Question

based on the chart, select the planet that would be most impacted by the suns gravitational force. regular planets name of planet average distance from sun number of known moons mercury 57,900,000 km (36,000,000 miles) none venus 108,160,000 km (67,000,000 miles) none earth 149,600,000 km (92,960,000 miles) 1 mars 227,936,640 km (141,700,000 miles) 2 mercury mars earth venus * please choose an answer

Explanation:

Step1: Recall gravitational - force principle

The gravitational force between two objects is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The closer a planet is to the Sun, the greater the gravitational force exerted by the Sun on it.

Step2: Compare distances

From the table, Mercury has the smallest average distance from the Sun ($57,900,000$ km) among the given planets.

Answer:

Mercury