近点月

[ noun ]
period between successive perigees; approximately 27.5546 days
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Anomalistic \A*nom`a*lis"tic\, Anomalistical
\A*nom`a*lis"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. anomalistique.]
1. Irregular; departing from common or established rules.

2. (Astron.) Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance
of a planet from its perihelion.

{Anomalistic month}. See under {Month}.

{Anomalistic revolution}, the period in which a planet or
satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes
of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the
same again.

{Anomalistic}, or {Periodical year}. See under {Year}.