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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.
The first telescope he ever owned was bought from Sears. By 1925, Clyde was dissatisfied with his store bought telescope and decided to build one for himself. Clyde's father took a second job to pay for the materials needed to build it. The telescope Clyde built in 1925 was only the first of more than thirty telescopes he was to build over his ...
Feb 16, 2021 · 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. That same year, the Tombaugh family’s crops were destroyed by a hailstorm, and Clyde realized that the farm life wasn’t for him.
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 ...
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.
It would be but the first of the more than thirty telescopes he would build over the course of his lifetime. In 1928, Tombaugh completed construction of a very accurate 23-centimeter reflecting telescope, which he built using a variety of spare parts (including part of a crankshaft from a 1910 Buick).
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May 18, 2015 · In 1924, Clyde subscribed to Popular Astronomy and was inspired to build his own telescope after reading an article in that magazine about the markings of Jupiter. His first attempt was an 8-inch ...
