List of Mnemonics - Astronomy

Astronomy

• Main sequence of stellar classification: Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me Right Now (Smack): (O B A F G K M R N S).

• Order of Planets from the Sun

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)

Many Very Educated Men Justify Stealing Unique Ninth

obsolete:

My Very Earnest Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)

My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies

Mary Visits Every Monday Just Stays Until Noon Period

• In Have Spacesuit Will Travel, Robert A. Heinlein includes 'prices' which represent the mean AU (Astronomical Unit - mean distance of the Earth from the Sun = 93 million miles = 149 million km) of all the planets from the sun:

• Mercury $0.39
• Venus $0.72
• Earth $1.00
• Mars $1.50
• Asteroids (assorted prices, unimportant)
• Jupiter $5.20
• Saturn $9.50
• Uranus $19.00
• Neptune $30.00
• Pluto $39.50