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, you should eventually find yourself with a star surrounded by a flat disc of planetary material orbiting in relatively neat, circular paths.
It's possible a heavy object fell into the mix early in the Solar System's formation, leaving an everlasting impression on the planetary orbits, before this mysterious interloper drifted out again. Of course, Oumuamua's presence was like a drop in a lake. What if something heavier were to plough through the Solar System's waters?'s orbit at a speed that would allow it to escape could jostle our giant planets into orbits not unlike the ones we see today.
Though the chances of this event would be slim – somewhere between 1 in 1,000 and 1 in 10,000 – opportunities for such a roll of the dice may not be uncommon, with the Milky Way full of suitable star clusters.
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