On This Day in 1930, Clyde Tombaugh Discovered Pluto
Mental Floss: On February 18, 1930, amateur astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered "Planet X" using an astrograph, which is essentially a space camera. Planet X was soon named Pluto, and the rest is a nerd battle of historical proportions.
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See the link I sent you from U-Tube.
"Pluto.... That's messed up, right?" - Burton Guster, 'Psych'
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