# mean longitude

> ecliptic longitude at which an orbiting body could be found if its orbit were circular and free of perturbations. While nominally a simple longitude, in practice the mean longitude is a hybrid angle

**Wikidata**: [Q1002613](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1002613)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_longitude)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/mean-longitude


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013