In What Way Do Observations of Mercury Support Einstein's General

question 14

Multiple Choice

In what way do observations of Mercury support Einstein's general theory of relativity?

• A)Mercury's orbit slowly precesses in a way that matches the prediction of general relativity but disagrees with the prediction based on Newton's universal law of gravitation.
• B)Einstein discovered that time runs slower on Mercury than on Earth,as his theory predicted.
• C)Einstein was able to explain the fact that Mercury orbits the Sun exactly twice for every three rotations,and Newton's theory of gravity cannot account for this.
• D)We can see that Mercury lies deeper in the spacetime bowl that surrounds the Sun than does Earth.

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