Clyde Tombaugh
American astronomer
Died when: 90 years 348 days (1091 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Clyde William Tombaugh /ˈtɒmbaʊ/ (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 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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