Pluto gets a new name: plutoid
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 21:42
in Astronomy & Space
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pluto, demoted from planet status in 2006, got a consolation prize on Wednesday -- it and other dwarf planets like it will be called plutoids.
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