We found 6 examples of how to use retrograde in an English sentence.
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| 1. | The readiest support for planets' having confocal orbits is their sometimes retrograde motion. | |
| 2. | Venus rotates slowly on its axis in a clockwise direction, which is referred to as a "retrograde" rotation because it is the opposite of the seven other planets. | |
| 3. | Venus has a retrograde rotation which means it rotates on its axis in the opposite direction from the Earth's rotation. This causes the Sun to rise in the west and move eastward across the sky. | |
| 4. | Due to Triton's retrograde orbit, its density, and its composition, astronomers theorize that Triton was not originally a satellite of Neptune, but was captured by Neptune's gravitational pull, forcing it into an orbit around the planet. | |
| 5. | Seventeen of the moons have a retrograde orbit, meaning they orbit in the opposite direction as Saturn and its other moons. | |
| 6. | I don't think that Israel is more civilized than the retrograde Arab regimes that are normalizing relations with it. Just look at how the Palestinians are treated in the occupied territories. |