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The mean anomaly in elliptic motion as random variable

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In this paper we deal with the different means for some characteristic quantities and functions in elliptic motion. We then give some probability interpretations of the mean anomaly and discuss the free terms of certain expansions in the Fourier series related to the mean anomaly. Finally we give a therem illustrating the mathematical meaning of results obtained by these interpretations.

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  1. Astronomical Latitude Observatory, Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Borowiec, 63-120, Kórnik, Poland

    R. A. Serafin

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Serafin, R.A. The mean anomaly in elliptic motion as random variable. Celestial Mechanics 21, 351–356 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01231273

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