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KIC 8462852: Will the Trojans return in 2021?

Fernando J. Ballesteros, Pablo Arnalte-Mur, Alberto Fernandez-Soto et al., 2017. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 473(1), L21–L25.

Proposes a ringed planet with Trojan swarms of debris on a long orbit and predicts a return of dimming in 2021.

MYS0D8E71V402ZV · mystery · click to copyMTabby's star (KIC 8462852)Articledoi: 10.1093/mnrasl/slx105Checked against the original0

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A falsifiable periodic model with a dated prediction.

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Ballesteros, F. J., Arnalte-Mur, P., Fernandez-Soto, A., & Martínez, V. J. (2017). KIC 8462852: Will the Trojans return in 2021?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 473(1), L21–L25. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slx105
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