Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Apr 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991azh....68..434a&link_type=abstract
Astronomicheskii Zhurnal (ISSN 0004-6299), vol. 68, Mar.-Apr. 1991, p. 434-437. In Russian.
Statistics
Computation
Celestial Mechanics, Computational Astrophysics, Planets, Radar Astronomy, Relativistic Theory, Astronomical Models, Relativistic Effects
Scientific paper
A particular relativistic effect, namely, the O-C discrepancies in radar distances arising in the construction of a unified theory of motion of interior planets in the Newtonian approximation, was tested on the basis of radar observations of planets carried out in the USSR and the U.S. between 1964 and 1986. The theoretically predicted effect is compared with its experimentally determined value. Results of calculations for each localized planet are presented in tables. The data obtained show that, given sufficiently exact measurements and high values of Delta-M (100 km), which were the case for all observations of Mercury and Mars in 1980 and 1982, the results of the tests of the relativistic effect can be viewed as further proof of general relativity in the post-Newtonian approximation, carried out at a 0.01-degree of accuracy.
Afanas'eva T. I.
Kislik M. D.
Koliuka Iu. F.
Tikhonov Valentin F.
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