Pluto gets a new name: plutoid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - "Pluto, demoted from planet status in 2006, got a consolation prize on Wednesday -- it and other dwarf planets like it will be called plutoids.
The International Astronomical Union said in a statement that its executive committee meeting in Oslo, Norway, decided on the term..."

(http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSHER25750620080612)

Amber says: Hooray! Okay, so Im a total dork, and I have washcloths for the bathroom- one for each of the planets. I wanted a pluto one- but they didnt have any pluto ones. It was very sad for me to realize that when they stripped the planet status, it also meant that they took away all of the Pluto "fun stuff". I vowed to make my OWN Pluto washcloth (Still to be done... Sigh, I dont procrastinate...)

Although this isnt as cool as being a planet, it is still uber cool that Pluto gets to have its own little clique of "Blobs That Arent Cool Enough To Be Planets". I still think we hurt Plutos feelings when we told everyone it wasnt a planet anymore... :-P