edges of the solar system pluto lies in the kiper belt a neighborhood of frozen bodies waiting for their turn in the limelight. once the flyby is completed, new horizons true to its name will continue its plunge into this new territory. pictures of the encounter will arrive on earth wednesday. on a poignant note this spacecraft is carrying the ashes of clyde tombo who in 1930 discovered pluto at the lowell observatory in flagstaff, arizona. the new york times announced the discovery of pluto on page 81 and in elegant flourish. quote, in the little cluster of orbs which scampers across the abyss under the name of the solar system there are be it known nine instead of a mere eight worlds. pluto is back.