Mercury (planet) three weeks, the Sun is almost stationary overhead, and is at its most brilliant because Mercury is at perihelion, its closest to the Sun. This prolonged exposure to the Sun at its brightest makes these two points the hottest places on Mercury. Conversely, there are two other points on the equator, 90 degrees of longitude apart from the first ones, where the Sun passes overhead only when the planet is at aphelion in alternate years, when the apparent motion of the Sun in Mercury's sky is relatively rapid. These points, which are the ones on the equator where the apparent
Dark Planet the series' best. It was part of a second set of four books, which were successful enough to allow the range to continue. Dark Planet "Dark Planet" is a BBC Books adventure book written by Davey Moore and is based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Tenth Doctor and Martha. This one was set on a future version of Earth where society was split in half and some people stayed underground and the rest high above on land dangerously close to the Sun. This is part of the "Decide Your Destiny" series which