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Homework Statement
Find the gravitational force of the sun on Mercury
M_sun = 1.98892 x10^30 kg
M_mercury = 3.3022 x10^23 kg
Distance of sun and mercury = R = 6.863 x10^10
G = 6.67 x10^-11
Homework Equations
FG = GMsunMmercury/R^2
The Attempt at a Solution
I simply plugged in the given values (which I found from wolfram alpha) into the formula for F_G and I calculated the answer to be:
9.300 x10^21 N
However, the answer is not correct. If anyone can correct my mistake, that would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks