eccentric anomaly

noun

The angle PCR formed by P = the periapsis of a celestial body's elliptical orbit, C = the center of that elliptical orbit, and R = the corresponding point to that celestial body (the projection of the celestial body along a direction parallel to the minor axis of its orbit onto the auxiliary circle (a circle which shares a diameter with the major axis of the celestial body's orbit)).

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Meanings

nouneccentric anomaly (countable and uncountable, plural eccentric anomalies)

plural eccentric anomalies

  1. countableuncountablecelestial mechanicsastronomyThe angle PCR formed by P = the periapsis of a celestial body's elliptical orbit, C = the center of that elliptical orbit, and R = the corresponding point to that celestial body (the projection of the celestial body along a direction parallel to the minor axis of its orbit onto the auxiliary circle (a circle which shares a diameter with the major axis of the celestial body's orbit)).

Translations

Finnish eksentrinen anomalia
  • eksentrinen anomaliaangle
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