Remebering Nine Planet Names

Remembering which order the planets come in can be difficult, so why not teach your class the following tricks? You could also ask the children to try to make up their own!

(all lists should be read downwards)

Mercury	My	Many	My	Mother
Venus	Very	Very	Vicious	Veronica
Earth	Educated	Elderly	Earthworm	Enjoyed
Mars	Mother	Men	Might	My
Jupiter	Just	Just	Just	Jam
Saturn	Served	Snooze	Swallow	Sandwich
Uranus	Us	Under	Us	Under
Neptune	Nachos / Noodles	Newspapers	Now	Neptune
Contributed by:	Ahmet Kilinc	Rebecca Draper	Joel Schwartz	Annie and Becky

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The International Astronomical Union have voted to change the status of Pluto. The lists at the bottom of this page are therefore no longer correct. However, they are still valuable ways of remembering the order of the planets... just remember that Pluto is now classed as a "dwarf planet".

Mercury	Make	My	My	My	My
Venus	Very	Very	Very	Very	Very
Earth	Easy	Educated / Excellent	Eager	Easy	Easy
Mars	Mash	Mother	Mother	Method	Method
Jupiter	Just	Just	Just	Just	Just
Saturn	Squash	Served / Sent	Served / Sent	Speeds	Simply
Uranus	Up	Us	Us	Up	Uses
Neptune	New	Nine	Nine	Naming	Nine
Pluto	Potatoes	Pies	Pizzas	Planets	Planets
Mercury	Mum's / My	My	Mother	Mary	My
Venus	Very	Very	Very	Very	Very
Earth	Early	Energetic	Easily	Easily	Energetic
Mars	Morning	Mate	Made	Makes	Mother
Jupiter	Jam	Just	Jane	Jam	Just
Saturn	Sandwiches	Swam	Stop	So	Swept
Uranus	Usually	Under	Using	You	Up
Neptune	Nauseate	North	Nail	Needn't	Nine
Pluto	People	Pier	Polish	Panic	Pins
Mercury	My	My	My	My	Mrs
Venus	Very	Very	Very	Very	Van
Earth	Evil	Easy	Excited / Educated	Energetic	Eats
Mars	Mother's	Method	Mother	Mother	Mainly
Jupiter	Jokes	Just	Just	Just	Jam
Saturn	Sometimes	Shows	Showed	Spent	Strawberry
Uranus	Upsets	Us	Us	Under	Usually
Neptune	Nervous	Nine	Nine	Nine	Never
Pluto	People	Planets	Planets	Pounds	Plum
Mercury	Many	My	Many	My	My
Venus	Vile	Very	Very	Very	Very
Earth	Earthlings	Expensive	Early	Early	Enormous
Mars	Make	Monkey	Mammals	Marrows	Monster
Jupiter	Jam	Jumps	Journeyed	Just	Just
Saturn	Sandwiches	Softly	South	Suited	Sucked
Uranus	Under	Under	Unto	Uncle	Up
Neptune	Newspaper	Neath	New	Ned	Nine
Pluto	Piles!	Pluto	Pastures	Perfectly	Planets