Perihelion precession rate of Mercury according to General Relativity

by Tony Scott and Blair Madore

Abstract: Worksheet that shows a calculation for the perihelion precession rate of the planet Mercury according to general relativity.

Application Areas/Subjects: Science, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, Applied Examples

Keywords: General relativity, relativity, planet, Mercury, precession, perihelion,

See Also: MapleTech Special issue 1994.

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