Precession of the perihelion of Mercury

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 1988 English Publisher:American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)Journal:American Journal of Physics, volume 56, pages 1,097-1,098 (issn: 0002-9505, eissn: 1943-2909,

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Authors: Daniel R. Stump;

doi: 10.1119/1.15729

Precession of the perihelion of Mercury

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The equation of motion for a test mass in the gravitational field of a spherical mass is written in a form that can be used in an undergraduate mechanics course. A simple calculation of the general relativistic precession of the perihelion of Mercury is presented.

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