How Does the Force of Gravity Between the Sun and Mercury

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Essay

How does the force of gravity between the Sun and Mercury compare to the gravitational force between the Sun and Earth? Note that the semimajor axis of Mercury's orbit is 0.4 AU, and Mercury's mass is 0.06 times the mass of Earth.

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