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	Transfert de Hohmann	Simulation N-corps
Domaine	Physique appliquée	Physique appliquée
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1925	1687
Auteur d'origine	Walter Hohmann	Isaac Newton
Type	Trajectory optimization algorithm	Computational simulation algorithm
Source fondatrice	Hohmann, W. (1925). Die Erreichbarkeit der Himmelskörper. R. Oldenbourg.	Poincaré, H. (1892). Les méthodes nouvelles de la mécanique céleste. Gauthier-Villars.
Alias	Hohmann-Vallado transfer, two-impulse maneuver	gravitational N-body problem, many-body simulation
Apparentées	4	5
Résumé	The Hohmann transfer is a maneuver that transfers a spacecraft between two circular orbits using two impulsive burns (velocity changes). Introduced by German engineer Walter Hohmann in 1925, it is the most fuel-efficient method for coplanar orbital transfers when the transfer time is not severely constrained. The transfer orbit is an ellipse tangent to both the initial and final orbits.	N-body simulation is a computational method for modeling the dynamics of a system of particles under mutual gravitational forces. Originating from Newton's laws of motion and gravitation, it solves the fundamental equations of celestial mechanics. This technique is essential for understanding planetary orbits, star cluster evolution, and cosmological structure formation.