New Precision Orbits of Bright Double-Lined Spectroscopic Binaries. I: RR Lyncis, 12 Bootis, and HR 6169

Abstract

Radial velocities from the 2.1 m telescope at McDonald Observatory supplemented with radial velocities from the coude' feed telescope at KPNO provide new precise orbits for the double-lined spectroscopic binaries RR Lyn (A3/A8/A6), 12 Boo (F8IV), and HR 6169 (A2V). We derive orbital dimensions and minimum masses with accuracies of 0.06 to 0.9 %. The three systems, which have V magnitudes of 5.54, 4.83, and 6.42, respectively, are all sufficiently bright that they are easily within the grasp of modern optical interferometers and so afford the prospect, when our spectroscopic observations are complemented by interferometric observations, of fully-determined orbits, precise masses, and distances. In the case of RR Lyn, which is also a detached eclipsing binary with a well-determined orbital inclination, we are able to determine the semimajor axis of the relative orbit, a = 29.32 +/- 0.04 Rsun, primary and secondary radii of 2.57 +/- 0.02 Rsun and 1.59 +/- 0.03 Rsun, respectively; and primary and secondary masses of 1.927 +/- 0.008 Msun and 1.507 +/- 0.004 Msun, respectively. Comparison of our new systemic velocity determination, gamma = -12.03 +/- 0.04 km/s, with an earlier one, gamma = -11.61 +/- 0.30 km/s, shows no evidence of any change in the systemic velocity in the 40 years separating the two measurements, a null result that neither confirms nor contradicts the presence of the low-mass third component proposed by Khaliullin & Khaliullina (2002). Our spectroscopic orbit of 12 Boo is more precise that that of Boden et al. (2005), but confirms their results about this system. Our analysis of HR 6169 has produced a major improvement in its orbital elements. The minimum masses of the primary and secondary are 2.20 +/- 0.01 and 1.64 +/- 0.02 Msun, respectively.

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