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    Who discovered Pluto?

    Question #56767. Asked by the_brainiac. (Apr 19 05 6:08 PM)


    lanfranco

    		Clyde Tombaugh (1906-1997).

    http://www.icstars.com/HTML/icstars/graphics/clyde.htm

    Apr 19 05, 6:34 PM
    intergalactic9

    		Pluto was discovered by Clyde. W Tombaugh on February 18, 1930.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

    Jun 19 08, 12:52 PM
    McGruff

    		Question #90035. Smokeylicious asks:
    Who discovered Pluto, the planet?

    joezhou300 answers:

    Clyde W. Tombaugh

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

    Dec 18 07, 5:34 PM

    kabuggi answers:

    I don't know who discovered it, but in 1930, the planet was named by an eleven year old girl named Venetia Burney. She named it after the Greek god of the underworld.

    Interview with Venetia Burney Phair from January, 17, 2006:
    http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/transcript_pluto_naming_podcast.html

    [Added reference link - McG]

    Dec 18 07, 5:37 PM

    star_gazer answers:

    Pluto is no longer considered a planet.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14489259/

    Dec 18 07, 8:37 PM

    Jun 19 08, 2:51 PM

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