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Article: Pluto stripped of name!(Live Wire: from the newsroom to your classroom)(scientists have decided that Pluto will now be called Plutoid)(Brief article)
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- Kidsworld Magazine
- Article date:
- September 22, 2008
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The planet Pluto--or, we should say, the former planet Pluto--has been stripped of it's name. Scientists have decided that the planet will now be called "Plutoid." The reason for the change is because Pluto lost its planetary status when astronomers changed how they defined a planet. "Plutoid" means "Pluto-Like" and will be applied to any dwarf planet that orbits the sun at ...
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