Geek History Made February 18, 1930

On this day in 1930 our once 9th planet was discovered. Clyde Tombaugh studied photographs taken from Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. He was given the task of finding Planet X, predicted by Percival Lowell and William Pickering. Tombaugh took photos of the same section of sky several nights apart and then compared the photos. He was able to distinguish between stationary and non- stationary items. Thus he discovered Pluto, which was named by an 11 year old English school girl. In 2006 the International Astronomical Union declared that Pluto was not comparable to the "classical planets" but was a one of many dwarf planet. This leaves me with one question: How will kids remember the names and order of the planets in our solar system now? MY VERY EDUCATED MOTHER JUST SERVED US NINE ________