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New Mexico State University Board of Regents Medal (1980) Rittenhouse Medal (1990) Clyde William Tombaugh (/ ˈtɒmbaʊ /; February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer. He discovered the ninth planet Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt.
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Jan 17, 1997 · January 17, 1997. Clyde W. Tombaugh was born in 1906 in Streator, Illinois. He attended high school in Streator and moved with his family to a farm in Western Kansas, where a hailstorm destroyed the family’s crops, dashing his hopes of attending college. Tombaugh continued to study on his own, teaching himself solid geometry and trigonometry.
Jul 12, 2017 · Tombaugh went back to study at the University of Kansas and ultimately became a professor at New Mexico State University, so his dream came true. What an amazing accomplishment for a young man from a rural community like Burdett, population 247 people. Now, that’s rural. In 1930, young Clyde Tombaugh made the historic discovery of another planet.
Mar 23, 2002 · Standing at the door of Slipher’s office, Tombaugh announced, “I have found your planet X.” Clyde had never before come to make such a statement. Slipher stood up from his chair, and with ...
Clyde Tombaugh was born in 1906 to an Illinois farm family. As a boy he developed an interest in stargazing that was encouraged by both his father and his uncle. The first Clyde ever looked through belonged to his uncle. The first telescope he ever owned was bought from Sears. By 1925, Clyde was dissatisfied with his store bought telescope and ...
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1906-1998. American astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto. Tombaugh helped Lowell Observatory director Vesto Slipher search for a new planet. The previous director, Percival Lowell, had suggested the possible location of a planet affecting the orbits of Uranus and Neptune. Tombaugh studied photographs taken of that site at different times ...
