{"_facts":{"companion":"","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"","rare":"Eccentric eclipsing binary","toi":""},"amplitude":"39.9%","bp_rp":"1.09","cover":"TIC422297664_s0017.png","data_used":"TESS sector 17 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-10","dec":"57.8382","depth":"58.1%","distance_pc":"1,055 (~3,442 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"2200023643641770368","gaia_gmag":"13.91","gaia_lum":"6.03 x the Sun","gaia_mass":"1.47 x the Sun","gaia_radius":"1.75 x the Sun","gaia_teff":"6,828 K","history":[{"date":"2026-10-10","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 16"},{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Rare-find check: Eccentric eclipsing binary"}],"hr":[1.088,3.797],"last_update":"2026-10-11","nearest_variable":"MNIC V64 (EA, P = 3.6393 d), 35\" away (same period!)","nearest_variable_id":"MNIC V64","notes":"Notable, already known: Eccentric eclipsing binary (the catalogued variable MNIC V64 (EA, 35\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels; same period as the known variable MNIC V64).\n\nWARNING: same period as the known variable MNIC V64 35\" away; the signal is probably its light leaking in.\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 17 (flagged in 3 sector(s)). Detection score 1257.5.\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\n2026-10-10  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 16","period_days":"3.64204","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 17","ra":"335.821","rare":"Eccentric eclipsing binary","rare_checked":"2026-10-11 19:37","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 0.197 instead of 0.5: the orbit is stretched (eccentricity at least 0.475). Eccentric binaries show how tides shape orbits, and their slowly turning orbits test General Relativity."}],"rare_known":true,"rare_known_why":["the catalogued variable MNIC V64 (EA, 35\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels","same period as the known variable MNIC V64"],"rare_level":"notable","rare_n":10,"ruwe":"0.97 - fits a single star","score":"1257.5","sector":17,"simbad_name":"not in SIMBAD","status":"Notable, already known","tic":"422297664","title":"TIC 422297664","tmag":"13.36","type":"Eclipsing binary"}