SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -On the front page on March 14, 1930, The New York Times announced, with a flourish, the discovery of Pluto: “In the little cluster of orbs which scampers across the sidereal abyss under the name of the solar system there are, be it known, nine instead of a mere eight, worlds.”

Detailed explanation-2: -History of Pluto 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -March 13, 1930: Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery of Pluto announced. In early 1930, Pluto was discovered by a farm boy from Kansas with no formal training in astronomy. The announcement in March of Pluto’s discovery was a moment of excitement for both scientists and the public.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -It was at Lowell in 1930 that Tombaugh discovered Pluto.