What Happens During the Apparent Retrograde Motion of a Planet

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Multiple Choice

What happens during the apparent retrograde motion of a planet?

• A)The planet rises in the west and sets in the east.
• B)The planet appears to move westward with respect to the stars over a period of many nights.
• C)The planet moves backward through the sky over the course of a night.
• D)The planet moves backward in its orbit around the Sun.
• E)The planet moves through constellations that are not part of the zodiac.

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Definitions:

Business Transactions

Economic events that are recorded in the financial statements of an entity because they affect the financial position of the company, involving the transfer of value between two or more parties.

Journal

A chronological record of all financial transactions, used to transfer information to a company's ledger.

Ledger

A book or collection of financial accounts of a particular type, often referred to as the final book of entry where transactions are summarized.

Trial Balance

A trial balance is a bookkeeping report that lists the balances in each of an organization's general ledger accounts to check the mathematical accuracy of the accounting entries.