QUESTION: 
Yesterday I saw in the newspaper that a new planet was discovered
near Pluto.  Will you look at it with the KAO?

ANSWER from Scott Sanford on November 9, 1995:

Sorry, but I haven't heard anything about a new planet discovered
near Pluto.  I asked around and so far I haven't found anybody else here
who's heard anything either.  Perhaps what you heard about was the
potential new planets that have recently been discovered around other
stars?

One thing I CAN tell you is that whatever new object the newspaper
was talking about, we will not be able to use the KAO to look at it.  The
KAO was recently retired and will no longer be used for astronomical
studies.  We hope to have its replacement, the Stratospheric Observatory
for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) flying within the next 5 years or so.