Rank the following in order of increasing mass: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.
Ranking of the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, in increasing order of their mass.
Answer to Problem 1TC
The order of ranking of planets according to increasing mass is Mercury < Mars < Venus < Earth.
Explanation of Solution
The planets move around the Sun in orbit due to large gravitational force between planet and Sun. The gravitational force on the planet depends on the mass of the planet because the mass of the Sun for all the planets remains same.
The mass of the every planet is different. The mass of the Mercury is
The least mass of the planet is Mercury and the large mass of the planet is Earth.
Conclusion:
Therefore, the order of ranking of planets according to increasing mass is Mercury < Mars < Venus < Earth.
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