Thursday, August 30, 2012

KIC10024862 - 600 day Eclipsing Binary or Planet?

This transit occurred in the fourth quarter of the Kepler data release in 2011. Now in Q9, another significant drop has occurred.


Here is the analysis from forum Talk member Kian Jek:
Very nice 17hr drop. Could be a 0.84x RJ planet from the transit profile. However, the Q4 transit appears to have a similar duration, so it's possible that this is a long period, P > 600d, EB and with the secondary eclipse in Q4 and the primary in Q9.

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