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2017MNRAS.471.3680K - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 471, 3680-3685 (2017/November-1)

Can dips of Boyajian's star be explained by circumsolar rings?

KATZ J.I.

Abstract (from CDS):

Could the dips of Boyajian's Star' (KIC 8462852) have been caused by matter in our Solar system? The interval between periods of deep dips is nearly twice the orbital period of the Kepler satellite. I consider heliocentric obscuring rings in the outer Solar system that graze the line of sight to the star once per Kepler orbit. The hypothesis predicts that future dips may be observed from Earth during windows separated by a year, although their detailed structure depends on the distribution of particles along the ring. Dips observed at terrestrial sites separated by >1000 km in a direction perpendicular to Earth's orbital motion may be uncorrelated.

Abstract Copyright: © 2017 The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): Kuiper belt: general - stars: peculiar - planetary systems - planetary systems

Simbad objects: 2

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