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
Back on the Planet Back on the Planet Back on the Planet is a studio album by American hip hop producer Ras G. It was released on Brainfeeder in 2013. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, "Back on the Planet" received an average score of 70 based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Bram E. Gieben of "The Skinny" called the album "a perfect, psychedelic hybrid of dusty LA beat-scene boom-bap and the cosmic jazz excursions of the Sun Ra Arkestra." Daryl Keating of "Exclaim!" said: "Paradoxically fusing ancient, grinding rhythms and ultra-modern, plush beats,