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Table 3

Results for dry rocky planets of the Solar System.

Earth Venus Mercury

Property Variable Reference Model Reference Model Reference Model
Mass (kg) Mp 5.974 × 1024 (1) 4.869 × 1024 (3) 3.302 × 1023 (5)
Radius (km) Mp 6371.00 ± 0.01 (2) 6051.8 ± 1 (2) 2439.7 ± 1 (2)
Average density (g cm−3) ρ 5.515 5.244 5.428
Core radius (km) r0 3480 (1) 3038–3292 (4) 3258 1965–2035 (6) 1996
Core mean density (g cm−3) ρ0 11.000 11.000 10.41 10.43 6.97–7.50 (6) 7.26
Core mass fraction CMF 0.325 (3) 0.325 0.31 (3) 0.31 0.738 0.732
Mantle mean density (g cm−3) ρ1 4.447 4.447 4.29 4.29 3.16–3.42 (6) 3.22
Mantle mass fraction MMF 0.675 (3) 0.675 0.69 (3) 0.69 0.262 0.268
Planet mass error 0.003% 0.001% 0.006%
Average density error 0.001% 0.001% 0.001%

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