On Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 1:32:08 PM UTC-7, Gerald Kelleher wrote:
The illusory loops (direct/retrograde motion) of the slower moving planets seen from Earth are distinguished from the actual loops (also direct/retrograde motion) of the faster moving Venus and Mercury closer to the Sun...
Apparently, you are *still* too uneducated to understand that both Mercury and Venus, in fact, *DO* perform illusionary loops WRT the background stars, in addition to the big swoopy loops they make WRT the Sun and the horizon. Take a good look at these...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv-ZPxf07ks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtV0PV9MF88
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYYwNvjr7Lg
Pretty cool, isn't it?