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The favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astrophysics
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Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
painovoimalinko
— the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body
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German:
Gravitationsmanöver
— the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body
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German:
Schwerkraftumlenkung
— the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body
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German:
Swing-by
— the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body
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German:
Vorbeischwungmanöver
— the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body
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Hungarian:
gravitációs tér felhasználása
— the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body
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Polish:
asysta grawitacyjna
— the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body
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Turkish:
kütleçekimsel sapan
— the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body
