"NINTH PLANET DISCOVERED ON EDGE OF SOLAR SYSTEM:
FIRST FOUND IN 84 YEARS"
The New York Times, March 14, 1930
Pluto, the farthermost planet in the solar system, some 3,673 million miles from the Sun, was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in 1930. The discovery waz made two weeks after hiz 24th birthday.
On Dr. Tombaugh's 79th birthday, he went page by page through hiz entire book, OUT OF THE DARKNESS and corrected all the errors for me in pencil.
We had a marvelous dinner party for Dr. Tombaugh and a gathering at hiz home afterward. Some of you may remember when I carried meteorites in my gallery.
THE TEN SPECIAL COMMANDMENTS for a WOULD-BE PLANET HUNTER
by Clyde Tombaugh
Behold the heavens and the great vastness thereof, for a planet could be anywhere therein.
Thou shalt dedicate thy whole being to the search project with infinite patience and perserverence.
Thou shalt set no other work before thee for the search shall keep thee busy enough.
Thou shalt take the plates at opposition time lest thou be deceived by asteroids near their stationary positions.
Thou shalt duplicate the plates of a pair at the same hour angle lest refraction distortions overtake thee.
Thou shalt give adequate overlap of adjacent plate regions lest the planet play hide and seek with thee.
Thou shalt not become ill in the dark of the moon lest thou fall behind the opposition point.
Thou shalt have no dates except at full moon when long exposure plates cannot be taken at the telescope.
Many false planets shall appear before thee and thou shalt check every one with a third plate.
Thou shalt not engage in any dissipation, that thy years may be many, for thou shalt need them to finish the job!
FIRST FOUND IN 84 YEARS"
The New York Times, March 14, 1930
Pluto, the farthermost planet in the solar system, some 3,673 million miles from the Sun, was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in 1930. The discovery waz made two weeks after hiz 24th birthday.
On Dr. Tombaugh's 79th birthday, he went page by page through hiz entire book, OUT OF THE DARKNESS and corrected all the errors for me in pencil.
We had a marvelous dinner party for Dr. Tombaugh and a gathering at hiz home afterward. Some of you may remember when I carried meteorites in my gallery.
THE TEN SPECIAL COMMANDMENTS for a WOULD-BE PLANET HUNTER
by Clyde Tombaugh
Behold the heavens and the great vastness thereof, for a planet could be anywhere therein.
Thou shalt dedicate thy whole being to the search project with infinite patience and perserverence.
Thou shalt set no other work before thee for the search shall keep thee busy enough.
Thou shalt take the plates at opposition time lest thou be deceived by asteroids near their stationary positions.
Thou shalt duplicate the plates of a pair at the same hour angle lest refraction distortions overtake thee.
Thou shalt give adequate overlap of adjacent plate regions lest the planet play hide and seek with thee.
Thou shalt not become ill in the dark of the moon lest thou fall behind the opposition point.
Thou shalt have no dates except at full moon when long exposure plates cannot be taken at the telescope.
Many false planets shall appear before thee and thou shalt check every one with a third plate.
Thou shalt not engage in any dissipation, that thy years may be many, for thou shalt need them to finish the job!
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