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Topic: Venetia Phair, namer of Pluto, dies
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Rob Joyner
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posted 05-08-2009 02:41 AM
   
Associated Press: Namer of Pluto dies Venetia Phair, who was 11 years old when she suggested Pluto as the name of the newly discovered planet, has died at age 90, her family said.She died at home in Epsom on April 30, the family said; the cause of death was not disclosed. The family said a funeral would be held on Friday. |
gliderpilotuk
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posted 05-08-2009 03:46 AM
.Some background to her story: The girl who named a planet Paul |
JPSastro
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posted 05-08-2009 04:23 AM
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GACspaceguy
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posted 05-08-2009 04:27 AM
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Philip
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posted 05-08-2009 04:47 AM
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NavySpaceFan
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posted 05-08-2009 07:14 AM
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Henk Boshuijer
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posted 05-08-2009 08:57 AM
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randy
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posted 05-08-2009 12:51 PM
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Delta7
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posted 05-08-2009 01:00 PM
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Lunar rock nut
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posted 05-08-2009 04:08 PM
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AstroAutos
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posted 05-09-2009 07:22 AM
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dom
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posted 05-09-2009 07:45 AM
As Pluto seems to have a number of very small moons orbiting around it - could one be now named 'Venetia' in her honour? |
Robert Pearlman
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posted 05-09-2009 08:00 AM
A nice idea, but to stay consistent with the nomenclature, satellites (even those of dwarf planets) are named after mythological characters. Pluto's three moons are named: - Charon: Named after the mythological boatman who ferried souls across the river Styx to Pluto for judgment.
- Nix: Goddess of darkness and night, mother of Charon. (Nix is the Egyptian spelling of the Greek name Nyx.)
- Hydra: Terrifying monster with the body of a serpent and nine heads that guarded the Underworld.
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RMH
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posted 05-09-2009 08:25 AM
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AJ
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From: Plattsburgh, NY, United States
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 05-09-2009 06:43 PM
quote:
Originally posted by dom:
As Pluto seems to have a number of very small moons orbiting around it - could one be now named 'Venetia' in her honour?
Apparently there is an asteroid which bears her maiden name of Burney. |
spaceman1953
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From: South Bend, IN
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 05-12-2009 07:48 PM
.I want to know if Ms. Phair and Clyde Tombaugh ever met and do any of us have both autographs on one item? |
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