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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Venetia Burney canonical 4
Venetia Katharine Douglas Burney 1

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Statements (46)

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

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SDC → namedAfter → Venetia Burney ⓘ
Student Dust Counter → namedAfter → Venetia Burney ⓘ
Venetia Burney → name → Venetia Burney ⓘ
Venetia Burney → birthName → Venetia Katharine Douglas Burney ⓘ
linked to: Venetia Burney