati dei termini periodici ed un termine quadratico. Si sono interpretati i termini periodici come dovuti ad effetto di terzo corpo, ma l'ipotesi non sembra ben fondata e potrebbe essere esclusa del tutto mediante una serie di nuovi spettri. L'interpretazione più fondata delle variazioni di periodo sembra essere una probabile instabilità dinamica del sistema.

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The observed minima of RT Persei up to 1971 are collected and treated by the method of least squares to establish periodic terms with a fundamental period of 40y0 and, furthermore, a quadratic term. It is shown that the periodic terms might be explained by the presence of a third body, but this hypothesis seems unlikely, and could be definitively ruled out by new spectroscopic observations. A dynamical instability of the system may constitute a more likely explanation of the observed period changes.

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Mancuso, S., Milano, L. On the period variations of RT Persei. Astrophys Space Sci 32, 385–401 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00643152

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