Relativity and Cosmology

    

Using the Methodology of the Relativity Theory in Describing the Orbital Motion of Mercury

Authors: Nikolay Ostrovskiy

The theory of relativity, the subject of which is the comparison of the results of observations (calculations) carried out in different reference frames, is used in the description of the planets movement in connection with the following aspects. (1) Astronomers observe the motions of the planets in the geocentric coordinate system and then recalculate the elements of motion for the heliocentric system. (2) The motion of the planets relative to the Sun is composite and includes motion in the orbital plane and rotation of the orbital plane (precession). (3) Observers on Earth record the position of the planet that it occupied earlier. The time interval depends on the distance between the Earth and the planet and it changes depending on the change in this distance. These aspects are considered in the article on the example of the Mercury.

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