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Originally Posted by cromag
deflection
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DNSB
Hyperbola
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Google gives me this: "Hyperbola deflection" refers to the path an object takes when it is deflected by a gravitational body in a hyperbolic trajectory, meaning it has enough velocity to escape the gravitational pull and not be captured into an orbit, resulting in a curved path resembling a hyperbola shape as it flies past the central body
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