obtained a rich data set of range measurements for the determination of Mercury's
ephemeris. Here we use these precise data collected over 7 years to estimate parameters
related to general relativity and the evolution of the Sun. These results confirm the validity of
the strong equivalence principle with a significantly refined uncertainty of the Nordtvedt
parameter η=(− 6.6±7.2)× 10− 5. By assuming a metric theory of gravitation, we retrieved the …