"Oberth effect" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Oberth effects [plural]
Etymology: Named after the physicist Hermann Oberth, who described the concept in 1927. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Oberth effect (plural Oberth effects)
  1. (space flight) The concept that the most efficient place for spacecraft to change velocity is at the periapsis (the lowest point of an orbit).
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