September 10, 2012
historical-nonfiction: When Pluto was discovered in 1930, many people wrote in suggesting names for the new planet. Some suggestions were Cronus, Persephone, Erebus, Atlas, and Prometheus. Eleven-year-old Venetia Burney suggested the name Pluto. She thought it would be a good name since Pluto is so dark and far away, like the god of the underworld. On May 1, 1930, the name Pluto became official, and the little girl received a 5 lb. note as a reward.

historical-nonfiction:

When Pluto was discovered in 1930, many people wrote in suggesting names for the new planet. Some suggestions were Cronus, Persephone, Erebus, Atlas, and Prometheus. Eleven-year-old Venetia Burney suggested the name Pluto. She thought it would be a good name since Pluto is so dark and far away, like the god of the underworld. On May 1, 1930, the name Pluto became official, and the little girl received a 5 lb. note as a reward.

(Source: facts.randomhistory.com)

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    Since then the planet...has been demoted into a dwarf-planet; the asteroid 6235 Burney was...
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    That’s a 2.26kg note in today’s money.
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