Abstract
In this study, we investigated changes in the orbital period of two eclipsing contact binaries HT Vir and V1073 Cyg using all published times of minima. From the analysis of O-C residuals, it was found that HT Vir indicates orbital period increase, whereas the period of V1073 Cyg is decreasing. The changing rates of their periods have been determined to be 1.33 and -0.43 s/century for HT Vir and V1073 Cyg, respectively. In the distribution of O-C graph for HT Vir and V1073 Cyg, periodic variations also exist. Periodic changes were explained as being the result of a hypothetical third companion around the eclipsing pair.
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