• notfromhere@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Could the planet have been captured after the ballooned red dwarf shrank? E.g. a wandering planet. Or could something have made its orbit shift, e.g. if it was farther out and now it’s closer in?

    • Murdoc@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      It’s possible that it’s captured, but the article said that it had a nearly circular orbit, so I think that that makes it less likely.