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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 .
Jan 17, 1997 · Pluto discoverer Clyde Tombaugh could only dream of a spacecraft flying past the small planet he spotted on the edges of the solar system in 1930. Yet the newest views of Pluto from NASA’s approaching New Horizons probe – released today, on the late American astronomer’s birthday – hint at just how close that dream is to coming true.
Feb 15, 2013 · An avid amateur astronomer. Unimpressed with store-bought telescopes, Tombaugh constructed his first telescope at the age of 20, grinding the mirrors himself. Over the course of his life, he...
Feb 16, 2021 · He was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1980. He died on January 17, 1997, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, at age 90. A small portion of his ashes was placed aboard the New Horizons spacecraft, which was launched on January 19, 2006 and flew past Pluto on July 14, 2015.
Mar 23, 2002 · The faint, starry image jumped a little – very little, in fact. But the heart of young Clyde Tombaugh, who saw the telltale twitch late one Tuesday afternoon in February 1930, jumped a good bit...
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...
Jan 17, 1997 · Clyde Tombaugh, a 24-year-old student and the discoverer of the planet Pluto, looks over a Newtonian reflecting telescope he built in 1928. The mount for this telescope was built from part of the crankshaft from a 1910 Buick and discarded parts from a cream separator.
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