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The office at DLR Berlin, number 321, is the hub of all the activities of Dr Alan Harris. It is here that the threads of his largely international research work into comets and asteroids all come together.
The office at DLR Berlin, number 321, is the hub of all the activities of Dr Alan Harris. It is here that the threads of his largely international research work into comets and asteroids all come together.
"I'll find that out at a later date - right now it's still unknown to me," he says with a grin. Even after 30 years of professional experience, Dr Harris believes that the ability to remain inquisitive and to be positively motivated about things is as important to a researcher as luck and good fortune.
Born in the industrial city of Birmingham, he has had an interest in astronomy since his earliest years: "Even as a child, I took an interest in the stars, and especially in watching the night sky. I kept on asking myself the same questions: what are they, where do they come from, and what do they mean? My mother was unable to answer these questions for me, so I derived most of my knowledge from books," says the man with the lively brown eyes.
