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#359 – Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretical Physics

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Newton's Theory Was Wrong

According to Newton's theory, Mercury has an elliptical orbit. Long part of it moves around as other planets come by and procure a bit. This was measured by Laverrier in 1859 and he compared theory and experiment. He found out that the Parahelian process moves around the sun once every 233 centuries instead of every 231 centuries.

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