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☿️ Mercury Perihelion Precession Lab: Einstein's 43 Arcsecond Test (2D)

Mercury's orbit does not close: general relativity adds 43 arcseconds per century to its perihelion. Compare Newton, first-order relativity and the exact Schwarzschild orbit, with exaggeration, an eccentricity sweep and independent checks.

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Mercury Perihelion Precession Lab: Einstein's 43 Arcsecond Test (2D) ↗ Open standalone
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Mercury's orbit does not close: general relativity adds 43 arcseconds per century to its perihelion. Compare Newton, first-order relativity and the exact Schwarzschild orbit, with exaggeration, an eccentricity sweep and independent checks.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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