How was Pluto named and Discovered?

Question

I just want to know becuase of a report I am writing on. I just need to know how Pluto was named and who discovered it. Maybe a link or two could help My report is due on Monday.

The only problem with that link is that any information can be eddited by anyone, i have edited something on that site myself, so i am carefull with that site.

Answer 1

Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ. (Not far from where I live.) It was named after the mythological Roman deity believed to rule the underworld. The 1st 2 letters of its name, "PL", are also the initials of astronomer Percival Lowell.
For many years, it was considered the 9th planet in our solar system, but recently lost that status. Personally, I think it's a shame. I'll always think of it as a planet.
Here's a couple of links you can follow to learn more.

Answer 2

Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh when he was just 24. Astronomers noticed that the orbits of Neptune and Uranus were being affected by the gravity of an unknown object in the solar system. Clyde Tombaugh carefully studied images of the night sky and after a lot of hard work he finally discovered Pluto.It was named after the Roman God of underworld.
Visit the following links for more data:
www.solarviews.com/eng/pluto.htm
www.solarspace.co.uk/Pluto/Pluto.php

Answer 3

From its discovery by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, Pluto was considered the ninth planet from the Sun. In the late 20th and early 21st century, many similar objects were discovered in the outer solar system, most notably the Trans-Neptunian object Eris which is slightly larger than Pluto. In August 2006 the IAU redefined the term "planet", and classified Pluto, Ceres, and Eris as dwarf planets.[1] Pluto is also classified as the prototype of a family of trans-Neptunian objects.[2][3] After the reclassification, Pluto was added to the list of minor planets and given the number 134340.[4][5]

The right to name the new object belonged to the Lowell Observatory and its director, Vesto Melvin Slipher. Tombaugh urged Slipher to suggest a name quickly for the new object before someone else did.[6] Name suggestions poured in from all over the world. Constance Lowell, Percival Lowell's widow, proposed Zeus, then Lowell, and finally her own first name, none of which met with any enthusiasm. Mythological names, such as Cronus and Minerva, were high on a list of considered names.[8]

The name Pluto was first suggested by Venetia Phair (née Burney), at the time an eleven-year-old girl from Oxford, England.[9] Venetia, who was interested in Classical mythology as well as astronomy, suggested the name, the Roman equivalent of Hades, in a conversation to her grandfather Falconer Madan, a former librarian of Oxford University's Bodleian Library.[10] Madan passed the suggestion to Professor Herbert Hall Turner, Turner then cabled the suggestion to colleagues in America. After favourable consideration which was almost unanimous,[citation needed] the name Pluto was officially adopted and an announcement made by Slipher on March 5, 1930.

Answer 4

It was discovered in 1930, yet the old people "the ancients" knew about it as well as planets unknown to us still today, thousands of years ago, The Mayans, The Aztecs The Egyptians and even further back in time. They had their own calenders, calenders mathmatically more accurate than the one we use today, not that you would know but we use the Gregorian calender today, the history behind that would blow you away. The true history of the world has for many clandestine reasons been hidden from the masses (the common man). You may have now found that you have opened Pandoras box, it is facinating. Open your mind, search out the many truths and take yourself off on an amazing journey. I can be e-mailed, to get some more pointers.

Answer 5

Pluto was discovered by a scientist who found it by using calculations of the variation in Neptune's orbit. The name was suggested by a little girl.

Answer 6

If I have been them i might basically wait. New Horizons would be there in under 4 years, and it would come across greater moons. So as quickly as you have an quite final entire, then you certainly can cope with the subject greater suitable.

Answer 7

You do know that they have unnamed Pluto now and it isnt part of our solarsystem anymore right? Just google it....you will get loads of info man.

Answer 8

click here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

Answer 9

i do not know. ask a scientist [=