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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 Tombaugh (born February 4, 1906, Streator, Illinois, U.S.—died January 17, 1997, Las Cruces, New Mexico) was an American astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930 after a systematic search for a ninth planet instigated by the predictions of other astronomers.
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Feb 4, 2022 · December 3, 1954: Dr. Clyde W. Tombaugh, noted astronomer of White Sands Proving Ground. Tombaugh worked at the Lowell Observatory for 14 years until he was called for military service in 1943, teaching naval navigation for the U.S. Navy at Arizona State College for two years.
Clyde Tombaugh was the only person in the 20th century to discover an object classified as a major planet orbiting the Sun. Tombaugh was the son of Muron and Della Tombaugh. The family moved to a farm near Burdett, Kansas in 1922 where Clyde attended high school.
Mar 23, 2002 · For nearly three-quarters of an hour, as he checked and crosschecked the moving pinpoint among the various plates, Clyde Tombaugh was the only person in the world to know that Planet “X” had ...
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Jan 1, 1997 · Clyde Tombaugh, known for his discovery of Pluto in 1930, was born on 4 February 1906 in Streator, illinois, and died of congestive heart failure on 17 January 1997 in his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
