WDS 04271+2542 THB 1 (DF Tau) : NOTES
 
 
discov_num notes refcode
THB 1 Preliminary orbital elements give total mass 2.8 +/- 1.5 Msun. Thb1995b
Tamazian et al. (2002) solution includes mass determination based on Tam2002
estimated distance.
DF Tau orbit by Schaefer et al. (2006) gives range 1974-2022 for T, Sfr2006
0.05-0.76 for e. Values for P and a are lower limits.
Assuming a distance of 140 pc, Schaefer et al. (2014) derive a total
mass 1.17 +/- 0.13 Msun. The orbital period of 43.7y closely matches
the 44yr timescale of photometric variations; this is consistent with
a suggestion by Lamzin et al. (2001 A&A 372, 922) that the variability
is caused by the circumstellar accretion rate onto the primary being
modulated by the orbital motion of the companion. Sfr2014
 
 
REFERENCES
 
 
refcode metd author reference
Pra2017 A j Allen, T.S., Prato, L., Wright-Garba, N., Schaefer, G., Biddle, L.I., Skiff, B., 2017ApJ...845..161A
Pra2017 +Zc Avilez, I., Muzzio, R., & Simon, M.
Pra2017 +orb ApJ 845, 161, 2017 (see paper for additional system BVI photometry, etc.)
Sfr2006 Hf j Schaefer, G.H., Simon, M., Beck, T.L., Nelan, E., & Prato, L. 2006AJ....132.2618S
Sfr2006 +A AJ 132, 2618, 2006
Sfr2006 (information slightly updated using information from Sfr2012. Photometry of DF Tau
Sfr2006 = 04271+2542 = THB 1 corrected and converted to V-band by Allen et al. 2017) 2017ApJ...845..161A
Sfr2014 orb j Schaefer, G.H., Prato, L., Simon, M., & Patience, J. 2014AJ....147..157S
Sfr2014 +A AJ 147, 157, 2014
Tam2002 Si j Tamazian, V.S., Docobo, J.A., White, R.J., & Woitas, J. 2002ApJ...578..925T
Tam2002 +orb ApJ 578, 925, 2002
Thb1995b S - Thiebaut, F., Balega, Y., Balega, I., Belkine, I., Bouvier, J., Foy, R., 1995A&A...304L..17T
Thb1995b Blazit, A., & Bonneau, D.
Thb1995b A&A 304, L17, 1995
 
 
WDS HISTORIC DATA
 
 
coord_2000 discov_num comp epoch obs pa sep mag_pri mag_sec spectr notes coord_arcsec_2000
04271+2542 THB 1 2002 31 262 0.1 11.00 11.50 M0V NOD 042702.79+254222.6
04271+2542 THB 1 2005 36 242 0.1 11.00 11.50 M0V NOD 042702.79+254222.6
04271+2542 THB 1 2014 47 202 0.1 12.62 13.51 M2.0 M2.5 NOD 042702.79+254222.6
04271+2542 THB 1 2016 49 183 0.1 12.62 13.51 M2.0+M2.5 NO 042702.79+254222.6

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