heliocentric

Adjective

Meaning

Alt. of Heliocentrical

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

copernican cosmic celestial elliptical eccentric drifting ephemeral astral asynchronous egocentric anthropocentric egocentrism anthropocentrism geostatic solstitial
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Antonyms

geocentric ptolemaic

Related terms

heliocentrism

Phrases with the word

heliocentric system heliocentric model heliocentric longitude

Anagrams

heteroclinic

Examples

Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe ... every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. Hannes Alfvén

Acceleration vector seeAlso From the heliocentric point of view consider the vector to the planet where is the distance to the planet and is a unit vector pointing towards the planet. Source: Internet

Among those included were the previous decrees placing various heliocentric works on the Index (". Source: Internet

A short History of scientific ideas to 1900, C. Singer, Oxford University Press, 1959, p. 151. (In modern heliocentric terms, this is caused by a gradual motion of the aphelion of the Earth's orbit). Source: Internet

Both work, but the geocentric system requires many more assumptions than the heliocentric system, which has only seven. Source: Internet

He observed that some Greek philosophers had proposed a heliocentric universe. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

heliobacterial heliobacterium heliobiology heliocentric longitude heliocentric model heliocentric orbit