{"_facts":{"companion":"22.2","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"Probably noise or an instrument effect","rare":"Lopsided transit; Transits of a giant star","toi":""},"amplitude":"5.2%","bp_rp":"1.00","cover":"TIC346302871_s0017.png","data_used":"TESS sector 17 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-10","dec":"58.8579","depth":"4.2%","distance_pc":"2,053 (~6,695 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"1999365241170021248","gaia_gmag":"13.10","gaia_teff":"9,919 K","history":[{"date":"2026-10-10","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 17"},{"date":"2026-10-10","text":"Gaia hints at a hidden companion star (RUWE 22.2)"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Rare-find check: Lopsided transit; Transits of a giant star"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Planet check: Probably noise or an instrument effect"}],"hr":[0.996,1.54],"last_update":"2026-10-11","nearest_variable":"Gaia DR3 1999365412968790016 (S), 59\" away","nearest_variable_id":"Gaia DR3 1999365412968790016","notes":"Probably noise or an instrument effect.\nRare, already known: Lopsided transit; Transits of a giant star (catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 1999365412968790016 (S), 59\" away; in the ATLAS variable-star catalogue (Heinze et al. 2018) as J357.3699+58.8578).\n\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 17 (flagged in 2 sector(s)). Detection score 262.6.\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; Transits of a giant star\n2026-10-10  Gaia hints at a hidden companion star (RUWE 22.2)\n2026-10-10  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 17","period_days":"0.756593","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 17","planet_check":"Probably noise or an instrument effect","planet_size":"~46.8 Earth radii (~4.18 Jupiter) - too big for a planet","planet_verdict":"fa","ra":"357.37","rare":"Lopsided transit; Transits of a giant star","rare_checked":"2026-10-11 16:29","rare_clear":["Microlensing (rogue planet?)","Exocomet-shaped dip","Habitable zone & size","Transit timing (TTV)","Transit duration (TDV)","Changing transit depth"],"rare_device":"GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (CUDA, CuPy)","rare_flags":[{"id":"asymmetry","level":"hint","name":"Lopsided transit","text":"The start of the transit is deeper than the end: a dust tail (disintegrating planet), rings, a fast-spinning star, or a blend."},{"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":["catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 1999365412968790016 (S), 59\" away","in the ATLAS variable-star catalogue (Heinze et al. 2018) as J357.3699+58.8578"],"rare_level":"hint","rare_n":10,"ruwe":"22.22 - hints at a hidden companion star","score":"262.6","sector":17,"simbad_name":"not in SIMBAD","status":"Rare, already known","tic":"346302871","title":"TIC 346302871","tmag":"12.54","type":"Transit candidate"}