Clyde Tombaugh Discoverer of Planet Pluto

In early 1930, after spending countless nights in a cold dome carefully photographing minuscule portions of the sky, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. Today, as astronomers detect large new worlds at the edge of our solar system and a spacecraft embarks on its long journey to explore Pluto itself, we're finally beginning to sense the true significance of Tombaugh's find.

David H. Levy, one of the foremost amateur astronomers in the United States, has discovered 21 comets. His "Star Trails" column appears montly in Sky & Telescope Magazine. He won an Emmy in 1998 ast part of the writing team for the Discovery Channel documentary "Three Minutes to Impact."

New Preface

vi

Preface

ix

Looking into Chapman's Homer

1

(12)

The Educated Ones

13

(16)

Uranus, Neptune, and Planet X

29

(10)

The First Year

39

(22)

Discovery's Wake

61

(22)

The Thirties

83

(22)

Galaxies

105

(10)

War and Departure

115

(12)

White Sands Years

127

(20)

Astronomy at White Sands

147

(14)

Professor Tombaugh

161

(14)

Later Years

175

(10)

Appendix: A Comet and a Nova

185

(6)

Notes

191

(8)

Bibliography

199

(4)

Index

203

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Clyde Tombaugh Discoverer of Planet Pluto

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