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How does the orbital velocity of the earth compare to that of mercury?

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Orbital velocty = sqrt(GM/r)

Mass and size of mercury is less than that of earth.

Mass is about 5.5% that of Earth and radius is about 38% that of Earth.

On Substituting the values in given formula we will get orbital velocity of mercury = 47.69km/s

Orbital velocity of Earth is 29.78km/s


Therefore,

Orbital velocity of mercury > Orbital velocity of Earth





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Earth and Mercury are relative to each other
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