eccentric anomaly (English, noun)
expansion: eccentric anomaly (countable and uncountable, plural eccentric anomalies)
Senses:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
qualifier: celestial mechanics
glosses: 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)).
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: eccentric anomalies
tags: plural