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Mercury Anomaly Reproduced without Adjustable Parameters

The relativistic Mercury calculation matched the anomalous perihelion advance using the gravitational theory itself rather than introducing an additional planet or an adjustable correction to Newtonian gravity.

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Mercury Anomaly Reproduced without Adjustable Parameters

18 November 1915 · Berlin · Germany · Astronomy

The relativistic Mercury calculation matched the anomalous perihelion advance using the gravitational theory itself rather than introducing an additional planet or an adjustable correction to Newtonian gravity.