Retrograde motion of a planet is
A) westward motion against the star background.
B) westward motion with respect to the foreground on Earth.
C) eastward motion with respect to the Moon.
D) eastward motion against the star background.
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Q43: Retrograde motion of a planet against the
Q44: Retrograde motion causes the planets to
A) rise
Q45: Retrograde motion of a planet when viewed
Q46: Observers on Earth see occasional retrograde motion
Q47: The epicycle, in the Greek planetary model,
Q49: Viewed from Earth, Mars is
A) always above
Q50: When the planet Mars is moving in
Q51: The Greek mathematician Ptolemy devised a
A) sundial.
B)
Q52: If an observer were observing Earth's motion
Q53: In the geocentric model of the solar
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