Our Solar System Inner Planets
Distance from the Sun
Planet
Diameter (in miles)
Temperature
(kelvin)
Number of Moon
(in million miles)
Mercury 36
3,031
100-700K
o
Venus
67.2
7,521
726K
O
Earth
93
7,926
260-310K
1
Mars
141.6
4,222
150-310K
2
Question: How does the Sun's gravitational attraction to Venus compare to its
gravitational attraction to Earth?
Claim: Which of the following is a correct CLAIM?
The gravitational attraction of the Sun to Venus and Earth are the same.
The gravitational attraction of the Sun to Venus is more than the Sun's gravitational attraction to Earth.
The gravitational attraction of the Sun to Venus is less than Sun's the gravitational attraction to Earth.
There is no gravitational attraction of the Sun on either Venus nor Earth.