In 1978, Naval Observatory astronomer James Christy was developing  planetary photographs when he noticed that one of the ima
In 1978, Naval Observatory astronomer James Christy was developing  planetary photographs when he noticed that one of the images was apparently  defectively elongated. Just as Christy was about to throw out the plate, his  computer crashed. While waiting for it to reset, Christy noticed that the  same bulge appeared on at least six other archival photographs. FTP, Christy  had just discovered what object, the only moon of Pluto?
In 1978, Naval Observatory astronomer James Christy was developing  planetary photographs when he noticed that one of the images was apparently  defectively elongated.
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