Charts using the perspective of the Sun as the center Earth appears in these charts, instead of the Sun The further a planet is from the Sun, the less its geocentric position varies from its heliocentric one The inner planets (Mercury and Venus) can vary by as much as 180 degrees
From the viewpoint of the Sun Modern Western astrology is generally Geocentric (from the viewpoint of the Earth) Planetary positions appear different from the heliocentric viewpoint
This mean sun-centered and in this model of the universe everything revolves around the sun
pertaining to the sun's center, or appearing to be seen from it; having, or relating to, the sun as a center; opposed to geocentrical
Word describing astronomical systems based on the sun as the primary reference frame for the description of planetary motions; sun-centered
Referring to the sun A heliocentric orbit is one based on the sun as one of the two foci of the (elliptical) orbit (or as the center of a circular orbit); a heliocentric magnitude is the brightness of an object as would be seen from a heliocentric distance of 1 AU (which means a distance of 1 AU from the sun)
Sun-centered model of the universe as portrayed by Nicholas Copernicus in the 15th century
Refers to the sun A heliocentric correction is applied to transform measurements to correspond to what an observer at the center of the Sun would see Common heliocentric corrections are for the up-to-8 minute light travel time across one astronomical unit, or for the 30 km/s orbital velocity of the Earth The barycentric correction to the center of mass of the Solar System is more physically meaningful, but is harder to compute and is unwarranted for many purposes
Heliocentric is just like the scientific way, the planets revolve around the sun