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
Brother from the Same Planet Brother from the Same Planet "Brother from the Same Planet" is the fourteenth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> fourth season. After Homer is late to pick up Bart from soccer practice, Bart turns to the program The Bigger Brothers, and is assigned a man named Tom. Homer gets himself a little brother named Pepi. Homer and Tom fight, and Homer reconciles with Bart, and Tom becomes Pepi's bigger brother. Meanwhile, Lisa becomes addicted to the Corey hotline—a phone service where television fans can listen to the voice of a fictional actor based on popular actors Corey Feldman and Corey Haim. Originally