%0 Journal Article
%T On the Intrinsic Precession of the Perihelion of Mercury
%A Barbaro Quintero-Leyva
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 2
%N 12
%P 1-5
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2015
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1102239
%X The longitude of the perihelion advance of Mercury was calculated for the
two and ten-body problem by using a correction to the balance between the force
given by the Newton 2<sup>nd</sup> law of motion and the Newton gravitational
force. The corresponding system of differential equations was solved
numerically. The correction, that expresses the apparent mass variation with
the body speed, has a trend that is different from those that usually appear in
the electron theory and in the special theory of relativity. The calculated
intrinsic precession was ~42.95 arc-sec/cy for the Sun-Mercury system and
~42.98 arc-sec/cy when the difference between the corrected model and the Newtonian
model, for the 10-body problem, is taken.
%K Celestial Mechanics
%K Newtonian Gravitation
%K Newton¡¯s 2nd Law
%K Special Theory of Relativity
%K Mercury Perihelion Precession
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/3154100