{"_facts":{"companion":"","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"","rare":"Eccentric eclipsing binary","toi":""},"amplitude":"61.2%","bp_rp":"2.12","cover":"TIC260056903_s0019.png","data_used":"TESS sector 19 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-11","dec":"47.4388","depth":"74.2%","distance_pc":"2,866 (~9,346 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"234153168782145920","gaia_gmag":"14.35","gaia_lum":"66.44 x the Sun","gaia_mass":"2.70 x the Sun","gaia_radius":"10.08 x the Sun","gaia_teff":"5,204 K","history":[{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 19"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Rare-find check: Eccentric eclipsing binary"}],"hr":[2.116,2.061],"last_update":"2026-10-11","nearest_variable":"V0482 Per (EA/DM:, P = 2.4468 d), 60\" away (same period!)","nearest_variable_id":"V0482 Per","notes":"Notable, already known: Eccentric eclipsing binary (the catalogued variable V0482 Per (EA/DM:, 60\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels; same period as the known variable V0482 Per).\n\nWARNING: same period as the known variable V0482 Per 60\" away; the signal is probably its light leaking in.\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 19 (flagged in 1 sector(s)). Detection score 1179.0.\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\n2026-10-11  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 19","period_days":"2.4467","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 19","ra":"63.9198","rare":"Eccentric eclipsing binary","rare_checked":"2026-10-11 20:35","rare_clear":["Microlensing (rogue planet?)","Exocomet-shaped dip","Eclipse timing (third body?)","Eclipses changing depth","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 0.207 instead of 0.5: the orbit is stretched (eccentricity at least 0.460). Eccentric binaries show how tides shape orbits, and their slowly turning orbits test General Relativity."}],"rare_known":true,"rare_known_why":["the catalogued variable V0482 Per (EA/DM:, 60\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels","same period as the known variable V0482 Per"],"rare_level":"notable","rare_n":10,"ruwe":"1.08 - fits a single star","score":"1179.0","sector":19,"simbad_name":"not in SIMBAD","status":"Notable, already known","tic":"260056903","title":"TIC 260056903","tmag":"13.29","type":"Eclipsing binary"}