Heliostatic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Heliostatic is an adjective meaning (astronomy) Of astronomical models of the solar system in which the Earth and planets move, but the Sun does not.
Meaning
(astronomy) Of astronomical models of the solar system in which the Earth and planets move, but the Sun does not.
More Meanings
- Of or pertaining to a heliostat.
Example Sentences
If heliostatic astronomy has no technical advantages, if thoroughly modern astronomy is not heliostatic, and if the arguments adduced by Copernicus were unconvincing, why were the early geostatic astronomies, Ptolemy's in particular, superseded?
Antonyms for heliostatic
Common opposites include geostatic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include heliostat, heliometer, heliographic, heliocentric, heliosphere, heliograph.
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