Q301 -
The progressive orbit of Mercury was shown to be early validation of Einstein's
theory. How would Einstein's theory affect the orbit of Mercury?
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Q302 -
In classical (Newtonian) physics, two large, rapidly moving bodies orbiting each
other would be pulled toward each other's center of mass and thus trace out elliptical
orbits. In Einsteinian physics, however, since gravity waves travel no faster then light,
each body is pulled to where the other body was at some time T in the past (the two bodies
would have since moved on). What would these orbits look like?
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