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May 18, 2009

Astronomy Beat #23

The Discovery of Pluto: Generally Unknown Aspects of the Story (PDF, 912 KB)
by Clyde Tombaugh (1906–1997)
[excerpts from a longer article written for the ASP's Mercury magazine in 1986]

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