Four New Eclipsing Mid M-dwarf Systems from the New Luyten Two Tenths Catalog

摘要

Using data from the MEarth-North and MEarth-South transit surveys, we present the detection of eclipses in four mid M-dwarf systems: LP 107-25, LP?261-75, LP?796-24, and LP?991-15. Combining the MEarth photometry with spectroscopic follow-up observations, we show that LP?107-25 and LP?796-24 are short-period (1.388 and 0.523 day, respectively) eclipsing binaries in triple-lined systems with substantial third-light contamination from distant companions. LP?261-75 is a short-period (1.882 day) single-lined system consisting of a mid M-dwarf eclipsed by a probable brown dwarf secondary, with another distant visual brown dwarf companion. LP?991-15 is a long-period (29.3 day) double-lined eclipsing binary on an eccentric orbit with a geometry that produces only primary eclipses. A spectroscopic orbit is given for LP?991-15, and initial orbits for LP?107-25 and LP?261-75.