Sunday, October 14, 2012

Long Period Unlisted Eclipsing Binary - KID 7971363


KID 7971363 is an unlisted eclipsing binary star system flagged by Planet Hunters forum Talk members in Q7.

Kian Jek:
If the primary stellar data is accurate, we're looking at a 0.24x Sol companion, 26x RE, too large to be a brown dwarf. Let's hope we see a primary eclipse soon, but the eclipse duration of ~37.75 hr means a very long period > 10 years!
 You can follow this eclipsing binary here.

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