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patched up
Repaired, often quickly and temporarily.
patched together
Patched conic approximation
In astrodynamics, the patched conic approximation or patched two-body approximationLagerstrom, P. A. and Kevorkian, J. [1963], Earth-to-moon trajectories in the restricted three-body problem, Journal de mecanique, p. 189-218. is a method to simplify trajectory calculations for spacecraft in a multiple-body environment.
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