heliocentric

IPA: hiɫioʊsˈɛntrɪk

(astronomy) Having the sun at the center/centre; usually in reference to a coordinate system or orbit. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
(cosmology) Of or relating to heliocentrism.

Examples of "heliocentric" in Sentences

"And separation successfull ... i'm floating. .in heliocentric orbit ..."
"heliocentric" plant, like a sunflower, is one that grows toward or is drawn to the sun.
"Copernicanism", that is, a heliocentric solar system with _circular_ orbits, was long dead.
Neither has the Copernican heliocentric model, because its circular orbits were only partially right.
This representation of the heavens is usually called the heliocentric, or “Sun-centred,” system — derived from the Greek helios, meaning “Sun.”
- As I sit at my computer terminal, I notice that my bottled water (no "heliocentric" acid rain water from KPU for this boy!) has a "sell by" date.
The opposition to the heliocentric cosmology of Copernicus came largely from religious adherence to the Ptolemaic alethic model, but the astronomers who held out against Kepler were largely being scientistic.