中国物理B ›› 2020, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (10): 109501-.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/ab9f24

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Moxian Qian(钱莫闲)1, Xibin Li(李喜彬)1, Yongjun Cao(曹永军)1,†()   

  • 收稿日期:2020-03-05 修回日期:2020-06-03 接受日期:2020-06-23 出版日期:2020-10-05 发布日期:2020-10-05
  • 通讯作者: Yongjun Cao(曹永军)

Gravitation induced shrinkage of Mercury’s orbit

Moxian Qian(钱莫闲), Xibin Li(李喜彬), and Yongjun Cao(曹永军)†   

  1. 1 College of physics and electronic information, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China
  • Received:2020-03-05 Revised:2020-06-03 Accepted:2020-06-23 Online:2020-10-05 Published:2020-10-05
  • Contact: †Corresponding author. E-mail: phyjcao@imnu.edu.cn
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    †Corresponding author. E-mail: phyjcao@imnu.edu.cn
    * Project supported by the Inner Mongolia Natural Science Foundation, China (Grant No. 2018MS0104).

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Abstract:

In general relativity, Mercury’s orbit becomes approximately elliptical and the its perihelion has thus an additional advance. We demonstrate, meanwhile, that in comparison of those given by Newton’s theory of gravitation for the orbit of the Mercury, the circumference and the area are reduced by 40.39 km and 2.35 × 109 km2, respectively, besides the major-axis contraction pointed out recently, and all are produced by the curved space within Einstein's theory of gravitation. Since the resolution power of present astronomical distance measurement technology reaches one kilometer, the shrinkage of Mercury’s orbit can then be observable.

Key words: Mercury’s orbit, gravitational field, general relativity

中图分类号:  (Mercury)

  • 96.30.Dz
95.30.Sf (Relativity and gravitation) 04.20.-q (Classical general relativity)