• eccentric anomaly

eccentric anomaly (suomeksi)

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• (lb, en, astronomy, celestial mechanics) 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)).