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anomalistic year
noun
Astronomy.
- the average interval between consecutive passages of the earth through the perihelion, equivalent to 365.26 days.
anomalistic year
noun
- the interval between two successive passages of the earth through perihelion; 365.25964 mean solar days
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Origin of anomalistic year1
First recorded in 1870–75
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The anomalistic year is the interval between two successive times at which the earth is in perihelion, or 365 days 6 hours 13 minutes 48 seconds.
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This in the earth's orbit produces the anomalistic year.
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