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Relationship between the True and Mean Anomalies

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FOR an elliptical orbit, we have the following relations1: whence, where r, a, and e have their usual meanings, and ν and M are the true and mean anomalies, respectively.

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BROOKES, C. Relationship between the True and Mean Anomalies. Nature 190, 839–840 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190839b0

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