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  2. Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Apparent retrograde ...

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    Original - Animation of the apparent retrograde motion of Mars in 2003 as seen from Earth Perhaps a better way to illustrate the motion if animated Reason Great illustration of a concept that is difficult to convey in text. Very high EV for Retrograde and direct motion and good EV for Viewing section of Mars article which discusses retrograde ...

  3. Apparent retrograde motion - Wikipedia

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    An animation to explain the (apparent) retrograde motion of Mars, using actual 2020 planet positions Inner planets Venus and Mercury appear to move in retrograde in a similar mechanism, but as they can never be in opposition to the Sun as seen from Earth, their retrograde cycles are tied to their inferior conjunctions with the Sun.

  4. Orbit of Mars - Wikipedia

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    Orbit of Mars relative to the orbits of inner Solar System planets Orbit of Mars and other Inner Solar System planets An animation to explain the (apparent) retrograde motion of Mars, using actual 2020 planet positions Mars seen through a 16-inch amateur telescope, at 2020 opposition

  5. Mars - Wikipedia

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    An animation to explain the (apparent) retrograde motion of Mars, using actual 2020 planet positions. As Mars approaches opposition, it begins a period of retrograde motion, which means it will appear to move backwards in a looping curve with respect to the background stars. This retrograde motion lasts for about 72 days, and Mars reaches its ...

  6. What Is Mars Retrograde's Meaning And Effects? What You ... - AOL

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    What is the meaning of Mars retrograde and when are the dates? Prepare for the effects during the next Mars retrograde starting on October 30 in Gemini, and the schedule.

  7. 5 planets are about to be retrograde at the same time. What ...

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    Here are the dates for Mercury retrograde, Venus retrograde, Saturn retrograde, Neptune retrograde, Pluto retrograde and more. ... When Neptune, planet of illusion, is in direct motion, we can be ...

  8. Portal:Solar System/Selected picture - Wikipedia

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    An animated image showing the apparent retrograde motion of Mars in 2003 as seen from Earth. All the true planets appear to periodically switch direction as they cross the sky. Because Earth completes its orbit in a shorter period of time than the planets outside its orbit, we periodically overtake them, like a faster car on a multi-lane ...

  9. A Cold Moon and Mars in retrograde? How to watch tonight’s ...

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    A Cold Moon only happens once a year while Mars is in retrograde every 26 months. On Wednesday night, the two events will collide.