Tests of General Relativity - Classical Tests

Classical Tests

Albert Einstein proposed three tests of general relativity, subsequently called the classical tests of general relativity, in 1916:

  1. the perihelion precession of Mercury's orbit
  2. the deflection of light by the Sun
  3. the gravitational redshift of light

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