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Did Clyde Tombaugh make his Pluto discovery before or after starting his professional career?
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Before starting his professional career, Clyde Tombaugh had already made his groundbreaking discovery of Pluto in 1930. While working as a research assistant at the Lowell Observatory, Tombaugh meticulously analyzed photographic plates taken over several nights to detect any discrepancies in the positions of celestial objects.
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