This is adetachedeclipsing binary star system with anorbital period of 2.27 days and an essentially circular orbit having a measuredeccentricity of 0.00.[8] The eclipse of the primary by the secondary component reduces the visual magnitude of the system by 0.29, while the eclipse of the secondary diminishes the magnitude by 0.27.[5]
Component B is a magnitude 7.57[4]B-type main sequence star with a class of B8.5 V.[5] It has 2.6 times the Sun's mass and 2.16 times the radius of the Sun. The star is filling 60% of its Roche radius.[10]
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