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Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh Signed Description of Discovering Pluto

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Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh Signed Description of Discovering Pluto

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Auction Date:2013 Jul 23 @ 17:00 (UTC-7 : PDT/MST)
Location:11901 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
Exciting account by Clyde Tombaugh of the hours leading up to his discovery of Pluto. Typed 8.5'' x 11'' document signed ''Clyde W. Tombaugh / 26 Nov. 1990'' reads in part, ''...In February 1930, after struggling through 'Taurus' I skipped [to] eastern Gemini where the stars were less thickly packed. I suddenly spied an object 'That's it!' I exclaimed to myself. Any possibility of the phenomenon being a pair of variable stars was now ruled out. This seemed to be it...'' Tombaugh crosses out an errant ''a'' in description. Near fine condition.