Photocentric orbits from a direct combination of ground-based astrometry with Hipparcos II. Preliminary orbits for six astrometric binaries

Abstract

Based on a direct combination of the Hipparcos data with astrometric ground-based observational catalogues having epochs between 1938 and 1999 the preliminary orbits and component masses are calculated for 6 binaries with no previous orbit calculation: $\iota$~Vir (HIP~69701) with period of 55 years, photocentric semi-major axis of 200 mas, relative semi-major axis of 830 mas and a dwarf secondary of 0.6 solar masses; $\gamma$~UMa (HIP~58001) -- 20.5 years, 90 mas, 460 mas and a dwarf secondary of 0.8 solar masses; $\kappa$~Del (HIP~101916) -- 45 years, 100 mas, 520 mas and a dwarf secondary of 0.4 solar masses; 20~Oph (HIP~82369) -- 35.5 years, 140 mas, 460 mas and a dwarf secondary of 0.8 solar masses; $\mu$~Ser (HIP~77516) -- 36 years, 110 mas, 350 mas and a secondary of 2.3 solar masses; as well as a possible new component of Mizar~A ($\zeta$~UMa, HIP~65378) -- 36.5 years, 180 mas, 780 mas, 1.5 solar masses. The latter may be a pair of dwarfs.