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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 .
Clyde Tombaugh was an American astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930 after a systematic search for a ninth planet instigated by the predictions of other astronomers. He also discovered several clusters of stars and galaxies, studied the apparent distribution of extragalactic nebulae, and made.
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Aug 15, 2015 · On February 18, 1930, at only 24 years of age, Clyde Tombaugh made a historic discovery. A young astronomer fascinated with the stars, Tombaugh found what was then believed to be the 9th planet of our solar system.
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Jan 17, 1997 · 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.
Feb 16, 2021 · Exploring the world, both in the past and the present, helped make small-town farm life feel a little less small. When Clyde reached his teenage years, however, the world wasn’t enough—the thought of what lay beyond it captured his imagination, and astronomy took over as his favorite interest.
Aug 24, 2016 · Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto. Then in the winter of 1930, as 24-year-old observatory assistant Clyde Tombaugh tediously compared photographs of a section of the night sky, he noticed a...
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Feb 18, 2022 · On February 18, 1930, Tombaugh compared photos of a single star field – taken six days apart a few weeks earlier – and noticed an object was moving against the backdrop of stars. It was a ...
