As a child growing up in Slovenia in 1999, Dr Rok Nežič couldn't have known that an asteroid that was discovered in New Mexico that year would be named after him almost three decades later.
Dr Rok Nezic explained that an asteroid is a smallish rock in space compared to planets, adding that they are both actually quite large as far as asteroids named after people tend to be because most of the really large ones were discovered first.
Asteroids can be named by their discoverers once their orbits are sufficiently known, and in Dr Rok Nezic's case, two people put his name forward for the nomination.
He focused on comets with polarised light for his studies and years later is still talking about space while handling lines of data.
Since 1999, his role involves opening what is known as the Stevenson screen which holds sensitive thermometers, before noting down his readings for the day into the handwritten ledger.
"They're both actually quite large as far as these asteroids that are named after people tend to be, because most of the really large ones were discovered first,"Nežič said.