My Very Earnest Mother...is confused.

[beetiger]

I know I've got a number of school teachers and kids' librarians on my friends list, so I thought maybe you'd know. What's the order they teach for the planets these days? Is Pluto still in there, and if so, do I recall right that its orbit is inside Neptune's right now and so is the order switched? Is Eris in there? Is there a new mnemonic?

Rhys asked me yesterday and I realized I wasn't quite sure.

Thanks.

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[hippie1025.livejournal.com]

I would love to know what they are teaching in school. I either hear that there are 8 planets, or 11 (when you include the "dwarf planets"), and as a children's librarian it would be good to know the standard. For now, I'm giving a slightly long answer and explaining to patrons that not all of our books are up-to-date yet (it would mean taking hundreds off the shelf and not having very many to replace them all with).