General Relativity’s Predictions are Incompatible with the Observed Solar Planetary Semi-major Axis Rates
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2015
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Abstract
It is generally assumed that Einstein’s General Theory
of Relativity (GTR) is silent on the issue of planetary recession
such as has been measured recently by Standish (2005); Krasinsky
and Brumberg (2004) and as-well by Williams and Boggs (2009);
Williams et al. (2004). In this short note, we demonstrate that the
GTR is not silent on this matter, it does make a clear predictions
albeit, predictions that is contrary with experience and for this task,
we use the same solution that was and has been used triumphantly
by Einstein to explain the perihelion precession of the planet Mer-
cury. From a pure stand-point of binary logic, we expect this so-
lution to stand-up to all its predictions for both the precession of
perihelion precession and as-well the expansion of orbits. At any
rate imaginable, this apparent contradiction presents an interesting
state of affairs for the GTR.
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Astrometry, Celestial mechanics, Ephemerides, Planetary recession
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Nyambuya G. G. 2015. General Relativity’s Predictions are Incompatible with the Observed Solar Planetary Semi-major Axis Rates.