osculating ellipse
Astronomy
noun
An ellipse that represents the orbital elements of a celestial object at a given moment but, because it does not allow for perturbation effects, differs from the actual orbit that the object will follow.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
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