"Hohmann transfer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Hohmann transfers [plural]
Etymology: Named after Walter Hohmann, the German engineer who described it. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Hohmann transfer (plural Hohmann transfers)
  1. (astronautics) An elliptical orbit used to transfer a spacecraft between two circular orbits of different altitudes in the same plane, with the periapsis of the orbit being tangent to the smaller circular orbit and its apoapsis being tangent to the larger circular orbit. Categories (topical): Astronautics, Orbits Coordinate_terms: bi-elliptic transfer
    Sense id: en-Hohmann_transfer-en-noun-2rPu82Sq Disambiguation of Orbits: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 70 30 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 77 23 Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (astronautics) The process of using such an orbit to transfer between two other orbits. Categories (topical): Astronautics
    Sense id: en-Hohmann_transfer-en-noun-0WuYF82C Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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