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- noun Plural form of
plutoid .
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Examples
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I think it was a rush to demote Pluto from being a planet, where I suppose the other "plutoids," such as Sedna would also be a planet.
New Hubble Images Show Pluto is Changing | Universe Today 2010
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Pluto's namesakes: Similar bodies are 'plutoids', AP
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Pluto's namesakes: Similar bodies are 'plutoids', AP
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It turns out that (maybe) there are just 8 planets and lots of plutoids and smaller objects.
You must unlearn what you have learned frankwu 2008
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Now the same group has decided that similar objects circling the sun but too small to qualify as planets will be called plutoids.
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That's the approach he takes in the classroom as well as in the book, which has just been updated in paperback to address the "flawed logic" behind the IAU's rulings on dwarf planets and plutoids.
Cosmic Log 2009
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That's the approach he takes in the classroom as well as in the book, which has just been updated in paperback to address the "flawed logic" behind the IAU's rulings on dwarf planets and plutoids.
msnbc.com: Community 2009
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Rather than being just another minor planet, it is now designated as the standard for a whole new category of dwarf planets called "plutoids."
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The 8 planets (and plutoids …) in our own solar system formed out of just such a disk.
Universe Today Nicholos Wethington 2008
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Enceladus and Titan are the most famous), highly resembling plutoids in shape and orbital form, with the notable exception that they don't orbit the Sun.
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