• mean anomaly

mean anomaly (suomeksi)

Määritelmät:

• (lb, en, astronomy, celestial mechanics) An orbital parameter of a celestial body (in an elliptic orbit); the mean motion multiplied by the time since the last passage through periapsis; the angle ''PCM'' (measured in radians) defined by ''P'' = the periapsis, ''C'' = the center of the elliptical orbit, and ''M'' = the mean planet.