{"_facts":{"companion":"","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"Probably noise or an instrument effect","rare":"Lopsided transit","toi":""},"amplitude":"3.4%","bp_rp":"0.84","cover":"TIC288434139_s0022.png","data_used":"TESS sector 22 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-11","dec":"45.038","depth":"4.5%","distance_pc":"1,116 (~3,639 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"1550033978933614720","gaia_gmag":"13.91","history":[{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 22"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Rare-find check: Lopsided transit"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Planet check: Probably noise or an instrument effect"}],"hr":[0.841,3.668],"last_update":"2026-10-11","nearest_variable":"KELT KC21C13259 (EA, P = 2.7101 d), 53\" away (same period!)","nearest_variable_id":"KELT KC21C13259","notes":"Probably noise or an instrument effect.\nRare, already known: Lopsided transit (the catalogued variable KELT KC21C13259 (EA, 53\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels; same period as the known variable KELT KC21C13259).\n\nWARNING: same period as the known variable KELT KC21C13259 53\" away; the signal is probably its light leaking in.\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 22 (flagged in 3 sector(s)). Detection score 109.8.\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: Lopsided transit\n2026-10-11  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 22","period_days":"2.70858","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 22","planet_check":"Probably noise or an instrument effect","planet_size":"~36.3 Earth radii (~3.24 Jupiter) - too big for a planet","planet_verdict":"fa","ra":"202.767","rare":"Lopsided transit","rare_checked":"2026-10-11 16:50","rare_clear":["Microlensing (rogue planet?)","Exocomet-shaped dip","Habitable zone & size","Transit timing (TTV)","Transit duration (TDV)","Changing transit depth","Dimming beside the transit","Type of star"],"rare_device":"GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (CUDA, CuPy)","rare_flags":[{"id":"asymmetry","level":"hint","name":"Lopsided transit","text":"The end of the transit is deeper than the start: a dust tail (disintegrating planet), rings, a fast-spinning star, or a blend."}],"rare_known":true,"rare_known_why":["the catalogued variable KELT KC21C13259 (EA, 53\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels","same period as the known variable KELT KC21C13259"],"rare_level":"hint","rare_n":11,"ruwe":"1.02 - fits a single star","score":"109.8","sector":22,"simbad_name":"not in SIMBAD","status":"Rare, already known","tic":"288434139","title":"TIC 288434139","tmag":"13.47","type":"Transit candidate"}