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Forgetting the newly assigned 11 planets? US fourth-grader can help with mnemonic 記不住新指定的11大行星嗎?美國4年級生的記憶法能助你一臂之力

◎張沛元

Those having trouble remembering the newly assigned 11 planets, including three dwarfs, can thank a fourth-grader.
那些記不住包括3個矮行星在內的新11大行星的人,可以好好謝謝一名小四生。

 Maryn Smith, the winner of the National Geographic planetary mnemonic contest, has created a handy way to remember the plants with the phrase: My Very Exciting Magic Carpet Just Sailed Under Nine Palace Elephants.
國家地理學會的行星記憶法比賽贏家瑪瑞琳.史密斯,以一段口訣創造出便於記住這些行星的方法:我的非常刺激的魔毯剛從9隻宮殿大象的下方航行而過。

The 11 recognized planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Eris. Ceres, Pluto and Eris are considered dwarf planets.
11大行星依序是水星、金星、地球、火星、穀神星、木星、土星、天王星、海王星、冥王星與厄莉絲。穀神星、冥王星與鬩神星被視為矮行星。

National Geographic Children’s Books created the contest in response to the recent announcement about the planets.
國家地理學會童書部以舉辦這項比賽,作為對最近所宣布的11大行星的回應。

The Riverview Elementary School student’s mnemonic will be published in astronomer David Aguilar’s next National Geographic book, "11 Planets: A New View of the Solar System."
這名河景小學學生的記憶法,將刊登於天文學家大衛.亞奎拉的下一本國家地理書籍,「11大行星:新觀點看太陽系」。

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handy:形容詞,方便的,就近的。

in response to...:對…的反應。例句:The US government has undertaken extensive measures in response to terrorism after the 911 attack.(美國政府自911恐怖攻擊後已採取廣泛的措施因應恐怖主義。)

Eris:2003年才被發現的太陽系新行星,一度稱為「齊娜」(Xena),新名Eris取自希臘羅馬神話中以一顆金蘋果引發混亂進而導致特洛伊戰爭的「不和女神」;中文譯名有採音譯的「厄莉絲」,也有採意譯的「鬩神星」或「亂神星」。

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