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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 482, Issue 3, Pages 929-938Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20079269
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stars : pre-main-sequence; stars : individual : T Tauri; stars : fundamental parameters; binaries : close; astrometry; celestial mechanics
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Aims. We investigate the binary star T Tauri South, presenting the orbital parameters of the two components and their individual masses. Methods. We combined astrometric positions from the literature with previously unpublished VLT observations. Model fits yield the orbital elements of T Tau Sa and Sb. We use T Tau N as an astrometric reference to derive an estimate for the mass ratio of Sa and Sb. Results. Although most of the orbital parameters are not well constrained, it is unlikely that T Tau Sb is on a highly elliptical orbit or escaping from the system. The total mass of T Tau S is rather well constrained to 3.0(-0.24)(+ 0.15)M(circle dot). The mass ratio Sb: Sa is about 0.4, corresponding to individual masses of M-Sa = 2.1 +/- 0.2 M-circle dot and M-Sb = 0.8 +/- 0.1 M-circle dot. This confirms that the infrared companion in the T Tauri system is a pair of young stars obscured by circumstellar material.
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