HELP 100 POINTS WILL MARK BRAINLIEST In ancient times, early astronomers watched stars travel across the sky in one direction for several months, then over the course of a few weeks the stars would reverse course and move in the opposite direction. After these few weeks, the stars would reverse direction again and resume their original course. The ancient astronomers called these “wanderer stars”. After more research was done, it was found that these “wanderer stars” were actually other planets. As more data was collected, it was shown that all planets move at different speeds as they travel in their orbits around the Sun. As the Earth moves in its orbit, it moves faster than some planets and slower than others. This causes the Earth to “pass” some planets as it travels, which results in the appearance that the other planets move backwards. Is this a description of a scientific law or scientific theory? 100 points PLEASE HELP

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It’s the description of a scientific law

because Astronomers call this the “retrograde motion”. It’s just our viewpoint from earth. The plants aren’t actually changing directions. For example, Mars has the largest retrograde motion. Since Mars is further from the Sun than our planet, it orbits the Sun slower, meaning Earth on the inside track can catch it up and then overtake it.