• Question: if you had the chance of changing the name of Pluto what would you call it and why?

    Asked by to Edward, Ian, Mathew, Naomi, sakshisharda on 19 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Ian Stephenson answered on 19 Jun 2014:


      Pluto’s a great name. When it was discovered they had a committee that chose the name from a list of suggestions. Pluto was suggested by a little girl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetia_Burney

      She was still alive when they decided it wasn’t a planet, so she was there at the beginning, and there at the end. It’s too great a story to change its name!

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