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Retrograde

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(from the Lat. retro, backwards, gradiri, to go), in astronomy, the direction of the apparent motion of a planet from E. to W.; the opposite of its regular motion around the sun, and due to the motion of the earth.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Retrograde'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​r/retrograde.html. 1910.
 
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