Planet Hunters Talk

APH00018sk - Comet ?

  • lBoBl by lBoBl

    Hello everyone ! One of the curves struck my attention particularly : Q7-2 of APH00018sk.
    You can see a quick, small dip in brightness, followed by a slow return to nominal brightness over the course of a few days. To me, it seems a bit too long to be a planet. So my guess is that it corresponds to a comet transiting, with its tail continuing to eclipse the star for a few days after the transit. Am I right ?

    I know there is no major scientific discovery to be made here, but I'd love to know if I got it right, just a matter of personnal curiosity. So if anyone has time to spare to answer me, lots of thanks in advance.

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