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Clyde Tombaugh: the astronomer who discovered Pluto

Pluto, it turned out, was too small to be Planet X, so its discovery was yet another happy accident of scientific inquiry. Tombaugh continued to search for additional planets beyond Neptune at

Clyde Tombaugh

Although the discovery of more objects in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune has caused astronomers to reconsider the formal definition of a planet, the significance of Tombaugh''s discovery

Planets beyond Neptune

OverviewPlanet XEarly speculationDiscovery of further trans-Neptunian objectsSubsequently proposed trans-Neptunian planetsConstraints on additional planetsSee alsoBibliography

In 1894, with the help of William Pickering, Percival Lowell (a wealthy Bostonian) founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. In 1906, convinced he could resolve the conundrum of Uranus''s orbit, he began an extensive project to search for a trans-Neptunian planet, which he named Planet X, a name previously used by Gabriel Dallet. The X in the name represents an unknown and is pronounced as the letter, a

Clyde Tombaugh

Clyde accepted the job and joined the search for Percival Lowell''s "Planet X", a planet beyond Neptune. Clyde Tombaugh''s job was to photograph one small piece of the night sky at a time.

Tombaugh Discovers Pluto | History | Research Starters | EBSCO

Tombaugh, an amateur astronomer, honed his skills through self-study and practical experience, ultimately catching the attention of the Lowell Observatory, which had previously sought a new planet

The 170-Year Search for a Planet Beyond Neptune

Planet Nine''s existence is not the first time astronomers have predicted a planet they couldn''t see. Clyde Tombaugh was looking for Planet X when he accidentally found Pluto. After Voyager 2...

Clyde Tombaugh

Using telescopes and careful photographic techniques, Tombaugh spotted a tiny world beyond Neptune—a world later named Pluto. Beyond that milestone, he cataloged hundreds of asteroids,

Clyde Tombaugh

Learn about the life and achievements of Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered the planet Pluto in 1930 and made

The Day a Farm Boy Found a New World

When Tombaugh noticed the moving object on his photographic plates from January 23 and 29, he knew he needed confirmation. Additional observations proved that the object was indeed

New Horizons : About Clyde Tombaugh

The search for a planet beyond Neptune was inspired by the erroneous belief that irregularities in the motion of the planet Uranus were not fully explained by the gravitational pull of Neptune.

Planets beyond Neptune

To reduce the chances that a faster-moving (and thus closer) object be mistaken for the new planet, Tombaugh imaged each region near its opposition point, 180 degrees from the Sun, where the

The Farm Boy Who Found Pluto

This planet was predicted to have a similar mass to Neptune''s, orbiting the sun somewhere beyond that giant world. A WHOLE NEW WORLD: The plates captured by Tombaugh that led to