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TIC 454140642: A Compact, Coplanar, Quadruple-lined Quadruple Star System Consisting of Two Eclipsing Binaries

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We report the discovery of a compact, coplanar, quadruple-lined, eclipsing quadruple star system from Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite data, TIC 454140642, also known as TYC 0074-01254-1. The target was first detected in Sector 5 with a 30-minute cadence in full-frame images and then observed in Sector 32 with a 2-minute cadence. The light curve exhibits two sets of primary and secondary eclipses with periods of PA = 13.624 days (binary A) and PB = 10.393 days (binary B). Analysis of archival and follow-up data shows clear eclipse-timing variations and divergent radial velocities, indicating dynamical interactions between the two binaries and confirming that they form a gravitationally bound quadruple system with a 2 + 2 hierarchy. The Aa+Ab binary, Ba+Bb binary, and A-B system are aligned with respect to each other within a fraction of a degree: the respective mutual orbital inclinations are 0fdg25 (A versus B), 0fdg37 (A versus A-B), and 0fdg47 (B versus A-B). The A-B system has an orbital period of 432 days—the second shortest of the confirmed quadruple systems—and an orbital eccentricity of 0.3.

Acceptance Date May 23, 2021
Publication Date Aug 1, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal The Astrophysical Journal
Print ISSN 0004-637X
Publisher American Astronomical Society
Pages 93 - 93
DOI https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac04ad
Publisher URL https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac04ad

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