Related Formulae
The mean motion has a unit of radian or degrees per unit time
The mean motion for satellite orbital parameters is a ratio and thus have no units
where d is the amount of time in a day and P is the orbital period.
Or,
where M1 and M0 are the mean anomalies at particular points in time, and t is the time elapsed between the two. M0 is referred to as the mean anomaly at epoch, and t the time since epoch.
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