Orbital Precession -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Orbital Precession

Planet-induced orbital precession is given by

where is the longitude of pericenter, G is the gravitational constant, M is the mass of the central body, a is the semimajor axis Eric Weisstein's World of Math, is a gravitational moment, R is the radius of the central body, and is longitude of the ascending node.

Exterior satellite-induced precession is given by

where

Interior satellite-induced precession is given by

where

Precession, Relativistic Two-Body Problem