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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 2π[1−1−3M/R​].

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2022 / iii / Paper 309 / 1 / e / Solution

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