How far can we trust published TESS periods?

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Authors	MIKULÁŠEK Zdeněk SKARKA Marek
Year of publication	2020
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	https://doi.org/10.31577/caosp.2020.50.2.430
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.31577/caosp.2020.50.2.430
Keywords	stars: variable; period analysis; TESS data
Description	Possible inaccuracies in the determination of periods from short-term time series caused by disregarding light curve instrumental effects are documented. As an example, we present a Lomb-Scargle period analysis of a simulated TESS-like light curve.
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