Summary & References

Thus Mercury's precessional rate in seconds of arc per century due to relativistic effects is 43.03. The observed value is 43.11 so that the prediction of General Relativity is confirmed in striking fashion.

References

[1] J.B. Marion, Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems, Academic Press, 2nd ed., pp. 167-170, 267-270 (1970).

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