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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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   Clyde William Tombaugh was born on the 4th of February in 1906 in Streator, Illinois. His father was Muron Dealvo Tombaugh, a farmer and his mother was Adella Pearl Chritton. When he was an infant, his family moved to Burdett in Kansas.

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   Feb 15, 2013 · Clyde William Tombaugh was born on near Streator, Ill., on Feb. 4, 1906. His family purchased a farm near Burdett, Kan., while he was still young, where a hailstorm ruined his family's crops...

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   Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer. He discovered Pluto in 1930. Biography. Tombaugh was born in a ranch near Streator, Illinois. [1] . After his family moved to Burdett, Kansas, Tombaugh planned to attend college.

5. lowell.edu › who-was-clyde-tombaughWho Was Clyde Tombaugh? - Lowell Observatory

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   Feb 16, 2021 · Photo: Clyde Tombaugh at the guide scope of the 13-inch astrograph he would use to discover Pluto. 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.

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   Mar 23, 2002 · The man who found Pluto. At 24 and with no formal education in astronomy, Clyde William Tombaugh set out to find "Planet X." By S. Alan Stern | Published: March 23, 2002 | Last updated on May...

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   Where was Clyde Tombaugh born?

   • Out of the Darkness: The Planet Pluto. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. pp. 17. ISBN 978-0811711630. "I was born on a farm near Streator, Illinois, on 4 February 1906." ^ Levy, David H. (1991). "The Educated Ones". Clyde Tombaugh: discoverer of planet Pluto. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press. p. 14 – via Internet Archive.

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   What did Clyde Tombaugh discover?

   • He also discovered a number of asteroids and minor planets, and he was one of the supporters of further research to better understand UFOs or unidentified flying objects. Clyde William Tombaugh was born on the 4th of February in 1906 in Streator, Illinois. His father was Muron Dealvo Tombaugh, a farmer and his mother was Adella Pearl Chritton.

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   What happened to Clyde Tombaugh?

   • Later that year, the Tombaugh family crops were ruined by a hailstorm and Clyde decided to begin looking for a new career, realizing that the farming life was not for him. He soon had an offer to help a Wichita man build telescopes, but before he had the opportunity to do this, another offer cropped up.

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   Did Clyde Tombaugh find Pluto?

   • Clyde Tombaugh at the guide scope of the 13-inch astrograph he would use to discover Pluto. Photo: Clyde Tombaugh at the guide scope of the 13-inch astrograph he would use to discover Pluto. Tombaugh stands with one of his homemade telescopes | Unknown (public domain)

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   May 18, 2015 · The eldest of six children, Clyde was born on a Streator farm to Muron and Adella Tombaugh. He learned to work hard at a young age, helping his father cultivate corn, thresh oats and wheat, and...