Obviously. Since they move in an ellipse around the Earth (or other central body), they change direction all the time. The only way NOT to change direction would be to move in a straight line; satellites don't do that.
planets appear to move
It is not definite that the objects that you saw is satellites, but there is a high percentage that they are. There are TV satellites and others as well. Not every single one of them are from one country though. I saw a ton of them last night and I was overjoyed to see such wonder. I thought they were planets or maybe comets but comets are much faster than the ones you saw and planets don't really move that fast ether. So the chance of them being satellites have increased even more! Hope I've answered your question. Check out other websites to confirm.
The planets are closer. (They all move - and differently.)
oh yes, all the way, they are SO heavenly filled with bodies of the heavens, that even i cant stand the heavenliness! :0 Planets ARE heavenly bodies, as are stars. Some planets have satellites, and some don't.
The celestial objects that appear to move backwards among the stars are planets in our solar system. This phenomenon is called retrograde motion and is an apparent backward motion that occurs when Earth passes by these planets in their orbits.
"orbit"
They are called satellites
planets appear to move
Planets appear to move through the background of stars because they orbit the Sun at different speeds. As the Earth and other planets move in their orbits, their positions relative to the background stars change, causing them to appear to move across the sky. This is known as planetary motion.
Planets and satellites orbit the sun due to the gravitational pull of the sun. This gravitational force keeps them in their respective orbits as they move through space. The balance between the inertia of the planets/satellites and the gravitational force of the sun results in stable orbits.
Mostly Moons, although a man-made thing that orbit a planet is a satellite. The Goddard Space Flight Center's lists 2,271 satellites currently in orbit. Russia has the most satellites currently in orbit, with 1,324 satellites, followed by the U.S. with 658.
Ancients distinguished between planets and stars in the night sky by observing that planets move relative to the fixed background of stars, while stars maintain their positions.
It is not definite that the objects that you saw is satellites, but there is a high percentage that they are. There are TV satellites and others as well. Not every single one of them are from one country though. I saw a ton of them last night and I was overjoyed to see such wonder. I thought they were planets or maybe comets but comets are much faster than the ones you saw and planets don't really move that fast ether. So the chance of them being satellites have increased even more! Hope I've answered your question. Check out other websites to confirm.
Stars wobble due to the gravitational influence of the planets orbiting them. As planets orbit their stars, their gravitational pull causes the stars to move slightly in response. Scientists can detect this wobble in a star's position, which provides information about the planets orbiting it.
The planets are closer. (They all move - and differently.)
Planets do that, during part of their orbit.
oh yes, all the way, they are SO heavenly filled with bodies of the heavens, that even i cant stand the heavenliness! :0 Planets ARE heavenly bodies, as are stars. Some planets have satellites, and some don't.