lithocapture (English, noun)
expansion: lithocapture (countable and uncountable, plural lithocaptures)
Senses:
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of lithobraking in which a spacecraft or other object on a hyperbolic trajectory inbound to a planet, moon, asteroid, or other celestial body is decelerated by impact with the surface of the body.
tags: countable
humorous
uncountable
Forms:
form: lithocaptures
tags: plural