This is why the dwarf planet Pluto was named so. It was named in 1930 by Venetia Burney, an 11-year-old girl from England. She suggested the name because Pluto, being a god of the underworld, was fitting for a distant and dark celestial body.
This is why the dwarf planet Pluto was named so. It was named in 1930 by Venetia Burney, an 11-year-old girl from England. She suggested the name because Pluto, being a god of the underworld, was fitting for a distant and dark celestial body.