Fixed TESS image models place TOI-5008.01 light loss closer to a Gaia binary candidate in sectors 66, 93, and 104

We tested the source of TOI-5008.01 with public TESS pixels. A search of 8040 TOI entries and 2184477 Gaia binary candidates gave 156 period pairs within 120 arcseconds. We chose one case after documented search extensions. Its assigned star is about 6 arcseconds from Gaia DR3 5958084289208324992. We used sectors 66 and 104 for the main test and reserved sector 93 before its download. With fixed response models and fitted coordinate shifts, all three loss images place the signal closer to the binary candidate. The fitted distances from the binary are 1.25, 2.38, and 0.93 arcseconds, respectively. The distances from the assigned star are 5.90, 6.97, and 6.63 arcseconds. The fixed binary position gives a lower weighted residual sum than the fixed target position in each sector. The tested image, event, and registration controls keep this distance ordering. The main timing fit gives a period of 2.77577010 days. Event bootstrap errors omit response-model and registration error. Several faint Gaia sources are also close to the fitted loss. The data therefore support a nearby-source explanation, but do not establish a unique host, confirm a binary, or set a final planet disposition. The signal and the Gaia candidate were already known. The package preserves code, lossless pixel extracts, light curves, source queries and hashes, pair tables, event images, resamples, and figures. The three sector fits can run offline.

TESS · Gaia DR3 · TOI-5008.01 · TIC 150531994 · eclipsing binaries · source position · contamination · reproducible research