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[personal profile] cnoocy 2008-07-16 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
How many of the current set of TNOs are probably (dwarf) planets? Is there a consensus?

[identity profile] rikchik.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
A number of them are considered "dwarf planet candidates". I expect we'll see many more of them reclassified in the future - 2003 EL61 is apparently generally accepted to be rounded by gravity.