Venetia Burney
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Venetia Burney was the English schoolgirl who, in 1930, proposed the name "Pluto" for the newly discovered dwarf planet.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English person
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human ⓘ student ⓘ |
| ageAtTimeOfProposal | 11 ⓘ |
| birthName | Venetia Katharine Douglas Burney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1918-07-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2009-04-30 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
astronomical histories of the discovery of Pluto
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obituaries in major British newspapers in 2009 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Downe House School
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Newnham College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | economics ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName |
Burney
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Phair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Venetia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
asteroid 6235 Burney named after her
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instrument Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter on the New Horizons spacecraft named after her ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Pluto, Roman god of the underworld
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Roman mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | proposing the name Pluto for the newly discovered trans-Neptunian object in 1930 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| marriedName | Venetia Phair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Venetia Burney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
her suggestion was forwarded to astronomers at Lowell Observatory
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suggested the name Pluto at breakfast to her grandfather Falconer Madan ⓘ |
| occupation |
accountant
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teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
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Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Banstead
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England ⓘ Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedName | Pluto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedNameFor | dwarf planet Pluto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposedNameYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| relative |
Charles Fox Burney
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Falconer Madan NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Madan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Epsom
NERFINISHED
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Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Edward Maxwell Phair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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