The Man Who Discovered a Planet

The Sky at Night Season 24 Episode 3

Overview:
Exactly 50 years ago, in 1930, the planet Pluto was discovered by a young research student named Clyde Tombaugh. Since that time Pluto has set puzzle after puzzle. It is smaller than expected; it has an unusual path: and it has a moon, Charon, which is one-third the size of itself. Today, at the age of 77, CLYDE TOMBAUGH is one of America's most respected astronomers.

For this programme Patrick Moore flew to Arizona to meet Professor Tombaugh and to ask him what he now thought about the curious planet he discovered half a century ago.

Genre : Documentary, News

Actors : -

Release Date : 1980-03-20

Duration : 30 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 24)

Mapping the Sky
1. Mapping the Sky
Saturn: The Disappearing Rings
2. Saturn: The Disappearing Rings
The Man Who Discovered a Planet
3. The Man Who Discovered a Planet
The Multiple Mirror Telescope
4. The Multiple Mirror Telescope
Journey to the Centre of the Galaxy
5. Journey to the Centre of the Galaxy
Kitt Peak Observatory: the Solar Telescope
6. Kitt Peak Observatory: the Solar Telescope
Quasars
7. Quasars
The Mapping of Venus
8. The Mapping of Venus
Meteor Crater
9. Meteor Crater
Autumn Equinox
10. Autumn Equinox
The Scintars
11. The Scintars
Voyager I Reaches Saturn
12. Voyager I Reaches Saturn
The Quadrantids
13. The Quadrantids


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