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gravity-assist

gravity-assist is the alternative form of gravity assist.

Meaning of gravity assist

Noun

gravity assist (plural gravity assists)

  1. The favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body.
    • After going into orbit around Jupiter with a gravity assist from the volcanic moon Io, Galileo will spend 22 months studying the planet.1989 October 10, Warren E. Leary, “Galileo's Itinerary”, in New York Times, retrieved 04 Sep 2011

Forms of gravity-assist

pluralgravity-assists

Questions about gravity-assist

What is gravity-assist the alternative form of?
Gravity-assist is the alternative form of gravity assist.

Words near gravity-assist in the dictionary

  1. gravity well
  2. gravity wells
  3. gravity wind
  4. gravity winds
  5. gravity's pull
  6. gravity-assist
  7. gravity-assists
  8. gravity-brightening
  9. gravity-darkened
  10. gravity-darkening
  11. gravityless

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