{"_facts":{"companion":"4.1","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"Already known to NASA: CTOI 349518145.01 (PC)","rare":"Lopsided transit; Dimming beside the transit","toi":"CTOI 349518145.01 (PC)"},"amplitude":"1.0%","bp_rp":"0.87","cover":"TIC349518145_s0029.png","data_used":"TESS sector 29 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-12","dec":"-61.3166","depth":"2.5%","distance_pc":"642 (~2,095 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"5292229157053629056","gaia_gmag":"13.05","gaia_lum":"2.57 x the Sun","gaia_mass":"1.20 x the Sun","gaia_radius":"1.36 x the Sun","gaia_teff":"6,269 K","history":[{"date":"2026-10-12","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 29"},{"date":"2026-10-12","text":"Planet check: Already known to NASA: CTOI 349518145.01 (PC)"},{"date":"2026-10-12","text":"Found on NASA's list of TESS planet candidates: CTOI 349518145.01 (PC)"},{"date":"2026-10-12","text":"Gaia hints at a hidden companion star (RUWE 4.1)"},{"date":"2026-10-12","text":"Rare-find check: Lopsided transit; Dimming beside the transit"}],"hr":[0.868,4.015],"last_update":"2026-10-12","nearest_variable":"Gaia DR3 5292230462723681792 (E, P = 1.0283 d), 201\" away","nearest_variable_id":"Gaia DR3 5292230462723681792","notes":"Already known to NASA: CTOI 349518145.01 (PC).\nRare, already known: Lopsided transit; Dimming beside the transit (on NASA's TESS list as CTOI 349518145.01 (PC); in the TESS eclipsing-binary catalogue (Prsa et al. 2022) as TIC 0349518145).\nAlready on NASA's TESS list as CTOI 349518145.01 (PC).\n\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 29 (flagged in 18 sector(s)). Detection score 84.0.\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:\n2026-10-12  Rare-find check: Lopsided transit; Dimming beside the transit\n2026-10-12  Gaia hints at a hidden companion star (RUWE 4.1)\n2026-10-12  Found on NASA's list of TESS planet candidates: CTOI 349518145.01 (PC)\n2026-10-12  Planet check: Already known to NASA: CTOI 349518145.01 (PC)\n2026-10-12  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 29","period_days":"4.13994","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 29","planet_check":"Already known to NASA: CTOI 349518145.01 (PC)","planet_size":"~25.1 Earth radii (~2.24 Jupiter) - too big for a planet","planet_verdict":"toi","ra":"111.256","rare":"Lopsided transit; Dimming beside the transit","rare_checked":"2026-10-11 17:01","rare_clear":["Microlensing (rogue planet?)","Exocomet-shaped dip","Habitable zone & size","Transit timing (TTV)","Transit duration (TDV)","Changing transit depth","Trojan companions (L4/L5)","More planets in the system","Self-lensing binary","Type of star"],"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":"moon_dip","level":"hint","name":"Dimming beside the transit","text":"On average the star is 813 ppm dimmer just before and after the transit (16.4 sigma): what a moon (or ring/dust) travelling with the planet would cause. Instrument trends can do this too."}],"rare_known":true,"rare_known_why":["on NASA's TESS list as CTOI 349518145.01 (PC)","in the TESS eclipsing-binary catalogue (Prsa et al. 2022) as TIC 0349518145","in SIMBAD as UCAC4 144-009991 (*)","catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 5292230462723681792 (E, P = 1.0283 d), 201\" away"],"rare_level":"hint","rare_n":12,"ruwe":"4.12 - hints at a hidden companion star","score":"84.0","sector":29,"simbad_id":"UCAC4 144-009991","simbad_name":"UCAC4 144-009991 [*]","status":"Rare, already known","tic":"349518145","title":"TIC 349518145","tmag":"12.6","toi":"CTOI 349518145.01 (PC)","type":"Transit candidate"}