Mnemonics to Remember the Planets in Order
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 mnemonics we will be listing will use the letters : MVEMJSUNP, which stands for: Mercury, Venus,Earth, 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
My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nachos
For more Mnemonics, please read the comments below:
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
If you want more information on just why I’m not happy about the definition, contact me through my website.
this is the best one… ” My Very Earthly Mother Just Said Uranus Needs Pie.”
tee hee
ok
i have one mnemonics
in malay
malam valentine esok mawi jemput siti untuk naik pentas
You misspelled the word Earth.
wow my teacher had us make up our own kindergardenish right!!!!!
this is what i am doing for my science fair project 2010! i hope i win
isn’t there nine planets?
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Satin
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto (dwarf planet) any way this is my mnemonic device
Many,Very,Early,Men,Just,Sat,Under,Nine,Planets
my very early morning jam sandwich usully norsiates people is another one .
mercury
venus
earth
moon
jupiter
sun
urnus
neptune
pluto
This is an acrostic for memorising the planets and the dwarf planets:
Murky conVention’s Efforts Mar *Series;
Jury Set yoUr Next *Planet *Chart *Erratically.
Taking the first prominent letter of each word of that sentence:
M=Mercury [Murky], V=Venus [conVention], E=Earth [Efforts], M=Mars, ‘Series’ sounds like Ceres; J=Jupiter, S=Saturn, U=Uranus, N=Neptune, P=Pluto, Ch=Charon, Eris [formerly UB313]
[I used an asterisk in places to emphasise the dwarf planets' words.]
its mercury first dumbo!
Moms Very Early Morning Just Stopped Us Now Pray
pluto is not a planet anymore
im 11 and its 2010 and pluto is no longer a planet so im out of luck on this site:(
My
Viciously
Evil
Mutation
Jumped
Sally
Using
Neutralized
Plans
Read it Use it DONT COMPLAIN!!
Although Pluto is not counted as a planet no more it is counted as a planetoid!
very helpful thank you!!(:
just made one up! “Mathmaticians Verify Eight Must Just Stay Under Nine” I’m so proud!!!!!!
My Valentine Earry Just Sent Us Nine Puppies.
cool menomics
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos
my very educated mother just saw uncle john.
m-mercury (cuz its closer 2 the sun)
v-venus
e-earth
m-mars
j-jupiter
s-saturn
u-urans
n-neptune
Always very handy when i was back in primary school.
And the way to remember Mercury and Mars is Mercury begins with a ‘M’ and ends in a ‘Y’ which is why most rhymes start with ‘My’
My Very Educated Mum Just Served Us Nine Pizzas
My Very Educated Mum Just Served Us Nine Pizzas
They keep finding more dwarf planets (and probably will continue to do so). Right now (6-6-2011) I believe the count is up to 13 planets (8 plantes and 5 dwarf planets). Charon is NOT one of them (it is still considered a moon of Pluto). The current list, in order, is:
M – Mercury
V – Venus
E – Earth
M – Mars
C – Ceres (dwarf)
J – Jupiter
S – Saturn
U – Uranus
N – Neptune
P – Pluto (dwarf)
H – Haumea (dwarf)
M – Makemake (dwarf)
E – Eris (dwarf)
Maybe more will be added next year? And yet more the year after that? There could be a LOT of sizeable Kuiper belt objects out there which may fit the definition of dwarf planet… (many even have their own moons!)
im woz doing it at school
hees a memonic:
my vey exalent mothe just seved us nine poos
im woz doing it at school
hees a memonic:
my vey exalent mothe just seved us ninepizas
My Very Existence Must Justify Staying Under Nice Places.
I learned it this way from the time I was six and I will pass it down to my son the same way (assuming a new Planet isn’t introduced).
My very expensive Mercedes just smashed up near Parramatta – was a favourite when I was a kid.
It helps to remember Mercury and Mars because ‘My’ starts with m and ends in y – just like Mercury and Mercedes starts with M and ends in S just like Mars.
minnee is : My Very Educated Monkey Just Sometimes Underestimates Nerdy People
i made itt up my selfff!!! tteehhehehe
My Very Energetic Mother Just Swam Under Niagara
ummmm….Mars is first people, then Mercury.
^^^ it was a joke btw….
this site rocks
My Very Easy Memory Jingle Seems Useful Naming Planets : )
I will be very disappointed in Pluto is officially removed because then it doesn’t work : ( However, the thought of 13 planets is quite honestly quite terrifying – that’s WAY too many to remember for us old(er) people!!
My Very Easy Memory Jingle Seems Useful Naming Planets : )
I will be very disappointed *if* Pluto is officially removed because then it doesn’t work : ( However, the thought of 13 planets is quite honestly quite terrifying – that’s WAY too many to remember for us old(er) people!!
My Very Eco Mother Just Sold Ninety Plums
I made these 2 up for a poster in science
Monkys Very Easily Make Jam Squash Using Nuts
My Violet Elephant Makes Jupiter Sob Unbelievably Noisy
my very entelligent mum just said unfortiontly not pluto
I just made one up. My very eager mother just sat under Neptune.
Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Uranus and Neptune.
Pluto is not included because it is a dwarf planet, also known as a planetoid.
My Veterinarian Eagerly Molested Junior-high Students Until Nasty Puberty
My very eyes may just see under nine planets
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
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pluto is NOT a planet people!!!!!
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