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/ˌhiːli.əʊˈsɛntɹɪk/ · adjective
(astronomy) Having the sun at the center/centre; usually in reference to a coordinate system or orbit. [from 17th c.].
a heliocentric coordinate system
a heliocentric orbit
To make the Catalogue of Eclipses, as also the Table of the Parallaxes of [Jupiter], it was necessary first to make a Table of [Jupiter]' Heliocentrick places, to which the Parallaxes being applied, give the Geocentrick.
Apollyon, who, as god of the sun, has a certain stake in the matter, teaches the Prior the truth of what the Greeks, Pythagoras' disciples, knew many years before— the nature of the heliocentric (or pyrocentric) planetary system.
Use heliocentric when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Heliocentric means (astronomy) Having the sun at the center/centre; usually in reference to a coordinate system or orbit. [from 17th c.].
Common synonyms include copernican.
Possible antonyms include geocentric.
a heliocentric coordinate system
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