Roche tomography of cataclysmic variables - VI. Differential rotation of AE Aqr - not tidally locked!
We present Roche tomograms of the K4V secondary star in the cataclysmic variable AE Aqr, reconstructed from two data sets taken 9 d apart, and measure the differential rotation of the stellar surface. The tomograms show many large, cool starspots, including a large high-latitude spot and a prominent appendage down the trailing hemisphere. We find
Hill, C. A. et al.
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