Relativity Precession of the Asteroid Icarus
- 1 March 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 89 (5) , 1046
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.89.1046
Abstract
The relativity precession of the asteroid Icarus is computed to be 10.05″ per century. This value is about one-quarter that of Mercury and exceeds that of any major planet excluding Mercury. Consideration of a figure of merit, which determines the possible precision in measurement of the perihelion advance, indicates that the motion of Icarus can yield a further test of the precessional formula of general relativity.Keywords
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