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Tombaugh (disambiguation)

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Tombaugh may refer to:

  • Tom Baugh (born 1963, as Thomas Anthony Baugh), U.S. American football center
  • Clyde Tombaugh (1906-1997, born Clyde William Tombaugh), astronomer who discovered the dwarf planet Pluto
  • Tombaugh (crater), a crater on Mars named after Clyde Tombaugh, found in the Elysium quadrangle
  • 1604 Tombaugh (1931 FH), the asteroid Tombaugh, named after Clyde Tombaugh, discovered by Carl Otto Lampland on 24 March 1931, at the Lowell Observatory
  • Tombaugh Regio, a light-colored heart-shaped region on Pluto, named after Clyde Tombaugh
  • Tombaugh Cliffs, ice-free cliffs in Antarctica, next to the Pluto Glacier, named after Clyde Tombaugh

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