Clyde Tombaugh

Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto in 1930.

Asteroids discovered

Tombaugh discovered a total of 14 asteroids, during his search for Pluto and years of follow-up searches looking for another candidate for the postulated Planet X. No more Trans-Neptunian objects were discovered until (15760) 1992 QB1, in 1992.

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Asteroids - (15760) 1992 QB1 - 1992

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