BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Non-planet' Pluto gets new class: "'Plutoid' is the word of the moment for astronomers.
It is the new classification that has been sanctioned for the object that was formerly known as the 'ninth planet'.
It is nearly two years since the International Astronomical Union (IAU) stripped Pluto of its former status as a 'proper' planet.
Now an IAU committee, meeting in Oslo, has suggested that small, nearly spherical objects orbiting beyond Neptune should carry the 'plutoid' tag."
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