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If you fire rockets at closest approach to get more delta-V, that's an Oberth Maneuver - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberth_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
by ahazred8ta 2y ago
If you fire rockets at closest approach to get more delta-V, that's an Oberth Maneuver -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberth_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberth_effect
And as you say, an unpowered planetary flyby is a gravity assist.