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∙ 13y agoPluto was discovered in 1930 by the astronomer Clyde Tombaugh. 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 Lowell Observatory in Arizona did a very careful sky survey which turned up Pluto anyway. It was officially discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, from Kansas. The existence of Pluto was predicted by perturbations of the orbit of Neptune late in the 19th century.
Percival Lowell looked for it, and did photograph Pluto in 1915, but didn't recognize what he had seen.
The task of finding the planet was given to Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Arizona. He did a very careful sky survey which identified Pluto in photos taken on February 18, 1930 and announced it on March 13, 1930
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∙ 6y agoPluto was discovered on Tuesday 18th February 1930 by the astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.
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∙ 9y agoThe planet Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh. He discovered it by looking through a telescope at his home.
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∙ 14y agoPluto was discovered on February 18, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh at Lowell observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
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∙ 12y agoPluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.
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∙ 13y agoClyde Tombaugh discovered (found) Pluto in 1930
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∙ 7y agoPluto was discovered on February 18, 1930.
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∙ 10y agoClyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930.
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∙ 13y agopluto was discovered on february 18, 1930
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Was Pluto discovered in 1999?
No. Pluto was discovered in 1930.
Who photographed Pluto?
Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.
What was the third planet discovered?
pluto
When did William herschel discover Pluto?
Never. Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, in 1930.
Is Pluto the first planet to be discovered?
NOPE!
How was the planet Pluto discovered?
pluto was discovered in 1930
Was Pluto discovered in 1999?
No. Pluto was discovered in 1930.
Was Pluto discovered by spacecraft?
No. Pluto was discovered in 1930 by telescope.
Which was discovered first neptune or pluto?
Neptune was discovered before Pluto.
What year was Pluto's moon discovered?
Pluto has three moons.Charon was discovered in 1978Nix and Hydra were discovered in 2005
What was discovered orbiting Pluto in 1978?
Pluto's largest moon, Charon, was discovered in 1978
Who photographed Pluto?
Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.
When did you find out Pluto exists?
Pluto was discovered in 1930.
Who first discovered pluto?
Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto on the 18th of Febuary 1930.
What starting with p a planet discovered by an astronomer in 1930?
Pluto was a planet discovered in 1930
Who discovered Pluto and how?
Pluto was discovered in 1930. The person who discovered Pluto was a guy named Clyde W. Tombaugh. After he discovered Pluto they called Pluto Planet X. But later a girl named Venetia Katherine Douglas Phair, born in 1919. She came up with the name Pluto because the planets description sounded just like the god of darkness and the underworld.
When was Pluto the dwarf planet discovered?
An American astronomer named Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930
