Percival Lowell's trans-Neptunian planet (Planet X) computations

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Title

Percival Lowell's trans-Neptunian planet (Planet X) computations

Subject

Pluto; Planet X; Astronomy; Planetary Discovery; Lowell Observatory; Lowell, Percival; Flagstaff, Arizona.

Description

Computations performed by Percival Lowell in search for a trans-Neptunian Planet X. Dr. Lowell was studying the perturbations of Uranus, which is the disturbance in the orbit or motion of a heavenly body. Such movement, he hypothesized, would indicate the presence of another planet.

Creator

Lowell, Percival

Date

1910 ca.

Rights

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Format

Handwritten document

Type

Text

Identifier

Pluto Collection. a_Pluto_0065(b1f2).tiff