Heliocentric, in Astronomy, having the sun (Gr. hēlios) as centre of reference; the heliocentric place of a planet being opposed to its geocentric (Gr. gē, 'earth'), its place as seen from the earth.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 628
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