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Prograde or direct motion is more normal motion in the same direction as the primary rotates. However, "retrograde" and "prograde" can also refer to an object other than the primary if so described. The direction of rotation is determined by an inertial frame of reference, such as distant fixed stars.
Asteroids and Kuiper Belt objects (including Pluto) exhibit apparent retrograde motion. This motion is normal for the planets, and so is considered direct motion. However, since Earth completes its orbit in a shorter period of time than the planets outside its orbit, it periodically overtakes them, like a faster car on a multi-lane highway.
A satellite with an orbital inclination between 90° and 180° (or, equivalently, between 0° and −90°) is said to be in a retrograde orbit. [note 2] A satellite in a direct orbit with an orbital period less than one day will tend to move from west to east along its ground track. This is called "apparent direct" motion.
Planets moving in direct motion, aka non-retrograde planets, act in a very predictable way without much fuss or fanfare. Most of the time, planets move in this forward motion, and things carry on ...
Vakragati means retrograde motion. As the Earth passes by a planet that particular planet appears to move backwards i.e. westward, amid the stars, this phenomenon is called retrograde motion, which motion invariably occurs at a time when that planet is visible for a relatively longer period. the approximate midpoint of which period in respect of the superior planets coincides with opposition ...
Here are the dates for Mercury retrograde, Venus retrograde, Saturn retrograde, Neptune retrograde, Pluto retrograde and more. ... When Neptune, planet of illusion, is in direct motion, we can be ...
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in apparent retrograde motion [2] visible almost all night – rising around sunset, culminating around midnight, and setting around sunrise [3] at the point in its orbit where it is roughly closest to Earth, making it appear larger and brighter [4] nearly completely sunlit; the planet shows a full phase, analogous to a full moon [5]