It was February 4 when two scientists with the Institute for PrecisionInstrument Engineering in Moscow noticed a change in the orbit of the satellite, known as BLITS, Kelso said.
At 19 he went to London to study precision-instrument making, then worked for the University of Glasgow, where he devised his first major steam engine improvement: a separate, exterior condenser.
NASA's issuing back pats all round, as finding Kepler-37b has highlighted "the precision of the Kepler instrument" (although admittedly, the star's behavior was favorable), and suggests there are many more humble worlds of similar size awaiting our detection.
