Mean anomaly ( $M$ )

Mean anomaly is the uniformly increasing phase

M = n (t - τ)

of a Kepler orbit, measured from periapsis time

τ

.

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Kepler's equation

For an elliptic Kepler orbit, Kepler's equation relates mean anomaly

M

and eccentric anomaly

E

by

M = E - e sin E .

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