Nothing special. The idea of "retrograde motion" is a trick of perspective; nothing actually goes "retrograde". Here's how it works.
We usually talk about Mars when referring to "retrograde" motion, but it happens (to a lesser extent) to all of the outer planets. All the planets orbit the Sun in the same direction (counterclockwise as seen from high above the Earth's north pole). Nothing ever turns and goes the other way. Closer-in planets orbit faster than further-out planets.
When Mars goes retrograde, what is really happening is that the Earth is about to overtake Mars in our respective orbits, and move ahead of it. Mars is moving more slowly, and as the Earth passes Mars, Mars SEEMS TO move backwards. It's just as if you were jogging on an inner lane on the track and you pass somebody in an outer lane. The other jogger isn't moving backwards; it just seems that way because you are moving faster, and getting ahead of him.
We now understand that all the planets travel round the Sun, and a planet's retrograde motion happens as the Earth overtakes the other planet in its orbit. That was also Copernicus's view although we now use Kepler's theory, but on this point the two models are in agreement. In Ptolemy's model the Earth is stationary in the centre, and the planets move on circles and epicycles, explained as follows. Using Mars as an example and assuming the orbits of Earth and Mars are circular for simplicity, the Earth is at the centre and there is then a circle (or deferent) round it with a radius of 1.524 units. The epicycle is a smaller circle whose centre travels round the deferent in 687 days. The epicycle has a radius of 1.000 units and Mars travels round this in 365¼ days. That was Ptolemy's geometric construction to explain the motion of Mars, and the retrograde motion happens when Mars on its epicycle moves close to the Earth.
If a distant star has a slight back and forth motion then it may be located near a planet. The gravitational force of the planet will cause the star to move.
A better approach is to try to make more general the characteristic of a body to resist change in motion. The characteristic is called inertia. kinematics
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The apparent westward movement of a planet is known as retrograde motion. This phenomenon occurs when a superior planet passes Earth in its orbit, making it appear to move backward in the sky relative to the stars.
Neptune has a moon named Triton that exhibits retrograde motion. Retrograde motion is when a moon orbits its planet in the opposite direction of the planet's rotation.
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The "apparent" reverse or backwards motion of a planet as observed from Earth. The innermost planets appear to have a retrograde motion when viewed from Earth.
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Retrograde motion.
This motion is called retrograde motion. It occurs when a planet's motion in its orbit appears to reverse due to differences in orbital speeds and distances from Earth.
Actually, 3 planets rotate in a retrograde motion, which, by the way, means that they rotate East to West, or in a counterclockwise motion. Most planets rotate in a clockwise direction, or West to East. The three planets that rotate in a retrograde motion are Venus, Uranus and Pluto.venus
"retrograde motion"
You observe its motion, with respect to the background stars.
When a superior planet is in the middle of its retrograde motion, it forms an opposition aspect with the Sun, with the Earth positioned in between. This alignment creates a geometric pattern known as superior conjunction, with the Sun, Earth, and planet forming a straight line in the same order.
Retrograde motion happens when the Earth overtakes an outer planet in its orbit. It happens around the date of Opposition when the planet is opposite the Sun in the sky. Usually planets travel from west to east along the ecliptic, but during retrograde motion they travel backwards, from east to west,.