Lowell, Percival

American astronomer, famous for predicting the existence of the planet Pluto.
After completing his education, Lowell travelled to the Far East. His books about these travels include Choson (1886), The Soul of the Far East (1888), Noto (1891), and Occult Japan (1895). In 1894, he established the Lowell Observatory. It was from this observatory that astronomers first observed Pluto in 1930. Lowell also believed in existence of intelligent life on Mars. Lowell's works include Mars and Its Canals (1906), Memoir on a Trans-Neptunian Planet (1915), and The Genesis of the Planets (1916).
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American astronomer, famous for predicting the existence of the planet Pluto. In 1894, he established the Lowell Observatory. Lowell also believed in existence of intelligent life on Mars.;