Jupiter’s Retrograde Motion Has Ended! 🌌🔄 On February 4, 2025, Jupiter finished its retrograde motion and is now moving forward again. It will appear to move “backward” again from November 11, 2025, to March 11, 2026. 🧐 What is retrograde motion? It’s an optical illusion! Planets normally move west to east in the sky (prograde motion), but sometimes they appear to move backward (retrograde motion). 🚗💨 Think of it like this: When you’re in a car and pass a slower vehicle, it briefly looks li

* Mercury’s retrograde motion * This video explains Mercury’s apparent retrograde motion in our skies: the inner planet appears to retrace its steps a few times per year. Every planet does this, every year. Retrograde motion is an optical illusion caused by differences in the planets’ orbital speeds. When a planet seems to reverse its direction in the sky, it’s called retrograde motion (from the Latin word retrogradus – "going backward"). Courtesy: Star Walk Based on video by James O'Donoghue /

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