Author Question: If the orbit of Mercury were perfectly circular, its rate of precession would be A) larger than ... (Read 15 times)

nramada · **on:** Jul 29, 2018

If the orbit of Mercury were perfectly circular, its rate of precession would be

A) larger than it is now.
B) smaller than it is now.
C) the same as it is now.
D) zero.

Question 2

The elliptical orbit of Mercury measurably precesses because

A) Mercury moves in the gravitational field of the other planets.
B) Mercury travels faster than any other planet.
C) Mercury is closest to the Sun.
D) the Sun's gravitational field varies along Mercury's orbit.
E) none of these