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The delta Scuti Pulsation Periods in KIC 5197256

Volume 43 number 1 (2015)

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Garrison Turner
Big Sandy Community and Technical College, Prestonsburg, KY 41653; gturner0040@kctcs.edu
John Holaday
Purdue University Dept. of Material Engineering, Lafayette, IN 47907; jholaday@purdue.edu

Abstract

In this paper we present the pulsational spectrum for KIC 5197256. This object is an eclipsing binary system with a period of 6.96 days. We demonstrate that the light curve shows presence of delta Scuti pulsations with a dominant period of 0.1015 day. The object should therefore be included in the ever-growing class of eclipsing binary systems with at least one pulsating component.