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Pluto mission chief marks Tombaugh's 100th birthday at KU
Alan Stern, head of the Pluto mission, spoke to more than 100 people at the Kansas Union honoring Clyde Tombaugh on what would have been his 100th birthday. Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory and later earned two KU degrees. Stern noted Tombaugh’s secrecy in verifying his discovery and discussed the Kuiper Belt and Pluto’s place in planetary history.
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