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