The rotation period of a very low-mass star in alpha Persei

Martin, E. L.; Zapatero-Osorio, M. R.
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 286, Issue 1, pp. L17-L20.

Fecha de publicación:
3
1997
Número de autores
2
Número de autores del IAC
2
Número de citas
30
Número de citas referidas
23
Descripción
Light curves of the very low-mass member of the alpha Persei open cluster, AP J0323+4853, obtained during two different observing runs in 1994 and 1995, display a starspot rotational modulation of period ~7.6h. With a most likely mass of 0.09 Msolar, close to the substellar limit, AP J0323+4853 is the lowest mass star so far for which a photometric rotation period has been derived.