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Retrograde Orbit Meaning Of. Triton is the largest of neptune’s 13 moons. [adjective] having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars.

This seemingly strange behavior is easily understood within the context of a. If a satellite is to be inserted into a retrograde orbit (opposite to earth rotation direction) is it accelerated straight in the desired westwards direction until.