Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
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Abstract
This is a relatively quick and informal sketch of a demonstration that general relativistic corrections to the bound Kepler orbits introduce a perihelion precession. Any decent textbook on the general theory of relativity will derive this result. My analysis aligns with that found in the good old text "Introduction to General Relativity", by Adler, Bazin and Schiffer.
Recommended Citation
Torre, Charles G., "Perihelion Precession in the General Theory of Relativity" (2017). Tutorials on... in 1 hour or less. Paper 10.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/dg_tutorial/10
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