Oberth effect

English

Etymology

Named after the physicist Hermann Oberth, who described the concept in 1927.

Noun

Oberth effect (plural Oberth effects)

  1. (astronautics) The concept that the most efficient place for spacecraft to change velocity is at the periapsis (the lowest point of an orbit).
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