Clyde Tombaugh
Clyde Tombaugh
Clyde William Tombaughwas an American astronomer. He discovered Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt. At the time of discovery, Pluto was considered a planet but was later reclassified as a dwarf planet. Tombaugh also discovered many asteroids. He also called for the serious scientific research of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth4 February 1906
CountryUnited States of America
What you do is, you have your drawing board and a pencil in hand at the telescope. You look in and you make some markings on the paper and you look in again.
Although my early equipment was very modest, later I made my own and they were more powerful.
You wonder about it and wonder how will I make an instrument that can handle this kind of a problem.
When the temperature is freezing, it's a bit hard on your fingers, but I was interested in putting down what I saw. And that's what paid off.