Solar System Limericks

Great resource for teachers. Solar system song for 3-4th grade. Read on for lyrics.
Recorded live at Riverside Telescope Makers Conference. Lyrics are free for non-profit educational use.

Solar System Limericks

Chorus:
Mercury, Venus Earth, Mars, Jupiter
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune & Pluto(er)
Comets, Asteroids, Moons & Meteors
Orbit 'round the Sun

There's a planet we know we call Mercury.
It orbits the Sun in a big hurry.
Only 88 days
To go 'round all the way
It's a wonder it doesn't look blurry.

An Earth sized planet is Venus.
But there's not much in common between us.
Acid clouds keep it hot.
A paradise it's not!
On Venus the weather is heinous!

We all know the planet called Earth.
We call it the home of our birth.
Seas, mountains and air,
Life is found everywhere.
It's a planet of obvious worth.

Mars is a planet that's red
it might have had life but looks dead
It's dusty and rusty
with winds that are gusty.
It's cold there so cover your head.

Asteroids are rocky debris.
When we look at them closely we see
Rocks that are jumbled,
And crumbled and tumbled
Pulled round by the sun's gravity.

Jupiter's largest of all.
A hydrogen helium ball.
Twisting clouds humor us
Moons that are numerous
Comparing the two, Earth is small.




The largest planet is Jupiter
I learned about it on my computer
clouds twisting orange
like rust on a door hinge
before I knew this I was stupider


Of beautiful Saturn I sing
a light fluffy puffball type thing
we know from the math
it would float in the bath
of course it would leave a big ring

Uranus rolls on it's side
with rings that stretch far and wide
A big ball of gas
As green as the grass
It's the name I just can't abide

A beautiful Cobalt blue
Neptune's a planet it's true,
With winds that are fast,
And blizzards of frozen gas.
All its moons must have quite a view!

Pluto's the farthest of all.
Compared to the rest it is small.
Of features and such,
We don't know very much
Because Pluto is such a small ball!

Sometimes from the outer spaces
A comet visits sunny places.
As it is warmed
A tail is formed
And around the Sun it races!

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• astronomy
• sun
• planet
• solar
• system
• big
• bang
• mercury
• venus
• earth
• mars
• jupiter
• saturn
• uranus
• neptune
• pluto
• science
• kids

[sciencebabe]

Good one!

[sciencebabe]

Here's a new limerick since Pluto's no longer a planet...

Pluto of noted renown

Its small & its far & its round

A planet demoted;

it's orbit is loaded

with more iceballs than should be found.

[acr08807]

I once wrote a limerick that starts An Earth sized planet is Venus. I used a few different rhymes, though. I think maybe given the family nature of this video, I'll just leave it at that.

[sciencebabe]

I think I know that one LOL!!

[moogleff13]

noobs



[moogleff13]

u also pronounce uranus wrong, get ur facts straight, esp about venus

[moogleff13]

pluto isnt a planet dumbass

[djhemag]

yes, yes, and yes.... awesome

[MrSpaceplatypus]

plutos still a planet to true believers

[doaftheloaf]

Though budget concerns may constrain us

Missions to other worlds entertain us

Though some say it’s stupider

To send men to Jupiter

I’d rather go there than Uranus.

[MrSkeyeguy]

Well, I once wrote a limerick about Uranus... Seriously at 43 you'd think I'd be over that one, but nope!

[ahager03]

Thank you for adding the new limerick for Pluto...I can't wait to share this with my third graders on Monday!