Clyde Tombaugh
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Clyde Tombaugh's Degrees
- Bachelors Astronomy University of Kansas
Why Is Clyde Tombaugh Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Clyde William Tombaugh 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 reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Tombaugh also discovered many asteroids, and called for the serious scientific research of unidentified flying objects.
Clyde Tombaugh's Published Works
Published Works
- The Trans-Neptunian Planet Search (1961) (24)
- The Search for the Ninth Planet, Pluto (1946) (17)
- Geological interpretations of the markings on Mars. (1950) (12)
- Evidence that the Dark Areas on Mars are Elevated Mountain Ranges (1966) (10)
- A survey of long-term observational behavior of various martian features that affect some recently proposed interpretations (1968) (9)
- Reminiscences of the Discovery of Pluto (1960) (7)
- THREE MORE NEW GALACTIC STAR CLUSTERS (1941) (4)
- Some early vexing optical and mechanical problems of the 13-inch “Pluto” telescope (1980) (4)
- THE GREAT PERSEUS-ANDEOMEDA STRATUM OF EXTRA-GALACTIC NEBULAE AND CERTAIN CLUSTERS OF NEBULAE THEREIN AS OBSERVED AT THE LOWELL OBSERVATORY (1937) (3)
- TWO NEW FAINT GALACTIC STAR CLUSTERS (1938) (3)
- THE HISTORICAL DISCOVERY AND RECENT CONFIRMATION OF A NEW CATACLYSMIC VARIABLE IN CORVUS (1990) (3)
- Evidence of Faulting in the Crust of Mars. Part I. Grabens. (1963) (2)
- OBSERVATIONS OF THE RED SPOT ON JUPITER (1963) (2)
- Object NGC 5694 a Distant Globular Star Cluster (1932) (2)
- Provisional topographic map of mars, mariner 4 region (1965) (2)
- The Sun's New Trans-Neptunian Planet (1930) (1)
- Some research suggestions for the coming opposition of Mars. (1953) (1)
- My Experience in Amateur Telescope Making (1930) (1)
- Proposed Geodetic Triangulation From an Unmanned Orbital Vehicle by Means of Satellite Search Technique (1955) (1)
- Search for small Satellites of the Moon during the Total Lunar Eclipse of November 18, 1956 (1957) (1)
- Geology of Mars (1970) (1)
- New mexico state university observatory (1963) (0)
- New Mexico State University Observatory, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Report 1968-1969. (1970) (0)
- Symposium synopsis- the when and what of the mars trip. (1963) (0)
- Photographs of Venus at Inferior Conjunction, 1950, from Mule Peak, New Mexico (Abstract) (1950) (0)
- The Planet Uranus: A History of Observation, Theory, and Discovery. A. F. O'D. Alexander. Elsevier, New York, 1965. 316 pp. Illus. $12.75 (1965) (0)
- Plates, Pluto, and Planets X (1991) (0)
- Out of the darkness: The planet Pluto : by Clyde W. Tombaugh and Patrick Moore. Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, Pa. and Lutterworth Press, Guildford & London: 1980: £7.95 nett. (1980) (0)
- Continued photographic patrol and study of the physical conditions on the moon and planets semiannual report no. 10, 15 oct. 1965 - 14 apr. 1966 (1965) (0)
- Some small clusters of faint extragalactic nebulae noted in the planet search program (1936) (0)
- Minor Planet Observations [690 Lowell Observatory] (1985) (0)
- Struggles to Find the Ninth Planet (1996) (0)
- Book-Review - Out of the Darkness - the Planet Pluto (1980) (0)
- The Discovery of Pluto - Some Generally Unknown Aspects of the Story (1986) (0)
- Meteorites in their Bearing on the Origin of the Surface Features of the Moon [Abstract]* (1941) (0)
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