Things You Should Know: Planets in the Solar System

We don’t think about lots of things every day. Once in a while, though, somebody asks a simple question, and suddenly everybody realizes how much basic information we can forget.

PLANETS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Earth
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
  • Neptune

That’s it!? Only 8 planets and yeah, I could get the first 4, no problem. But the 5th? Ach, is it Saturn? Neptune? I had no idea, and had to look it up to post it.

Hmm, the last 3 planets’ initials spell “SUN”, so maybe that will help me remember in the future. Is there an awesome acronym out there?