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The exact precession of Mercury's perihelion location was finally explained by ____. a) Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity b) Johannes Kepler's laws of planetary motion c) Sir Isaac Newton's laws of motion d) Galileo Galilei's observations

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a) Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity

The exact precession of Mercury's perihelion location was finally explained by Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. This theory, proposed in 1915, provided a more accurate explanation of the motion of Mercury's orbit than Newtonian gravity, which had a small discrepancy that could not be explained until Einstein's theory was introduced.
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