Background
Tombaugh, Clyde William was born on February 4, 1906 in Streator, Illinois, United States. Son of Muron D. and Adella Pearl (Chritton) Tombaugh.
Tombaugh, Clyde William was born on February 4, 1906 in Streator, Illinois, United States. Son of Muron D. and Adella Pearl (Chritton) Tombaugh.
Bachelor of Arts Kansas, 1936. Master of Arts, University Kansas, 1939. Doctor of Science (honorary), Northern Arizona University, 1960.
Assistant, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1929;assistant astronomer, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1938;instructor science, Arizona State College, Flagstaff, 1943-1945;visiting assistant professor astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1945-1946;astronomer, Aberdeen Ballistics laboratories Annex/White Sands Missile Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1946-1997;chief optical measurement section, Aberdeen Ballistics laboratories Annex/White Sands Missile Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1948;chief research and evaluation branch planning department Flight Determinationdiv., Aberdeen Ballistics laboratories Annex/White Sands Missile Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1948-1953;chief investigator search for natural satellites project, Aberdeen Ballistics laboratories Annex/White Sands Missile Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1953-1958;planetary astrophysical researcher, Aberdeen Ballistics laboratories Annex/White Sands Missile Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1958-1997;research associate professor astronomy, New Mexico State University, 1955-1959;professor, New Mexico State University, 1965-1973;professor emeritus, New Mexico State University, 1973-1997;with planetary astrophysics research program, New Mexico State University, 1959-1997. Discoverer planet Pluto, 1930, 1 globular star cluster, 1932, 5 galactic star clusters, variable stars, asteroids, clusters of galaxies. Extensive search for distant planets and natural earth's satellites, studies in apparent distribution extragalactic galaxies, geological studies Mars' and Moon's surface features, production telescope mirrors.
Member expedition extension satellite research project, Quito, Ecuador, 1956-1958. Lectr.in field.
Fellow Society for Research on Meteorites, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, Astronomical Society Pacific, Sigma Xi.
Son of Muron D. and Adella Pearl (Chritton) T. M. Patricia Irene Edson, June 7, 1934. Children: Annette Roberta, Alden Clyde.