{"_facts":{"companion":"","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"","rare":"Eccentric eclipsing binary","toi":""},"amplitude":"25.7%","bp_rp":"0.64","cover":"TIC100798806_s0016.png","data_used":"TESS sector 16 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-10","dec":"34.9122","depth":"65.6%","distance_pc":"1,063 (~3,466 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"1903389081634220160","gaia_gmag":"13.37","gaia_lum":"4.09 x the Sun","gaia_mass":"1.34 x the Sun","gaia_radius":"1.54 x the Sun","gaia_teff":"6,613 K","history":[{"date":"2026-10-10","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 16"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Rare-find check: Eccentric eclipsing binary"}],"hr":[0.636,3.24],"last_update":"2026-10-11","nearest_variable":"NSVS 8920917 (EA, P = 2.9055 d), 35\" away (same period!)","nearest_variable_id":"NSVS 8920917","notes":"Notable, already known: Eccentric eclipsing binary (the catalogued variable NSVS 8920917 (EA, 35\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels; same period as the known variable NSVS 8920917).\n\nWARNING: same period as the known variable NSVS 8920917 35\" away; the signal is probably its light leaking in.\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 16 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 1424.9.\nNot in VSX, ASAS-SN or ZTF variable catalogues at the time of the search; not in Gaia DR3's variable lists.\nUnchecked by hand yet: verify the period, nearby stars and a wider catalogue search.\n\nUpdates:\n2026-10-11  Rare-find check: Eccentric eclipsing binary\n2026-10-10  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 16","period_days":"2.9059","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 16","ra":"341.97","rare":"Eccentric eclipsing binary","rare_checked":"2026-10-11 18:51","rare_clear":["Microlensing (rogue planet?)","Exocomet-shaped dip","Eclipse timing (third body?)","Pulsating star in an eclipsing binary","Extra dips outside the eclipses","Type of star"],"rare_device":"GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (CUDA, CuPy)","rare_flags":[{"id":"eccentric_eb","level":"notable","name":"Eccentric eclipsing binary","text":"The second eclipse comes at phase 0.184 instead of 0.5: the orbit is stretched (eccentricity at least 0.497). Eccentric binaries show how tides shape orbits, and their slowly turning orbits test General Relativity."}],"rare_known":true,"rare_known_why":["the catalogued variable NSVS 8920917 (EA, 35\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels","same period as the known variable NSVS 8920917"],"rare_level":"notable","rare_n":9,"ruwe":"0.95 - fits a single star","score":"1424.9","sector":16,"simbad_name":"not in SIMBAD","status":"Notable, already known","tic":"100798806","title":"TIC 100798806","tmag":"13.05","type":"Eclipsing binary"}