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"My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas"

Now that Pluto has been demoted to a "dwarf planet", it may be necessary to come up with a new mnemonic device for naming the planets.
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Mnemosyne was the personification of memory in Greek mythology. This titaness was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus and the mother of the nine Muses by Zeus:

* Calliope (Epic Poetry)
* Clio (History)
* Erato (Love Poetry)
* Euterpe (Music)
* Melpomene (Tragedy)
* Polyhymnia (Hymns)
* Terpsichore (Dance)
* Thalia (Comedy)
* Urania (Astronomy)

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