Mercury (planet) Mercury (planet) Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System. Its orbital period around the Sun of 87.97 days is the shortest of all the planets in the Solar System. It is named after the Roman deity Mercury, the messenger of the gods. Like Venus, Mercury orbits the Sun within Earth's orbit as an "inferior planet", and never exceeds 28° away from the Sun. When viewed from Earth, this proximity to the Sun means the planet can only be seen near the western or eastern horizon during the early evening or early morning. At this time it
Ego the Living Planet the company-wide crossover storyline "Maximum Security", appearing in "Avengers" #35 (Dec. 2000); "Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet" (Oct. 2000); "Iron Man" #34–35 (Nov.–Dec. 2000); "X-Men Unlimited" #29 (Dec. 2000); "Gambit" #23 (Dec. 2000) and "Maximum Security" #1–3 (Dec. 2000Jan. 2001). The character returned in "Nova" vol 4 #20–30 and "Astonishing Thor" #1–5 (Nov 2010July 2011). Ego the Living Planet also appeared in the "Oni Press Color Special." Ego once told Thor that his existence was the result of a scientist merging with a planet when that planet's sun went nova. Ego began absorbing space vessels and even other worlds to survive