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The variable radial velocity of this system was not recognized until 1999, more than a century following the first measurement in 1897. Delta Aurigae is a single-lined spectroscopic binary: periodic Doppler shifts in the star's spectrum indicate orbital motion. The pair have an orbital period of 1,283.4 days (3.514 years) and an eccentricity of 0.231. Based on the small amplitude of the radial velocity variation, the companion is most likely a small K- or earlyM-type main-sequence star with around half the mass of the Sun.[6]
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