heliocentric
ASTRONOMICAL MODEL IN WHICH THE EARTH AND PLANETS REVOLVE AROUND A RELATIVELY STATIONARY SUN AT THE CENTER OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Heliocentric model; Heliocentric; Heliocentric theory; Copernican heliocentric system; Heliocentricity; Heliocentric universe; Heliocentric System; Sun-centred Universe; Sun centred universe; Heliocentric Coordinates; Heliocentric system; Heliocentricism; Heliocentric Model; Sun-centered universe; Heliocentric Theory; Heliocentric solar system; Heleocentric theory; Revolution of the Earth; Heliocentrist; Heliocentrists
¦ adjective
1. having or representing the sun as the centre, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system. Compare with
geocentric.
2. Astronomy measured from or considered in relation to the centre of the sun.
Derivatives
heliocentrically adverb