What are the planets in our Solar System?

Other planets are made of rocks and gas. Pluto was the only planet made of ice.

Pluto has more in common with comets than it does with planets.

Almost all the planets travel round the Sun in a circular path. Pluto moves in an oval path.

It is just too small.

Why is Pluto no longer a planet?

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My Very Educated Mum Just Saw Uncle Nick

These sentences are called mnemonics and help us to remember the order of the planets

Can you work with a partner to create your own mnemonic so that you can remember the planet names?

How to remember all 8 planets

M

V

E

M

J

S

U

N

Make your own mnemonic