Eddington's 1919 solar eclipse experiment

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:scientific_research
gptkbp:conductedBy	gptkb:Arthur_Eddington
gptkbp:confirmedPrediction	Einstein's value
gptkbp:date	1919
gptkbp:dateOfEclipse	29 May 1919
gptkbp:impact	boosted Einstein's fame
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Frank_Watson_Dyson
gptkbp:legacy	milestone in physics popularized relativity
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Principe_Island gptkb:Sobral,_Brazil
gptkbp:measures	deflection of starlight by the Sun's gravity
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	worldwide
gptkbp:method	comparison of star positions during and after eclipse
gptkbp:NewtonianPrediction	0.87 arcseconds
gptkbp:observedBy	gptkb:total_solar_eclipse
gptkbp:predictedDeflection	1.75 arcseconds
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:Philosophical_Transactions_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:purpose	test general relativity
gptkbp:result	challenged Newtonian gravity confirmed Einstein's prediction
gptkbp:significance	first experimental confirmation of general relativity
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:testedBy	gptkb:Einstein's_general_theory_of_relativity
gptkbp:type	stars near the Sun's limb
gptkbp:usedFor	photographic plates
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Einstein's_theory_of_relativity gptkb:Einstein's_general_theory_of_relativity gptkb:Einstein's_theory_of_general_relativity
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
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