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Reply Tue 30 Jun, 2009 05:39 pm

Has swung by the moon = has moved around the moon?

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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is now in lunar orbit (artist's concept, left). The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite has swung by the moon and sent back images (right). › LRO | › LCROSS
http://www.nasa.gov/
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Reply Tue 30 Jun, 2009 06:07 pm
@oristarA,
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Has swung by the moon = has moved around the moon?


yes.

And also, if it's spelled swing-by, it means :
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An interplanetary mission in which a space vehicle uses planetary gravitation for changes in course.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jul, 2009 12:36 am
Thank you for replying.
McTag
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jul, 2009 01:57 am
@oristarA,

It's also a phrase which is used colloquially, meaning "to look in", "to pay a short visit", as in

Why don't you swing by tomorrow morning, for a coffee and a chat?
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