Pluto - Wikipedia
WEBPluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh, making it by far the first known object in the Kuiper belt.
Pluto discovered | February 18, 1930 - HISTORY
WEBMar 3, 2010 · On February 18, 1930, Tombaugh discovered the tiny, distant planet by use of a new astronomic technique of photographic plates combined with a blink microscope.
Pluto: How it Was Discovered, Named and Demoted | TIME
WEBFeb 18, 2015 · W hen it was first discovered, Pluto was the coolest planet in the solar system. Before it was even named, TIME surmised that “the New Planet,” 50 times farther from the sun than Earth, “gets...
February 18, 1930: Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto - EarthSky
WEBFeb 18, 2022 · On this date in 1930, Clyde Tombaugh, searching for a 9th planet, discovered Pluto. This opened the door to further exploration of the outer solar system.
History of Pluto - Lowell Observatory
WEBOn February 18, 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. Thus kicked off a hectic time for the entire observatory staff, as they worked furiously to gather as much data as possible about the new planet.
Pluto: The Discovery of a Planet | The Planetary Society
WEBFeb 18, 2005 · Learn about how the closed cosmos of the ancients became the open universe of modern times, opening the door to new discoveries in the heavens. Find out about William Herschell's discovery of Uranus, and how the detection of Neptune turned into nationalist feud between England and France.
Pluto Facts - Science@NASA
WEBDiscovered in 1930, Pluto was long considered our solar system's ninth planet. But after the discovery of similar worlds deeper in the Kuiper Belt, Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union.
In Depth | Pluto – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBDiscovered in 1930, Pluto was long considered our solar system's ninth planet. But after the discovery of similar intriguing worlds deeper in the distant Kuiper Belt, icy Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet.
Pluto - NASA Science
WEBPluto was discovered in 1930 by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh. It was named by 11-year-old Venetia Burney of Oxford, England. Get the Facts. Pluto nearly fills the frame in this image from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft taken on July 13, 2015, when the spacecraft was 476,000 miles (768,000 kilometers) from the surface.
'A New Planet Beyond Neptune': The year we discovered Pluto
WEBJul 14, 2015 · By 13 June, "Planet X" had a name, chosen in a worldwide contest. The winner, submitted by the astronomically well-connected 11-year-old daughter of a University of Oxford professor: Pluto, the Roman god of the underworld—like the outer solar system, a place of Stygian gloom.
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