Orbital Mechanics – Finding True Anomaly from Eccentric and Mean Anomaly

In this video, we use eccentric anomaly and mean anomaly to calculate our true anomaly from just a few parameters – a (semimajor axis), P (period), mu (gravitational parameter of the central body), e (eccentricity), and time since perigee passage. We also show how to solve for eccentric anomaly using either Python or Excel.