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Pluto was initially referred to as Planet X during its discovery due to being the ninth planet in the solar system and the unknown nature of the celestial body at the time. It was not until later that Pluto was formally named by an 11-year-old girl named Venetia Burney, who suggested the name after the Roman god of the underworld.

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