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Noun: anomalistic year
  1. Time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again; 365 days and 6 hr and 13 min and 53.1 sec
    "The anomalistic year is slightly longer than the tropical year"

Derived forms: anomalistic years

Type of: year

Encyclopedia: Anomalistic year