It seems they are naming dwarf planets after Pluto by calling them "plutoids."
"Plutoids are celestial bodies in orbit around the sun at a distance greater than that of Neptune that have sufficient mass for their self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that they assume a hydrostatic equilibrium (near-spherical) shape, and that have not cleared the neighborhood around their orbit."
You figure there would be quite a few plutoids out there in the The Kuiper belt and the Oort Cloud. I think Oort Cloud would be a great name for a cat as well. Here, oort come have dinner!
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