- Born
- February 4, 1906
- Died
- January 17, 1997 (aged 90)
- Known as
- astronomer, university teacher
Clyde William Tombaugh was an American astronomer and telescope maker, best known for discovering Pluto in 1930, marking the first detection of what would eventually be recognized as the Kuiper belt. At the time, Pluto was referred to as the ninth planet in the Solar System, a classification that stood for over seven decades.
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