Hurrah! To secure that record, there are more discoveries to be announced really soon (including two gravitational lensing planets, in the same system)!
I'm not sure if we can say that we're crossing the border when discovering planets becomes a flood as predicted, but the signs suggest so. The major problem among the extrasolar planet science is not only the lack of money (surprise), but also the lack of scientists, instruments, and time. There are so many systems that most systems can't be studied in enough detail.
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Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.
-- Richard Feynman
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