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I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. I used Claude Code to find it

Why this one

This account details a novel application of Claude Code with Opus 5.5 and Fable 5.1 for astronomical discovery, unlike typical AI uses for data analysis.

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IngestedOffset at this time: UTC+0Oct 7, 2026, 16:00 UTC

Ingested
Oct 7, 2026, 16:00
Source type
Dev community

Discussion trend

↑ Rising 999%
Latest 24h versus previous 24h snapshot means · 7-day curve

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Breakout verdict
Basis
Running about 2.0× the median of this source's recent listed items
Metric comparison
179 vs median 89 (20 baseline samples)
Detected
10/09, 10:00

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