Clyde William Tombaugh /ˈtɒmbaʊ/ (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer. He discovered the ninth planet Pluto in 1930, the first...
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Planitia via glacial flow. The region is named after Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto. Tombaugh Regio is a large, light-colored region about 1,590 km...
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Pluto (category Discoveries by Clyde Tombaugh)
23-year-old Clyde Tombaugh, who had just arrived at the observatory after Slipher had been impressed by a sample of his astronomical drawings. Tombaugh's task...
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recipient Clyde Tolson, (1900–1975), Associate Director of the FBI Clyde Tombaugh (1906–1997), American astronomer, discoverer of Pluto Clyde A. Vaughn...
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population was Frederick C. Leonard. Soon after Pluto's discovery by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, Leonard pondered whether it was "not likely that in Pluto there...
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International Astronomical Union named asteroid 6618 Jimsimons, which Clyde Tombaugh discovered in 1936, after Simons in honor of his contributions to mathematics...
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Tombaugh may refer to: Tom Baugh (born 1963, as Thomas Anthony Baugh), U.S. American football center Clyde Tombaugh (1906-1997, born Clyde William Tombaugh)...
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Lowell Observatory that the dwarf planet Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. The observatory was founded by astronomer Percival Lowell of Boston's...
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the United States. It was named after the discoverer of Pluto, Clyde Tombaugh. Tombaugh is a member of the Eos family that orbits the Sun in the outer...
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1915, without realizing at the time that it was not a star. In 1930, Clyde Tombaugh, working at the Lowell Observatory, discovered Pluto near the location...
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