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noun Astronomy. the anomaly of a mean planet; the angular distance of the planet from perihelion or aphelion.

The relation between the eccentric anomaly and the Mean anomaly can be found in the mean anomaly article. References. Murray, C. D. & Dermott, S. F. 1999, Solar System Dynamics ...

The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform. (b) The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.

The Mean Anomaly (M) is related to the true angle (True Anomaly) that the satellite has traveled since its most recent perigee point through the Eccentric Anomaly and Kepler's ...