Abstract
The problem of predicting the orbit and precession of the perihelion of a planet, moving under the effects of a potential derived from the Schwarzschild metric in general relativity, is reviewed in the light of a recent paper by Weinstock (1989). Following the work by McLoughlin and Smith (1976) the orbit and the precession are obtained directly from the conservation laws of energy and angular momentum using elementary algebra and trigonometry and simple integration coupled with basic physical (observational) arguments.
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