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Question
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Who discovered Pluto?
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Jovanni Skiaparelli
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Clyde Tombaugh
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Galileo Galilei
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William Herschel
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -March 13, 1930: Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery of Pluto announced.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The object formerly known as the planet Pluto was discovered on February 18, 1930 at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, by astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, with contributions from William H. Pickering. This period in astronomy was one of intense planet hunting, and Pickering was a prolific planet predictor.
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