I Eat Green Carrots

[Syntarsus]

No it's not a method to see in the dark better but a mnemonic to remember the order of Jupiter's moons.

I for Io (Jupiter's closest moon), Eat for Europa, Green for Gannymede and Carrots for Callisto.

I just learned this from one of great series of short videos on the planets, dark matter, black holes and other cosmological things by Nottingham University: Sixty Symbols

Well worth watching.

[Telrad]

That's a good little mnemonic. I like the My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets one that I learned as a child, in order to remember the planets in our solar system.. although Pluto is no longer officially a Planet. Cheers Syntarsus!

[FrankieValley]

umm, where are Earth and Venus in the pneumonia, or am I missing something? :-) My Very Elderly Mother.......

[Telrad]

umm, where are Earth and Venus in the pneumonia, or am I missing something? :-) My Very Elderly Mother.......

That would have made it seem like she taught me this in a care home or prehaps nursing home if she had pneumonia?!

[TheThing]

I always went by: -

My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets

TheThing

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[glowjet]

"Black birds run over your garden biting visible grey worms", and some will know what that little saying helps one to remember, lol

[Telrad]

"Black birds run over your garden biting visible grey worms", and some will know what that little saying helps one to remember, lol

That's a mnemonic for resistor colour code

[AndyH]

I feel bad for poor Pluto. I still love ya, little guy.....

[Telrad]

Funny picture Andy. Even though Pluto is a dwarf planet, and no longer officially a planet, it’ll still be a fascinating target for study. NASA has sent their New Horizons spacecraft off to visit it. New Horizons will reach Pluto in July 2015, and capture the first close-up images of the (dwarf) planet’s surface.

[Merlin66]

May Every Tight Dress Reveal The Hidden Interesting Parts, Jane!

(moons of Saturn)

Interested Engineers Go Crazy........

(moons of Jupiter)

[Stephen]

Most Volcanoes Erupt Mulberry Jam, Sometimes Under Normal Pressure

[Telrad]

Only Boring Astronomers Find Gratification Knowing Mnemonics

...that's one for stellar classification spectral class!

[AstroTux]

That's a mnemonic for resistor colour code

I was taught 'Bad Boys R*pe Our Young Girls, British V*rg*ns Getting Worried'.......

[Telrad]

I was taught 'Bad Boys R*pe Our Young Girls, British V*rg*ns Getting Worried'.......

Sounds like a headline from a red top tabloid!

[David Smith]

May Every Tight Dress Reveal The Hidden Interesting Parts, Jane!

(moons of Saturn)

Interested Engineers Go Crazy........

(moons of Jupiter)

[glowjet]

That's a mnemonic for resistor colour code

Go to the top of the class Telrad

[Telrad]

Thanks glowjet!

[Ant]

Cool thread... here's one I made up when I was around 10, to help my Nan remember the order of the planets... She's now 92 and still remembers...

Make Vera Eat My Jam Sponge Until Night Passes.

Ant

[foundaplanet]

Cool thread... here's one I made up when I was around 10, to help my Nan remember the order of the planets... She's now 92 and still remembers...

Make Vera Eat My Jam Sponge Until Night Passes.

Ant

92... fantastic

Do you still make the jam sponge...

[Ant]

92... fantastic

Do you still make the jam sponge...

Unfortunately not, I will happily eat Jam Sponge though

[Ptarmigan]

Only Boring Astronomers Find Gratification Knowing Mnemonics

...that's one for stellar classification spectral class!

I like it !

Sir Patrick used to do:

Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me Right Now Sweetie

[Photosbykev]

That's a mnemonic for resistor colour code

The very politically correct version lol.

Richard of York gave Battle in Vain

YYURYYUBICURYY4ME

[Telrad]

The very politically correct version lol.

Richard of York gave Battle in Vain

That was the first one I learned.

Helps to recall the colours of the rainbow.

I like the one for lunar phases "D" is the waxing Moon; "O" the full moon; and "C" the waning moon - DOC

[Shibby]

How about this, since they downgraded Pluto:

My Very Effective Mnemonic Just Screwed Up Now... (Pfff!)