 Geodetic effect (source code)

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= Geodetic effect
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= Geodetic precession
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Geodetic precession is the rotation of a parallel-transported gyroscope relative to the orbital radial direction in curved spacetime. For a circular Schwarzschild orbit its exact precession per revolution is $2\pi[1-\sqrt{1-3M/R}]$.

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