Complete calculations of the perihelion precession of Mercury and the deflection of light by the Sun in General Relativity

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2007-12-21

arxiv.org/abs/0712.3709v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

17 pages, 3 figures

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Taking up a method devised by Taylor and Wheeler and collecting pieces of their work we offer a self-contained derivation of the formulae giving both the precession of the orbit of a planet around the Sun and the deflection angle of a light pulse passing near the Sun in the framework of General Relativity. The demonstration uses only elementary algebra without resorting to tensor formalism. No prior knowledge in relativity is needed to follow the presentation.

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