Tag: Pluto

• The Lowell Observatory: From Pioneers to Pluto 

  

  Becoming the first internationally recognised “Dark Sky City” due to efforts to reduce light pollution, Flagstaff, Arizona is also home to the Lowell Observatory, famed not least for its discovery of Pluto. Sam Marks discusses the scientific endeavours which led to this astronomical breakthrough.

  Retrospect Journal

  19/02/2023

  Academic

  astronomy, History, Nineteenth Century, Percival Lowell, Pluto, US History