Science > Physics > Precession of Mercury's longitude of perihelion - (so called "anomaly")
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Science > Physics |
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"Androcles" |
| Date: |
11 May 2007 07:36:21 PM |
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Precession of Mercury's longitude of perihelion - (so called "anomaly") |
The calculation of the advance of perihelion using Newtonian Celestial =
Mechanics was=20
carried out by Urbain L Verrier (1811-1877), with 43 arc seconds per =
century unaccounted=20
for.=20
Urbain Le Verrier is best known for the calculations which led to the =
discovery of Neptune.
Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel on 13 March 1781 (4 years =
after Le Verrier died).
The so-called "anomaly" that the prominent Albert Einstein "corrected" =
with his=20
Wonderful Theory of General Lies and Crackpottery was Le Verrier not =
having a
telescope quite as good as Herschel's and nothing to do with his =
calculations, he=20
simply hadn't included Uranus because he didn't know about it.=20
The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Albert Einstein=20
The important thing is not to listen to the kook. - Androcles
.
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