冥王星的命名人是Venetia Burney,当时Burney是一个11岁的小女孩(住在牛津)。1930年美国天文学家克莱德·汤博发现一个新的小行星时,Burney建议命名为Pluto,通过她的外祖父辗转告诉美国罗威尔天文台 the dwarf planet Pluto was named by an 11-year-old girl? In 1930, Venetia Burney suggested the mythological name to her grandfather and it was selected by the Lowell Observatory.