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Pluto wasn't easy to find. Percival Lowell, at his observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, had predicted the existence of a planet beyond Neptune ... of the sky where he thought the planet might be, but without success. Lowell died in 1916, but Lowell Observatory resumed the search in 1929 with a new purpose-built telescope, and ...

... " on the planet's surface by Schiaparelli and others in the 1800s, and Percival Lowell 's founding of the Lowell Observatory in 1894 followed by his publication of reports on "Mars and Its ...

... said he became interested in the concept after reading a translation of the work of Percival Lowell as a child. He also played a key role in starting science fiction fandom, by ...

... that map was produced in Flagstaff, Ariz., few miles from mountain-top observatory where Dr. Percival Lowell in 1877 observed presumed canals on Mars that "inspired so many tales of Martians," canals ...

Percival Lowell 's maps of Martian canals appear in Hugo Gernsback 's Electrical Experimenter magazine. Image:EE 1915-10 mars.jpg 300px

... outer edge of the solar system. Also, its first two letters are the initials of Percival Lowell. ---- Answer provided by Dr. John Spencer, Ph.D. Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer ...

... the infamous canals of Mars first drawn by Giovanni Schiaparelli in 1877 and supposed by Percival Lowell in 1895 to be of artificial origin. In both cases, theories and myths were over ...

... similar optical system. ''(FRC Release 25­63)'' NASA awarded a $236,520 grant to the Lowell Observa­tory , Flagstaff, Ariz., to provide a building for processing, storage, and research of lunar and planetary photography. This would assist Lowell Observatory in fulfilling the request of the International Astronomical Union in August 1961 that ...

... , employed by the U. S. Air Force Lunar Mapping Program, using the telescope at the Lowell Observatory near Flagstaff, Arizona, reported an exciting observation at the crater Aristarchus. Below is the ... , 6 (1963) Lunar Color Phenomena, ACIC Technical Paper 12, May 1964 John Hall, “Supplementary Report,” Lowell Observatory, November 5, 1963 W.C. Cameron, “An Appeal for Observations of the Moon,” Journal ...

... local time for any point on the moon. ''(NYT, 6/7/64, 78)'' Astronomers at Lowell Observatory , Flagstaff, Ariz., failed in an attempt to sight and photograph red spots in the ... the moon. Conditions were about the same as on Oct. 29 and Nov. 27 when Lowell observers had sighted the red spots. ''(AP, Balt. Sun, 6/6/64)'' A spokesman for ...

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