Percival Lowell

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/percival-lowell

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1. When was Percival Lowell born?March 13, 1855
2. Where was Percival Lowell born?Boston, Massachusetts
3. What is Percival Lowell known for?Founded the Lowell Observatory, which was instrumental in the discovery of Pluto
4. What is the career?Businessman, author, and astronomer
5. Who was Percival Lowell?Percival Lowell was a scientist from Boston who loved looking at the sky and built an observatory in Arizona.
6. Why did he build the Lowell Observatory?He chose a place with clear skies to study planets, especially Mars, and to search for new planets beyond the ones we know.

Gravitational Perturbation: A slight change in an object's orbit caused by the gravity of another celestial body.
Optical Illusion: Something that appears to be real but is not, due to how the eye perceives it.
Celestial Body: Any natural object in space, such as a star, planet, moon, or asteroid.