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The solar analogues 16 Cyg A and B are excellent asteroseismic targets in the Kepler field of view and together with a red dwarf and a Jovian planet form an interesting system. For these more evolved Sun-like stars we cannot detect surface rotation with the current Kepler data but instead use the technique of asteroseimology to determine rotational properties of both 16 Cyg A and B. We find the rotation periods to be |23. 8^+1. 5-₁. ₈| and |23. 2^+11. 5-₃. ₂ \, d|, and the angles of inclination to be |56^+6-₅ \, ^ | and |36^+17-₇ \, ^ |, for A and B, respectively. Together with these results we use the published mass and age to suggest that, under the assumption of a solar-like rotation profile, 16 Cyg A could be used when calibrating gyrochronology relations. In addition, we discuss the known 16 Cyg B star–planet eccentricity and measured low obliquity which is consistent with Kozai cycling and tidal theory.
Davies et al. (Sat,) studied this question.