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Pluto and Lowell Observatory: A History of Discovery at Flagstaff - Schindler, Kevin, and Grundy, Will, and Stern, Annette And Alden Tombaugh and W Lowell Putnam and S Alan (Contributions by)
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Pluto looms large in Flagstaff, where residents and businesses alike take pride in their community's most enduring claim to fame: Clyde Tombaugh's 1930 discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory. Percival Lowell began searching for his theoretical "Planet X" in 1905, and Tombaugh's "eureka!" experience brought worldwide attention to the city and observatory. Ever since, area scientists have played leading roles in virtually every major Pluto-related discovery, from unknown moons to the existence of an atmosphere and the ...

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Pluto and Lowell Observatory: A History of Discovery at Flagstaff 2018, History Press

ISBN-13: 9781625859792

Trade paperback

Pluto and Lowell Observatory: A History of Discovery at Flagstaff 2018, History Press Library Editions

ISBN-13: 9781540228505

Hardcover