transiting exoplanet candidate

C35872
concept

A transiting exoplanet candidate is an astronomical object identified by periodic dips in a star’s brightness that suggest, but do not yet confirm, the presence of a planet passing in front of the star.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
unconfirmed exoplanet 2
transiting exoplanet candidate canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: transiting exoplanet candidate
Generated description
A transiting exoplanet candidate is an astronomical object identified by periodic dips in a star’s brightness that suggest, but do not yet confirm, the presence of a planet passing in front of the star.

Instances (3)

Instance Via concept surface
Kepler Objects of Interest
Gliese 581f unconfirmed exoplanet
Gliese 581g unconfirmed exoplanet