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aerocapture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ae-ro-cap-ture
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of aerobraking in which a spacecraft uses atmospheric drag to decelerate from a hyperbolic trajectory into a closed orbit, eliminating the need for a large orbital-insertion burn and requiring only small correction burns to raise the spacecraft's periapsis out of the atmosphere.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To perform (an) aerocapture.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

From aero- + capture.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

aerocaptures (plural) aerocaptures (present, singular) aerocapturing (participle, present) aerocaptured (participle, past) aerocaptured (past)

Frequently Paired Words

lithocapture

Questions

What does aerocapture mean?
A form of aerobraking in which a spacecraft uses atmospheric drag to decelerate from a hyperbolic trajectory into a closed orbit, eliminating the need for a large orbital-insertion burn and requiring only small correction burns to raise the spacecraft's periapsis out of the atmosphere.
Where does aerocapture come from?
From aero- + capture.

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