What celestial object's discovery attributed to "killing Pluto"?
Eris
Ceres
Makemake
Haumea
Answer
Eris is a dwarf planet that was discovered in 2003. Its discovery led to the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to reclassify Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006.
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