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 | | However, there is some pressure for Pluto to be reclassified as a Kuiper Belt object, especially in light of the discovery of 2003 UB This object, however, has not yet received a definitive classification from the IAU. |
 | | However, the discovery in 2005 of 2003 UB (nicknamed Xena), with a size and mass larger than Pluto seems to have forced the issue. |
 | | The discovery of a planet-sized satellite of a brown dwarf has blurred the distinction between "planet" and "moon." A brown dwarf, though a star in theory, in practice is often described as in between a planet and a star. |
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