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 There is a problem with Mercury too. Newtonian mechanics is completely unable to deal with Mercury with any accuracy, and it wasn't until Einstein came along with [[wp>General_relativity|Relativity]] (his theory of gravity) that its orbit was finally calculated properly. The reason is that Mercury is so close to the Sun that you really need to understand how gravity distorts spacetime, which Newtonian mechanics doesn't deal with. There is a problem with Mercury too. Newtonian mechanics is completely unable to deal with Mercury with any accuracy, and it wasn't until Einstein came along with [[wp>General_relativity|Relativity]] (his theory of gravity) that its orbit was finally calculated properly. The reason is that Mercury is so close to the Sun that you really need to understand how gravity distorts spacetime, which Newtonian mechanics doesn't deal with.
  
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