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A Cool Earth-sized Planet Candidate Transiting a Tenth Magnitude K-dwarf From K2
Alexander Venner, Andrew Vanderburg, Chelsea X. Huang +7
The transit method is currently one of our best means for the detection of potentially habitable "Earth-like" exoplanets. In principle, given sufficiently high photometric precisio…
52 Eclipsing Quadruple Star Candidates Discovered in TESS Full Frame Images
Veselin B. Kostov, Brian P. Powell, Saul A. Rappaport +25
We present the discovery of 52 eclipsing quadruple star candidates detected in TESS Full Frame Image eleanor data by machine learning and citizen scientists. The uniformly-vetted a…
NGTS-EB-8: A double-lined eclipsing M+M binary discovered by citizen scientists
Sean M. O'Brien, Megan E. Schwamb, Christopher A. Watson +54
We report the identification and characterization of a new binary system composed of two near-equal mass M-dwarfs. The binary NGTS-EB-8 was identified as a planet candidate in data…
Ten new, ultracompact triply eclipsing triple star systems
T. Borkovits, S. A. Rappaport, T. Mitnyan +15
We have identified more than a hundred close triply eclipsing hierarchical triple star systems from data taken with the space telescope TESS. Many of them have outer periods less t…
The HD 60779 Planetary System: A Transiting Sub-Neptune on a 30-day Orbit and a More Massive Outer World
Victoria DiTomasso, David Charbonneau, Andrew Vanderburg +37
We present the discovery of the planetary system orbiting the bright (V = 7.2), nearby (35 pc), Sun-like star HD 60779, which has a mass of 1.050 +/- 0.044 solar masses and a radiu…
X-Raying a Be star disk: fundamental parameters of the eclipsing binary Be star V658 Car
Tajan H. de Amorim, Alex C. Carciofi, Jonathan Labadie-Bartz +8
With its two stellar eclipses and two disk attenuations per binary orbit, V658 Carinae stands out as the first clear eclipsing Be + sdOB system. This rare alignment offers a unique…
Starspots on eclipsing giant stars I.: The sample and eclipse mapping examples
K. Oláh, B. Seli, A. Haris +12
Spotted stars in eclipsing binary systems allow us to gather significant information about the stellar surface inhomogeneities that is otherwise impossible from only photometric da…
The Discovery of Two Quadruple Star Systems with the Second and Third Shortest Outer Periods
Brian P. Powell, Guillermo Torres, Veselin B. Kostov +12
We present the discovery of two quadruple star systems -- TIC 285853156 and TIC 392229331 -- each consisting of two bound eclipsing binary stars. Among the most compact quadruples…
TIC 290061484: A Triply Eclipsing Triple System with the Shortest Known Outer Period of 24.5 Days
Veselin B. Kostov, Saul A. Rappaport, Tamas Borkovits +13
We have discovered a triply eclipsing triple-star system, TIC 290061484, with the shortest known outer period, Pout, of only 24.5 days. This "eclipses" the previous record set by l…
Confirmation and Characterization of the Eccentric, Warm Jupiter TIC 393818343 b with a Network of Citizen Scientists
Lauren A. Sgro, Paul A. Dalba, Thomas M. Esposito +21
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has identified over 7,000 candidate exoplanets via the transit method, with gas giants among the most readily detected due to th…
Seven new triply eclipsing triple star systems
S. A. Rappaport, T. Borkovits, T. Mitnyan +19
We have identified nearly a hundred close triply eclipsing hierarchical triple star systems from data taken with the space telescope TESS. These systems are noteworthy in that we c…
The Active Asteroids Citizen Science Program: Overview and First Results
Colin Orion Chandler, Chadwick A. Trujillo, William J. Oldroyd +20
We present the Citizen Science program Active Asteroids and describe discoveries stemming from our ongoing project. Our NASA Partner program is hosted on the Zooniverse online plat…
101 Eclipsing Quadruple Star Candidates Discovered in TESS Full Frame Images
Veselin B. Kostov, Brian P. Powell, Saul A. Rappaport +17
We present our second catalog of quadruple star candidates, containing 101 systems discovered in TESS Full-Frame Image data. The targets were initially detected as eclipsing binary…
The LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS): VI. Optical identifications for the second data release
M. J. Hardcastle, M. A. Horton, W. L. Williams +49
The second data release of the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) covers 27% of the northern sky, with a total area of deg. The high angular resolution of LOFAR wi…
BU Canis Minoris -- the Most Compact Known Flat Doubly Eclipsing Quadruple System
Theodor Pribulla, Tamás Borkovits, Rahul Jayaraman +25
We have found that the 2+2 quadruple star system BU CMi is currently the most compact quadruple system known, with an extremely short outer period of only 121 days. The previous re…
TIC 219006972: A Compact, Coplanar Quadruple Star System Consisting of Two Eclipsing Binaries with an Outer Period of 168 days
Veselin B. Kostov, Tamas Borkovits, Saul A. Rappaport +12
We present the discovery of a new highly compact quadruple star system, TIC 219006972, consisting of two eclipsing binary stars with orbital periods of 8.3 days and 13.7 days, and…
A Study of Nine Triply Eclipsing Triples
S. A. Rappaport, T. Borkovits, R. Gagliano +22
In this work we report the independent discovery and analysis of nine new compact triply eclipsing triple star systems found with the TESS mission: TICs 47151245, 81525800, 9901326…
V994 Her: A Unique Triply Eclipsing Sextuple Star System
P. Zasche, T. Borkovits, R. Jayaraman +23
We report the discovery with of a third set of eclipses from V994 Herculis (TIC 424508303), previously only known as a doubly-eclipsing system. The key implication of this d…
TOI-1136 is a Young, Coplanar, Aligned Planetary System in a Pristine Resonant Chain
Fei Dai, Kento Masuda, Corey Beard +60
Convergent disk migration has long been suspected to be responsible for forming planetary systems with a chain of mean-motion resonances (MMR). Dynamical evolution over time could…
A Population of Dipper Stars from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Mission
Benjamin K. Capistrant, Melinda Soares-Furtado, Andrew Vanderburg +12
Dipper stars are a classification of young stellar objects that exhibit dimming variability in their light curves, dropping in brightness by 10-50%, likely induced by occultations…
TIC 114936199: A Quadruple Star System with a 12-day Outer Orbit Eclipse
Brian P. Powell, Saul A. Rappaport, Tamás Borkovits +19
We report the discovery with TESS of a remarkable quadruple star system with a 2+1+1 configuration. The two unique characteristics of this system are that (i) the inner eclipsing b…
The Visual Survey Group: A Decade of Hunting Exoplanets and Unusual Stellar Events with Space-Based Telescopes
Martti H. K. Kristiansen, Saul A. Rappaport, Andrew M. Vanderburg +9
This article presents the history of the Visual Survey Group (VSG) - a Professional-Amateur (Pro-Am) collaboration within the field of astronomy working on data from several space…
Six New Compact Triply Eclipsing Triples Found With TESS
S. A. Rappaport, T. Borkovits, R. Gagliano +21
In this work we report the discovery and analysis of six new compact triply eclipsing triple star systems found with the TESS mission: TICs 37743815, 42565581, 54060695, 178010808,…
Planet Hunters TESS IV: A massive, compact hierarchical triple star system TIC 470710327
Nora L. Eisner, Cole Johnston, Silvia Toonen +37
We report the discovery and analysis of a massive, compact, hierarchical triple system (TIC 470710327) initially identified by citizen scientists in data obtained by NASA's Transit…