geocentric

Definition

Having the Earth at the center.

Etymology

From geo- + -centric.

Example Sentences

• "a geocentric coordinate system"
• "a geocentric 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."

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