Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2012) 127: 155
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2012-12155-2

Regular Article

The precession of the orbit of a charged body interacting with a massive charged body in General Relativity

Escuela Superior de Física y Matemáticas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, U.P. Adolfo López Mateos, Zacatenco, C.P. 07738, Mexico D.F., Mexico

^* e-mail: aavalos@esfm.ipn.mx

Received: 12 September 2012
Revised: 30 November 2012
Accepted: 5 December 2012
Published online: 19 December 2012

Abstract

The orbital precession of a charged test body interacting with a charged and massive body, fixed in the origin, is obtained by means of an approximate solution to the motion equations for such a system. Once the precession is known, in order to fit the Mercury perihelion precession uncertainty, some analysis regarding the possible charges for the Sun and Mercury is made.