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Apparent motion of the planets.
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How do planets move in relation to stars?
They mostly appear to move from east to west but there are epicycles during wich they appear to move from west to east.
Which planets rotate from east to west?
Venus and Uranus are the planets which rotate from East to West.
Do stars move from east to west?
stars do not move at all. what you are seeing is the earths rotation. The stars seem to set with the sun and the moon because weare turning. (earth's axis)
Does the moon move east to west or west to east?
It appears to move from the east to west.
Does the sun move east to west or west to east?
It appears to move from east to west.
Why does Venus rotate from east to west whereas other planets move from west to east?
A large asteroid collided a very long time ago, reversing its rotation on its axis.
When planets move western and then return the normals motion?
It is called retograde motion which occurs round the time of opposition (outer planets only). Normally planets appear to move from west to east, in other words if they are in one position on a certain date, they will be east of that position 365 days later. The far-off planets Uranus and Neptune move only a little way along the ecliptic each year: 4.3 degrees for Uranus and 2.2 degrees for Neptune. However, when the planets are at opposition (exactly opposite the Sun, so they are south at midnight), they appear to be moving backwards (east to west) as the Earth overtakes them in their orbit. This is called retrograde motion, when they appear to move east to west from one night to the next. It happens for a few days around opposition for all the outer planets. The early orbital models of Ptolemy and Copernicus were able to predict retrograde motion correctly.
Do all planets move around sun from west to east?
Yes all the planets in our Solar System orbit the sun with the same direction of revolution. In space, there is no west or east. There is wide agreement that all the planets formed from a relatively flat disc of revolving matter with the Sun at its center.
Does the mooon move east to west or west to east in the sky?
The moon appears to move from east to west.
What is the yearly direction of the sun in the sky with respect to the stars?
West to east. This is also the direction of the Moon with respect to the stars. As seen from Earth, planets sometimes go from east to west and sometimes from west to east, but the west to east movement is the predominating movement - therefore that movement is called prograde, while east to west is called retrograde.
What planet rotates from west to east?
Venus & Uranus rotate in what is called retrograde motion. Retrograde motion is from east to west. All of the other planets including earth rotate from west to east.
Does the sun move around the earth from west to east or east to west?
well it depends if you live in the west the sun would move to the east and if you live in the east the sun would move to the west
