swing-around trajectory

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swing-around trajectory [′swiŋ ə¦rau̇nd trə′jek·trē]

(aerospace engineering)

A planetary round-trip trajectory which requires minimal propulsion at the destination planet, but instead uses the planet's gravitational field to effect the bulk of the necessary orbit change to return to earth.

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