Definitions from Wiktionary (lithocapture)

▸ noun:  (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.
▸ verb:  (astronautics, humorous) To perform lithocapture.



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