6235 Burney
Encyclopedia
6235 Burney is a minor planet
that was discovered on November 14, 1987 by Seiji Ueda
and Hiroshi Kaneda
at Kushiro.The naming of the asteroid "Burney" was not suggested by the asteroid discoverers. It was designated by the Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (SBN) of Division III (Planetary Systems Sciences) of the International Astronomical Union
. It is named after Venetia Phair
(née Burney) (1919–2009) who, as a girl of eleven, first suggested the name of "Pluto
" for the dwarf planet
(which at the time was considered a planet
).
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
that was discovered on November 14, 1987 by Seiji Ueda
Seiji Ueda
is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. Between 1987 and 2000, Ueda discovered 705 asteroids. Asteroid 4676 Uedaseiji, discovered in 1990, is named for him....
and Hiroshi Kaneda
Hiroshi Kaneda
is a Japanese astronomer. He is the eighth most prolific individual discoverer of asteroids. Between 1987 and 2000, Kaneda discovered 705 asteroids. Asteroid 4677 Hiroshi, discovered in 1990, is named after him. Along with being an astronomer, Kaneda has worked as a computer programmer who "has...
at Kushiro.The naming of the asteroid "Burney" was not suggested by the asteroid discoverers. It was designated by the Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (SBN) of Division III (Planetary Systems Sciences) of the International Astronomical Union
International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union IAU is a collection of professional astronomers, at the Ph.D. level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy...
. It is named after Venetia Phair
Venetia Phair
Venetia Phair, née Burney was the first person to suggest the name Pluto for the object discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. At the time, she was 11 years old and lived in Oxford, England.-Biography:...
(née Burney) (1919–2009) who, as a girl of eleven, first suggested the name of "Pluto
Pluto (mythology)
In ancient Greek religion and myth, Pluto was a name for the ruler of the underworld; the god was also known as Hades, a name for the underworld itself...
" for the dwarf planet
Pluto
Pluto, formal designation 134340 Pluto, is the second-most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the tenth-most-massive body observed directly orbiting the Sun...
(which at the time was considered a planet
Planet
A planet is a celestial body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.The term planet is ancient, with ties to history, science,...
).