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Definition of True anomaly
1. Noun. The angular distance of a point in an orbit past the point of periapsis measured in degrees.
Lexicographical Neighbors of True Anomaly
Literary usage of True anomaly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"(The longitude of the planet is, therefore, equal to the sum of the longitude of
the perihelion^ and the true anomaly of the planet. ..."
2. An Elementary Treatise on Astronomy: In Two Parts. The First Containing a by John Gummere (1854)
"When the sun moves from the perigee, his true motion is greater than his mean
motion, and therefore his true anomaly will be greater than his ..."
3. Theoretical Astronomy Relating to the Motions of the Heavenly Bodies by James Craig Watson (1868)
"We shall, therefore, now proceed to develop the formulae for finding the true
anomaly in ellipses and hyperbolas which differ but little from the parabola, ..."
4. Theoretical Astronomy Relating to the Motions of the Heavenly Bodies by James Craig Watson (1900)
"We shall, therefore, now proceed to develop the formulae for finding the true
anomaly in ellipses and hyperbolas which differ but little from the parabola, ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1799)
"When the true anomaly is given, the mean anomaly may easily be found: but, when
the mean anomaly is given, it is not so easy to determine the true ; since ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Were the earth's angular motion uniform the increase or decrease of this angle
would be equal in equal times, and the mean anomaly would be the true anomaly ..."
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