• Apparent retrograde motion is the apparent motion of a planet in a direction opposite to that of other bodies within its system, as observed from a particular...
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    Retrograde motion in astronomy is, in general, orbital or rotational motion of an object in the direction opposite the rotation of its primary, that is...
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    speed and direction of the apparent motion of the Moon, Sun, and planets. In particular it explained the apparent retrograde motion of the five planets known...
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  • astronomical phenomena of interest to astronomers are eclipses, apparent retrograde motion/planetary stations, planetary ingresses, sidereal time, positions...
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  • its original source Apparent retrograde motion, the apparent motion of planets as observed from a particular vantage point Retrograde (album), a 2016 album...
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    its apparent retrograde motion as seen from the surface of Mercury is ~1.23°, while the Sun's angular diameter when the apparent retrograde motion begins...
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    seems to stop, before restarting in the other direction (see apparent retrograde motion). This occurs because of the projection of the planet orbit into...
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  • being used less consistently by commercial programs. The symbol for retrograde motion is ℞, a capital 'R' with a tail stroke. An 'R' with a tail stroke...
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    geocentric longitude of the Sun. At that time, a body is: in apparent retrograde motion visible almost all night – rising around sunset, culminating around...
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    separate one for each planet. To account for apparent anomalies in this view, such as the apparent retrograde motion of the planets, a system of deferents and...
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    Mars (section Orbital motion)
    of retrograde motion, which means it will appear to move backwards in a looping curve with respect to the background stars. This retrograde motion lasts...
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  • angular momentum of the entire system. Apparent retrograde motion is the periodic, apparently backwards motion of planetary bodies when viewed from the...
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    astronomers. By the 2nd millennium BCE they were familiar with the apparent retrograde motion of the planet, in which it appears to move in the opposite direction...
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    colony of New South Wales by its first astronomer, William Dawes. Apparent retrograde motion Armillary sphere Astrarium Astrolabe Astronomical clock Celestial...
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    than the sidereal day for retrograde rotation, as the rotation of the planet would be against the direction of orbital motion. If a planet rotates prograde...
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    Accidental Dignity, there are a range of Accidental Debilities, such as retrogradation, Under the Sun's Beams, Combust, and so forth. Each sign can be divided...
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    stationary in contrast to the geocentrism. He argued that the apparent retrograde motion of the planets is an illusion caused by Earth's movement around...
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    from east to west along its ground track, in what is called "apparent retrograde" motion. This effect occurs because the satellite orbits more slowly...
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    near its opposition point, 180 degrees from the Sun, where the apparent retrograde motion for objects beyond Earth's orbit is at its strongest. He also...
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    17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion, and his books Astronomia nova, Harmonice Mundi, and Epitome Astronomiae...
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    stationary in the sky because it had just turned retrograde that day. This apparent backward motion is created when Earth's orbit takes it past an outer...
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    this behaviour, and its rotation period is described as chaotic. Apparent retrograde motion Day length fluctuations Earth's rotation periods List of slow...
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    the size of the apparent retrograde motion of all Solar System bodies except the Sun and the Moon. The equant model has a body in motion on a circular path...
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    on which definition of "conjunction" one uses (this is due to apparent retrograde motion and happens within months). The most recent triple conjunction...
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    for thematic elements (that being the birth of Jesus Christ)." Apparent retrograde motion Johannes Kepler Stephen McEveety Chester, Craig. "The Star of...
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    then. Jupiter next continued to move and then stopped in its apparent retrograde motion on December 25 of 2 BC over the town of Bethlehem.[clarification...
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    514107 Kaʻepaokaʻawela (category Minor planets with a retrograde orbit)
    diameter, in a resonant, co-orbital motion with Jupiter. It is an unusual minor planet in that its orbit is retrograde, which is opposite to the direction...
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  • path through the sky. This is apparent retrograde motion. When they start or end retrograde motion their daily motion is stationary before going in another...
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  • understood and the subject work to change them. The retrograde motion of a planet is its apparent backward motion through the sky caused by the Earth travelling...
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  • their transits. The two Lunar Nodes have perpetual retrograde motion. Vakragati means retrograde motion. As the Earth passes by a planet that particular...
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