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The planet Saturn has about 100 times the mass of the earth and is about 10 times farther from the sun than the earth is. Compared to the acceleration of the earth caused by the sun’s gravitational pull, how great is the acceleration of Saturn due to the sun’s gravitation? (i) 100 times greater; (ii) 10 times greater; (iii) the same; (iv)
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