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Since the dawn of experimental gravitational physics, the solar system has been one of its key testing grounds. The observation of anomalies in the trajectory of solar system bodies relative to theoretical prediction has often led to theoretical breakthroughs. Perhaps the best known example is the perihelion precession of Mercury. At first attributed to systematic errors, then turned into a major problem for Newtonian gravity and became one of the key experimental evidence supporting General Relativity (GR).
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Francisco, F. (2015). Introduction. In: Trajectory Anomalies in Interplanetary Spacecraft. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18980-2_1
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