prograde and retrograde motion exhibited

    Caption: Prograde motion (i.e., same direction) and retrograde motion (i.e., opposite direction) relative to the axial rotation of the primary.

    The primary is an Earth-analog planet which has a planet-moon system.

    The orange moon orbits in a retrograde motion. The other moons have prograde motions.

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