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Starspot Activities as an Interpretation for the Light Curve Changes of the Close Binary Star XY UMa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

E. H. Geyer*
Affiliation:
Observatorium Hoher List - Astronomische Institute der Universität Bonn, F.R.G.

Abstract

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The large light curve changes of XY UMa, observed in the last 20 yr, are interpreted as stellar starspot activity of the primary component of this binary.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1976 

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