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| caption = Artist's impression of BX Trianguli. The planet is not decipted here. | caption = Artist's impression of BX Trianguli. The planet is not represented here.
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| name = B | name = B
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| axis_unitless = {{val|1.33|0.03|ul=Solar radius}} | axis_unitless = {{val|1.33|0.03|ul=Solar radius}}
| inclination = {{val|66.89|0.45}} | inclination = {{val|66.89|0.45}}
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== Variability == == Variability ==
]s for BX Triangluli, plotted from '']'' data. The upper plot shows the variability as a function of orbital phase, and the lower plot shows a flare.]]
This is an ] variable, first identified by the ] survey in 2004<ref name=Zhang2014/> and given its ] BX Trianguli in 2010. Both stars in the system eclipse each other as seen from Earth, causing the brightness of the system to drop by 21 to 28 percent, from a magnitude of 12.35 to 12.6/12.7 on the secondary/primary ecplise respectively.<ref name=Kazarovets2011/>{{efn|1=Brightness change is calculated using the equation for measuring ], <math>\sqrt{100}</math>, converted to<br>1&minus;(<math>\sqrt{100}</math><sup>m<sub>min</sub>&minus;m<sub>max</sub></sup>) to compare two items. m<sub>min</sub> is the minimum brightness, that is, 12.6/12.7, and m<sub>max</sub> is the maximum brightness, that is, 12.35.}} This is an ] variable, first identified by the ] survey in 2004<ref name=Zhang2014/> and given its ] BX Trianguli in 2010. Both stars in the system eclipse each other as seen from Earth, causing the brightness of the system to drop from a ] of 12.35 to 12.6/12.7 on the secondary/primary ecplise respectively.<ref name=Kazarovets2011/>


The system has also been identified as a ].<ref name="Zhang2014" /><ref name="Luo2019" /> Six flares were recorded between 2014 to 2017, the strongest being identified in November 2014, four times stronger than a typical ].<ref name="Luo2019" /> The large occurence of flares on BX Trianguli is the highest among eclipsing binaries after ] (YY Geminorum)<ref name="Perdelwitz2018" /> and might be related to rapid mass transfer between the components. These flares likely occur on BX Trianguli B.<ref name="Luo2019" /> The system has also been identified as a ].<ref name="Zhang2014" /><ref name="Luo2019" /> Six flares were recorded between 2014 and 2017, the strongest being identified in November 2014, four times stronger than a typical ].<ref name="Luo2019" /> The large occurrence of flares on BX Trianguli is the highest among eclipsing binaries after ] (YY Geminorum)<ref name="Perdelwitz2018" /> and might be related to rapid mass transfer between the components. These flares likely occur on BX Trianguli B.<ref name="Luo2019" />


BX Trianguli also has strong ] activity, manifested as ]s on the primary's surface and ] emission.<ref name=Dimitrov2010/><ref name=Perdelwitz2018/> BX Trianguli also has strong ] activity, manifested as ]s on the primary's surface and ] emission.<ref name=Dimitrov2010/><ref name=Perdelwitz2018/>


==Characteristics== ==Characteristics==
This system is composed of two ]s, which have a ultra-short period of just {{convert|0.1926|day|hour|abbr=off|sigfig=2}} and a separation of 1.33 ], of two times a half the ].<ref name=Zhang2014/> This orbit is one of the shortest known among ]s.<ref name=Perdelwitz2018/> The primary star, named BX Trianguli A, has a mass equivalent to 58% the ] and a radius equivalent to 60% of the ], while the secondary BX Trianguli B is smaller, at 28% and 27% of the solar mass and radius.<ref name=Zhang2014/> BX Trianguli has a ] configuration, with the "A" component being distorted due to gravitational interactions.<ref name=Dimitrov2010/> This system is composed of two ]s, which have an ultra-short period of just {{convert|0.1926|day|hour|abbr=off|sigfig=2|disp=number}}&nbsp;hours and a separation of 1.33 ], or two and a half times the ].<ref name=Zhang2014/> This orbit is one of the shortest known among ]s.<ref name=Perdelwitz2018/> The primary star, named BX Trianguli A, has a mass equivalent to 58% the ] and a radius equivalent to 60% of the ], while the secondary BX Trianguli B is smaller, at 28% and 27% of the solar mass and radius respectively.<ref name=Zhang2014/> BX Trianguli has a ] configuration, with the "A" component being distorted due to gravitational interactions with its partner.<ref name=Dimitrov2010/>


There is a candidate star that could be bound to this system, called USNO-B1 1233−0046425, at roughly 3500 ]s of distance.<ref name=Dimitrov2010/> There is a star that could be bound to this system, called USNO-B1 1233−0046425, at roughly 3500 ]s of distance.<ref name=Dimitrov2010/>


== Planetary system == == Planetary system ==
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== Notes ==
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== References == == References ==
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<ref name=Bowler2019>{{Cite journal |last=Bowler |first=Brendan P. |last2=Hinkley |first2=Sasha |last3=Ziegler |first3=Carl |last4=Baranec |first4=Christoph |last5=Gizis |first5=John E. |last6=Law |first6=Nicholas M. |last7=Liu |first7=Michael C. |last8=Shah |first8=Viyang S. |last9=Shkolnik |first9=Evgenya L. |last10=Riaz |first10=Basmah |last11=Riddle |first11=Reed |date=2019-05-01 |title=The Elusive Majority of Young Moving Groups. I. Young Binaries and Lithium-rich Stars in the Solar Neighborhood |bibcode=2019ApJ...877...60B |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=877 |pages=60 |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/ab1018 |issn=0004-637X}} at ].</ref> <ref name=Bowler2019>{{Cite journal |last1=Bowler |first1=Brendan P. |last2=Hinkley |first2=Sasha |last3=Ziegler |first3=Carl |last4=Baranec |first4=Christoph |last5=Gizis |first5=John E. |last6=Law |first6=Nicholas M. |last7=Liu |first7=Michael C. |last8=Shah |first8=Viyang S. |last9=Shkolnik |first9=Evgenya L. |last10=Riaz |first10=Basmah |last11=Riddle |first11=Reed |date=2019-05-01 |title=The Elusive Majority of Young Moving Groups. I. Young Binaries and Lithium-rich Stars in the Solar Neighborhood |bibcode=2019ApJ...877...60B |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=877 |issue=1 |pages=60 |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/ab1018 |doi-access=free |arxiv=1903.06303 |issn=0004-637X}} at ].</ref>
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<ref name=UCAC4>{{Cite journal |last=Zacharias |first=N. |last2=Finch |first2=C. T. |last3=Girard |first3=T. M. |last4=Henden |first4=A. |last5=Bartlett |first5=J. L. |last6=Monet |first6=D. G. |last7=Zacharias |first7=M. I. |date=2013-01-14 |title=The fourth US Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC4) |url=https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/145/2/44 |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=145 |issue=2 |pages=44 |doi=10.1088/0004-6256/145/2/44 |issn=0004-6256}}</ref> <ref name=UCAC4>{{Cite journal |last1=Zacharias |first1=N. |last2=Finch |first2=C. T. |last3=Girard |first3=T. M. |last4=Henden |first4=A. |last5=Bartlett |first5=J. L. |last6=Monet |first6=D. G. |last7=Zacharias |first7=M. I. |date=2013-01-14 |title=The fourth US Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC4) |url=https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/145/2/44 |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=145 |issue=2 |pages=44 |doi=10.1088/0004-6256/145/2/44 |arxiv=1212.6182 |bibcode=2013AJ....145...44Z |issn=0004-6256}}</ref>


<ref name=Dimitrov2010>{{Cite journal |last=Dimitrov |first=Dinko P. |last2=Kjurkchieva |first2=Diana P. |date=2010-06-07 |title=GSC 2314−0530: the shortest-period eclipsing system with dMe components |url=https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16843.x |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=406 |issue=4 |pages=2559–2568 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16843.x |issn=0035-8711}}</ref> <ref name=Dimitrov2010>{{Cite journal |last1=Dimitrov |first1=Dinko P. |last2=Kjurkchieva |first2=Diana P. |date=2010-06-07 |title=GSC 2314−0530: the shortest-period eclipsing system with dMe components |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=406 |issue=4 |pages=2559–2568 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16843.x |doi-access=free |arxiv=1005.0260 |bibcode=2010MNRAS.406.2559D |issn=0035-8711}}</ref>


<ref name=Zhang2014>{{Cite journal |last=Zhang |first=Li-Yun |last2=Pi |first2=Qing-feng |last3=Yang |first3=Yuan-Gui |date=2014-08-01 |title=Magnetic activity and orbital periods of five low-mass eclipsing binaries |bibcode=2014MNRAS.442.2620Z |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=442 |pages=2620–2636 |doi=10.1093/mnras/stu964 |doi-access=free |issn=0035-8711}}</ref> <ref name=Zhang2014>{{Cite journal |last1=Zhang |first1=Li-Yun |last2=Pi |first2=Qing-feng |last3=Yang |first3=Yuan-Gui |date=2014-08-01 |title=Magnetic activity and orbital periods of five low-mass eclipsing binaries |bibcode=2014MNRAS.442.2620Z |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=442 |issue=3 |pages=2620–2636 |doi=10.1093/mnras/stu964 |doi-access=free |issn=0035-8711}}</ref>


<ref name=Kazarovets2011>{{Cite journal |last=Kazarovets |first=E. V. |last2=Samus |first2=N. N. |last3=Durlevich |first3=O. V. |last4=Kireeva |first4=N. N. |last5=Pastukhova |first5=E. N. |date=2011-01-01 |title=The 80th Name-List of Variable Stars. Part I - RA 0h to 6h |bibcode=2011IBVS.5969....1K |journal=Information Bulletin on Variable Stars |volume=5969 |pages=1 |issn=0374-0676}} at ].</ref> <ref name=Kazarovets2011>{{Cite journal |last1=Kazarovets |first1=E. V. |last2=Samus |first2=N. N. |last3=Durlevich |first3=O. V. |last4=Kireeva |first4=N. N. |last5=Pastukhova |first5=E. N. |date=2011-01-01 |title=The 80th Name-List of Variable Stars. Part I - RA 0h to 6h |bibcode=2011IBVS.5969....1K |journal=Information Bulletin on Variable Stars |volume=5969 |pages=1 |issn=0374-0676}} at ].</ref>


<ref name=Luo2019>{{Cite journal |last=Luo |first=ChangQing |last2=Zhang |first2=XiaoBin |last3=Wang |first3=Kun |last4=Liu |first4=Chao |last5=Fang |first5=Xiangsong |last6=Zhang |first6=Chunguang |last7=Deng |first7=Licai |last8=Nie |first8=Jundan |last9=Fox-Machado |first9=Lester |last10=Luo |first10=Yangping |last11=Niu |first11=Hubiao |date=2019-02-01 |title=Frequent Flare Events on the Short-period M-type Eclipsing Binary BX Tri |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=871 |issue=2 |pages=203 |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/aafafa |doi-access=free |issn=0004-637X}}</ref> <ref name=Luo2019>{{Cite journal |last1=Luo |first1=ChangQing |last2=Zhang |first2=XiaoBin |last3=Wang |first3=Kun |last4=Liu |first4=Chao |last5=Fang |first5=Xiangsong |last6=Zhang |first6=Chunguang |last7=Deng |first7=Licai |last8=Nie |first8=Jundan |last9=Fox-Machado |first9=Lester |last10=Luo |first10=Yangping |last11=Niu |first11=Hubiao |date=2019-02-01 |title=Frequent Flare Events on the Short-period M-type Eclipsing Binary BX Tri |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=871 |issue=2 |pages=203 |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/aafafa |doi-access=free |arxiv=1901.06106 |bibcode=2019ApJ...871..203L |issn=0004-637X}}</ref>


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Binary star in the constellation Triangulum
BX Trianguli

Artist's impression of BX Trianguli. The planet is not represented here.
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Triangulum
Right ascension 02 20 50.85419
Declination +33° 20′ 47.4683″
Apparent magnitude (V) 13.366±0.006
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Red dwarf
Spectral type M2
Variable type Eclipsing binary + Flare star
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: +144.250 mas/yr
Dec.: –111.210 mas/yr
Parallax (π)18.9896 ± 0.0259 mas
Distance171.8 ± 0.2 ly
(52.66 ± 0.07 pc)
Orbit
PrimaryA
CompanionB
Period (P)0.1926 days (4.62 hours)
Semi-major axis (a)1.33±0.03 R
Inclination (i)66.89±0.45°
Details
A
Mass0.578±0.04 M
Radius0.59±0.01 R
Luminosity0.053 L
Temperature3,735 K
B
Mass0.28±0.02 M
Radius0.27±0.01 R
Luminosity0.007 L
Temperature3,359±28 K
Other designations
BX Tri, LSPM J0220+3320, GSC 02314-00530, 2MASS J02205082+3320479, NSVS 6550671
Database references
SIMBADdata

BX Trianguli is a binary system made up of two red dwarfs, in the constellation Triangulum. Both stars eclipse each other and have an orbital period of four hours and 40 minutes. They are located at around 170 light-years from Earth based upon parallax measurements.

Variability

Light curves for BX Triangluli, plotted from TESS data. The upper plot shows the variability as a function of orbital phase, and the lower plot shows a flare.

This is an eclipsing binary variable, first identified by the Northern Sky Variability Survey survey in 2004 and given its variable-star designation BX Trianguli in 2010. Both stars in the system eclipse each other as seen from Earth, causing the brightness of the system to drop from a magnitude of 12.35 to 12.6/12.7 on the secondary/primary ecplise respectively.

The system has also been identified as a flare star. Six flares were recorded between 2014 and 2017, the strongest being identified in November 2014, four times stronger than a typical superflare. The large occurrence of flares on BX Trianguli is the highest among eclipsing binaries after Castor C (YY Geminorum) and might be related to rapid mass transfer between the components. These flares likely occur on BX Trianguli B.

BX Trianguli also has strong magnetic activity, manifested as starspots on the primary's surface and emission.

Characteristics

This system is composed of two red dwarfs, which have an ultra-short period of just 4.6 hours and a separation of 1.33 solar radii, or two and a half times the distance to the Moon. This orbit is one of the shortest known among main sequence stars. The primary star, named BX Trianguli A, has a mass equivalent to 58% the solar mass and a radius equivalent to 60% of the solar radius, while the secondary BX Trianguli B is smaller, at 28% and 27% of the solar mass and radius respectively. BX Trianguli has a semi-detached configuration, with the "A" component being distorted due to gravitational interactions with its partner.

There is a star that could be bound to this system, called USNO-B1 1233−0046425, at roughly 3500 astronomical units of distance.

Planetary system

A circumbinary planet was discovered after analysis of eclipse timing variations by a high school student and his teacher. After rulling out alternative expanations for the eclipse timing variations, the two discoverers found that they are caused by a seven-Jupiter-mass planet at a separation of 4.5 astronomical units (670,000,000 km), with an orbital eccentricity of 0.4. The findings were published in 2024 at the American Association of Variable Star Observers's 113th Annual Meeting.

The BX Trianguli planetary system
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 7.5 MJ 4.5 0.4

References

  1. ^ Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
    Gaia ID is acessible via the TESS Input Catalog
  2. Zacharias, N.; Finch, C. T.; Girard, T. M.; Henden, A.; Bartlett, J. L.; Monet, D. G.; Zacharias, M. I. (2013-01-14). "The fourth US Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC4)". The Astronomical Journal. 145 (2): 44. arXiv:1212.6182. Bibcode:2013AJ....145...44Z. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/145/2/44. ISSN 0004-6256.
  3. Bowler, Brendan P.; Hinkley, Sasha; Ziegler, Carl; Baranec, Christoph; Gizis, John E.; Law, Nicholas M.; Liu, Michael C.; Shah, Viyang S.; Shkolnik, Evgenya L.; Riaz, Basmah; Riddle, Reed (2019-05-01). "The Elusive Majority of Young Moving Groups. I. Young Binaries and Lithium-rich Stars in the Solar Neighborhood". The Astrophysical Journal. 877 (1): 60. arXiv:1903.06303. Bibcode:2019ApJ...877...60B. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab1018. ISSN 0004-637X. BX Trianguli's database entry at VizieR.
  4. ^ Zhang, Li-Yun; Pi, Qing-feng; Yang, Yuan-Gui (2014-08-01). "Magnetic activity and orbital periods of five low-mass eclipsing binaries". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 442 (3): 2620–2636. Bibcode:2014MNRAS.442.2620Z. doi:10.1093/mnras/stu964. ISSN 0035-8711.
  5. ^ Luo, ChangQing; Zhang, XiaoBin; Wang, Kun; Liu, Chao; Fang, Xiangsong; Zhang, Chunguang; Deng, Licai; Nie, Jundan; Fox-Machado, Lester; Luo, Yangping; Niu, Hubiao (2019-02-01). "Frequent Flare Events on the Short-period M-type Eclipsing Binary BX Tri". The Astrophysical Journal. 871 (2): 203. arXiv:1901.06106. Bibcode:2019ApJ...871..203L. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aafafa. ISSN 0004-637X.
  6. ^ Dimitrov, Dinko P.; Kjurkchieva, Diana P. (2010-06-07). "GSC 2314−0530: the shortest-period eclipsing system with dMe components". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 406 (4): 2559–2568. arXiv:1005.0260. Bibcode:2010MNRAS.406.2559D. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16843.x. ISSN 0035-8711.
  7. Kazarovets, E. V.; Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; Kireeva, N. N.; Pastukhova, E. N. (2011-01-01). "The 80th Name-List of Variable Stars. Part I - RA 0h to 6h". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 5969: 1. Bibcode:2011IBVS.5969....1K. ISSN 0374-0676. BX Trianguli's database entry at VizieR.
  8. ^ Perdelwitz, V.; Czesla, S.; Robrade, J.; Pribulla, T.; Schmitt, J. H. M. M. (November 2018). "X-ray and UV emission of the ultrashort-period, low-mass eclipsing binary system BX Trianguli". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 619: A138. arXiv:1809.00971. Bibcode:2018A&A...619A.138P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834116. ISSN 0004-6361.
  9. ^ "AAVSO 113th Annual Meeting Abstracts | aavso". www.aavso.org. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
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