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Was Pluto the Disney dog named after the planet or the planet named after the dog?

April 26, 2017Astronomy disney dog Mathematics named Planet Pluto

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Was Pluto the Disney dog named after the planet or the planet named after the dog?

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The name of the planet is that of the Roman god Pluto, and it is also intended to evoke the initials of the astronomer Percival Lowell, who predicted that a planet would be found beyond Neptune.