Percival Lowell
Percival Lawrence Lowell (/ˈloʊəl/; March 13, 1855 – November 12, 1916) was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer. He founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. He started the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death.
Percival Lowell | |
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 Percival Lowell during the early-20th century | |
| Born | March 13, 1855 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | November 12, 1916 (aged 61) Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Noble and Greenough School |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | Martian canals, Asteroids discovered: 793 Arizona (April 9, 1907) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
His reputation was damaged by his belief in canals on Mars.[1] This idea was counter-attacked by Alfred Russel Wallace.[2]
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American astronomer Percival Lowell.
Lowell (front row, rightmost) in Joseon, before the departure of the first Korean mission to the United States.
Martian canals depicted by Percival Lowell
Craters on the Mars surface (frame 11) imaged by Mariner 4 as it flew by Mars in 1965
Percival Lowell in 1914, observing Venus in the daytime with the 24-inch (61 cm) Alvan Clark & Sons refracting telescope at Flagstaff, Arizona
Traditional astronomical planetary symbol for Pluto; see
- Pluto astrological - dwarf planet symbol.svg for Pluto's astrological and dwarf-planetary symbol. In Unicode this is reserved at U+2647 which renders as ♇ .
Percival Lowell - Mausoleum 2013 HDR processed for creative impact. The original raws were taken with a Canon Rebel T1i and were very flat due to the sunset backlighting the scene which was beautiful in person so I wanted to push this one; especially to make the grain in the stones really evident.
Coat of Arms of Percival Lowell
