Showing posts with label KIC 4949187. Show all posts
Showing posts with label KIC 4949187. Show all posts

Saturday, September 15, 2012

KIC 4949187 - Possible Heartbeat Binary Star System


Planet Hunters forum Talk member planetsam identified this light curve for KIC  4949187 as a possible unlisted heartbeat binary star system, a class of tidally excited eccentric binaries. This new class of stars was first discussed at the Kepler Science Conference in  December of 2011. View Susan Thompson's Kepler video presentation here.

Kian Jek provided the phased curve below:


You can follow the discussion at Planet Hunters Talk forum here

An Automated Search for Transiting Exocomets- HD 182952 (KIC 8027456)

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