Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto #OTD in 1930, while comparing photographic plates taken the previous month.
The name Pluto was suggested by 11 year old Venetia Burney.
Here’s a gif blink comparator of Tombaugh’s original plates!
(Gif made by Tom Ruen on Twitter)
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