[Ads-l] Very Slight Antedating of "Pluto" (Former Planet)

[Shapiro, Fred]

Pluto (OED 1930 [26 Mar.])

[1930 Charlotte Observer 19 Mar. 3/1 (Newspapers.com)  A young stenographer ... suggested, however, that as far as he had been able to learn there was no heavenly body named Pluto.]

1930 Wilmington Morning News 20 Mar. 1/5 (Newspapers.com)  Professor Fred D. Aldrich, astronomer at Worchester academy today suggested the name Pluto for the ninth planet.

Fred Shapiro






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