title: Current status and future potential of nuclide discoveries.
abstract: Currently about 3000 different nuclei are known with about another 3000-4000 predicted to exist. A review of the discovery of the nuclei, the present status and the possibilities for future discoveries are presented.
authors.affiliation: National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. thoennessen@nscl.msu.edu
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authors.lastname: Thoennessen