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Astronomers—who study the positions and motions of the planets—call it retrograde motion and regard it as an inevitable consequence of how the planets move. The observation that planets ...

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But this is perceptive trickery. Mercury retrograde is apparent motion, such as when you pass a speeding car on the highway and it appears that car is moving backward. It's not an exceptional ...

With the advent of modern astronomy, we've discovered that the ... to its orbit around the Sun (a phenomenon known as retrograde motion). On the other hand, Uranus not only rotates in a westward ...

But this is perceptive trickery. Mercury retrograde is apparent motion, such as when you pass a speeding car on the highway and it appears that car is moving backward. It's not an exceptional ...