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Old 24-August-2006, 03:06 PM
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Pluto and other would-be planets are now called "dwarf planets". Everything else (not counting satellites) are "small solar system bodies".

Ah, Resolution 6A passed: Pluto and "Pluto's Pals" officially form a new type of trans-Neptunian objects.
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