A study of Kapteyn's star

E. Kotoneva; K. Innanen; P. C. Dawson; P. R. Wood; M. M. De Robertis

doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20042287

A study of Kapteyn's star

E. Kotoneva^*, K. Innanen, P. C. Dawson, P. R. Wood, M. M. De Robertis

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We present a review of the current knowledge of Kapteyn's Star (KS) - a nearby, low-metallicity M-dwarf, with an eccentric and retrograde Galactic orbit. A brief survey of its spectroscopic properties is provided, together with an analysis of its Galactic orbit in a Galaxy model that incorporates resonances. We propose that KS may have once belonged to a dwarf spheroidal galaxy that merged with the Galaxy, and whose present remnant, if it still exists, is a globular cluster similar to ω Cen.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	957-962
Number of pages	6
Journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume	438
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20042287
Publication status	Published - Aug 2005

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