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TRUE ANOMALY [3 records]

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Record 1 1994-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

The angular distance, measured in the orbital plane from the Earth's center (occupied focus) from the perigee to the current location of the satellite (orbital body).

OBS

Term and definition provided by the Canadian Hydrographic Service.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Télédétection
DEF

Distance angulaire, mesurée dans le plan orbital au centre de la Terre (foyer occupé), entre le périgée et la position instantanée du satellite (corps orbital).

Spanish

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Record 2 1980-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
DEF

In celestial mechanics, the angle between the radius vector to an orbiting body from its primary (the focus of the orbital ellipse) and the line of apsides of the orbit, measured in the direction of travel, from the point of closest approach to the primary (perifocus).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
DEF

Angle caractérisant la position d'une planète sur son orbite, repérée par rapport au grand axe de l'orbite.

Spanish

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Record 3 1978-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
OBS

The true anomaly of a star is the angular distance (as measured from the central body and in the direction of the star's motion) between periastron and the observed position of the star.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
OBS

Angle formé au centre du soleil par le rayon vecteur et le grand centre de l'ellipse: la différence entre l'anomalie vraie et l'anomalie moyenne donne l'équation du centre ou l'équation de l'orbite.

Spanish

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