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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 Burney, 11 July 1918
- Naming Pluto
- Patrick Phair
- Falconer Madan, grandfather
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. [1] O asteroide 6235 Burney recebeu seu nome. [2]
Learn how Venetia Burney Phair, a young English girl, suggested the name Pluto for the ninth planet in 1930. Read her interview with NASA and how she was honored by the New Horizons mission to explore Pluto.
11 de mai. de 2009 · By William Grimes. 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...
18 de out. de 2022 · Learn how Venetia Burney came up with the name Pluto for the ninth planet in 1930, based on her knowledge of Greek mythology and astronomy. Discover how her grandfather, a librarian at Oxford, helped her suggestion become official and how she influenced Mickey's dog.
- Daven Hiskey
Venetia Burney was a precocious schoolgirl who suggested Pluto as the name for the newly discovered ninth planet in 1930. Learn how she came up with the idea, how it was accepted by astronomers, and what happened to Pluto later.
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, que era...
