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jonathankoren

After the demotion of Pluto, I rather liked this mnemonic:

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us... Nothing!

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I use the names of the planets to remember the mnemonic.

I recited the planet names to my kids as toddlers using the tune of Brahms' Lullaby. I think it helped them.

Same.

I just use SUN. MVEMJ is so ingrained into my memory, but the more distant gas giants I forget! :P

I'm just stuck on "My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming....."

Very unsatisfying. But my aged brain cant remember the others :(

In German it's funny, we were saying:

  Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten.

Not only is the last word missing now, the number 9 (neun) is also totally wrong now. ;)

The mnemonic I gave is joke on the original one: “My very educated mother just served us nine pizzas.” But since the P is gone, the pizzas go with it. ;)

In case anyone is wondering what the new one actually is, the mom now serves nachos.

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