This is a double-lined[4]spectroscopic binary system, having a circular orbit with a period of 2.5 days.[6] It was discovered to be variable independently by Friedrich Schwab[10] and Heinrich Van Solowiew in 1918.[11] It was given its variable star designation in 1919.[12] Both components are metallic-lined, or Am stars, with a spectrum showing a deficiency of calcium and scandium, and an overabundance of heavier elements.[13] Together they form an EA, or Algol-type, eclipsing binary with the primary occultation reducing the net magnitude to a minimum of 6.54 and the secondary eclipse lowering it to 6.43, over a cycle time of 2.52501936 days.[5]
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^ abSouthworth, J.; et al. (December 2004). "Accurate fundamental parameters of eclipsing binary stars". In Zverko, J.; Ziznovsky, J.; Adelman, S. J.; Weiss, W. W. (eds.). The A-Star Puzzle, held in Poprad, Slovakia, July 8-13, 2004. IAU Symposium. Vol. 224. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 548–561. arXiv:astro-ph/0408227. Bibcode:2004IAUS..224..548S. doi:10.1017/S1743921305009324.
^ abSouthworth, J. (July 2015). "DEBCat: A Catalog of Detached Eclipsing Binary Stars". In Rucinski, Slavek M.; Torres, Guillermo; Zejda, Miloslav (eds.). Living Together: Planets, Host Stars and Binaries, Proceedings of a conference held 8-12 September 2014 in Litomyšl, Czech Republic. ASP Conference. Vol. 496. San Francisco. pp. 164–165. arXiv:1411.1219. Bibcode:2015ASPC..496..164S.
^Dugan, Raymond Smith (1930). "The Eclipsing Variables WW Aurigae, W Ursae Minoris". Contributions from the Princeton University Observatory. 10: 1–27. Bibcode:1930CoPri..10....1D.
^Pavlovski, K.; et al. (April 2008). "Spectral disentangling of the metallic-lined binary system WW Aurigae". Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso. 38 (2): 437–438. Bibcode:2008CoSka..38..437P.