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Re:Who Did the Math for General Relativity First, Einstein o... by Sharlin on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @05:20AM (#20633092)
> 2. The precession (change in orientation) of the perihelion (closest point of a planet to its star) of Mercury coming out to 18 inches rather than the observed 45 inches per century;

Certainly 45” is arcseconds here, not inches!

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Re:Who Did the Math for General Relativity First, Einstein o... by evanb on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:09AM (#20633317)
Yes. 45 inches per century would not have been remotely measurable at the time, and may not even be measurable today!
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