prograde
Same rotation sense
Prograde describes motion in the same direction as the dominant rotation or orbit in a system.
In astronomy, a prograde orbit moves the same way its parent body rotates—most planets orbit the Sun prograde.
A prograde satellite orbits in the direction its planet spins.
The opposite is retrograde.
Venus has a retrograde rotation, but its orbit around the Sun is prograde.
Curved celestial path
- rotationTurning on an axis
- directionWay something faces
- counterclockwiseRotating leftward from above
- eastwardToward the sunrise
motion · revolution · trajectory · spin · velocity · momentum · satellite · spacecraft
Turning on an axis
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- axisRotation reference line
- day24-hour period
- VenusLove goddess, or planet
Uranus · tilt · obliquity · angular · momentum · formation · accretion · solar system
Heat-pressure mineral alteration
- pressureForce upon contact
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- mineralNaturally formed crystalline solid
crystallization · recrystallization · garnet · kyanite · grade · facies · dehydration · subduction
orbit
Curved celestial path
- rotationTurning on an axis
- directionWay something faces
- counterclockwiseRotating leftward from above
eastward · motion · revolution · trajectory · spin · velocity · momentum · satellite · spacecraft · planet
rotation
Turning on an axis
Venus · Uranus · tilt · obliquity · angular · momentum · formation · accretion · solar system · planet
metamorphism
Heat-pressure mineral alteration
- pressureForce upon contact
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- burialPlacing deceased underground
mineral · crystallization · recrystallization · garnet · kyanite · grade · facies · dehydration · subduction
prograderetrograde
Moving in reverse direction
retrograde motion · retrograde orbit · clockwise · counter-rotating · backward
- graduate programsAdvanced university degree paths
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