Precise masses for Wolf 1062 AB from Hubble Space Telescope interferometric astrometry and McDonald Observatory radial velocities

Citation
Gf. Benedict et al., Precise masses for Wolf 1062 AB from Hubble Space Telescope interferometric astrometry and McDonald Observatory radial velocities, ASTRONOM J, 121(3), 2001, pp. 1607-1613
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00046256 → ACNP
Volume
121
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1607 - 1613
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6256(200103)121:3<1607:PMFW1A>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We present an analysis of astrometric data from Fine Guidance Sensor 3 (FGS 3), a white-light interferometer on HST, and of radial velocity data from two ground-based campaigns. We model the astrometric and radial velocity me asurements simultaneously to obtain parallax, proper motion, and component masses for Wolf 1062 (G1 748; M3.5 V). To derive the mass fraction, we rela te FGS 3 fringe scanning observations of the science target to a reference frame provided by fringe tracking observations of a surrounding star field. We obtain an absolute parallax (pi (abs) = 98.0 +/- 0.4 mas) yielding M (A ) = 0.379 +/- 0.005 M. and M (B) = 0.192 +/- 0.003 M ., high-quality comone nt masses with errors of only 1.5%.