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Hohmann transfer orbit
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English
Etymology
en Walter Hohmann German scientist Walter Hohmann, who described it in 1925.
Noun
en space flight An elliptical orbit used to transfer between two circular orbits of different radii in the same plane.
Hypernyms
en transfer orbit (TO) orbit
Coordinate terms
en Clarke orbit
Related terms
en low energy transfer orbit (LETO) lunar transfer orbit (LTO) Mars transfer orbit (MTO)
Translations
Finnish: fi Hohmannin siirtorata
en Orbits