# eccentric anomaly

> angular parameter that defines the position of a body that is moving along an elliptic Kepler orbit.; one of three angular parameters ("anomalies") that define a position along an orbit, the other two being the true anomaly and the mean anomaly

**Wikidata**: [Q2000619](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2000619)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eccentric_anomaly)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/eccentric-anomaly


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013