Another mysterious star with anomalies
As you know, scientists have found a similar phenomenon (which has not yet been explained) in the constellation Cygnus: something gigantic in size, which in a certain way affects the luminosity of the star. Attempts to substantiate this in a natural way (comets) have failed. What is it, perhaps, mega-spheres and alien structures?!.. And now, something similar is found in the constellation Leo Minor.
Astronomers using robotic telescopes MASTER discovered a mysterious star in the constellation Leo Minor, whose luminosity temporarily decreases 100 times every 70 years.
“The system is more than mysterious, because we see a total eclipse. This means that something completely overshadows the giant star!”, - noted in this regard, Moscow State University professor Vladimir Lipunov.
According to the scientist, in this case the star should be covered by a very large object. “It doesn't look like a dusty disk. But it cannot be a star either. If the luminosity of the second companion is a hundred times less, then, therefore, the companion is a low-mass star, but a low-mass star cannot have dimensions that exceed the dimensions of a massive companion in this binary system,”the professor argues.
However, if the companion star were smaller than the main star, it would not be able to eclipse it.
After the discovery of the decrease in the luminosity of the star TYC 2505-672-1, it turned out that the same phenomenon was recorded in 1942-1945. Thus, the period of variability of this star is 25245 days - about 69 years. Until now, the longest interval between eclipses was distinguished by the star Epsilon Auriga. Its eclipses are repeated 27 years later.
“What these stars have in common is that in both cases it is completely incomprehensible what makes them change their brightness,” added Lipunov.
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Different versions are still admissible … There is no doubt that astronomers from different countries of the world will now pay special attention to the constellation Leo Minor.
