Alternativa stavningar

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1.yerçekimsel sapan

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Substantiv

  1. (astrophysics) The favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body.

Exempel

  • After going into orbit around Jupiter with a gravity assist from the volcanic moon Io, Galileo will spend 22 months studying the planet.
  • Cassini is supposed to swing by Earth in 1999 for a gravity assist that would sling it out toward Saturn.
  • MESSENGER successfully flew by Mercury yesterday, gaining a critical gravity assist that will enable it to enter orbit about Mercury in 2011.

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Pluralgravity assists

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