1930年，天文学家克莱德·汤博（Clyde Tombaugh）发现了一颗比海王星更加遥远的星球，随后天文学家们以古罗马神话中的冥界之神的名字“普鲁托”（Pluto）为其命名，所以我们就将这颗星球称为冥王星。

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For that's the day my father, Clyde Tombaugh, a farmboy-turned-astronomer, discovered Pluto, becoming the first American to find a planet. (Or a dwarf planet, as it's now officially known.) ...

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