Retrograde satellite - Gyakko Eisei

Japanese: 逆行衛星 - ぎゃっこうえいせい
Retrograde satellite - Gyakko Eisei
A moon that orbits its parent planet in the opposite direction to its rotation. Examples include Jupiter's moons Ananke, Carme, Pasiphea, and Sinope, Saturn's moon Phoebe, and Neptune's moon Triton.

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Japanese:
母惑星の自転の向きと逆向きに公転している衛星。木星の衛星アナンケ,カルメ,パシフェア,シノーペ,土星の衛星フェーベ,海王星の衛星トリトンなど。

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