Born on February 18
Discovery of Pluto
A tiny dot that moved.
Next: February 18, 2027
Where it comes from
This Story marks the anniversary of 18 February 1930, when Clyde Tombaugh, a 24-year-old Kansas farm boy working at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, found Pluto.
How it's celebrated
There is no formal observance, but Lowell Observatory, which still keeps the discovery plates in its archives, welcomes visitors to the Flagstaff hill where Pluto was found.
Did you know
The name Pluto was first suggested by Venetia Burney, an 11-year-old girl in Oxford, over breakfast with her grandfather in March 1930.
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Star sign
Aquarius · January 20 – February 18 · Air sign
Original and independent, a little ahead of their time.