Mercury (planet) diagram on the right illustrates the effects of the eccentricity, showing Mercury's orbit overlaid with a circular orbit having the same semi-major axis. Mercury's higher velocity when it is near perihelion is clear from the greater distance it covers in each 5-day interval. In the diagram the varying distance of Mercury to the Sun is represented by the size of the planet, which is inversely proportional to Mercury's distance from the Sun. This varying distance to the Sun leads to Mercury's surface being flexed by tidal bulges raised by the Sun that are about 17 times stronger than the Moon's
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,