Heliocentric Synonyms and Antonyms

hēlē-ō-sĕntrĭk
Having the sun as the center
(Adjective)
Antonyms:
  1. geocentric

Words Related to Heliocentric

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. sun-centred
  2. copernican
  3. earth-centred

Heliocentric Sentence Examples

  • But the explanation of this phenomenon is equally consistent with the geocentric as with the heliocentric theory of the solar system.

  • The routine sla_PLANET produces heliocentric position and velocity in the form of equatorial for the mean equator and equinox of J2000.

  • The problem of determining a heliocentric orbit first presented itself to Kepler, who actually determined that of Mars.

  • However, true progress in understanding the solar system and the planets only came when heliocentric ideas began to supplant the old geocentric system.

  • His dissatisfaction with Ptolemaic doctrines was of early date; and he returned from Italy, where so-called Pythagorean opinions were then freely discussed, in strong and irrevocable possession of the heliocentric theory.

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