The Mercury's mass for the given acceleration due to gravity is 0.3152 x 10²⁴ kg.
The ratio of the calculated and accepted value of the Mercury's mass is 0.95.
<h3>What is mass?</h3>
Mass is the amount of matter present in the object.
The mass of the object is always constant, anywhere it is on the Earth or Moon or any other planet.
Given is the acceleration due to gravity of Mercury planet at North pole is g = 3.698 m/s² and the radius of Mercury planet is 2440 km.
The acceleration due to gravity is related with mass as
g = GM/R²
Substitute the values, we have
3.698 = 6.67 x 10⁻¹¹ x M/(2440 x1000)³
M = 2.2016 x 10¹³ / 6.67 x 10⁻¹¹
M = 0.3152 x 10²⁴ kg
Thus, the mercury's mass is 0.3152 x 10²⁴ kg.
(b) Accepted value of Mercury's mass is 3.301 x 10²³ kg
Ratio of the value of mass calculated and accepted is
Mcalc/M accep = 0.3152 x 10²⁴ kg / 3.301 x 10²³ kg
= 0.95
Thus, the ratio is 0.95
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