134340 Pluto

proper noun

Minor planet designation of Pluto

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Minor planet designation of Pluto

    134340 Pluto was discovered February 18, 1930, by Clyde Tombaugh. It is named for the Roman god of the underworld.

    2014, Thomas Wm. Hamilton, Dwarf Planets and Asteroids, Strategic Book Publishing & Rights, →ISBN, page 58
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    Synoptic observations of 134340 Pluto from the Hubble Space Telescope were reported by Storrs, and Eney, 2010 [327]. They reconstructed images over almost two decades to look for surface variations.

    2011, Arnold Hanslmeier, Water in the Universe, Springer, →ISBN, page 67

    The New Horizons Pluto mission made it possible to carry out the investigations of the dwarf planet 134340 Pluto that belongs to TNOs by origin.

    2016, L. V. Ksanfomality, “Pluto: Dwarf planet 134340”, in Solar System Research, volume 50, number 1, Springer, →ISSN, page 79

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pluto
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