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Description
We present the visual orbits of two long-period spectroscopic binary stars, HD8374 and HD24546, using interferometric observations acquired with the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array and the Palomar Testbed Interferometer. We also obtained new radial velocities from echelle spectra using the APO 3.5m and Fairborn 2.0 telescopes. By combining the visual and spectroscopic observations, we solve for the full, three-dimensional orbits and determine the stellar masses and distances to within 3% uncertainty. We then estimate the effective temperature and radius of each component star through Doppler tomography and spectral energy distribution analyses, in order to compare the observed stellar parameters to the predictions of stellar evolution models. For HD8374, we find masses of M1=1.636{+/-}0.050M{sun} and M2=1.587{+/-}0.049M{sun}, radii of R1=1.84{+/-}0.05R{sun} and R2=1.66{+/-}0.12R{sun}, temperatures of Teff_1_=7280{+/-}110K and Teff-2-=7280{+/-}120K, and an estimated age of 1.0Gyr. For HD24546, we find masses of M1=1.434{+/-}0.014M{sun} and M2=1.409{+/-}0.014M{sun}, radii of R_1_=1.67{+/-}0.06R{sun} and R_2_=1.60{+/-}0.10R{sun}, temperatures of Teff_1_=6790{+/-}120K and Teff_2_=6770{+/-}90K, and an estimated age of 1.4Gyr. HD24546 is therefore too old to be a member of the Hyades cluster, despite its physical proximity to the group.
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