Archive-name: space/mnemonics Last-modified: $Date: 93/04/01 14:39:14 $  ASTRONOMICAL MNEMONICS (This is the last FAQ section posted to sci.astro)      Gathered from various flurries of mnemonic postings on sci.astro.      Spectral classification sequence: O B A F G K M R N S  	Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me Right Now, Sweetheart. (a classic)  	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      Order of the planets:  	Sun 	Mercury 	Venus 	Earth (Terra) 	Mars 	(Asteroids) 	Jupiter 	Saturn 	Uranus 	Neptune 	Pluto  	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.  	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!)      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      Galilean Satellite of Jupiter: Io Europa Ganymede Callisto 	I Expect God Cries 	I Eat Green Cheese 	I Embarrass Good Christians  	Ich erschrecke all guten Christen 	    (I scare all good Christians)      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)      Uranian Satellites: 	MAUTO 	Mispronunciations Afflict Uranus Too Often 	My Angel Uriel Takes Opium 	(Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon)  NOTE: the remaining FAQ sections do not appear in sci.astro, as they cover     material of relevance only to sci.space.