Pluto's namesakes: Similar bodies are 'plutoids'
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 13:35
in Astronomy & Space
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pluto is finally getting its day in the sun, after being stripped of planetary status by astronomers two years ago....
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