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in our solar system the planets which are of a closer proximity to the sun than the earth never go in a retrograding motion as their orbits are smaller
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What is the retrograde motion of planets?
what does retrograde mean
What is the name of the strange planet where everything goes wrong?
The earth has been described by many people as being the strange planet where everything goes wrong.
What is theSmallest planet that goes around sun?
Mercury is the smallest planet to go around the sun.
What imaginary line goes through a planet?
The Axis
Is there evidence that there are other planets orbiting other stars?
Yes, there is. There is evidence of over 300 "exo-planets", planets that are orbiting other stars. Because the pull of gravity goes both ways, it can be said that a sun orbits the planet in addition to the planet orbiting the sun. Because suns are much more massive than planets, the motion of the planet in its orbit is far greater than the motion of the star, but the stars DO "wiggle" a bit. This "wiggle" is sometimes detectable, especially if the planet is itself quite massive - like a "super-Jupiter". And sometimes, the planet passing in front of the star blocks a teeny bit of the starlight, causing the star to appear to be slightly less bright.
How did Copernicus explain the retrograde motions of the planets?
All the models explain retrograde motion because it is such an obvious phenomenon. In Copernicus's model an outer planet goes into retrograde motion when the inner planet overtakes it so that it appears from the inner planet to be going backwards along the ecliptic.
Why do the planets seem to move in a zig- zag pattern through the sky after many weeks?
Retrograde motion. Retrograde motion happens when the Earth moves around the sun faster than the observed planet: the planet is ahead of earth on in its orbit around the sun, but then the earth goes past that planet (in comparison to the sun) and as we go by the planet appears to go backward.
What is retrograde spin?
In astronomy retrograde is essentially a fancy astronomical way of saying backward/ opposite rotational spin. A body is said to have retrograde motion when it rotates in a direction opposite to the body it orbits. I.E. The Sun rotates counterclockwise. Venus has retrograde motion in relation to the Sun because it rotates clockwise.In astrology retrograde refers to the apparent backward motion of a body in the sky due to the Earth overtaking it in orbit about the Sun. Retrograde planets are said to express themselves more internally in a natal chart and in transit indicate periods when the affairs they relate to may resurface to be resolved at a later period when the planet goes direct.
What is rotation revolution and retrograde motion?
Rotation is when something goes round an external axis, revolution is when something rotates about an internal axis (think of a revolver), retrograde motion comes about because all the planets rotate around the Sun and sometimes when we overtake an outer planet it appears to go backwards along the ecliptic for a while, like another car when you overtake it.
What geometric arrangements did ptolemy use to explain retrograde motion?
Earths faster motion makes Mars appear to be going backwards, the backwards motion, in fact, is what caused retrograde motion. --Ptloemy used Epicycles to explain how geocentrical models worked.
Why did Copernicus realized that Venus is an inferior planet?
Is it because Venus never goes through retrograde motion, Venus is made of cheap, low quality material, Venus never reaches opposition or is it because Venus never gets as bright as Jupiter? Please choose one of the following.
What does a planet do when in retrograde motion?
Nothing special. The idea of "retrograde motion" is a trick of perspective; nothing actually goes "retrograde". Here's how it works. We usually talk about Mars when referring to "retrograde" motion, but it happens (to a lesser extent) to all of the outer planets. All the planets orbit the Sun in the same direction (counterclockwise as seen from high above the Earth's north pole). Nothing ever turns and goes the other way. Closer-in planets orbit faster than further-out planets. When Mars goes retrograde, what is really happening is that the Earth is about to overtake Mars in our respective orbits, and move ahead of it. Mars is moving more slowly, and as the Earth passes Mars, Mars SEEMS TO move backwards. It's just as if you were jogging on an inner lane on the track and you pass somebody in an outer lane. The other jogger isn't moving backwards; it just seems that way because you are moving faster, and getting ahead of him.
How did Nickolaus Copernicus account for the retrograde motion of the planets?
The retrograde motion of the planets is well modelled by both the Ptolemaic system and the Copernican system, and by the other models. But the Copernican system explains it more simply because, for example, Mars's retrograde motion is caused simply when Mars is overtaken by the Earth, which goes more quickly round the Sun. Thus an observer on the Earth sees Mars appearing to go 'backwards' on the ecliptic around the time of closest approach (opposition). This can be easily demonstrated by assuming simple circular orbits.
What happens when Mars experiences retrograde motion?
Nothing special. Mars appears to go backwards when the Earth overtakes it in its orbit, because the Earth goes round the Sun more quickly.
Is Mercury retrograde now?
Yes, Mercury goes direct on September 29th, but the retrograde will not be fully over until October 18th.
What was the date Ptolemy discovered retrograde motion?
Yes. We now understand that all the planets travel round the Sun, and a planet's retrograde motion happens as the Earth overtakes the other planet in its orbit. The Earth goes round more quickly than all the outer planets from Mars onwards. In Ptolemy's model the Earth is stationary in the centre, and the planets move on circles and epicycles. Using Mars as an example and assuming the orbits of Earth and Mars are circular for simplicity, the Earth is at the centre and then Ptolemy's model has a circle (or deferent) round it with a radius of 1.524 units. The epicycle is a smaller circle whose centre travels round the deferent in 687 days. The epicycle has a radius of 1.000 units and Mars travels round this in 365 days. That was Ptolemy's geometric construction to explain the motion of Mars, which it does pretty accurately, and the retrograde motion happens when Mars on its epicycle moves close to the Earth. Ptolemy used additional epicycles to allow for what we now call eccentricity in Mars's orbit, and also for what we now understand is the orbit's inclination to the ecliptic.
What is the retrograde motion of planets?
what does retrograde mean
