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Re:Waves in Saturn's rings give precise measurement of plane... by matteocantiello on Saturday January 19, 2019 @06:01PM (#18949770)
The Schwarzschild radius of Saturn is 3 *(Msat/MSun) km ~ 0.85 m, so it's much smaller than Saturn Radius ~ 6x10^7 m. As such, I believe any GR effect is probably absolutely negligible at the location of Saturn's rings.
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Re:Waves in Saturn's rings give precise measurement of plane... by pmalynin on Saturday January 19, 2019 @06:52PM (#18950020)
Well even in earths orbit GR is not negligible, say even for the purposes of GPS
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