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November 18 Mercury Advance Calculation

Einstein used the emerging general theory to account for Mercury's unexplained perihelion advance, obtaining the observed residual shift that earlier gravitational models had failed to reproduce.

Albert Einstein in his Berlin office around 1920
Albert Einstein in his Berlin office, about 1920. Unknown photographer — public domain. Wikimedia Commons source.
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November 18 Mercury Advance Calculation

18 November 1915 · Berlin · Germany · Astronomy

Einstein used the emerging general theory to account for Mercury's unexplained perihelion advance, obtaining the observed residual shift that earlier gravitational models had failed to reproduce.

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