Indeed, the current theory is that there were dozens and dozens of small planets that collided with one another. That is how the moon supposedly was made ...but there are objects larger than pluto which are comprised of rock =P. Did you see where it was decided? I was thinking it'd be newsworthy.
It's a planet because has rock in its centre? As in solid rock, or molten rock?
If molten rock, then I can understand why it's a planet, and bigger things in the Keiper Belt aren't... but if it's just rock, well, if that's the case then EVERYTHING, or at least most things, are planets.