Who discovered Pluto?

lanfranco

Clyde Tombaugh (1906-1997). http://www.icstars.com/HTML/icstars/graphics/clyde.htm Apr 19 05, 7:34 PM

intergalactic9

Pluto was discovered by Clyde. W Tombaugh on February 18, 1930. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto Jun 19 08, 1:52 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, 3:51 PM

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