flyby
Americannoun
plural
flybys-
the flight of a spacecraft close enough to a celestial object, as a planet, to gather scientific data.
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Aeronautics.
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Also called flypast. a low-altitude flight of an aircraft for the benefit of ground observers.
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noun
Etymology
Origin of flyby
1950–55, noun use of verb phrase fly by
Example Sentences
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It is meant to see the first flyby of the Moon in more than half a century.
From Barron's
Ever since that flyby, researchers have struggled to explain how such an unusual planet could trap so much high energy radiation.
From Science Daily
Their analysis suggests that a solar wind structure, known as a co-rotating interaction region, was likely moving through the Uranian system at the time of the flyby.
From Science Daily
"Science has come a long way since the Voyager 2 flyby," said SwRI's Dr. Robert Allen, lead author of a paper outlining this research.
From Science Daily
The eventual Artemis 2 moonshot will send a team of four astronauts on a flyby of Earth's satellite.
From Barron's
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