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
Ways to Avoid the Sun response to Rain topping Colbert in Time's open online poll. A commercial single of this song was never released in South Korea. However, promotional singles were issued to radio and TV stations. Ways to Avoid the Sun "태양을 피하는 방법" (How To Avoid The Sun) is a song by Rain, released as the first single from his second album, "How To Avoid The Sun". The single put Rain on the map in Korea, going to number one on the charts. At the time of the album's release, there were two versions of the song: the radio mix, credited as the