Oberth

[ oh-bert; German oh-bert ]

noun

1. Her·mann Ju·li·us [hur, -m, uh, n , jool, -y, uh, s, her, -mahn , yoo, -lee-, oo, s], 1894–1989, German physicist: pioneer in rocketry.

Example Sentences

The mission concept study decisively settles one engineering question: whether to launch the probe toward the Sun and use its enormous gravity as a slingshot, an idea called the Oberth maneuver.

From Science Magazine

Oberth died in 2012, but he left behind a trove of old computer hardware from his time as a developer.

From The Verge

In early 2020, The Video Game History Foundation was approached by a friend of Oberth’s surviving family to help them make sense of the materials he had left behind.

From The Verge

Separately, a group of retro gaming enthusiasts has plans to publish a small print run of the game on playable NES cartridges to raise money for Oberth’s wife.

From The Verge

After discovering an early proof of concept for a NES game, the team realized that Oberth had previously briefly mentioned an unreleased game he’d worked on that was based on the film Days of Thunder.

From The Verge