Dicke measured the oblateness of the sun and found a correction amounting to four seconds of arc. This left 38 seconds of arc to be assigned to the gravitational effect by default. My own calculation indicated a value of 36 seconds of arc caused by the gravitational effect. The application of the spin potential of the sun to the problem produced an added correction amounting to about 6 seconds of arc. Since the combination of effects confirmed the measured value, it was necessary to conclude that Einstein was wrong even when he got the right answer.
Life is truly a kettle of fish.
We conclude that Einstein was in error by more than 16 percent. To this point we have found the calculation of the deflection of the photon past the sun to be in error. Also in error is the calculation of the orbit of Mercury since a non-rotating sun was used. In the case of the gravitational red shift, no contraction for the nature of the space was applied. Since this is a masking effect only, the measurement of the gravitational red shift would reflect only that due to the energy of free fall.