PLANETS IN THEIR PLACES

Moving outwards from the Sun, we have:

Mercury – Venus – Earth – Mars – Asteroid Belt – Jupiter – Saturn – Uranus – Neptune – Pluto

There are various ‘mnemonics’ – or memory tricks – you can use to help you remember this order. Here’s one we’ve made up for you:

Merry Vegetarian Elephants Make Appetising Jacket Spuds Usually Nicely Presented.

Now you try! If you come up with a corker we'll put it up on this page, just send it to The Planet-Science Editor with PLANET ORDER in the subject line.