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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