Saturday, August 4, 2012

KIC 8912308 Unlisted Heartbeat Binary System at Planet Hunters



The Kepler light curve above for KIC 8912308 has been identified by Planet Hunters forum Talk members as an unlisted Heartbeat binary star. Kian Jek put together a phased curve that is a tell for these type of stars below:



Heartbeat stars are "eccentric binary systems undergoing dynamic tidal distortions and tidally induced pulsations in the Kepler data."

Link to the discovery page at Planet Hunters here.

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