Secular dimming of KIC 8462852 following its consumption of a planet

Brian D. Metzger, Ken J. Shen, Nicholas Stone, 2017. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 468(4), 4399–4407.

Proposes that the star swallowed a planet in the recent past and that the slow fade is the star returning to equilibrium after a brightening, with debris from the planet's moons or tidal disruption producing the dips.

Tabby's star (KIC 8462852)Articledoi: 10.1093/mnras/stx823Checked against the original0

What it's used for here

The planet-consumption explanation for the fade.

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Debris from a planet or its moons that the star disrupted or swallowed.

Answer

ANS

The star is returning to normal after swallowing a planet, which brightened it.

Answer

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Tabby's star (KIC 8462852)

The mystery article

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Cite it

Metzger, B. D., Shen, K. J., & Stone, N. (2017). Secular dimming of KIC 8462852 following its consumption of a planet. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 468(4), 4399–4407. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx823

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Metzger, Brian D. et al.. “Secular dimming of KIC 8462852 following its consumption of a planet.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 468(4), 4399–4407 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx823.