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RIK-210 is a star located north of Scorpius. It is known for its mysterious dimming events.[4][2] The dips are observed with stable period of 5.667 days, but their triangular shape is inconsistent with the planetary eclipses. Instead, the diffuse cloud on synchronous orbit may be responsible.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b David, Trevor J.; Petigura, Erik A.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A.; Cody, Ann Marie; Cameron, Andrew Collier; Stauffer, John R.; Fulton, B. J.; Isaacson, Howard T.; Howard, Andrew W.; Howell, Steve B.; Everett, Mark E.; Wang, Ji; Benneke, Björn; Hellier, Coel; West, Richard G.; Pollacco, Don; Anderson, David R. (27 January 2017). "A Transient Transit Signature Associated with the Young Star RIK-210". The Astrophysical Journal. 835 (2): 168. arXiv:1612.03907. Bibcode:2017ApJ...835..168D. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/835/2/168. S2CID 2323788.
  3. ^ a b Stauffer, John; Cameron, Andrew Collier; Jardine, Moira; David, Trevor J.; Rebull, Luisa; Cody, Ann Marie; Hillenbrand, Lynne A.; Barrado, David; Wolk, Scott; Davenport, James; Pinsonneault, Marc (2017), "Orbiting Clouds of Material at the Keplerian Co-rotation Radius of Rapidly Rotating Low-mass WTTS in Upper Sco", The Astronomical Journal, 153 (4): 152, arXiv:1702.01797, Bibcode:2017AJ....153..152S, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa5eb9, S2CID 35276346
  4. ^ Nowakowski, Tomasz (16 December 2016). "Astronomers observe mysterious dimming of a young nearby star". Phys.org. Retrieved 5 August 2017.


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