Spacecraft can use the gravitional energy from Jupiter to perform a “slingshot” maneuver, gaining significant momentum and reaching the outer solar system with less fuel.
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pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Context?
funkajunk@lemmy.world 2 days ago
isame@hexbear.net 2 days ago
NASA uses Jupiter’s gravity well to slingshot craft into farther orbits.
rooster_butt@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Jupiter is used as a gravity assist to launch satellites further. This maneuver is known as a slingshot.
wewbull@feddit.uk 2 days ago
What worries me is that they’re stealing a little bit of Jupiter’s momentum every time. If they’re not careful it’ll fall towards the sun and we’ll have a Jupiter landing on our heads.
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Baggie@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
It’s alright, we send someone out every few years to give it a bit of a wind up, like a grandfather clock.
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Ah ok. I remember we also did this with the Moon
Zuriz@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
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Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 day ago
sg1 taught us that.
0x0@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Not a physicist but i don’t think a black hole would work…
Wolf@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Why wouldn’t it? A gravity well is a gravity well. As long as you remain outside the event horizon it should work in the same way.