Cornering Planet 9: “It’s looking for a needle in a haystack, but just the act of trying is worth it”
Tomás Alonso started in astronomy as an amateur, calculating orbits at age 12. Now this researcher at the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional is collaborating in the search for Planet 9 Tomás Alonso began calculating orbits of planets and asteroids at age 12, when he was still an amateur child saving his allowance to buy a telescope. […]