Lowell Observatory

The Lowell Observatory is was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965.

It was at the Lowell Observatory that Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.


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