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The Combination of Spectroscopic and Astrometric Data in the Analysis of Orbital Motions in Binary Star Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Christopher Morbey
Christopher Morbey*
Affiliation:
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council of Canada, Victoria B.C., Canada

Abstract

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Even though various types of data for binary stars are being obtained in unprecedented quantities there is still a lack of completeness. Because the reduction of combinations of these data adds to the fundamental concepts in astronomy it is advantageous to have available a general self-consistent method whereby all the elements of the orbits of a binary or multiple system may be solved simultaneously. Such a method is reviewed in this paper and an emphasis is placed on the specification of meaningful errors attached to the orbital elements.

Type
Spectroscopic Studies
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 135: Complementary Approaches to Double and Multiple Star Research , 1992 , pp. 127 - 136
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1992

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