[Chaos-l] For You Folks That Still Think There Are 9 Planets ...

Robert Nielsen robertnielsen at nc.rr.com
Wed Feb 27 08:01:59 EST 2008


 From cnn.com:

Those having trouble remembering the newly assigned 11 planets, 
including three dwarfs, are getting help from a fourth-grader.

Maryn Smith, the winner of the National Geographic planetary mnemonic 
contest, has created a handy way to remember the planets and their order 
in distance from the sun.

Her award-winning phrase is: 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 and Eris.




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