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Plutoids - Pluto-Like Min-Planets new Name Sunday, June 15, 2008 - Iddo Genuth Home >> Headlines >> Space   
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The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has decided that Pluto — and other dwarf planets in the Solar System that share similar characteristics — should now be sub-classified as “plutoids”. The revised classification comes almost two years after Pluto was demoted from “planet” to “dwarf planet” in order to dispel inconsistencies in Solar System nomenclature that have arisen as more orbiting bodies have been discovered. (source: physicsworld.com)
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