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}.