• Question: Have you ever discovered a comet, dwarf planet or a new planet?

    Asked by to Roberto on 23 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Roberto Trotta answered on 23 Jun 2014:


      No, unfortunately not — this is not my area of expertise, so I wouldn’t be the person to do it. But today all those objects are usually discovered by entire teams of people working together, not by single individuals. Plus, they no longer get named after the person who discovered them. They usually only get a number, because there are so many!

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