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The Orbits and Dynamical Masses of the Castor System

The Orbits and Dynamical Masses of the Castor System

Abstract Castor is a system of six stars in which the two brighter objects, Castor A and B, revolve around each other every ∼450 yr and are both short-period spectroscopic binaries. They are attended by the more distant Castor C, which is also a binary. Here we report interferometric observations …