EXPERIMENT 001 / Mercury / first demonstration
A small orbit. A profound difference.
Our starting point: a controlled Mercury simulation, a measured relativistic precession, and a short explanatory film.
The original film
36 SECONDS · ARCHIVESilent film with on-screen explanations. Download MP4 ↓
READ THE MODEL, TOO
The science behind the image.
A controlled, massless Mercury model around the Sun with a first post-Newtonian correction. The film exaggerates the visual effect for explanation; it is not a literal view of the orbit.
Measured advance: 42.980463932 arcseconds per Julian century. Independent analytic reference: 42.980475410.