McDowell line

短语

别名

McDowell limit McDowell Limit McDowell Line

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The altitude of periapsis at which atmospheric drag will prevent an object from successfully orbiting.

    航空 商务 工程

词源

(aerospace): From being proposed by astrophysicist Jonathan C. McDowell in 2018; when analyzing orbiting satellites to determine the perigee altitude at which one can successfully orbit 2 or more times on a highly elliptical orbit.

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