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