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Proper period of a circular Schwarzschild geodesic

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Over one circular orbit at radius r>3M, the orbiting clock measures
Δτ=2πMr2(r−3M)​​.
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The factor r−3M combines gravitational and orbital kinematic time dilation.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2020 / ii / Paper 2 / 37D / ii / Solution

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