Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oberth effect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: oberth -ef-fect
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Oberth effects (plural)

Questions

What does oberth effect mean?: The concept that the most efficient place for spacecraft to change velocity is at the periapsis (the lowest point of an orbit).
Where does oberth effect come from?: Named after the physicist Hermann Oberth, who described the concept in 1927.

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