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==Calculation== The true longitude {{math|''l''}} can be calculated as follows:<ref name=Moulton_1970>{{cite book|last=Multon|first=F. R.|date=1970|title=An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics|edition=2nd|pages=182β183|location=New York, NY|publisher=Dover}}</ref><ref name=Roy_1978>{{cite book|last=Roy|first=A. E.|date=1978|title=Orbital Motion|page=174|ISBN=0-470-99251-4|location=New York, NY|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]}}</ref><ref name=Brouwer_Clemence_1961>{{cite book|last1=Brouwer|first1=D.|last2=Clemence|first2=G. M.|date=1961|title=Methods of Celestial Mechanics|url=https://archive.org/details/methodsofcelesti00brou|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/methodsofcelesti00brou/page/45 45]|location=New York, NY|publisher=[[Academic Press]]}}</ref> :{{math|1=''l'' = ''Ξ½'' + ''Ο''}} where: *{{math|''Ξ½''}} is the orbit's [[true anomaly]], *{{math|''Ο'' β‘ ''Ο'' + ''Ξ©''}} is the [[longitude of the periapsis|longitude of orbit's periapsis]], **{{math|''Ο''}} is the [[argument of periapsis]], and **{{math|''Ξ©''}} is the [[longitude of the ascending node|longitude of the orbit's ascending node]],
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