Mnemonics To Remember the Planets
Sometimes remembering all of the planets can be tough, especially for younger children. Mnemonics can really help you to learn the order of the planets. They are listed in order from the sun.
A mnemonic device is a memory aid. Mnemonics are often verbal, something such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember something, particularly lists. Mnemonics rely not only on repetition to remember facts, but also on associations between easy-to-remember constructs and lists of data, based on the principle that the human mind much more easily remembers insignificant data attached to spatial, personal, or otherwise meaningful information than that occurring in meaningless sequences. The sequences must make sense though; if a random mnemonic is made up, it is not necessarily a memory aid.
The mnomics we will be listing will use the letters : MVEMJSUNP, which stands for: Mercury, Venus,Eearth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Here are a list of mnemonics to help you remember the order of the planets
My very easy method just set up nine planets
My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles
My Very Excellent Mother Just Shot Umbrellas Near Pluto
My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas
My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets
Mary’s Violet Eyes Make John Sit Up Nights Period
My Velvet Eyes Make Johnny Stay Up Nights Proposing
My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles
My Very Early Morning Jam Sandwich Usually Nauseates People
My Very Easy Method Just Set Up Nine Planets
My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets
My Very Educated Mother Just Said Uh-oh No Pluto
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies
many very elderly men sleep uder newspaper
thats a very good answer but mars or mercury first
My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nachos
this actually works!! i have to tell,at least, one to my friends
Back in the days when we had 9 planets, my favourite was:
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Up Nine Planets
Perfect! Does exactly what is says on the tin. But it only works whilst there are 9.
What do we have now? 13. OK, some people will say we have 8, but I am not happy with the new definition of a planet, so my new mnemonic reads:
My Version Evidently Might Just Suggest Universal Nonsense.
Also, if a dwarf human is still a human, then surely a dwarf planet is still a planet – it’s just a small one. So with Ceres, Pluto, Haumae, Makemake and Eris together with the other 8, we have a total of 13 planets – and we need another mnemonic:
My Very Excellent Mother Creates Jelly Surprise Using Nice Pink Hot Munchy Eggs!
Or, somewhat more technical … My Very Educated Mother Creates Jet Streams Using Nuclear Pulses Housing Meson Emitters
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