Claude helps astronomer identify a dwarf planet candidate — ~50th largest known solar system object
mjuric · x · 2026-11-12
Astronomer Joshua Wolk reports that he and Claude identified a dwarf planet candidate, claimed to be roughly the 50th largest known object in our entire solar system — a notable example of LLMs assisting in genuine scientific discovery.
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