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Precession of Pericenter: A More Accurate Approach

Andreas Stergiou

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0610158

Abstract

In this paper we study the orbits of massive bodies moving in the spacetime generated by a spherically symmetric and non-rotating distribution of mass. More specifically, our treatment discusses the more accurate calculation of the precession of pericenter due to general-relativistic effects. Our result is accurate up to terms of second order, while the precession met in the bibliography is accurate only up to first-order terms.

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