Hohmann transfer (English, noun)
expansion: Hohmann transfer (plural Hohmann transfers)
Senses:
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: 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.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The process of using such an orbit to transfer between two other orbits.
Forms:
form: Hohmann transfers
tags: plural