true anomaly

English

Noun

true anomaly (countable and uncountable, plural true anomalies)

  1. (astronomy, celestial mechanics) The angle PFC formed by P = the periapsis of a celestial body's elliptical orbit, F = the focus of that orbit, and C = the current position of the celestial body.
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