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Discovery of Pluto

Monday 18 February 2013

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Pluto was discovered February 18th, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. The name for Pluto was chosen by an 11-year old British school girl named Venetia Burney. This continued the tradition of naming planets after Roman gods. Find out more at Universe Today.

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