anomalistic year

/əˈnɑməˌlɪstɪk jɪər/
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Definitions of anomalistic year
  1. noun
    time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again; 365 days and 6 hr and 13 min and 53.1 sec
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    year
    the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun
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