Clyde Tombaugh: Discoverer of Planet Pluto - Hardcover

David H. Levy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816511489 ISBN 13: 9780816511488

Publisher: University of Arizona Press, 1991

Synopsis

Biography of Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered Pluto

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

In early 1930, after spending countless nights in a cold dome carefully photographing miniscule portions of the sky, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. Today, as astronomers detect large new worlds at the edge of our solar system and a spacecraft embarks to explore Pluto itself, we're finally beginning ot sense the true significance of Tombaugh's find.

About the Author:

David H. Levy, one of the foremost amateur astronomers in the United States, has discovered 21 comets. His "Star Trails" column appears montly in Sky & Telescope Magazine. He won an Emmy in 1998 ast part of the writing team for the Discovery Channel documentary "Three Minutes to Impact."

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0816511489
• ISBN 13: 9780816511488
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212