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Discovery of Pluto

Great Britain · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1930Date range
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Chronological records

1930

Venetia Burney14 March 1930

Oxford · Science / Astronomy

Eleven-year-old Venetia Burney suggests the name Pluto after hearing of the newly discovered world.

Names involved

Venetia Burney

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