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gravity assist

noun

  1. the technique of using the energy of a gravitational field and the orbital velocity of a planet to change the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft.

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I remember when I was working on our Pluto film, trying to describe a gravity assist, and there’s a lot of animation of it.

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