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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 .

2. www.astronomy.com › science › the-man-who-found-plutoThe man who found Pluto | Astronomy.com - Astronomy Magazine

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   Mar 23, 2002 · Within days, Lowell Observatory was inundated with reporters, and Clyde Tombaugh was world famous. Today Clyde’s discovery would probably net the standard Warhol allotment of 15 minutes of fame ...

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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.

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5. www.nature.com › articles › naturePluto's long, strange history — in pictures | Nature

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   Feb 18, 2015 · 18 February 1930: Farmer-turned-astronomer Clyde Tombaugh (pictured), aged 24, discovers Pluto while comparing photographic plates of the night sky at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. The ...

6. www.space.com › 19824-clyde-tombaughClyde Tombaugh: Astronomer Who Discovered Pluto | Space

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   Feb 15, 2013 · Tombaugh passed away at his home in Las Cruces, N.M., on Jan. 17, 1997. Unimpressed with store-bought telescopes, Tombaugh constructed his first telescope at the age of 20, grinding the mirrors ...

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

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   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 ...

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   Who was Clyde Tombaugh?

   • Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto, peers into an instrument. (Image credit: Lowell Observatory) 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 and put an end to his hopes to attend college at the time.

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   What did Clyde Tombaugh study?

   • Tombaugh continued to study on his own, teaching himself solid geometry and trigonometry. Clyde Tombaugh, a 24-year-old student and the discoverer of the planet Pluto, looks over a Newtonian reflecting telescope he built in 1928.

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   When did Clyde Tombaugh discover Pluto?

   • In early January 1929, Clyde Tombaugh boarded a train for Flagstaff to begin a three-month trial period as an amateur astronomer at Lowell Observatory. Clyde Tombaugh stayed at Lowell Observatory for the next 14 years. The young astronomer earned a permanent place in the history of science when he discovered the planet Pluto on February 18, 1930.

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   How long did Clyde Tombaugh stay at Lowell Observatory?

   • Clyde Tombaugh stayed at Lowell Observatory for the next 14 years. The young astronomer earned a permanent place in the history of science when he discovered the planet Pluto on February 18, 1930. Pluto’s orbit lies three billion miles from the sun; it takes Pluto two and a half earthly centuries to complete a single orbit around the sun.

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   Did Clyde Tombaugh see a Twitch?

   • 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 more. Lowell Observatory, in Flagstaff, Arizona, had hired Tombaugh just one year earlier.

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   When did Clyde Tombaugh build a telescope?

   • Clyde Tombaugh, standing at the entrance to the Pluto Discovery Dome. In February of 1927, he built a 7-inch reflector that he sold to his uncle. He used the money to begin building a 9-inch telescope, which he finished early in 1928.

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9. www.skyatnightmagazine.com › space-science › clydeClyde Tombaugh: the astronomer who discovered Pluto

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   Clyde Tombaugh: the astronomer who discovered Pluto | BBC Sky at Night Magazine.