Clyde William Tombaugh (/ˈtɒmbaʊ/; February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer. He discovered the ninth planet Pluto in 1930, the first...

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...

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...

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...

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...

International Astronomical Union named asteroid 6618 Jimsimons, which Clyde Tombaugh discovered in 1936, after Simons in honor of his contributions to mathematics...

could have perturbed Uranus enough to account for the irregularities. Clyde Tombaugh's discovery of Pluto in 1930 appeared to validate Lowell's hypothesis...

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...

Use of Simple Materials and Technique" in making telescopes, and the Clyde Tombaugh Award "Creative Innovation in Telescope Design". To better reflect the...

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...

called Pluto discoverer Clyde Tombaugh, requesting permission to visit his planet. "I told him he was welcome to it," Tombaugh later remembered, "though...

hypothetical object Planet X, a name previously used by Gabriel Dallet. Clyde Tombaugh continued Lowell's search and in 1930 discovered Pluto, but it was soon...

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)...

theme displayed in the toponymy of this area. The cliffs were named for Clyde Tombaugh (1906-1997), an American astronomer who studied at Lowell Observatory...

the United States Army's Office of Ordnance Research commissioned Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto, to search for near-Earth asteroids. The Army issued...

person to suggest the name Pluto for the dwarf planet discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. At the time, she was 11 years old. Venetia Burney was the daughter...

solar system to be found using this technique is Pluto, discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. The Projection Blink Comparator (PROBLICOM), invented by amateur...

glass bottle manufacturer Owens-Illinois. The city is the hometown of Clyde Tombaugh, who in 1930 discovered the dwarf planet Pluto, the first object to...

astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto. Kershaw's mother, born Marianne Tombaugh, is the adopted daughter of Clyde Tombaugh's younger brother...

of the FBI Clyde Tombaugh (1906–1997), American astronomer, discoverer of Pluto Clyde A. Vaughn (born 1946), United States Army general Clyde De Vinna (1890–1953)...

its status as a globular cluster was not ascertained until 1932, when Clyde Tombaugh looked at photographic plates taken of the region near Pi Hydrae on...

though follow-up concepts have been studied. Pluto, discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, is an interesting target for planetary exploration, but Pluto...

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Kansas State High School boys class BB basketball championship in 1954. Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930, lived...

in the shape of a heart, named after the modern discoverer of Pluto, Clyde Tombaugh. The two top lobes of the heart are distinct geological features, both...

discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, whose search for trans-Neptunian objects was sensitive to objects up to magnitude 17. Indeed, in 1934 Tombaugh reported that...

them "asteroids" instead of "planets". With the discovery of Pluto by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, astronomers considered the Solar System to have nine planets...

Charlene Mary since 1975 and has four children. On July 14, 2015, he and Clyde Tombaugh's children were guests at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory...

discovered Uranus on 13 March 1781 it was located near η Gem. In 1930 Clyde Tombaugh exposed a series of photographic plates centred on δ Gem and discovered...

Retrieved 2012-01-23. Bibliography Stern, S. Alan (27 February 1997). "Clyde Tombaugh (1906–97) Astronomer who discovered the Solar System's ninth planet"...