A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isn't healthy either. So one has to work it out according to one's own inclinations, how one wants to proportion these things.

Tombaugh (1906–1997)".

Although he is best known for discovering the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930 the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt Tombaugh also discovered many asteroids; he also called for the serious scientific research of unidentified flying objects.