Comments on: Mercury Rising http://voodootime.com/archives/51 Just another weblog Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:06:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Justis http://voodootime.com/archives/51/comment-page-1#comment-58 Justis Sun, 29 Sep 2002 07:41:17 +0000 http://voodootime.com/?p=51#comment-58 That is correct. Mercury only appears to be moving backwards. The "retrograde" motion is an illusion produced by the relative orbital paths of Earth and Mercury. If a planet actually somehow reversed its solar-relative orbit, it would likely either tear itself apart or be ejected from its orbital position. In that case, the last thing we'd have to worry about would be poor TV reception. ;) That is correct. Mercury only appears to be moving backwards. The “retrograde” motion is an illusion produced by the relative orbital paths of Earth and Mercury.

If a planet actually somehow reversed its solar-relative orbit, it would likely either tear itself apart or be ejected from its orbital position. In that case, the last thing we’d have to worry about would be poor TV reception. ;)

]]> By: trish http://voodootime.com/archives/51/comment-page-1#comment-57 trish Sun, 29 Sep 2002 05:54:56 +0000 http://voodootime.com/?p=51#comment-57 Mercury only appears to stop and move backwards. Is it really proven that it does? Mercury only appears to stop and move backwards. Is it really proven that it does?

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