Explanation of the Anomalous Secular Increase of the Moon Orbit Eccentricity by the New Theory of Gravitation (NTG)
Reiner Georg Ziefle
Present
day gravitational physics experiences a huge success in obtaining
better and better experimental results. In some cases, the observations
do not fit with the present knowledge of established physics. Phenomena,
like the increase of the Astronomical Unit by 7 m per century or the
so-called anomalous secular increase of the eccentricity of the lunar
orbit by about 9 ? 10−12 per year, which can neither be
explained by Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, nor by the
Newtonian Theory of Gravitation, can be explained by the New Theory of
Gravitation
