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Clyde Tombaugh Astronomer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Feb 4, 1906
  • Died: Jan 17, 1997

Clyde William Tombaugh was an American astronomer. Although he is best known for discovering the dwarf-planet Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt, Tombaugh also discovered many asteroids; he also called for the serious scientific research of unidentified flying objects, or "U.F.O.s".

Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did. teen

Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science. science

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 more views from Robert Browning

22 more views from Robert Browning

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53 more views from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 quotes from Isadora Duncan

5 quotes from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 more wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher

58 more wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher