retrograde satellite

C10097
concept

A retrograde satellite is a natural or artificial satellite that orbits its primary body in the direction opposite to the primary’s rotation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
retrograde satellite canonical 24

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: retrograde satellite
Generated description
A retrograde satellite is a natural or artificial satellite that orbits its primary body in the direction opposite to the primary’s rotation.

Instances (24)

Instance Via concept surface
Saturn IX
S/2000 J 9
Carme (moon)
surface form: Carme
Phoebe
Phoebe (moon of Saturn)
surface form: Phoebe
Leda
Elara
Orthosie
Euanthe
Taygete
Chaldene
Iocaste
Erinome
Kalyke
Pasithee
Sponde
Arche
Eukelade
Cyllene
Sinope
Carme
Megaclite
Eirene
Jovian moon Taygete
surface form: Taygete