Separation of the Relativistic Perihelion Precession from the Precession due to the Gravitational Quadrupole Moment

I. Goldberg

doi:10.1103/PhysRev.149.1010

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Separation of the Relativistic Perihelion Precession from the Precession due to the Gravitational Quadrupole Moment

I. Goldberg

Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, New York

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Phys. Rev. 149, 1010 – Published 30 September, 1966

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.149.1010

Abstract

The gravitational quadrupole moment is considered insofar as its effect on the perihelion precession of Mercury and pericenter precession of satellites is concerned. It is found possible to separate the quadrupole precession from the precession due to the general theory of relativity. As a corollary, it is found that an exchange of angular momentum between planet and sun takes place due to the quadrupole moment. This exchange may help to explain the phenomenon of sunspots and solar flares.

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L. I. Schiff, Am. J. Phys. 28, 340 (1960)
R. H. Dicke, Nature 202, 432 (1964)
I. Goldberg and E. Marx, Nuovo Cimento (to be published)
Theodore Sterne, An Introduction To Celestial Mechanics (Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1960), p. 123
Omitted endnote
J. Lense and H. Thirring, Physik. Z. 19, 156 (1918)

[c1] L. I. Schiff, Am. J. Phys. 28, 340 (1960)

[c2] R. H. Dicke, Nature 202, 432 (1964)

[c3] I. Goldberg and E. Marx, Nuovo Cimento (to be published)

[c4] Theodore Sterne, An Introduction To Celestial Mechanics (Interscience Publishers, Inc., 1960), p. 123

[c5] Omitted endnote

[c6] J. Lense and H. Thirring, Physik. Z. 19, 156 (1918)

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