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I should not poke fun at Clyde Tombaugh regarding Pluto's data, when in my previous post I made a lame attempt at humor at the expense of Clyde, for it appears he was not merely a data gathering drone, but the discoverer of Pluto in 1930, a fact the data I presented implied, but did not make perfectly clear, at least to my silly little mind...<BR>
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My sincerest apologies to the State of Kansas, the local Lions Club, Burdett American Legion, and Burdett High School, Kansas:<BR>
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Bette Jo Roberts, Sen. Kassebaum's representative, noted that the state motto is "To the Stars through Difficulties."<BR>
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Dr. Tombaugh's research, she said, "did take him to the stars through difficulty." "Dr. Tombaugh," she added, turning to the grinning scientist, "you truly represent the spirit of Kansas."<BR>
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Then it was Dr. Tombaugh's turn. He stole the show as he rightfully should since it was the day his home town chose to honor him for a lifetime of study, research and discovery that began on the family farm northwest of Burdett.<BR>
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http://www.kansas.net/~crgraham/burdett.htm<BR>
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http://skyways.lib.ks.us/history/tombaugh.html<BR>
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"The more I know the less I know I know." --Ted Moffett<BR>
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