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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 · 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 19, 2020 · Ninety years ago today, Clyde Tombaugh, a young astronomer working at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, discovered Pluto. In doing so he unknowingly opened the door to the vast "third zone ...
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 ...
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, 2005 · The Pluto Dome Nestled among the trees at the Lowell Observatory is the small observation dome that houses the 13-inch Lawrence Abbott telescope, known today as the "Pluto Discovery Telescope." Working from this dome, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in the winter of 1930. Image: Emily Lakdawalla. All this and more on our 75th anniversary special:
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The Discovery of a Planet, Part 4: Clyde's Search. In 1928 twenty two year old Clyde Tombaugh lived on a farm with his family near Burdett in western Kansas. The oldest of six children, Clyde was an excellent student in high school, but like most young people from rural America at the time had little prospects of continuing his education.
