heliocentric

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  1. adjective Of or relating to a reference system based at the center of the sun.
  2. adjective Having the sun as the center.

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  • They sure got here quickly for being stationed in heliocentric orbit. —  AnalogSFF,May2007
  • The old geocentric system once shaken, the way was gradually smoothed for the heliocentric system, which Copernicus, still hampered by tradition, did not quite reach. —  Kepler
  • Richard Gage and AE911 truthers must feel like Galileo making the case for a heliocentric solar system in a world of inquisitors. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • [The idea that Galileo was punished for his heliocentric theory ignores why Copernicus was not, even though he published essentially the same theory 20 years before Galileo was even born.] —  Intellectual Conservative Politics and Philosophy
  • The third stage boosted the Kepler payload to its heliocentric orbit trailing Earth. —  DailyTech Main News Feed
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  1. from Greek ἡλιος, the sun, + κέντρον, center.
 

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/hilɪəˈsɛntrɪk/
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