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.

Comments

Re: Pluto is currently outside Neptune's orbit

[vik_thor]

»chuckles« Actually, it sounds like we are quite close. I also graduated HS in 1985. (I was including college in the school years, which I guess isn't really applicable to discussion at hand.)
[and have no idea as to how it is currently being taught re: Pluto's planetary status. It probably depends on the teacher. I can picture some of my teachers saying; "The text book says Pluto is a planet. So that's what you are learning!" while others were very happy to pull in current events.]

I do remember a big deal being made about Pluto being the 8th planet for awhile in '79.

I don't remember specifically learning the planets. Like reading, it is something I feel like I've "always known". I'll just rattle them off in my head, (and I still have Pluto, with a sortof mental footnote that it is no longer considered a major planet.)

(Of course, I was a kid who was reading Isaac Asimov's essay collections at an early age too...)
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