circumlunar

Adjective

Meaning

circumlunar (not comparable)

Surrounding, or traveling around the Moon

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Apollo 13 was close to entering the lunar sphere of gravitational influence (at 61 hours GET), which was the break-even point between direct and circumlunar aborts, and the latter allowed more time for evaluation and planning before a major rocket burn. Source: Internet

It shows a red figure-8 looping around the Earth and Moon representing the mission number as well as the circumlunar nature of the mission. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

circumlocutorily circumlocutory circumlocutous circummandibular circummarginal circummarginate