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The 20-year-old mysteries of nu Octantis: Its almost unbelievable planet – or what?

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Dr David Ramm discovered the nu Octantis exoplanet almost 20 years ago while studying for his PhD and has since studied the seemingly impossible planet

When observing the light emitted by nearby stars as part of his PhD at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, Dr David Ramm made a discovery that turned astronomers’ understanding of orbital mechanics on its head. With an orbit lying roughly halfway between two very close stars in a binary system, the nu Octantis exoplanet seemed at first glance impossible. […]

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