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OS-AP-6-TP6 · OpenStax College Physics for AP Courses 2e

Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation (Problem 6)

4. Earth is 1.5 × 1011 m from the Sun. Mercury is 5.7 × 1010 m from the Sun. How does the gravitational field of the Sun on Mercury (gSM) compare to the gravitational field of the Sun on Earth (gSE)?