Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer. Although he is best known for discovering the dwarf-planet Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt, Tombaugh also discovered many asteroids; he also called for the serious scientific research of unidentified flying objects, or "U.F.O.s".
Discovered the planet Pluto on Feb. 18, 1930; the official public announcement was made March 13, 1930. Dr. Tombaugh was the first American astronomer to discover a planet. Dr. Tombaugh likened his discovery of Pluto, named after the Roman god of the underworld due to the fact it dwells in almost perpetual darkness, to finding a needle in a haystack.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wax, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees
1991
Documentary
Himself (as Dr. Clyde Tombaugh)
The Sky at Night
1975
TV Series documentary
Himself
I've Got a Secret
1956
TV Series
Himself - Contestant
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Sky at Night
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Universe
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Wax, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees (1991) as Himself
$800,000
