Leaving A Planet So I Don't Get Gank'd

I was doing a little therapeutic flying last night; got lazy and just picked a planet to land. Literally woke up and remembered another video I watched, where a pilot mentioned that it's not the smartest move to forget your ship outside of a station for extended periods... I'm not a professional player. Nor have I been in the Elite community very long. (no sound from the video feed, because my allergies were on ten and I sound absolutely horrid...sorry...)
My Rig:
-Sky Tech Gaming Case
-AMD Ryzen 3 3100 Quad Core @ 3.5Ghz
-Corsair Vengeance LPX32GB DDR4 RAM @3.2Ghz
-1TB PNY SSD
-NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
My Controller:
-Logitech X52 H.O.T.A.S