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[โ€“] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The planet could be a capture.

[โ€“] Rhaedas@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago

Possibly. I didn't dive in deeper to see if they even know the shape of the orbit. From my understanding a capture is very unlikely to have a near circular orbit. But planetary discs definitely aren't captures, so something changed the stars in those.