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Earth is the largest terrestrial planet in the solar system. Earth's huge size enables it to exert enough gravitational force to hold onto its . Mars, which is an inner planet, has a than Earth because of its size.

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Lower gravitational force due to lower mass.

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Mars has lower gravitational force than Earth because of its lower size because mass has a direct effect on gravitational force of an object. Earth has mass of 5.972 × 10^24 kg which is 10 times greater than mass of Mars which is 6.4171 x 10^23 kg. So due to earth's more mass, it has more gravitational force than planet Mars which has lower mass than earth.

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