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flyby [′flī‚bī]

(aerospace engineering)

A close approach of a space vehicle to a target planet in which the vehicle does not impact the planet or go into orbit around it. Also known as swing-by.

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No references found			5-billion-dollar) European spacecraft made a final flyby of Earth on Friday, using the planet as a gravitational slingshot to speed to a rendezvous with a comet in 2014. Europe's comet chaser makes last call home by AFP / AFP Global Edition Byline: ANI Washington, November 4 (ANI): NASA spacecraft MESSENGER's third and final flyby of Mercury has revealed more hidden territory on the planet and is providing new scientific findings about this relatively unknown world. NASA's MESSENGER reveals more hidden territory on Mercury by Asian News International The encounter was the mission's third and last flyby and gave the craft the gravitational assistance it needs to settle in March 2011 into a year-long orbit around Mercury, the solar system's innermost and least explored planet. Flyby details mercury's unobserved terrain by Cowen, Ron / Science News			fly bridge fly curtain fly cutter fly cutting fly floor fly gallery fly ladder fly line fly loft fly page fly rafter fly rail Fly River fly rock fly screen door fly stair fly wire screening Fly-ash Collection fly-by-wire system fly-off fly-past flyback flyback power supply flyback transformer flyblown flyby flycatcher flyer Flygare-Carlén, Emilie flying flying angle flying boat flying bomb flying bond flying bridge flying buttress flying clock flying dragon Flying Dutchman flying facade flying façade flying fish flying form flying formwork flying fox flying gallery flying gutter flying head flying height flying hour rate flying lemur			Flyaway grass Flyaway Kit Flyaway Package Flyaway Triband Satellite Terminal Flyback Flyback flyback power supply Flyback transformer Flyback transformer Flyball Dog Flyball Dog Excellent Flyball governor Flybane FLYBD flyblew flyblow flyblow flyblow flyblowing flyblown flyblown flyblown flyblows flyboat Flybook flyboy Flyboy Club flybridge flybridge flybridges flyby flybys flybys FLYC FLYCA flycatcher flycatcher Flycatcher (disambiguation) Flycatcher (disambiguation) Flycatchers Flycatchers flycatching warbler Flyen Boyz, Inc. flyer flyer flyer flyer flyer flyer Flyer (disambiguation) Flyer (disambiguation) Flyer (pamphlet) Flyer (pamphlet) Flyer (pamphlet) Flyer Distribution Standards Association Flyer Distributions Standards Association Flyers Flyers Flyers Flyers Skate Zone Flyers Youth Hockey Club

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