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
Planet Tolex Planet Tolex Planet Tolex is a Canadian children's science fiction television series which aired on CBC Television from 1953 to 1954. The fictional Planet Tolex of the series title was located in the Solar System, orbiting so that it was always opposite to the Earth, always causing its sightline with Tolex to be blocked by the Sun. The series' puppet-based characters were led by Bricol and Lexo and their fellow Tolex residents. Leo and Dora Velleman were the series creators and puppeteers. This Montreal-produced half-hour series was broadcast on Tuesdays at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 20 October 1953 to 27