... It is suggested that during the tidal dissipation of energy, the large mass of Mercury (and the initially fast rotation of Venus) caused Mercury's gradual removal and final transition to independent orbit. ...
... proves that the Sun’s interior also rotates like it is observed at surface layers ... In contrast to a real solid body the gas sphere of the Sun has no limiting surface. ...
... Ratio of the mass of the Sun to Mercury, MS / MMe The value for the ratio of the mass of the Sun to the mass of Mercury, MS / M from Anderson et al. ...