Did the Gravity Probe B Actually Prove the Einstein's General Relativity Theory?

Abstract

It has been shown in an earlier publication (Hynecek, 2013) that the frame dragging effect due to the Earth's rotation, which is claimed that the Gravity Probe B (GP-B) has detected, cannot exist. In this paper it is shown that the Geodetic Precession, which the GP-B has also measured, and is typically calculated from the Einstein's General Relativity Theory (GRT), can also be calculated from a different metric. When the results of calculations are compared side by side the differences are very small, but it becomes clear that the GRT actually may not be providing the correct derivation of formula for this effect. The one reason among several others is due to the fact that the GRT derivation, as is shown in this paper, also leads to the derivation of the classical Kepler's third law for circular orbits, which is easily derived from the Newtonian physics, and should therefore hold true only in the flat space-time geometry.

The Theory of Static Gravitational Field

“…Actually, the zero value for this tensor may not be permissible for the nonzero value of the gravitating mass except perhaps in the weak field limit. More details about the problems of GRT can be found in Hynecek (2009a), Hynecek (2011), andLogunov (1983).…”

Physics in Space beyond the Schwarzschild Radius

“…The metric describes the space-time without Black Holes (BH) and the Event Horizon. The correctness of the metric was verified, for example, by deriving formulas for the geodetic precession and comparing predictions with the measurement results of Gravity Probe B (Hynecek, 2013). Additional verification was made by investigating the famous light bending effect caused by a gravitating body (Hynecek, 2011).…”