Retrograde motion

in astronomy •  4 years ago 

the ancients had a geocentric view and when they tracked the planets through the sky they were puzzled that some planets moved backwards at times. we now know that the planets don't change direction and that the earth is not the centroid of rotation. it all makes sense now

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