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Under the name Pluto, the god appears in other myths in a secondary role, mostly as the possessor of a quest-object, and especially in the descent of Orpheus or other heroes to the underworld. [3] Plūtō ([ˈpluːtoː]; genitive Plūtōnis) is the Latinized form of the Greek Plouton.
Most languages use the name "Pluto" in various transliterations. [k] In Japanese, Houei Nojiri suggested the calque Meiōsei (冥王星, "Star of the King (God) of the Underworld"), and this was borrowed into Chinese and Korean. Some languages of India use the name Pluto, but others, such as Hindi, use the name of Yama, the God of Death in ...
This is because Orcus was sometimes considered to be another name for Pluto, and also because Pluto and Orcus are both plutinos. Orcus has one known moon, Vanth. In the TV series Happy! (2017–2019), Orcus possesses members of the Scaramucci crime family. Image of Orcus is used on the book cover The complete short stories of Ambrose Bierce.
[6] [a] Charon and Pluto are also tidally locked, so that they always present the same face toward each other. The IAU General Assembly in August 2006 considered a proposal that Pluto and Charon be reclassified as a double planet, but the proposal was abandoned. [7] Like Pluto, Charon is a perfect sphere to within measurement uncertainty. [8]
The IAU has determined that names will be chosen from the following themes: [3] [4] Names for the underworld from the world's mythologies; Gods, goddesses, and dwarfs associated with the underworld; Heroes and other explorers of the underworld; Writers associated with Pluto and the Kuiper belt; Pioneering space missions and spacecraft
As with the rest of the dwarf planet's moons, the organization's asking that the names be associated with Hades (the underworld), with ties to Greek or Roman mythology.
Pluto (Marvel Comics), a character in Marvel Comics; Pluto (The Hills Have Eyes), a character in the horror franchise; Mr. Pluto and Mayhew Pluto, a father and son in Virginia Hamilton's Dies Drear Chronicles; Pluto, a cat in "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe; Sailor Pluto, a character in the Sailor Moon franchise
The Us Weekly and Pluto TV Reality Stars of the Year party was a star-studded affair that brought together the biggest names in entertainment. Earlier this week, Us crowned The Real Housewives of ...