Planet Week: At Age 11, Venetia Burney Named Pluto

This week we’re replaying some of our favorite episodes about our neighbors in the solar system. In this episode from July 2022, the story of Venetia Burney, who at age eleven did something few people have done: she named a planet! Plus: the people of Ripon, Wisconsin team up to make the world’s largest chocolate chip cookie. ⁠Venetia Burney Phair (1918-2009)⁠ (NASA) ⁠Ripon's signature Cookie Daze has been discontinued, chamber cites closure of cookie factory⁠ (Ripon Press) ⁠Our Patreon backers are so great, we should name planets after them