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English[en]
In 1929 the observatory's director, Vesto Melvin Slipher, summarily handed the job of locating the planet to Clyde Tombaugh, a 22-year-old Kansas farm boy who had only just arrived at the Lowell Observatory after Slipher had been impressed by a sample of his astronomical drawings.
Finnish[fi]
Vuonna 1929 tähtitornin johtaja Vesto Melvin Slipher antoi planeetan etsimisen tehtäväksi Clyde Tombaughille, 22-vuotiaalle kansasilaiselle maanviljelijän pojalle, joka oli juuri aloittanut työt Lowellin tähtitornissa.