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Pluto was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona on February 18, 1930. Pluto was named, based on a suggestion by 11 year old Venetia Burney, after the Roman god of the underworld.

Pluto's satellite, Charon, was discovered in 1978 by James W. Christy and Robert S. Harrington. Charon was named after the mythological boatman who ferried souls across the river Styx.

Pluto is smaller than seven of the moons in our solar system: the Moon, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Titan and Triton.
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