השוואת שיטות

	סיוע כבידתי	ניתוח עקומת אור
תחום	פיזיקה יישומית	פיזיקה יישומית
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1961	1880
הוגה השיטה	Michael Minovitch	Edward Pickering
סוג	Orbital maneuver technique	Signal processing and astronomical observation technique
מקור מכונן	Minovitch, M. A. (1961). The determination and characteristics of ballistic interplanetary trajectories under the influence of multiple planetary gravitational fields. Technical Report 32-464, Jet Propulsion Laboratory.	Ricker, G. R., et al. (2015). TESS: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 1(1), 014003.
כינויים	swing-by, gravitational slingshot	photometric analysis, transit photometry, eclipsing binary analysis
קשורות	4	3
תקציר	A gravity assist (or swing-by) maneuver uses the gravitational field of a planet or other celestial body to alter a spacecraft's trajectory and velocity without expending fuel. Discovered by Michael Minovitch at JPL in 1961, this technique is crucial for reaching distant planets economically. It works by exploiting the relative motion between the spacecraft, the assisting body, and the Sun.	Light curve analysis is the study of the brightness variation of a celestial object over time, used to detect and characterize exoplanets, eclipsing binaries, and variable stars. When a planet transits in front of its host star, the star's brightness dips slightly. By analyzing these photometric signatures, astronomers can determine planetary radii, orbital periods, and atmospheric properties. This method has discovered thousands of exoplanets and revealed the structure of stellar systems.