 Transit-timing variation (source code)

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= Transit-timing variation
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A departure of transit arrival times from a constant-period ephemeris can reveal gravitational interactions with other bodies. Dynamical fits may constrain an <exoplanet> mass independently of transit depth, providing a mass to combine with radius for <exoplanet interior> models.

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