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• Std: planets condensed from the same dusty plasma as the star(s) they orbit.
• JJW: planets are retired stars, which simply burned out sooner than larger aggregates in the system.
• CLC: planets are retired stars, but they don't form by magnetic pinches.
• CRD: Growing Earth Hypothesis: planets grow into stars by the same unknown mechanism by which they grow from moons into planets.