Venetia Burney was born on July 11, 1918 and died on April 30, 2009. Venetia Burney would have been 90 years old at the time of death or 97 years old today.
Venetia Burney was born on July 11, 1918.
Venetia Burney was born on July 4, 1918. She is best known for naming the dwarf planet Pluto when she suggested the name to her astronomer grandfather at the age of 11. Burney's contribution to astronomy has left a lasting legacy, particularly in the naming of celestial bodies. She passed away on March 30, 2023.
Fanny Burney died on January 6, 1840 at the age of 87.
Charles Fox Burney died in 1925.
Henry Burney died in 1845.
Venetia Burney died on April 30, 2009 at the age of 90.
Venetia Burney was born on July 11, 1918.
Venetia Burney was born on July 11, 1918.
Venetia Burney died on April 30, 2009 at the age of 90.
Venetia Phair's birth name is Venetia Katharine Douglas Burney.
The planet Pluto was named after an eleven-year-old girl named Venetia Burney in England in 1930. Venetia suggested the name to her grandfather, who then relayed it to astronomers who discovered the planet.
I don't believe she died yet.
Actually the name Pluto was proposed by a an eleven-year-old schoolgirl in Oxford, England named Venetia Burney.
Venetia Burney was born on July 4, 1918. She is best known for naming the dwarf planet Pluto when she suggested the name to her astronomer grandfather at the age of 11. Burney's contribution to astronomy has left a lasting legacy, particularly in the naming of celestial bodies. She passed away on March 30, 2023.
Venetia Burney, who is best known for naming the dwarf planet Pluto, passed away on April 30, 2023, at the age of 99. The cause of her death was not widely reported, but she had lived a long life and contributed significantly to astronomy. Burney's legacy continues through her contributions to the field and her connection to the iconic celestial body.
She didn't discover Pluto, instead it was a man called Clyde Tombaugh; but she was 11 years old when she suggesed that the planet discovered in 1930 should be called Pluto, after the Roman god of the underworld.
a 12 year old girl called youcrechea verni came up with the name Pluto