lithocapture

English

litho- (“pertaining to stone”) +‎ capture, coined as a pun on aerocapture and lithobraking.

lithocapture (plural lithocaptures)

(humorous) 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.
- 2020, Jonathan C. McDowell, “Astronautical Glossary”, in Jonathan's Space Report‎, retrieved 21 February 2021:
  If the initial orbit is hyperbolic, lithobraking would properly be termed lithocapture.

单词	lithocapture
释义	lithocapture English Etymology litho- (“pertaining to stone”) +‎ capture, coined as a pun on aerocapture and lithobraking. Noun lithocapture (plural lithocaptures) (humorous) 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. 2020, Jonathan C. McDowell, “Astronautical Glossary”, in Jonathan's Space Report‎, retrieved 21 February 2021: If the initial orbit is hyperbolic, lithobraking would properly be termed lithocapture.
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