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 w...
Young man, I am afraid you are wasting your time. If there were any more planets they would have been found long before this. Clyde Tombaugh
Young man, I am afraid you are wasting your time. If there were any more planets they would have been found long before this.
You wonder about it and wonder how will I make an instrument that can handle this kind of a problem. Clyde Tombaugh
You wonder about it and wonder how will I make an instrument that can handle this kind of a problem.
Although my early equipment was very modest, later I made my own and they were more powerful. Clyde Tombaugh
Although my early equipment was very modest, later I made my own and they were more powerful.
How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a great miracle. I think there's a supreme power behind all of this. I see it in nature. Clyde Tombaugh
How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a great miracle. I think there's a supreme power behind all of this. I see it in nature.
I used to think about how nice it would be to visit the planets. Of course, I didn't expect to see in my lifetime what has happened. I knew it would happen some day, but it came along faster than I at first thought. Clyde Tombaugh
I used to think about how nice it would be to visit the planets. Of course, I didn't expect to see in my lifetime what has happened. I knew it would happen some day, but it came along faster than I at first thought.
When I was in the fourth grade, I became intensely interested in geography and I learned it well. Clyde Tombaugh
When I was in the fourth grade, I became intensely interested in geography and I learned it well.
I guess they just took it for granted that that was what I was interested in and let nature take its course. Clyde Tombaugh
I guess they just took it for granted that that was what I was interested in and let nature take its course.
We were suddenly faced with the necessity of training a lot of young men in the art of navigation. Clyde Tombaugh
We were suddenly faced with the necessity of training a lot of young men in the art of navigation.
You have to compete with others in the field. Sometimes the competition gets pretty fierce because you're competing for funds or grants to do your work, the financial work. Clyde Tombaugh
You have to compete with others in the field. Sometimes the competition gets pretty fierce because you're competing for funds or grants to do your work, the financial work.
I shed many a tear when the steam engines went out of style on the railroads. I'd like to seem them come back, but I realize the diesels are more efficient. Clyde Tombaugh
I shed many a tear when the steam engines went out of style on the railroads. I'd like to seem them come back, but I realize the diesels are more efficient.
By the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory. Clyde Tombaugh
By the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory.
I thought I'd better check this third plate, which is another date, see if there's an image there in the right place that would be consistent with the images on the other plates. That was the final proof. Clyde Tombaugh
I thought I'd better check this third plate, which is another date, see if there's an image there in the right place that would be consistent with the images on the other plates. That was the final proof.