Pluto Discovery Telescope
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The Pluto Discovery Telescope is the historic Lowell Observatory instrument used by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 to discover the dwarf planet Pluto.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical instrument
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telescope ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Clyde Tombaugh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lowell Observatory Pluto discovery ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| discovererOf |
Pluto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
dwarf planet Pluto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfUse |
astronomy
ⓘ
observational astronomy ⓘ planetary astronomy ⓘ |
| hasDiscovery | Pluto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
instrument central to early 20th-century planet search efforts
ⓘ
instrument used to discover the first known Kuiper belt object ⓘ |
| hasType | optical telescope ⓘ |
| heritageStatus |
historic telescope
ⓘ
historically significant scientific instrument ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Flagstaff, Arizona
NERFINISHED
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Lowell Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| namedAfter | discovery of Pluto ⓘ |
| notableUse | discovery of Pluto ⓘ |
| operator | Lowell Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Lowell Observatory instrumentation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | used in 1930 to discover Pluto ⓘ |
| topicOf | history of Pluto discovery ⓘ |
| usedBy | Clyde Tombaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
astronomical observation
ⓘ
planetary search ⓘ search for trans-Neptunian planets ⓘ |
| yearOfNotableUse | 1930 ⓘ |
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