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  2. Mean anomaly - Wikipedia

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    Thus mean anomaly is also [6] = . Mean angular motion can also be expressed, = , where μ is the gravitational parameter, which varies with the masses of the objects, and a is the semi-major axis of the orbit. Mean anomaly can then be expanded, = , and here mean anomaly represents uniform angular motion on a circle of radius a. [7]

  3. Monolith (Space Odyssey) - Wikipedia

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    The term "Tycho Magnetic Anomaly" is something of a misnomer when referring to "TMA-0" and "TMA-2", since neither of these is found on the Moon (let alone in Tycho Crater) and neither one of them emits any significant magnetic field, as described in the novel 2010: Odyssey Two. (The characters in some of the novels do refer to this anomalous ...

  4. Temporal paradox - Wikipedia

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    The "predestination paradox" is a concept in time travel and temporal mechanics, often explored in science fiction. It occurs when a future event is the cause of a past event, which in turn becomes the cause of the future event, forming a self-sustaining loop in time.

  5. Anomaly (series) - Wikipedia

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    Anomaly is a 2013 dystopian science-fiction Christian trilogy by Krista McGee, published through Thomas Nelson. The first book in the series, Anomaly , was published on July 9, 2013. The series's second entry, Luminary , was published on January 7, 2014.

  6. Anomaly - Wikipedia

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    Mean anomaly, a measure of time in the study of orbital dynamics Pioneer anomaly , the observed deviation of the trajectories of some uncrewed space probes, and especially Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 South Atlantic Anomaly , an area where the Earth's inner Van Allen radiation belt comes closest to the Earth's surface

  7. Charles Fort - Wikipedia

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    His work continues to inspire admirers, who refer to themselves as "Forteans", and has influenced some aspects of science fiction. [1] Fort's collections of scientific anomalies, including The Book of the Damned (1919), influenced numerous science-fiction writers with their skepticism and as sources of ideas.

  8. The Anomaly (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The reader quickly understands that an event, the "anomaly" of a Paris–New York flight in March 2021, is the link between all these characters. Annick Geille wrote that Le Tellier seems inspired by the "postmodern science fiction" of the cyberpunk subgenre. [5] The work is structured similarly to that of a television series script.

  9. Equation of the center - Wikipedia

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    Such functions can be expressed as periodic series of any continuously increasing angular variable, [6] and the variable of most interest is the mean anomaly, M. Because it increases uniformly with time, expressing any other variable as a series in mean anomaly is essentially the same as expressing it in terms of time.