{"_facts":{"companion":"","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"Probably noise or an instrument effect","rare":"Transit timing (TTV); Transit duration (TDV); Changing transit depth","toi":""},"amplitude":"4.7%","bp_rp":"0.88","cover":"TIC232646839_s0021.png","data_used":"TESS sector 21 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-11","dec":"59.6138","depth":"4.0%","distance_pc":"634 (~2,067 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"2156176837903282688","gaia_gmag":"13.95","gaia_lum":"0.80 x the Sun","gaia_mass":"0.92 x the Sun","gaia_radius":"0.96 x the Sun","gaia_teff":"5,567 K","history":[{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 21"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Rare-find check: Transit timing (TTV); Transit duration (TDV); Changing transit depth"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Planet check: Probably noise or an instrument effect"}],"hr":[0.88,4.941],"last_update":"2026-10-11","nearest_variable":"PS1-3PI J184544.96+593638.7 (RRAB, P = 0.57975 d), 185\" away","nearest_variable_id":"PS1-3PI J184544.96+593638.7","notes":"Probably noise or an instrument effect.\nRare, already known: Hot Neptune desert; Transit timing (TTV); Transit duration (TDV) (catalogued variable star nearby: PS1-3PI J184544.96+593638.7 (RRAB, P = 0.57975 d), 185\" away).\n\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 21 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 107.2.\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  Planet check: Probably noise or an instrument effect\n2026-10-11  Rare-find check: Transit timing (TTV); Transit duration (TDV); Changing transit depth\n2026-10-11  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 21","period_days":"1.85364","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 21","planet_check":"Probably noise or an instrument effect","planet_size":"~5.0 Earth radii (~0.44 Jupiter)","planet_verdict":"fa","ra":"281.539","rare":"Transit timing (TTV); Transit duration (TDV); Changing transit depth","rare_checked":"2026-10-11 16:53","rare_clear":["Microlensing (rogue planet?)","Exocomet-shaped dip","Habitable zone & size","Exomoon timing pattern","Lopsided transit","Self-lensing binary","Type of star"],"rare_device":"GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (CUDA, CuPy)","rare_flags":[{"id":"neptune_desert","level":"notable","name":"Hot Neptune desert","text":"A 4.0 Earth-radius planet on a 1.86-day orbit sits in the 'hot Neptune desert', where very few planets are known (if the signal is a real planet - it hasn't passed the planet check)."},{"id":"ttv","level":"hint","name":"Transit timing (TTV)","text":"The transits arrive early or late by 26.0 min (typical error 4.0 min): something is tugging on the planet - another planet, or a moon."},{"id":"tdv","level":"hint","name":"Transit duration (TDV)","text":"The transit length changes from one transit to the next beyond the errors - a sign of a wobbling orbit (moon) or a precessing orbit."},{"id":"depth_change","level":"hint","name":"Changing transit depth","text":"The dip depth changes by 982% between transits - a disintegrating planet trailing dust, starspots, or light from another star mixing in."}],"rare_known":true,"rare_known_why":["catalogued variable star nearby: PS1-3PI J184544.96+593638.7 (RRAB, P = 0.57975 d), 185\" away"],"rare_level":"hint","rare_n":12,"ruwe":"0.94 - fits a single star","score":"107.2","sector":21,"simbad_name":"not in SIMBAD","status":"Rare, already known","tic":"232646839","title":"TIC 232646839","tmag":"13.5","type":"Transit candidate"}