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Clyde Tombaugh

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Clyde William Tombaugh
Tombaugh at his family's farm with his homemade telescope
Born(1906-02-04)February 4, 1906
DiedJanuary 17, 1997(1997-01-17) (aged 90)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAstronomer
Known forDiscovery ofPluto

Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 –January 17, 1997) was an Americanastronomer. He discoveredPluto in 1930.

Biography

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Tombaugh was born in a ranch nearStreator, Illinois.[1] After his family moved toBurdett, Kansas, Tombaugh planned to attend college. Ahailstorm ruined his family's farm crops, so he did not have money to pay for college.[2]

After he discovered Pluto, he went to college at theUniversity of Kansas and graduated with two degrees inastronomy.[2]

References

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  1. ↑Tombaugh, Clyde; Patrick Moore (1980).Out of the Darkness: The Planet Pluto. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. pp. 17.ISBN 978-0-8117-1163-0. "I was born on a farm near Streator, Illinois, on 4 February 1906."
  2. 12"Clyde Tombaugh: A Man of Universal Wonder". American Academy of Achievement. September 9, 2006. RetrievedApril 25, 2010.
  • Falk, Dan, "More than a one-hit wonder",Astronomy, February 2006, 40–45.
  • David H. LevyClyde Tombaugh: Discoverer of the Planet Pluto (Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, 1991).ISBN 0-8165-1148-9; also Sky Publishing Corporation, March 2006

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