{"_facts":{"companion":"","deep":"","dossier":"","gaia_eb":"","impression":"","period":"","planet":"Probably noise or an instrument effect","rare":"Lopsided transit; Transits of a giant star","toi":""},"amplitude":"0.6%","bp_rp":"1.20","cover":"TIC86277738_s0021.png","data_used":"TESS sector 21 (QLP)","date":"2026-10-11","dec":"61.1639","depth":"0.5%","distance_pc":"1,149 (~3,747 light years)","found_by":"hunt.py (automatic)","gaia_dr3":"1039143942581650048","gaia_gmag":"10.77","gaia_lum":"57.15 x the Sun","gaia_mass":"3.00 x the Sun","gaia_radius":"10.96 x the Sun","gaia_teff":"4,803 K","history":[{"date":"2026-10-11","text":"Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 21"},{"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":[1.203,0.47],"last_update":"2026-10-11","nearest_variable":"LINEAR 7008076 (EA, P = 1.1628 d), 57\" away (same period!)","nearest_variable_id":"LINEAR 7008076","notes":"Probably noise or an instrument effect.\nRare, already known: Lopsided transit; Transits of a giant star (in SIMBAD as TYC 4135-816-1 (*); the catalogued variable LINEAR 7008076 (EA, 57\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels).\n\nWARNING: same period as the known variable LINEAR 7008076 57\" away; the signal is probably its light leaking in.\nFound automatically by hunt.py in TESS sector 21 (flagged in 2 sector(s)). Detection score 147.4.\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\n2026-10-11  Found by the automatic search in TESS sector 21","period_days":"0.581407","period_source":"hunt.py on TESS QLP sector 21","planet_check":"Probably noise or an instrument effect","planet_size":"~81.6 Earth radii (~7.28 Jupiter) - too big for a planet","planet_verdict":"fa","ra":"141.363","rare":"Lopsided transit; Transits of a giant star","rare_checked":"2026-10-11 16:46","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":["in SIMBAD as TYC 4135-816-1 (*)","the catalogued variable LINEAR 7008076 (EA, 57\" away) has the same period - its light leaks into TESS's big pixels","same period as the known variable LINEAR 7008076"],"rare_level":"hint","rare_n":10,"ruwe":"0.93 - fits a single star","score":"147.4","sector":21,"simbad_id":"TYC 4135-816-1","simbad_name":"TYC 4135-816-1 [*]","status":"Rare, already known","tic":"86277738","title":"TIC 86277738","tmag":"10.15","type":"Transit candidate"}