On this day 95 years ago, on March 13, 1930 (February 14, 1930), the American astronomer Tombaugh discovered Pluto. The discoverer of Pluto, Clyde Tombaugh, on March 13, 1930, the American astronomer Tombaugh announced that he had discovered Pluto according to the predictions of other astronomers. Tombaugh, born February 4, 1906. Along with his discovery of Pluto, he also discovered several star clusters and galaxies, and studied the distribution of extragalactic galaxies and the surfaces of Mars and the moon. He worked in American observatories and large system stars. Retired in 1973. Pluto, the farthest from the sun, was "removed" from the list of planets in 2006