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Venetia Katharine Douglas Burney (married name Phair, 11 July 1918 – 30 April 2009) was an English accountant and teacher. She is remembered as the first person to suggest the name Pluto for the dwarf planet discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. At the time, she was 11 years old.
Venetia Katharine Douglas Phair, nascida Venetia Burney (Oxford, 11 de julho de 1918 – Banstead, 30 de abril de 2009) foi a primeira pessoa, então com onze anos de idade, a sugerir o nome Plutão para o planeta anão do Sistema Solar, descoberto por Clyde Tombaugh em 1930.
Venetia Burney Phair was an accountant and taught economics and math in England. But she will best be remembered for what she accomplished at age 11 – giving Pluto its name.
11 de mai. de 2009 · May 10, 2009. Frozen and lonely, Planet X circled the far reaches of the solar system awaiting discovery and a name. It got one thanks to an 11-year-old British girl named Venetia Burney, an...
18 de out. de 2022 · On March 14, 1930, 11-year-old Venetia Burney and her family were eating breakfast at their home in Oxford, England, discussing the biggest news of the day: The discovery of a new planet.
- Daven Hiskey
15 de jul. de 2015 · The morning of March 14, 1930, was a fairly ordinary one in the Oxford home of 11-year-old Venetia Burney. The schoolgirl was eating breakfast in the dining room while her grandfather, Falconer...
Na manhã de 14 de março de 1930, a jovem Venetia Burney estava tomando o café da manhã na sala de jantar de sua casa no norte de Oxford, onde morava com seu avô, Falconer Madan.
