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transit of venus...

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.



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