It was discovered on November 11, 2002 at Lowell Observatory.
Because of Lowell Observatory, there are regulations to keep light pollution at a minimum.
This was confirmed by four other observers including the then-director of the Lowell Observatory.
Tombaugh was employed at the Lowell Observatory from 1929 to 1945.
In 1953 he became assistant director of Lowell Observatory, and served as director from 1954 to 1957.
Across the hall from me here at the Lowell Observatory are 70+ years of photographic plates in a vault.
His writing and his book were never officially supported by Lowell Observatory.
From 2001-2004 she was an assistant astronomer at the Lowell Observatory.
The Lowell Observatory had the right to name the new object.
The program's nearly 7,000 photographic plates are now archived at Lowell Observatory.