GK
SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
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Pluto
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Ceres
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Makemake
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Humaea
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Hailey’s Comet
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the time of Pluto’s discovery, it was considered to be a planet (it is now classified as a dwarf planet). Being very cold and the farthest from the Sun, Pluto was named after the Roman god of death.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pluto is the only world (so far) named by an 11-year-old girl. In 1930, Venetia Burney of Oxford, England, suggested to her grandfather that the new discovery be named for the Roman god of the underworld. He forwarded the name to the Lowell Observatory and it was selected. Venetia Burney, the girl who named Pluto.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hades, Greek Aïdes (“the Unseen”), also called Pluto or Pluton (“the Wealthy One” or “the Giver of Wealth”), in ancient Greek religion, god of the underworld. Hades was a son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, and brother of the deities Zeus, Poseidon, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hades is lord of the underworld in Greek mythology, sometimes also known as Pluton or Pluto. Dis (Pater) was the Roman god of the dead, although the Manes were the original gods of the underworld and in whose honour the gladatorial games were held.