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Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Yes -- Pluto (Planet X) discovered Feb. 18, 1930

Using a set of glass negatives,

observatory assistant Clyde Tombaugh

made the first recognized sighting of

the dwarf planet at Lowell Observatory,

in Flagstaff AZ.   He used a blink

comparator with the negatives taken 2 days

apart.

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