1. lithocapture - Noun
2. lithocapture - Verb
lithocapture (countable and uncountable, plural lithocaptures)
(astronautics, humorous) A form of lithobraking in which a spacecraft or other object on a hyperbolic trajectory inbound to a planet, moon, asteroid, or other celestial body is decelerated by impact with the surface of the body.
lithocapture (third-person singular simple present lithocaptures, present participle lithocapturing, simple past and past participle lithocaptured)
(astronautics, humorous) To perform lithocapture.