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Secular change in the ‘164-day’ period of SS 433

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In this paper we present evidence that the ‘164-day’ period in the wavelengths of the ‘moving’ lines in SS 433 has been decreasing at the surprisingly rapid rate of P = −0.010±0.002. An ephemeris of the moving lines for the 1981 observing season is provided for the case P = −0.010.

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  1. Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University and Perkins Observatory, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    G. W. Collins II & G. H. Newsom

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Collins, G.W., Newsom, G.H. Secular change in the ‘164-day’ period of SS 433. Astrophys Space Sci 81, 199–208 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00676144

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