Disciplines
Physics
Mentor
Dr. Brett Bolen
Abstract
Newtonian theories of gravity fail to describe certain minute but detectable phenomena. The existence of such phenomena spurred the development of improved theories of gravi- tation. The current leading theory is general relativity. This project involved mathematical examination of various implications of general relativity, including the perihelion precession of orbits and de Sitter precession in space-time near static masses, and Lense-Thirring precession in spacetime near slowly rotating masses.
ScholarWorks Citation
Tripp, Nathan, "An Analysis of the Effects of Massive Rotating Bodies on Orbits in the Weak Field Limit" (2013). Honors Projects. 375.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/honorsprojects/375
