General Relativity Lab Schwarzschild Metric

Geodesics, Perihelion Precession & Light Deflection

Relativistic Parameters

Relativistic Factor (α) 1.00

Scale GR 1/r³ term (0.0 = Newtonian Gravity).

Black Hole Mass (M) 10 M☉

Test Particle Type

Initial Speed (v / c) 0.45 c

Geodesic Path Trail 1200 pts

Critical Boundaries:

Event Horizon (rₛ) 29.5 km

Photon Sphere (1.5 rₛ) 44.3 km

ISCO Orbit (3.0 rₛ) 88.6 km

Spacetime Metric

Schwarzschild Coordinates

Radial Distance (r / rₛ)

4.20 rₛ

Gravitational Time Dilation

1.13x slower

Effective Potential (V_eff)

-0.14 c²

Precession Angle Shift

12.4° / orbit