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  • Fine Structure in the Circu...
    Herbst, William; Hamilton, Catrina M.; Vrba, Frederick J.; Ibrahimov, Mansur A.; Bailer‐Jones, Coryn A. L.; Mundt, Reinhard; Lamm, Markus; Mazeh, Tsevi; Webster, Zodiac T.; Haisch, Karl E.; Williams, Eric C.; Rhodes, Andrew H.; Balonek, Thomas J.; Scholz, Alexander; Riffeser, Arno

    Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 11/2002, Letnik: 114, Številka: 801
    Journal Article

    Results of an international campaign to photometrically monitor the unique pre–main‐sequence eclipsing object KH 15D are reported. An updated ephemeris for the eclipse is derived that incorporates a slightly revised period of 48.36 days. There is some evidence that the orbital period is actually twice that value, with two eclipses occurring per cycle. The extraordinary depth (∼3.5 mag) and duration (∼18 days) of the eclipse indicate that it is caused by circumstellar matter, presumably the inner portion of a disk. The eclipse has continued to lengthen with time, and the central brightness reversals are not as extreme as they once were.V−RandV−Icolors indicate that the system is slightly bluer near minimum light. Ingress and egress are remarkably well modeled by the passage of a knife edge across a limb‐darkened star. Possible models for the system are briefly discussed.