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名詞

Hohmann transfer (複数形 Hohmann transfers)

1. (astronautics) An elliptical orbit used to transfer a spacecraft between two circular orbits of different altitudes in the same plane, with the periapsis of the orbit being tangent to the smaller circular orbit and its apoapsis being tangent to the larger circular orbit.
2. (astronautics) The process of using such an orbit to transfer between two other orbits.

等位語

• bi-elliptic transfer