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Caption: Figure 14.
Best-fit dynamical models of KIC 4862625 predicting the midpoint times of transits 2 through 9 within an rms of ~7 hr. Models with different parameters produce similar solutions, all predicting planetary transits that deviate by only a few data points from the observed values, a small error margin on the orbital scale of the planet. The decrease in the number of "hits" as the mass of the primary increases from 1.1 to 1.6 M ☉ is not a systematic effect but is in fact real—there are many more good "hits" for smaller M prim.
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