Retrograde and direct motion

Quality:

Retrograde motion - orbit or rotation of an astronomical body opposite that of its primary body. Article “Retrograde and direct motion” in Simple English Wikipedia has 18.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 references and 2 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Retrograde and direct motion”, its content was written by 12 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 783 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 44 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 7481 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #966 in November 2007
• Global: #7701 in April 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #2555 in April 2013
• Global: #9082 in August 2009

There are 40 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, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

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

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Tamil (ta) பின்னேகும், முன்னேறும் இயக்கம்		76.6082
2	Turkish (tr) Geri ve ileri yönlü hareket		71.4125
3	English (en) Retrograde and prograde motion		67.5144
4	Chinese (zh) 順行和逆行		63.5166
5	Spanish (es) Movimientos retrógrado y prógrado		51.1599
6	Portuguese (pt) Movimento prógrado e retrógrado		49.9283
7	Ukrainian (uk) Ретроградний рух		44.2954
8	Georgian (ka) რეტროგრადული და პროგრადული მოძრაობა		43.9886
9	Russian (ru) Ретроградное движение		39.549
10	Lithuanian (lt) Atgalinis judėjimas		37.1639

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Retrograde and prograde motion		3 226 703
2	Russian (ru) Ретроградное движение		455 617
3	Italian (it) Moto retrogrado		301 236
4	Japanese (ja) 順行・逆行		295 628
5	German (de) Rechtläufig und rückläufig		235 059
6	Chinese (zh) 順行和逆行		175 661
7	French (fr) Mouvement prograde ou rétrograde		97 018
8	Polish (pl) Ruch wsteczny		85 958
9	Hungarian (hu) Retrográd mozgás		78 547
10	Persian (fa) حرکت مخالف‌گرد و موافق‌گرد		66 900

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Retrograde and prograde motion		5 753
2	Russian (ru) Ретроградное движение		718
3	Japanese (ja) 順行・逆行		701
4	Chinese (zh) 順行和逆行		544
5	German (de) Rechtläufig und rückläufig		423
6	French (fr) Mouvement prograde ou rétrograde		324
7	Italian (it) Moto retrogrado		302
8	Persian (fa) حرکت مخالف‌گرد و موافق‌گرد		164
9	Spanish (es) Movimientos retrógrado y prógrado		161
10	Turkish (tr) Geri ve ileri yönlü hareket		127

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Retrograde and prograde motion		196
2	Italian (it) Moto retrogrado		64
3	German (de) Rechtläufig und rückläufig		63
4	French (fr) Mouvement prograde ou rétrograde		57
5	Dutch (nl) Retrograad (astronomie)		33
6	Russian (ru) Ретроградное движение		30
7	Japanese (ja) 順行・逆行		25
8	Finnish (fi) Retrogradinen liike		22
9	Croatian (hr) Retrogradno gibanje		20
10	Polish (pl) Ruch wsteczny		20

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Retrograde and prograde motion		2
2	Finnish (fi) Retrogradinen liike		1
3	Chinese (zh) 順行和逆行		1
4	Arabic (ar) حركة تراجعية وتقدمية		0
5	Belarusian (be) Рух Сонца і планет па нябеснай сферы		0
6	Bulgarian (bg) Ретроградно движение		0
7	Catalan (ca) Moviment retrògrad i prògrad		0
8	Czech (cs) Retrográdní pohyb		0
9	German (de) Rechtläufig und rückläufig		0
10	Greek (el) Ανάδρομη κίνηση		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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