Retrograde mean motion resonances occur when orbiting bodies, moving in directions opposite to the dominant sense of motion, experience periodic gravitational interactions that can stabilise their ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Mercury retrograde is happening again. If you believe ...
On November 28, Mercury reached its stationary point at 10 A.M. EST, signifying a shift from retrograde to prograde motion and becoming visible in the eastern pre-dawn sky at magnitude 0.4, displaying ...
Laura Nicole Driessen is part of MeerTRAP, which is supported by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No ...