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| Comments: | Accepted by The Astronomical Journal, 11 May 2026 |
| Subjects: | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP); Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR); Machine Learning (cs.LG) |
| Cite as: | arXiv:2605.12391 [astro-ph.EP] |
| (or arXiv:2605.12391v1 [astro-ph.EP] for this version) | |
| https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2605.12391 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) |
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