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The container includes the inscription: "Interned herein are remains of American Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto
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Pluto was discovered in 1930 by a fortunate accident. Calculations which later turned out to be in error had predicted a planet beyond Neptune , based on the motions of Uranus and Neptune. Not knowing of the error, Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowe...
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Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. Astronomers noticed that the orbits of Neptune and Uranus were being affected by the gravity of an unknown object in ths solar system. Clyde Tombaugh carefully studied images of the night sky and after a lot of hard work he finally discovered Pluto.
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Pluto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pluto , formal designation 134340 Pluto , is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System (after Eris) and the tenth-largest body observed directly orbiting the Sun. Classified as a pl...
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Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 - January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto in 1930. He made the discovery at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona,, during a systematic search for a trans-Neptunian planet (also called Planet X), which had been predicted by Percival...
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Pluto had been photographed before it became officially known, but it was not noticed, until it was pointed out at a later date. After the official discovery it was known where to look, earlier photos showed Pluto in photographs dating back...
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Astronomers - Astronomy glossary explains basic astronomical terms. ... Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943- ) is an astronomer who discovered the existence of pulsars in 1967, while she was a graduate student at Cambridge University. A pulsar is a rapidly spinning neutron star that emits energy in pulses.
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Uranus was first recorded in 1690, but thought to be a star. William Herschel discovered it as a planet in 1781. ... Neptune was discovered in 1846....by James Challis (who recorded it first, but did not realize what it was) and Johann Galle (who knew exactly what he ... Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930.
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