Could Neptune's largest moon swing a spacecraft into the planet's orbit?

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Researchers have shared a radical new idea for how to put a spacecraft in orbit around Neptune: Use the thin atmosphere of Triton, Neptune's largest moon, to capture it.

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The idea of using aerobraking in the atmosphere of a moon of the outer planets is an ingenious way of achieving orbit around the planet without having to have massive amounts of fuel/propellants on board to achieve the required braking. Good idea, hope this proposal comes to fruition.