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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.
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.
11 de mai. de 2009 · Venetia Phair, as she became by marriage, died April 30 in her home in Banstead, in the county of Surrey, England. She was 90. The death was confirmed by her son, Patrick.
18 de out. de 2022 · Learn how Venetia Burney, a British schoolgirl, came up with the name Pluto for the ninth planet in 1930, based on Greek mythology and her knowledge of astronomy. Discover how her grandfather, teacher, and the Lowell Observatory recognized her genius and rewarded her with a gramophone.
- 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. Madan,...
