1918
Venetia Burney, English educator, who named Pluto (died 2009)
Venetia Burney, English educator, who named Pluto (died 2009)
Venetia Burney, English educator, who named Pluto (died 2009)
Venetia Burney
English accountant and teacher, suggested name of Pluto (1918–2009)
- Born
- 1918
Venetia Katharine Douglas Burney 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.