Photometric data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was analysed using the
Bayesian fitting tool juliet to investigate two faint transiting exoplanet targets: the known planet TOI
4587 and the candidate TOI 5274. Models were fitted to all available TESS observations to determine
orbital periods, transit geometries and limb-darkening parameters. The derived orbital periods were
found to be broadly consistent with published values, although differences between values exceeded
quoted uncertainties. TOI 4587 produced a well-constrained solution, while TOI 5274 exhibited broad
posterior distributions. Both phase-folded light curves displayed characteristic U-shaped exoplanetary
transit signatures. However, the fits performed poorly on the raw photometric data, likely due to the
faintness of the targets.
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