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"word": "Jupiter gravity assist"
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"ref": "1989 October 10, Warren E. Leary, “Galileo's Itinerary”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-09-04",
"text": "After going into orbit around Jupiter with a gravity assist from the volcanic moon Io, Galileo will spend 22 months studying the planet.",
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"ref": "1997 September 22, Dick Thompson, Michael D. Lemonick, “Nukes in Space”, in Time",
"text": "Cassini is supposed to swing by Earth in 1999 for a gravity assist that would sling it out toward Saturn.",
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"ref": "2009 Oct. 2, \"MESSENGER Gains Critical Gravity Assist For Mercury Orbital Observations,\" spacedaily.com (retrieved 4 Sep. 2011)",
"text": "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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"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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"(astrophysics) 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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"word": "gravitational slingshot"
},
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"word": "gravity slingshot"
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"word": "gravitational assist"
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"word": "gravity-assist"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body",
"word": "painovoimalinko"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "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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"neuter"
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"word": "Gravitationsmanöver"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body",
"tags": [
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"word": "Schwerkraftumlenkung"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "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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"word": "Swing-by"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "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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"word": "Vorbeischwungmanöver"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body",
"word": "gravitációs tér felhasználása"
},
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"sense": "the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body",
"word": "kütleçekimsel sapan"
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"ipa": "/ˈɡɹævɪti əˈsɪst/"
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"sense": "the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body",
"word": "painovoimalinko"
},
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"sense": "the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body",
"tags": [
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"word": "Gravitationsmanöver"
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"sense": "the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Schwerkraftumlenkung"
},
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"sense": "the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Swing-by"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Vorbeischwungmanöver"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body",
"word": "gravitációs tér felhasználása"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the favorable alteration of the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft as a result of its passing near to a celestial body",
"word": "kütleçekimsel sapan"
}
],
"word": "gravity assist"
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