A hypothetical planet in the shape of a sphere is completely made of an incompressible fluid and has a mass M and radius R. If the pressure at the surface of the planet is zero, then the pressure at the center of the planet is [G = universal constant of gravitation]
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The pressure gradient at a distance r from the center of the spherical planet is
, where g is the acceleration due to gravity at that point
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