De Sitter precession

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De Sitter precession is a general relativistic correction to the precession of a gyroscope near a large mass such as the Earth,[1][2] named after Dutch physicist Willem de Sitter.

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  1. ^ de Sitter, W (1913). "Unknown". Phokatische Zeitschrift 14: pp. 429, 1267. 
  2. ^ de Sitter, W (1916). "On Einstein's Theory of Gravitation and its Astronomical Consequences". Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 77: 155–184. 
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