Pluto and Lowell Observatory: A History of Discovery at Flagstaff

Pluto looms large in Flagstaff, where residents and businesses alike take pride in their community's most enduring claim to fame: Clyde Tombaugh's 1930 discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory. Percival Lowell began searching for his theoretical "Planet X" in 1905, and Tombaugh's "eureka " experience brought worldwide attention to the city and observatory. Ever since, area scientists have played leading roles in virtually every major Pluto-related discovery, from unknown moons to the existence of an atmosphere and the innovations of the New Horizons spacecraft. Lowell historian Kevin Schindler and astronomer Will Grundy guide you through the story of Pluto from postulation to exploration.

Author: Kevin Schindler, Will Grundy
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: 03/12/2018
Pages: 194
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781540228505
ISBN10: 1540228509
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Photography | Subjects & Themes | Regional (see also Travel | Pictorials)
- Science | Space Science | Astronomy

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