Clyde Tombaugh

NASA Releases Best Photos Yet of Pluto
NASA Releases Best Photos Yet of Pluto
NASA Releases Best Photos Yet of Pluto
The guy in the photo above is Clyde Tombaugh, the man credited with discovering Pluto in 1930. Clyde Tombaugh was born here in Illinois, just outside Streator, in 1906. He built his first telescope at age 20, even grinding the mirrors himself...