Retrograde Motion

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4458.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4458. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Solar System Models And Concepts

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Angular motion in the opposite sense to the prevailing direction (as opposed to direct or prograde motion, which is in the same sense). Motion of a body in the solar system, either axial rotation or orbital revolution, is retrograde if it is in the opposite direction to that of the Sun's rotation: clockwise as viewed from the Sun's north pole. Bodies in retrograde orbits have orbital inclinations...

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