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Schwarzschild perihelion precession

The nearly circular orbit equation

u^{''} + u = \frac{m}{h ^{2}} + 3 m u^{2}

has radial angular frequency

1 - 3 m^{2} / h^{2}

to leading order. The perihelion advances by

6 π m^{2} / h^{2}

per orbit.

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