my very educated mother just served us noodles

English

Etymology

From the initial letters of the 8 planets' names.

Phrase

my very educated mother just served us noodles

(astronomy mnemonic) Used to remember the order and names of the eight planets of the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

Synonyms

my very educated mother just served us nachos

Coordinate terms

9 planets (obsolete, since Pluto is no longer considered a planet)

Translations

mnemonic

German: mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unseren Nachthimmel (literally “my father explains our night sky to me every Sunday”)

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