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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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Two previous flybys used Earth, and another used Mars to gain speed.
Europe's comet chaser makes last call home by AFP / AFP Global Edition
As enticing as these flybys have been for discovering some of Mercury's secrets, they are the hors d'oeuvres to the mission's main course - observing Mercury from orbit for an entire year," he added.
NASA's Messenger spacecraft prepares for final pass by Mercury on ... by Asian News International
The previous flybys by MESSENGER and Mariner 10 provided data only about Mercury's eastern hemisphere," said Brian Anderson of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.
US space probe completes successful Mercury fly-pass by AFP / AFP American Edition
 
 
 
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