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Helpful Mnemonic Device

There are a total of eight planets in our solar system.  Closest to the sun is the planet Mercury then Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.  There is an awesome mnemonic device to remember what order the planets are in: My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nougat.

My = Mercury

Very = Venus

Excellent = Earth

Mother = Mars

Just = Jupiter

Served = Saturn

Us = Uranus

Nougat = Neptune

 

There are other mnemonic devices out there as well but this is usually the easiest to remember.