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  • Pluto and Other Dwarf Planets: A Guide to the Solar System's Outer Bodies
    The term "plutoid" isn't officially used anymore by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). They replaced it with the term dwarf planet.

    However, when the term "plutoid" was used, it referred to:

    1. Pluto: The original plutoid, and still the most famous dwarf planet.

    2. Eris: Another large dwarf planet, slightly more massive than Pluto, located in the Kuiper Belt.

    3. Makemake: A slightly smaller dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt.

    It's important to note that the IAU's definition of a dwarf planet doesn't specifically use the term "plutoid" anymore. There are other dwarf planets in our solar system, including:

    * Ceres: The largest object in the asteroid belt.

    * Haumea: An elongated dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt.

    So, while "plutoid" used to be a term, the IAU now uses "dwarf planet" to describe all these objects.

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