11 Planets - Do you know ?
Published on 27 Feb 2008 in: Career & Education| Most Popular| Science
If you are having trouble in remembering the newly assigned 11 planets, consider the handy way created by Maryn Smith, a fourth-grader.
Maryn Smith (age 10) , the winner of the National Geographic planetary mnemonic contest, has created a handy way to remember the plants with the phrase:
“My very exciting magic carpet just sailed under nine palace elephants.”
The 11 recognized planets are
- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth
- Mars
- Ceres
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- Uranus
- Neptune
- Pluto
- Eris.
Ceres, Pluto and Eris are considered dwarf planets.
Maryn Smith and the winning mnemonic will be featured in National Geographic book about the planets, 11 Planets: “A New View of the Solar System“.