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Pluto was named after the Greek and Roman God of the lower world. (Roman name: Pluto; Greek name: Hades)

Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906- January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer who discovered the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930.

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