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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 203 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RETROGRADE (from the
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Lat. retro, backwards, gradiri, to go) , in
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astronomy, the direction of the apparent
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motion of a
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planet from E. to W.; the opposite of its
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regular motion around the
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sun, and due to the motion of the
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earth .

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