
Pluto, demoted from planet status in 2006, has been reclassified.It and other dwarf planets like it will be called plutoids. The International Astronomical Union(IAU) gave a full definition of what counts as a plutoid. A plutoid is defined as atype of dwarf planets that orbits the sun at a distance greater the Neptune an dhas enough mass for its self-gravity to give it a near-spherical shape. The two known and named plutoids are Pluto...