MOTION OF MERCURY

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By James Chen

Database

Orbital Period of Mercury ≈ 88 Earth days

Orbital Velocity of Mercury ≈ 47.87 km s^(-1) ≈ 4.22237E6 km per Earth Day

Easy Calculus by Python

Classical mechanics @ Newton

Second Law ⬇️Force = Mass * Acceleration

First Law → Momentum

General Relativity

The advance of perihelion

C = Speed of LightT = Orbital Perioda = Semi-major axis 半长径E = eccentricity 偏心率

Theoratical value≈ 1.54° per centuryObservational value≈ 1.56° per century

The deference of these 2 values (43”) is remain unexplained.

http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/teaching/comput/C++/python/orbit3.py

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet

http://www.nasa.gov Elegent Universe By Brian Green