Pluto, demoted from planetary status two years ago, now has another friend at thew edge of the solar system.
A dwarf planet orbiting beyond Neptune has been designated the third plutoid in the solar system and named after a Polynesian God, the International Astronomical Union said on Saturday. The red methane-covered dwarf planet formerly known by the number 2005 FY9 has now been named Makemake, after the creator of humanity and the god of fertility in the Rapa Nui culture of Easter Island. Last US astronaut of Czechoslovak descent recalls moon landings and pioneering spacewalk ...
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Global Media Forum continues ... month the IAU, which names planets and other heavenly bodies, decided to create the new class of sub-planets called plutoids.
(Deutsche Welle)
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