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MEAN ANOMALY

Specialty Definition: MEAN ANOMALY

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

See anomaly. (references)

Space

An angle used in calculating orbital motion obeying Kepler's laws, increasing by 360 degrees each orbit. The polar angle of an orbiting object around the center of attractionthe "true anomaly"also increases by 360 degrees each orbit. However, while the true anomaly changes unevenlyfaster during closest approachthe mean anomaly increases steadily, in proportion to time. The mean anomaly is one of 6 orbital elements defining Keplerian motion. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: MEAN ANOMALY

Specialty definitions using "MEAN ANOMALY": Orbital elements. (references)

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Modern Translation: MEAN ANOMALY

Language Translations for "MEAN ANOMALY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

middelanomali. (various references)

   

French

  

anomalie moyenne. (various references)

   

German

  

mittlere Anomalie. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μέση ανωμαλία. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eanmay anomalyay

   

Portuguese

  

anomalia média. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

anomalía media. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: MEAN ANOMALY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-l-m-m-n-n-o-y"

-3 letters: analemma, melanoma, moneyman.

-4 letters: ammonal, anomaly, myeloma.

-5 letters: anneal, anonym, anyone, layman, laymen, lemony, manana, meanly, namely, yeoman.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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1. Crosswords
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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