my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas
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[edit]my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas
- (astronomy, slightly dated, mnemonic) Used to remember the order and names of the (then) nine planets of the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
Usage notes
[edit]- Pluto was relegated to status of dwarf planet by the IAU in 2006.