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Plutoid chosen as name for Solar System objects like Pluto (6/15/2008)

The International Astronomical Union has decided on the term plutoid as a name for dwarf planets like Pluto at a meeting of its Executive Committee in Oslo. ...> Full Article

Pluto-bound Spacecraft Sees Changes In Jupiter System (10/11/2007)

The voyage of NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft through the Jupiter system earlier this year provided a bird's-eye view of a dynamic planet that has changed since the last close-up looks by NASA spacecraft. ...> Full Article

Dwarf Planet Known as Eris is More Massive than Pluto (7/27/2007)

Die-hard Pluto fans still seeking redemption for their demoted planet have cause for despair this week. New data shows that the dwarf planet Eris is 27 percent more massive than Pluto, thereby strengthening the decree last year that there are eight planets in the solar system and a growing list of dwarf planets. ...> Full Article

Pluto's Moon An Ice Machine (7/27/2007)

Frigid geysers spewing material up through cracks in the crust of Pluto's companion Charon could be making this distant world into the equivalent of an outer solar system ice machine. ...> Full Article