Amazing!

[SheffieldAstronomer]

https://earthlymission.com/17-year-old-discovers-toi1338b-new-planet-3-days-into-nasa-internship/

 

[saac]

That is cool. Now please tell me that the professional astronomer he reported it to did not put the coordinates in an envelope and then drive down a poorly lit mountain road at high speed colliding with a truck and killing himself. Thus setting off a chain of events in which the teenager's name is given to the newly discovered celestial body which turns out is hurtling its way towards Earth to bring on an extinction level event . Sounds like the plot of a movie      In all seriousness, well done that young man , kudos to him.

 

JIm 

Edited February 3, 2021 by saac