
Mercury's Precession and Relativity

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Physics, Science, Mathematics
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11th - 12th Grade
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Patricia Brown
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the observed precession of Mercury per century?
5,600 arc seconds
38 arc seconds
5,557 arc seconds
43 arc seconds
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why was there a discrepancy in Mercury's precession according to Newton's laws?
Mercury's orbit is perfectly circular
Mercury's speed is slower than calculated
Newton's laws do not account for relativity
The Sun's gravity is weaker than expected
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does general relativity explain the time discrepancy for Mercury?
Time runs faster near strong gravitational fields
Time runs slower near strong gravitational fields
Mercury's orbit is slower
Mercury is further from the Sun
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who first analyzed Mercury's transitions across the Sun's disk?
Urbain Le Verrier
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
Simon Newcomb
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was Simon Newcomb's contribution to understanding Mercury's precession?
He refined the observed shift to 43 arc seconds
He discovered the precession
He calculated the speed of light
He disproved Le Verrier's findings
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the derived equation for Mercury's precession shift include?
Only the speed of light
The mass of Mercury
The gravitational constant
The semi-major axis and orbital period
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How is the precession shift per revolution expressed?
In meters
In radians
In degrees
In kilometers
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