The Hill sphere transits of Beta Pictoris c and the search for another 1981-like event

arXiv:2609.02708 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-09-02 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-02

Updated: 2026-09-02

Comments: 14 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics, data and paper avaliable at https://github.com/mkenworthy/BetaPiccHS/

Code: https://github.com/mkenworthy/BetaPiccHS

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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