Vesto Melvin Slipher1 May 1930
Lowell Observatory director Vesto Slipher announces Pluto as the proposed name for the newly discovered world.
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Lowell Observatory director Vesto Slipher announces Pluto as the proposed name for the newly discovered world.
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