Argument of Pericenter -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Argument of Pericenter

The orbital element , which measures the angle from the ascending node to the body in the orbital plane. (It is denoted when measured from an arbitrary point in the orbital plane.)

Ascending Node