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Clyde William Tombaugh (/ ˈ t ɒ m b aʊ /; 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.
Feb 16, 2021 · Tombaugh stands with one of his homemade telescopes | Unknown (public domain) The eldest of six children, Clyde Tombaugh was born on a farm near Streator, Illinois. He began helping his father around the farm at an early age, planting corn, threshing oats and wheat, and various other labor-intensive tasks. He loved reading in his spare time ...
Feb 18, 2015 · Even at a distance of 5 billion kilometres, Pluto has entranced scientists and the public back on Earth. ... 18 February 1930: Farmer-turned-astronomer Clyde Tombaugh (pictured), aged 24 ...
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The staff at Lowell Observatory continued their examination of the object Clyde Tombaugh discovered to ensure that it was, in fact, Percival Lowell’s predicted planet. To the left, a letter dated February 23, 1930 from an unknown employee to Roger Putnam details what the young astronomer has captured, but the author states that further observations are necessary to confirm what has been found.
