Letter to Roger Putnam Concerning a Recently Discovered Planetary Object

Letter to Roger Putnam Concerning a Recently Discovered Planetary Object

Pluto; Planet X; Astronomy; Planetary Discovery; Putnam, Roger L.; Tombaugh, Clyde W.; Lowell Observatory; Flagstaff.

In this letter to Lowell Observatory's sole trustee Roger Putnam, an unknown employee at the observatory reveals that Clyde Tombaugh has recently discovered an object that shares similar qualities with Percival Lowell's predicted "Planet X." The author explains that more images are being taken to verify the nature of the unidentified object with the hopes that it will be Lowell's elusive ninth planet.

Unknown Author

1930-02-23

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