The inner pair of this triple star system, components Ba and Bb, have an orbital period of 10.78 days and an eccentricity of 0.47.[8] The pair consist of an A-typegiant and a less evolvedA-type main-sequence star with stellar classifications of A9 III + A3 V,[3] respectively. These in turn share an orbit with the primary, component A, having a period of 20 years and an eccentricity of 0.51.[5] The last is an orange-hued K-type giant with a class of K2 III.[3]
Name and etymology
According to the catalogue of stars in the Technical Memorandum 33-507 - A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars, this star was titled as Al Kiladah.[9] This star, together with τ Sgr, ν Sgr, ω Sgr, 60 Sgr and ζ Sgr were Al Udḥiyy, the Ostrich's Nest.[10]
^ abcDocobo, José A.; Andrade, Manuel (November 2006), "A Methodology for the Description of Multiple Stellar Systems with Spectroscopic Subcomponents", The Astrophysical Journal, 652 (1): 681–695, Bibcode:2006ApJ...652..681D, doi:10.1086/508053.