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Clyde Tombaugh

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American astronomer

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Clyde Tombaugh
Physics
#400
World Rank
#706
Historical Rank
#192
USA Rank
Astronomy
#21
World Rank
#62
Historical Rank
#11
USA Rank
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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.

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Clyde Tombaugh's Published Works

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