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Clyde William Tombaugh (/ˈtɒmbaʊ/;
February 4, 1906 –
January 17, 1997) was an
American astronomer. He
discovered Pluto in 1930, the
first object to be...
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Tombaugh Regio (/ˈtɒmbaʊ ˈrɛdʒioʊ/),
sometimes nicknamed "Pluto's heart"
after its shape, is the
largest bright surface feature of the
dwarf planet Pluto...
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Tombaugh may
refer to: Tom
Baugh (born 1963, as
Thomas Anthony Baugh), U.S.
American football center Clyde Tombaugh (1906-1997, born
Clyde William Tombaugh)...
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Tombaugh,
provisional designation 1931 FH, is a rare-type Eos
asteroid from the
outer region of the
asteroid belt,
approximately 32
kilometers in...
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Tombaugh Cliffs (71°5′S 68°18′W / 71.083°S 68.300°W / -71.083; -68.300) is a
group of ice-free
cliffs which stand at the
north side of the
mouth of...
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perturbed Ur****
enough to
account for the irregularities.
Clyde Tombaugh's discovery of
Pluto in 1930
appeared to
validate Lowell's hypothesis, and...
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Clyde Tombaugh, who had just
arrived at the
observatory after Slipher had been
impressed by a
sample of his
astronomical drawings.
Tombaugh's task was...
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remain informal classifications that have yet to be considered.
Tombaugh Regio (nicknamed "The Heart") is a large, light-colored
topographical region...
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without realizing at the time that it was not a star. In 1930,
Clyde Tombaugh,
working at the
Lowell Observatory,
discovered Pluto near the location...
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discovered by
Clyde Tombaugh,
whose search for trans-Neptunian
objects was
sensitive to
objects up to
magnitude 17. Indeed, in 1934
Tombaugh reported that there...
