Learn about the life and achievements of Clyde Tombaugh, the American astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930. From his humble beginnings to his
READ MOREClyde William Tombaugh was born in Streator, Illinois on February 4, 1906. He grew up on the family farm there until 1922 when the Tombaughs moved to a farm northwest of Burdett, Kansas. Clyde developed an early love of astronomy after an uncle loaned him a telescope. A graduate of Burdett High School in 1925, he was financially unable to
READ MOREInterview of Clyde Tombaugh by John Lutnes in 1969, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, He wrote many very interesting books on Mars, and some of these I consider prize possessions, and he focused the attention of the world on the planet Mars. And of course as time went on, he added other telescopes
READ MOREClyde Tombaugh was born on a small farm in Illinois in 1906. He grew up looking at the stars with his father, who was also very interested in astronomy. Tombaugh planned to attend college and
READ MOREClyde Tombaugh was born in 1906 to an Illinois farm family. As a boy he developed an interest in stargazing that was encouraged by both his father and his uncle. The first Clyde ever looked through belonged to his uncle. The first telescope he ever owned was bought from Sears. By 1925, Clyde was dissatisfied with his store bought telescope and
READ MOREFebruary 4, 1997. Explanation : Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto, died on January 17th. Inspiring many during his long and exceptional career, he had been living in Las Cruces, New Mexico with
READ MORETombaugh, Clyde W. (1906-1997) American astronomer. Clyde W. Tombaugh, an astronomer and master telescope maker, spent much of his career
READ MOREThe Tedious Task of Planet Hunting. The task of searching for the undiscovered planet was tedious and required great attention to detail and perseverance. Night after night Tombaugh used the 13-inch telescope to photograph large areas of the sky. Then during the day, he would develop the large photographic plates.
READ MOREOur Pluto facts for kids will give you lots of amazing and interesting facts about Pluto, a dwarf planet."Is pluto a planet?" Pluto Quick Facts. Discovered By: Clyde W. Tombaugh Discovery Date:
READ MOREClyde Tombaugh. Born: Feb 4, 1906 in Streator, Illinois. Died: Jan 17, 1997 (at age 90) in Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S. Nationality: American. Famous For: Discovery of Pluto. Pluto used to be the ninth plant in the solar system until it was demoted to a dwarf planet several years ago. Its demotion happened less than a decade after the death of
READ MOREIn rural Kansas, Clyde Tombaugh, a young farm boy and amateur astronomer built his own nine-inch telescope with a hand-crafted mirror and discarded parts from farm equipment.
READ MORELearn about Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930 and made over 30,000 celestial observations. Find out his early life, career, war service, interest in UFOs and legacy.
READ MOREAt 24 and with no formal education in astronomy, Clyde William Tombaugh set out to find "Planet X." The faint, starry image jumped a little – very little, in fact. But the heart of young Clyde
READ MOREClyde Tombaugh stands by his 9-inch telescope on the family farm in Burdette, Kansas, in 1928. This past July, the Heritage Auction House listed a lot consisting of several items of historic interest. Among a saucer once owned by Martha Washington, a lock of Abraham Lincoln''s hair, and a handwritten manuscript from a portion of Mozart''s
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READ MORESunday is the 94 th anniversary of Pluto''s discovery. It was spotted by a young farmhand–turned–astronomer named Clyde Tombaugh, who scoured the skies night after night from Flagstaff''s Lowell Observatory. His story is told in a new children''s book called Needle in a Haystack. KNAU''s Melissa Sevigny spoke with Sedona author Diane
READ MORELife was hard, very hard by modern standards, but ultimately rewarding. It was into this kind of world that Clyde W. Tombaugh was ultimately thrust. The first born and eldest son of Muron (born 1880) and Adella Tombaugh, Clyde entered the world on February 4, 1906. For a few generations, the Tombaughs were distinguished from many
READ MORE30 Facts About Clyde Tombaugh. 1. Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt. 2. Clyde
READ MOREOn February 18, 1930, amateur astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered "Planet X" using an astrograph, which is essentially a space camera.Planet X was soon named Pluto, and the rest is a nerd battle
READ MOREFrom 1955 until he retired in 1973, he taught at New Mexico State University. Tombaugh passed away at his home in Las Cruces, N.M., on Jan. 17, 1997. An avid amateur astronomer. Unimpressed with
READ MOREClyde 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
READ MOREClyde William Tombaugh. Clyde William Tombaugh February 4, 1906-January 17, 1997 was an American astronomer. He discovered Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt. At the time of discovery, Pluto was considered a planet but was later reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006.
READ MORETombaugh stands with one of his homemade telescopes | Unknown (public domain) The eldest of six children, Clyde Tombaugh was born on a farm near Streator, Illinois. He began helping his father around
READ MOREJanuary 17, 1997. Clyde W. Tombaugh was born in 1906 in Streator, Illinois. He attended high school in Streator and moved with his family to a farm in Western Kansas, where a hailstorm destroyed the family''s crops, dashing his hopes of attending college. Tombaugh continued to study on his own, teaching himself solid geometry and
READ MOREWhen Clyde Tombaugh built his first telescope at the age of 20, he could not have known it was setting him forward on a path that would eventually lead to the discovery of the first known dwarf
READ MORESo I liked Clyde a lot, and he was great fun; Clyde was then in his 80s, very short and stooped due to spinal curvature, somewhat frail, and absolutely hilarious — full of rapid-fire puns.
READ MORELearn about the life and achievements of Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered Pluto and hundreds of asteroids. Find out how he built telescopes, taught astronomy, and
READ MOREBorn: Feb 4, 1906 in Streator, Illinois Died: Jan 17, 1997 (at age 90) in Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S. Nationality: American Famous For: Discovery of Pluto Pluto used to be the
READ MORE1. Pluto was first discovered by a young research assistant in 1930. Photographic evidence of the former ninth planet was first sighted by 24-year-old research assistant Clyde Tombaugh at the
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