After going into orbit around Jupiter with a gravity assist from the volcanic moon Io, Galileo will spend 22 months studying the planet.
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Gravity assist
/ˈɡɹævɪti əˈsɪst/
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Cassini is supposed to swing by Earth in 1999 for a gravity assist that would sling it out toward Saturn.
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MESSENGER successfully flew by Mercury yesterday, gaining a critical gravity assist that will enable it to enter orbit about Mercury in 2011.
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