retrograde orbit

After that we just carried rocks into retrograde orbit and pitched them out.

Triton is the only large satellite with a retrograde orbit.

For retrograde orbits is negative, so the precession becomes positive.

It has a retrograde orbit and rotates on its axis every 9.3 hours.

Irregular moons with retrograde orbits are shown in dark grey.

It is moving in a retrograde orbit at a very low inclination of just 1.6 from the ecliptic.

Kinetic slugs in a retrograde orbit had taken out several satellites.

There are many globular clusters with a retrograde orbit round the galaxy.

A satellite with an orbital inclination between 90 and 180 degrees is said to be in a retrograde orbit.

By February 2011, astronomers have identified a mere 36 asteroids in retrograde orbits.

Israel has successfully launched five Shavit satellites in retrograde orbit.

This cluster has an estimated age of 13.70 billion years and is following a retrograde orbit through the Milky Way.

One moved in a retrograde orbit.

Retrograde orbits are far more common (83%) than prograde orbits.

Halley's Comet has a retrograde orbit around the Sun.

Artificial satellites are rarely placed in retrograde orbit.

Soon the robotic fleet would cruise toward them like a cluster of piranhas in a retrograde orbit.

A substantial fraction even have retrograde orbits, meaning that they orbit in the opposite direction from the star's rotation.

Phoebe was the first such satellite found and it takes more than a year to orbit Saturn in a retrograde orbit.

It moves more swiftly than our Moon, because of its shorter period (5.8 days) compounded by its retrograde orbit.

The first Kuiper belt object discovered to have a retrograde orbit is 2008 KV42.

WASP-17b, the first exoplanet known to have a retrograde orbit was discovered in 2009 using this array.

The planet is thought to orbit in a retrograde orbit (in the opposite direction to the star's rotation).

Pasiphae orbits Jupiter on a high eccentricity and high inclination retrograde orbit.

In astronomy, an irregular moon is a natural satellite following a distant, inclined, and often eccentric and retrograde orbit.