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- From: leech@mahler.cs.unc.edu (Jon Leech)
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- Subject: Space FAQ 07/15 - Astronomical Mnemonics
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- Date: 2 Dec 92 17:43:41 GMT
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- ASTRONOMICAL MNEMONICS (This is the last FAQ section posted to sci.astro)
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- Gathered from various flurries of mnemonic postings on sci.astro.
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- Spectral classification sequence: O B A F G K M R N S
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- Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me Right Now, Sweetheart. (a classic)
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- O'Dell's Big Astronomical Fiasco Gonna Kill Me Right Now Surely
- Obese Balding Astronomy Found Guilty; Killed Many Reluctant
- Nonscience Students.
- Octopus Brains, A Favorite Gastronomical Kitchen Menu,
- Requires No Sauce
- Odd Ball Astronomers Find Generally Kooky Mnemonics
- Really Nifty Stuff
- Oh Big And Ferocious Gorilla, Kill My Roomate Next Saturday
- Oh Boy, A Flash! Godzilla Kills Mothra! Really Not Surprising!
- Oh Boy, An F Grade Kills Me
- On Bad Afternoons Fermented Grapes Keep Mrs. Richard Nixon Smiling
- On, Backward Astronomer, Forget Geocentricity; Kepler's Motions
- Reveal Nature's Simplicity
- Our Bad Astronomy Faculty Gets Killed Monday
- Oven Baked Ants, Fried Gently, Kept Moist, Retain Natural Succulence
- Overseas Broadcast: A Flash! Godzilla kills Mothra!
- (Rodan Named Successor)
- Overweight Boys and Fat Girls Keep Munching
- Only Bored Astronomers Find Gratification Knowing Mnemonics
- Oh Bloody Astronomy! F Grades Kill Me
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- Order of the planets:
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- Sun
- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth (Terra)
- Mars
- (Asteroids)
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- Uranus
- Neptune
- Pluto
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- My Very Earnest Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas
- Mother Very Thoughtfully Made A Jelly Sandwich Under No Protest
- My Very Erotic Mate Joyfully Satisfies Unusual Needs Passionately
- Men Very Easily Make Jugs Serve Useful Nocturnal Purposes
- Man Very Early Made A Jug Serve Useful Noble Purposes
- My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets
- My Very Eager Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets
- My Very Exhausted Mother hAs Just Swept Up a Planetary Nebula
- Most Voters Earn Money Just Showing Up Near Polls
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizza-pies
- Many Viscious Elephants Made John, Suzy and Uncle Need Protection
- Solar Mass Very Easily Makes All Jupiter's Satellites Undergo
- Numerous Perturbations.
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- Mein Vater erklaert mir jeden Sonntag unsere niedlichen Planeten
- (My Father explains to me every Sunday our nine planets)
- Man verachte einen Menschen in seinem Unglueck nie -- Punkt
- (Never scorn/despise a person in his misfortune/bad luck/misery
- -- period!)
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- Colors of the spectrum: Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
- ROY G. BIV (pronounce as a man's name)
- Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain
- Read Out Your Good Book In Verse
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- Galilean Satellite of Jupiter: Io Europa Ganymede Callisto
- I Expect God Cries
- I Eat Green Cheese
- I Embarrass Good Christians
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- Ich erschrecke all guten Christen
- (I scare all good Christians)
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- Saturnian Satellites
- MET DR THIP
- Miriam's Enchiladas Taste Divine Recently. Tell Her I'm Proud.
- (Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion,
- Iapetus, Phoebe)
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- Uranian Satellites:
- MAUTO
- Mispronunciations Afflict Uranus Too Often
- My Angel Uriel Takes Opium
- (Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon)
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- NOTE: the remaining FAQ sections do not appear in sci.astro, as they cover
- material of relevance only to sci.space.
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- NEXT: FAQ #8/15 - Contacting NASA, ESA, and other space agencies/companies
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