A year measured between successive perihelia of the earth (approximately 3651/4 days).
〔天文〕近点年（约3651/4天）
Example sentencesExamples
Wherever we begin an anomalistic year the Earth will go through the complete cycle of its varying speeds while completing an ellipse back to the starting position.
As for those other years, an anomalistic year is about 365.259635 days long.
On average, the anomalistic year is about 25 minutes longer than the tropical year, so the date of perihelion slowly shifts over time, regressing by about 1 full day every 58 years.
An anomalistic lunar month is the lunar equivalent to the solar anomalistic year which indicates the passage of the sun around the earth from perigee to perigee.
There is also the anomalistic year, although this is even less used than the sidereal year.
Definition of anomalistic year in US English:
anomalistic year
noun
Astronomy
A year measured between successive perihelia of the earth (approximately 365 1/4 days).
〔天文〕近点年（约3651/4天）
Example sentencesExamples
Wherever we begin an anomalistic year the Earth will go through the complete cycle of its varying speeds while completing an ellipse back to the starting position.
An anomalistic lunar month is the lunar equivalent to the solar anomalistic year which indicates the passage of the sun around the earth from perigee to perigee.
As for those other years, an anomalistic year is about 365.259635 days long.
On average, the anomalistic year is about 25 minutes longer than the tropical year, so the date of perihelion slowly shifts over time, regressing by about 1 full day every 58 years.
There is also the anomalistic year, although this is even less used than the sidereal year.