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April 6th in Astronomy and Space Science

1929

American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh took the first image through the 33 cm (13 inch) astrographic refractor at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. This was the beginning of the "Search for Planet X" that would result in the discovery of Pluto on 18 February 1930.

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