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a r X i v : 0 7 0 5 .1 8 1 0 v 1 [ a s t r o - p h ] 1 4 M a y 2 0 0 7 Not to appear in Nonlearned J., 45. Absolute properties of the binary system BB Pegasi B. Kalomeni1, K. Yakut2,3, V. Keskin2, O?. L.Deg?irmenci2, B. Ulas?4,5, and O. Ko?se2 ABSTRACT We present a ground based photometry of the low-temperature contact bi- nary BB Peg. We collected all times of mid-eclipses available in literature and combined them with those obtained in this study. Analyses of the data indicate a period increase of 3.0(1)×10?8 days/yr. This period increase of BB Peg can be interpreted in terms of the mass transfer 2.4×10?8 M⊙ yr ?1 from the less massive to the more massive component. The physical parameters have been determined as Mc = 1.42 M⊙, Mh = 0.53 M⊙, Rc = 1.29 R⊙, Rh = 0.83 R⊙, Lc = 1.86 L⊙, and Lh = 0.94 L⊙ through simultaneous solution of light and of the radial velocity curves. The orbital parameters of the third body, that orbits the contact system in an eccentric orbit, were obtained from the period variation analysis. The system is compared to the similar binaries in the Hertzsprung-Russell and Mass-Radius diagram. Subject headings: Binaries:close — binaries: eclipsing — stars: late-type — stars: individual(BB Peg) 1. Introduction BB Peg (HIP 110493, V = 11m.6 , F8V ) is a low-temperature contact binary (LTCB) system which was discovered as a variable star in 1931 by Hoffmeister. Whitney (1959) refined the orbital period. Since then BB Peg has been the subject of several investigations. 1Department of Physics, I?zmir Institute of Technology, Turkey 2Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences, University of Ege, Turkey 3Institute of Astronomy, K.U.Leuven, Belgium 4Department of Physics, Onsekiz Mart University of C?anakkale, Turkey 5Department of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics, University of Athens, Greece – 2 – The system was observed photoelectrically in 1978 by Cerruti-Sola Scaltriti (1980), Zhai Zhang (1979), and Awadalla (1988). The times of minim