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n. - Large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth.

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  • Not to mention that "pluton" already has a geological meaning.
  • My major issue now is that Ceres is not compositionally very similar to the outer solar system objects, so this "pluton" designation is different than our "jovian" and...
  • He decided to risk that half pluton to find out what was going on.
  • A pluton can be defined as any igneous intrusion of rock that forms a kilometer or more below the Earth's surface.
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