{"_facts":{"companion":"2.2","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"Probably noise or an instrument effect","rare":"Microlensing (rogue planet?); Transit timing (TTV)","toi":""},"amplitude":"2.6%","bp_rp":"1.08","cover":"TIC408357344_s0024.png","data_used":"TESS sector 24 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-11","dec":"61.4735","depth":"3.1%","distance_pc":"543 (~1,770 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"2203921343643633536","gaia_gmag":"12.91","gaia_lum":"2.68 x the Sun","gaia_mass":"1.09 x the Sun","gaia_radius":"1.58 x the Sun","gaia_teff":"5,872 K","history":[{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 24"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Gaia hints at a hidden companion star (RUWE 2.2)"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Rare-find check: Microlensing (rogue planet?); Transit timing (TTV)"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Planet check: Probably noise or an instrument effect"}],"hr":[1.077,4.234],"last_update":"2026-10-11","nearest_variable":"Gaia DR3 2203921446722847872 (RS), 56\" away","nearest_variable_id":"Gaia DR3 2203921446722847872","notes":"Probably noise or an instrument effect.\nRare, already known: Microlensing (rogue planet?); Transit timing (TTV) (catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 2203921446722847872 (RS), 56\" away).\n\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 24 (flagged in 2 sector(s)). Detection score 170.0.\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  Planet check: Probably noise or an instrument effect\n2026-10-11  Rare-find check: Microlensing (rogue planet?); Transit timing (TTV)\n2026-10-11  Gaia hints at a hidden companion star (RUWE 2.2)\n2026-10-11  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 24","period_days":"1.28316","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 24","planet_check":"Probably noise or an instrument effect","planet_size":"~34.5 Earth radii (~3.08 Jupiter) - too big for a planet","planet_verdict":"fa","ra":"326.719","rare":"Microlensing (rogue planet?); Transit timing (TTV)","rare_checked":"2026-10-11 16:42","rare_clear":["Exocomet-shaped dip","Habitable zone & size","Transit duration (TDV)","Changing transit depth","Lopsided transit","Dimming beside the transit","Type of star"],"rare_device":"GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (CUDA, CuPy)","rare_flags":[{"id":"microlensing","level":"candidate","name":"Microlensing (rogue planet?)","text":"A one-off, symmetric brightening at BTJD 2869.71 that fits the gravitational-lens shape better than a flare (Einstein time 0.7 h). Events this short can be made by a free-floating (rogue) planet passing in front of the star. Very rare in TESS data; scattered light and asteroids can mimic it."},{"id":"ttv","level":"candidate","name":"Transit timing (TTV)","text":"The transits arrive early or late by 5.4 min (typical error 1.1 min) repeating every ~72.1 orbits: something is tugging on the planet - another planet, or a moon."}],"rare_known":true,"rare_known_why":["catalogued variable star nearby: Gaia DR3 2203921446722847872 (RS), 56\" away"],"rare_level":"candidate","rare_n":11,"ruwe":"2.17 - hints at a hidden companion star","score":"170.0","sector":24,"simbad_name":"not in SIMBAD","status":"Rare, already known","tic":"408357344","title":"TIC 408357344","tmag":"12.35","type":"Transit candidate"}