Hohmann transfer orbit

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Named after Walter Hohmann, German scientist who described it in 1925.

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Hohmann transfer orbit (plural Hohmann transfer orbits)

  1. (aerospace) An elliptical orbit used to transfer between two circular orbits of different radii in the same plane.

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