Clyde Tombaugh

Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer. He discovered Pluto in 1930.

Biography
Tombaugh was born in a ranch near Streator, Illinois. "I was born on a farm near Streator, Illinois, on 4 February 1906." After his family moved to Burdett, Kansas, Tombaugh planned to attend college. A hailstorm ruined his family's farm crops, so he did not have money to pay for college.

After he discovered Pluto, he went to college at the University of Kansas and graduated with two degrees in astronomy.

References

Sources
 Falk, Dan, "More than a one-hit wonder", Astronomy, February 2006, 40–45.
 David H. Levy Clyde Tombaugh: Discoverer of the Planet Pluto (Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, 1991). ; also Sky Publishing Corporation, March 2006

Other websites
Many biographical articles on Clyde Tombaugh
Quote from Tombaugh on UFOs
UFO activities of Tombaugh
Academic paper on Tombaugh's UFO activities and near-earth satellite search
 Illinois proposes a Pluto Day and reinstate Pluto as a Planet in honor of C. Tombaugh: Illinois General Assembly, Senate Resolution SR0046 2/26/2009

Category:1906 births
Category:1997 deaths
Category:American astronomers
Category:Scientists from Illinois