{"_facts":{"companion":"1.8","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"Probably noise or an instrument effect","rare":"Eclipse timing (third body?); Eccentric eclipsing binary; Transits of a giant star","toi":""},"amplitude":"2.5%","bp_rp":"1.17","cover":"TIC11156179_s0018.png","data_used":"TESS sector 18 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-10","dec":"60.7932","depth":"2.0%","distance_pc":"2,362 (~7,703 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"508214653985420928","gaia_gmag":"11.47","gaia_teff":"5,816 K","history":[{"date":"2026-10-10","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 18"},{"date":"2026-10-10","text":"Gaia hints at a hidden companion star (RUWE 1.8)"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Planet check: Probably noise or an instrument effect"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Rare-find check: Eclipse timing (third body?); Eccentric eclipsing binary; Transits of a giant star"}],"hr":[1.173,-0.396],"last_update":"2026-10-11","nearest_variable":"WISE J015825.3+604912 (EW|EA, P = 0.40819 d), 116\" away","nearest_variable_id":"WISE J015825.3+604912","notes":"Probably noise or an instrument effect.\nNotable, already known: Eclipse timing (third body?); Eccentric eclipsing binary; Transits of a giant star (in SIMBAD as TYC 4032-168-1 (*); catalogued variable star nearby: WISE J015825.3+604912 (EW|EA, P = 0.40819 d), 116\" away).\n\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 18 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 324.7.\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: Eclipse timing (third body?); Eccentric eclipsing binary; Transits of a giant star\n2026-10-11  Planet check: Probably noise or an instrument effect\n2026-10-10  Gaia hints at a hidden companion star (RUWE 1.8)\n2026-10-10  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 18","period_days":"1.04201","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 18","planet_check":"Probably noise or an instrument effect","planet_size":"~221.6 Earth radii (~19.77 Jupiter) - too big for a planet","planet_verdict":"fa","ra":"29.5693","rare":"Eclipse timing (third body?); Eccentric eclipsing binary; Transits of a giant star","rare_checked":"2026-10-11 16:26","rare_clear":["Microlensing (rogue planet?)","Exocomet-shaped dip","Eclipses changing depth","Pulsating star in an eclipsing binary","Extra dips outside the eclipses"],"rare_device":"GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (CUDA, CuPy)","rare_flags":[{"id":"etv","level":"notable","name":"Eclipse timing (third body?)","text":"The eclipses drift early and late by 11.7 min: light taking longer or shorter to reach us as the pair is pulled around by a hidden third star (or planet), or a slowly turning eccentric orbit."},{"id":"eccentric_eb","level":"notable","name":"Eccentric eclipsing binary","text":"The second eclipse comes at phase 0.785 instead of 0.5: the orbit is stretched (eccentricity at least 0.448). Eccentric binaries show how tides shape orbits, and their slowly turning orbits test General Relativity."},{"id":"giant_host","level":"notable","name":"Transits of a giant star","text":"Gaia places this star among the giants: planets transiting giants are rare, and a big star makes even a large planet's dip tiny."}],"rare_known":true,"rare_known_why":["in SIMBAD as TYC 4032-168-1 (*)","catalogued variable star nearby: WISE J015825.3+604912 (EW|EA, P = 0.40819 d), 116\" away"],"rare_level":"notable","rare_n":10,"ruwe":"1.81 - hints at a hidden companion star","score":"324.7","sector":18,"simbad_id":"TYC 4032-168-1","simbad_name":"TYC 4032-168-1 [*]","status":"Notable, already known","tic":"11156179","title":"TIC 11156179","tmag":"10.89","type":"Transit candidate"}