\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{table parameters}Parameters of Cyg~OB2 No.~8A used in this work.} %\centerline {\small \begin{tabular}{llllll} \hline\hline Parameter & Primary & Secondary \\ \hline $T_{\rm eff}$ (K) & 36~800 & 39~200 \\ $R_*$ ($R_{\odot}$) & 20.0 & 14.8 \\ $M_*$ ($M_{\odot}$) & 44.1 & 37.4 \\ log $L_{\rm bol}/L_{\odot}$ & 5.82 & 5.67 \\ $\dot{M}$ ($M_{\odot}~ {\rm yr}^{-1}$) & $4.8 \times 10^{-6}$ & $3.0 \times 10^{-6}$ \\ $\varv_\infty$ (km s$^{-1}$) & 1873 & 2107 \\ semi-major axis $a$ ($R_{\odot}$) & 65.7 & 76.0 \\ period $P$ (days) & \multicolumn{2}{c}{$21.908 \pm 0.040$} \\ eccentricity $e$ & \multicolumn{2}{c}{$0.24 \pm 0.04$} \\ inclination $i$ & \multicolumn{2}{c}{$32\degr \pm 5\degr$} \\ distance $D$ (kpc) & \multicolumn{2}{c}{1.8} \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \tablefoot{These parameters were derived by \citet{2006MNRAS.371.1280D}.} \end{table}