I've been recently performing some computations regarding the Oberth effect and I'd like to share the results. I've always thought the term "Oberth effect" was a bit overused around here and somewhat misunderstood. It is not the hard and fast rule that everyone seems to thinks it is. For example, the place where I usually hear the Oberth effect evoked is when the conversation is about interplanetary ejection burns and/or orbit insertion burns. It is usually stated that performing the burn c