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Feb 04, 1906 Streator, Illinois, United States Died on 17 Jan 1997 (aged 90)
American astronomer
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About Clyde Tombaugh
- Clyde William Tombaugh (; February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was 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 in 2006.
- Tombaugh also discovered many asteroids.
- He called for the serious scientific research of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs.
