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The Keplerian orbit of the companion B of a visual binary with respect to the primary star A, can be described by the orbital elements: the revolution period P (in years), an epoch of passage through periastron T (in years), the semi-major axis a of the true orbit (in arcseconds), the eccentricity e (dimensionless), the (ascending) node Ω, the inclination i and the longitude of periastron ω (all in degrees) (see e.g. Dommanget 1992).
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Ruymaekers, G., Cuypers, J. (1997). Assessing Statistical Accuracy to the Orbital Elements of Visual Double Stars by Means of Bootstrap. In: Babu, G.J., Feigelson, E.D. (eds) Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy II. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1968-2_40
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