Mean anomaly
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mean-anomaly-171-11318808
title:
Mean anomaly
text:
In celestial mechanics, the mean anomaly is the fraction of an elliptical orbit's period that has elapsed since the orbiting body passed periapsis, expressed as an angle which can be used in calculating the position of that body in the classical two-body problem. It is the angular distance from the pericenter which a fictitious body would have if it moved in a circular orbit, with constant speed, in the same orbital period as the actual body in its elliptical orbit.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Specifies the orbit of an object in space
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_anomaly
date created:
2004-09-02T21:30:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T12:57:52Z
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