The precession of Mercury and the deflection of starlight by special\n relativity alone

2006/08/21 by Robert L. Kurucz, Kurucz, Robert L.
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #Relativity and Gravitational Theory

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0608434

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Abstract

I show that the precession of the orbit of Mercury and the deflection of\nstarlight by the Sun are effects of special relativity alone when the\ngravitational field of a particle is treated in the same way as the electric\nfield of a charged particle . General relativity is not needed to explain them.\n

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