| Term | Definition |
| mnemonic | My Very Exciting Magic Carpet Just Sailed Under Nine Palace Elephants |
| Mercury | My; first planet from our Sun, next to Venus |
| Venus | Very; between Mercury and Earth; second planet from our Sun |
| Earth | Exciting; between Venus and Mars; third planet from our Sun |
| Ceres | Carpet; dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter; fifth from our Sun |
| Jupiter | Just; planet between the dwarf planet, Ceres, and Saturn; sixth position from our Sun |
| Uranus | Underneath; between Saturn and Neptune; eighth in position from our Sun |
| Neptune | Nine; between Uranus and the dwarf planet of Pluto; ninth in position from our Sun |
| Pluto | Palace; the dwarf planet between Neptune and Eris; 10th furthest from our Sun |
| Eris | Elephants; furthest from the sun; a dwarf planet beyond Pluto; last in line from our Sun |
| Mars | Magic; between Earth and Ceres; fourth planet from our Sun |
| Saturn | Sailed; between Jupiter and Uranus; seventh position from our Sun |