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July 08 News & Notes. July 3, 2008

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Eris. 

Eris, Xena, or Plutoid? Note tiny Dysnomia to the right. (Credit, APOD & NASA).

Attack of the Plutoids? On June 11th, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) handed down yet another definition  for trans-Neptunian objects; a new class of planetary bodies, now classified as Plutoids, have sprung into existence. (more…)