anomalistic year

noun, Astronomy
1.
the average interval between consecutive passages of the earth through the perihelion, equivalent to 365.26 days.
Origin
1870-75
Examples from the web for anomalistic year
  • We have the even longer anomalistic year, from perihelion to perihelion.
  • Therefore, the anomalistic year is slightly longer than the sidereal year.
British Dictionary definitions for anomalistic year

anomalistic year

noun
1.
the interval between two successive passages of the earth through perihelion; 365.25964 mean solar days