This system was found to be a spectroscopic binary by the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in 1923. It was then shown to be a triple star system in 1937 by William E. Harper and Guy H. Blanchet.[8] The inner pair have an orbital period of 101.6 days and an eccentricity of 0.117, with the primary forming the visible component of this pair. The third component forms a visual system with the inner pair, orbiting with a period of 9.27 years and an eccentricity of 0.073.[5][9]
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^ abCowley, A. P.; Bidelman, W. P. (February 1979). "MK spectral types for some F and G stars". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 91: 83–86. Bibcode:1979PASP...91...83C. doi:10.1086/130446.
^Harper, W. E.; Blanchet, G. H. (July 1937). "The spectroscopic orbits of H. R. 5472". Publications of the Dominion Observatory Ottawa. 7: 99-104. Bibcode:1937PDAO....7...99H.