>Based on the brightness of the planet in the mid-infrared observations, researchers say it could be a gas giant approximately the mass of Saturn orbiting Alpha Centauri A in an elliptical path. Beichman says that "the elliptical orbit of the candidate giant planet sweeps through most of Alpha Centauri A's habitable zone, making it unlikely that smaller rocky planets could survive."

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