Timeline of gravitational physics and relativity

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Timeline of gravitational physics and relativity

The following is a timeline of gravitational physics and general relativity.

Einstein's mass-energy equation in a 1912 manuscript. He originally used instead of to denote energy.

Before 1500

1500s

1600s

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Geometric diagram for Newton's proof of Kepler's second law.

1700s

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Lagrange points

1800s

1900s

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The U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered Task Force 1 underway for Operation Sea Orbit in the Mediterranean, 1964.

1910s

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Einstein's 1911 argument for gravitational redshift

1920s

1930s

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The Einstein Cross is an example of gravitational lensing at work. This one was discovered in 1985.[93]

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

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Variations in the temperature of the cosmic microwave background measured by the COBE satellite. The plane of the Milky Way Galaxy is horizontal across the middle of each picture.

1990s

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Parameter space of various approximation techniques in general relativity

2000s

2010s

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Improving cosmological measurements by three different satellites

2020s

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The size of Sagittarius A* is smaller than the orbit of Mercury.

See also

References

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