How Do You Memorize Planet Names And Order?
Memorizing the names and order of our solar system’s planets is easier than in the past, because Pluto, which used to be considered a planet, has been dropped from the list. Most people learn the planets through a mnemonic device, something that’s easy to memorize but which represents something harder to remember. Memorize this sentence: My very enthusiastic mother just served us noodles. Each word in the sentence represents a planet, starting with the one closest to the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Learn both the planets and the dwarf planets with a different mnemonic device: My very exciting magic carpet just sailed under nine palace elephants. This will help you remember Ceres, which is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter; Pluto, which was a planet until the International Astronomical Union reclassified it; and Eris, which is located beyond Pluto in the Kuiper Belt. List the planets according to size with the following mnem