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Anybody know what the precession period is for Mercury and this star? How long does it take for the orbit to return to some starting orientation?
by akkartik 7y ago
Anybody know what the precession period is for Mercury and this star? How long does it take for the orbit to return to some starting orientation?
- akkartik 7y ago3 million years for Mercury, by my calculations and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsidal_precession#Calculation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsidal_precession#Calculation