Comment Re:my take on it: (Score 1) 426
I learned the mnemonic from Robert Heinlein (Rocket Ship Gallileo? Rolling Stones? I forget:
Mother Very Thoughtfully Made A Jelly Sandwich Under No Protest. Includes the Asteroid belt, and Earth as Terra. He also included distance in AUs as dollar amounts. I never memorized those, I just used Bode's Law to guesstimate.
Let's face it, Pluto's a largish rock. It's got a weird orbit. It's not like the other planets. Though I'm not sure at what point these guys come after Mercury.
Mother Very Thoughtfully Made A Jelly Sandwich Under No Protest. Includes the Asteroid belt, and Earth as Terra. He also included distance in AUs as dollar amounts. I never memorized those, I just used Bode's Law to guesstimate.
Let's face it, Pluto's a largish rock. It's got a weird orbit. It's not like the other planets. Though I'm not sure at what point these guys come after Mercury.
