It used lunar gravity-assist to put it in orbit at the L2 point of the Sun-Earth system, 940,000 miles behind the Earth, with the Sun on the other side. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
So much gravity, in fact, that they often need to use wheelchairs or other gravity-assist devices. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
Engineers say the gravity-assist will increase Rosetta's speed by 3. 6km/s with respect to the Sun. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
Engineers say the gravity-assist will have increased Rosetta's speed by almost 4km/s with respect to the Sun. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | Technology | World Edition] Reference
The gravity-assist will increase the spacecraft's speed by 3.6 km/s with respect to the Sun. Instruments in Action. From Wordnik.com. [SpaceRef Top Stories] Reference
3.7 thousand million kilometres and swung by the Earth twice and Mars once for gravity-assist manoeuvres. From Wordnik.com. [YubaNet.com] Reference
A clever gravity-assist maneuver that. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Twitter launches Japanese mobile site] Reference
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