Apparent retrograde motion

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Apparent retrograde motion

Quality:

Apparent retrograde motion - the illusion of reversing trajectories in relation to specific vantage points. Article “Apparent retrograde motion” in English Wikipedia has 25.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 7 sections.

This article has the best quality in Indonesian Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Apparent retrograde motion”, its content was written by 230 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 463 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 70 times in English Wikipedia and cited 423 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #624 in May 2002
  • Global: #1109 in May 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #21408 in July 2019
  • Global: #39578 in July 2019

There are 19 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Indonesian (id)
Gerakan retrograde semu
38.8215
2Russian (ru)
Попятное движение планеты
31.8801
3Hebrew (he)
תנועה אחורית (אסטרונומיה)
29.9658
4Ukrainian (uk)
Видимий ретроградний рух
29.9009
5Portuguese (pt)
Movimento retrógrado aparente
27.026
6English (en)
Apparent retrograde motion
25.6884
7Korean (ko)
겉보기 역행 운동
24.0446
8Arabic (ar)
حركة رجعية للأرض
23.2874
9Catalan (ca)
Retrogradació dels planetes
18.2833
10Norwegian (no)
Tilsynelatende retrograd bevegelse
16.3593
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Apparent retrograde motion" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Apparent retrograde motion
2 022 659
2Spanish (es)
Retrogradación de los planetas
371 031
3French (fr)
Rétrogradation (astronomie)
184 991
4German (de)
Planetenschleife
157 190
5Polish (pl)
Retrogradacja (astronomia)
117 447
6Portuguese (pt)
Movimento retrógrado aparente
98 132
7Russian (ru)
Попятное движение планеты
96 330
8Italian (it)
Moto retrogrado apparente
52 079
9Korean (ko)
겉보기 역행 운동
50 074
10Persian (fa)
حرکت بازگشتی
20 948
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Apparent retrograde motion" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Apparent retrograde motion
5 328
2Russian (ru)
Попятное движение планеты
533
3Spanish (es)
Retrogradación de los planetas
374
4Korean (ko)
겉보기 역행 운동
324
5French (fr)
Rétrogradation (astronomie)
318
6German (de)
Planetenschleife
258
7Polish (pl)
Retrogradacja (astronomia)
225
8Italian (it)
Moto retrogrado apparente
132
9Portuguese (pt)
Movimento retrógrado aparente
78
10Indonesian (id)
Gerakan retrograde semu
54
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Apparent retrograde motion" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Apparent retrograde motion
230
2French (fr)
Rétrogradation (astronomie)
42
3German (de)
Planetenschleife
39
4Spanish (es)
Retrogradación de los planetas
34
5Polish (pl)
Retrogradacja (astronomia)
24
6Catalan (ca)
Retrogradació dels planetes
17
7Italian (it)
Moto retrogrado apparente
14
8Portuguese (pt)
Movimento retrógrado aparente
14
9Croatian (hr)
Prividno gibanje planeta
11
10Hebrew (he)
תנועה אחורית (אסטרונומיה)
10
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Apparent retrograde motion" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Korean (ko)
겉보기 역행 운동
1
2Arabic (ar)
حركة رجعية للأرض
0
3Catalan (ca)
Retrogradació dels planetes
0
4German (de)
Planetenschleife
0
5English (en)
Apparent retrograde motion
0
6Spanish (es)
Retrogradación de los planetas
0
7Persian (fa)
حرکت بازگشتی
0
8French (fr)
Rétrogradation (astronomie)
0
9Hebrew (he)
תנועה אחורית (אסטרונומיה)
0
10Croatian (hr)
Prividno gibanje planeta
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Apparent retrograde motion" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Apparent retrograde motion
70
2German (de)
Planetenschleife
48
3Spanish (es)
Retrogradación de los planetas
42
4Korean (ko)
겉보기 역행 운동
34
5French (fr)
Rétrogradation (astronomie)
31
6Croatian (hr)
Prividno gibanje planeta
28
7Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Prividno kretanje planeta
25
8Catalan (ca)
Retrogradació dels planetes
22
9Persian (fa)
حرکت بازگشتی
22
10Italian (it)
Moto retrogrado apparente
21
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
حركة رجعية للأرض
caCatalan
Retrogradació dels planetes
deGerman
Planetenschleife
enEnglish
Apparent retrograde motion
esSpanish
Retrogradación de los planetas
faPersian
حرکت بازگشتی
frFrench
Rétrogradation (astronomie)
heHebrew
תנועה אחורית (אסטרונומיה)
hrCroatian
Prividno gibanje planeta
idIndonesian
Gerakan retrograde semu
itItalian
Moto retrogrado apparente
koKorean
겉보기 역행 운동
noNorwegian
Tilsynelatende retrograd bevegelse
plPolish
Retrogradacja (astronomia)
ptPortuguese
Movimento retrógrado aparente
ruRussian
Попятное движение планеты
shSerbo-Croatian
Prividno kretanje planeta
thThai
การเคลื่อนถอยหลังปรากฏ
ukUkrainian
Видимий ретроградний рух

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#21408
07.2019
Global:
#39578
07.2019

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#624
05.2002
Global:
#1109
05.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Apparent retrograde motion from Wikipedia articles about Retrograde motion, Epicycle, Neptune, Copernican Revolution and Wikipedia article. Whereas reading the article about Apparent retrograde motion people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Retrograde motion, Epicycle, Supersynchronous orbit, Nicolaus Copernicus and Orbital period.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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