Over a 20 year period of time, Tycho Brahe made consistent observations which supported the heliocentric theory proposed earlier by Copernicus. These observations were made using only a compass and a sextant.
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Heliocentric
//ˌhiːlioʊˈsɛntɹɪk//
Synonyms for "heliocentric" (1 found)
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57 translations across 52 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- heliosentries adj (having the sun at the center)
Albanian
1 entries- heliocentrik adj (having the sun at the center)
Arabic
1 entries- شَمْسِيّ الْمَرْكَز adj (having the sun at the center)
Asturian
1 entries- heliocéntricu adj (having the sun at the center)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- heliosentrik adj (having the sun at the center)
Basque
1 entries- heliozentriko adj (having the sun at the center)
Belarusian
1 entries- геліяцэнтры́чны adj (having the sun at the center)
Bulgarian
1 entries- хелиоцентри́чен adj (having the sun at the center)
Catalan
1 entries- heliocèntric adj (having the sun at the center)
Czech
1 entries- heliocentrický adj (having the sun at the center)
Danish
1 entries- heliocentrisk adj (having the sun at the center)
Dutch
1 entries- heliocentrisch adj (having the sun at the center)
Esperanto
1 entries- heliocentra adj (having the sun at the center)
Estonian
1 entries- heliotsentriline adj (having the sun at the center)
Finnish
2 entries- aurinkokeskinen adj (having the sun at the center)
- heliosentrinen adj (having the sun at the center)
French
1 entries- héliocentrique adj (having the sun at the center)
Galician
1 entries- heliocéntrico adj (having the sun at the center)
Georgian
1 entries- ჰელიოცენტრული adj (having the sun at the center)
German
1 entries- heliozentrisch adj (having the sun at the center)
Greek
1 entries- ηλιοκεντρικός adj (having the sun at the center)
Hebrew
1 entries- הליוֹצֶנְטְרִי adj (having the sun at the center)
Hungarian
2 entries- heliocentrikus adj (having the sun at the center)
- napközpontú adj (having the sun at the center)
Ido
1 entries- heliocentrala adj (having the sun at the center)
Indonesian
1 entries- heliosentris adj (having the sun at the center)
Interlingua
1 entries- heliocentric adj (having the sun at the center)
Italian
1 entries- eliocentrico adj (having the sun at the center)
Latin
1 entries- heliocentricus adj (having the sun at the center)
Latvian
1 entries- heliocentrisks adj (having the sun at the center)
Lithuanian
1 entries- heliocentrinis adj (having the sun at the center)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- heliozentresch adj (having the sun at the center)
Macedonian
1 entries- хелиоцентричен adj (having the sun at the center)
Maltese
1 entries- eljoċentriku adj (having the sun at the center)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- rojmerkezî adj (having the sun at the center)
- rojnavendî adj (having the sun at the center)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- heliosentrisk adj (having the sun at the center)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- heliosentrisk adj (having the sun at the center)
Occitan
1 entries- eliocentric adj (having the sun at the center)
Persian
1 entries- خورشیدمرکزی adj (having the sun at the center)
Polish
1 entries- heliocentryczny adj (having the sun at the center)
Portuguese
1 entries- heliocêntrico adj (having the sun at the center)
Romanian
2 entries- heliocentric adj (having the sun at the center)
- хелиочентрик adj (having the sun at the center)
Russian
1 entries- гелиоцентри́ческий adj (having the sun at the center)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- heliocèntričan adj (having the sun at the center)
- хелиоцѐнтричан adj (having the sun at the center)
Slovak
1 entries- heliocentrický adj (having the sun at the center)
Slovene
1 entries- heliocentričen adj (having the sun at the center)
Spanish
1 entries- heliocéntrico adj (having the sun at the center)
Swedish
1 entries- heliocentrisk adj (having the sun at the center)
Tajik
1 entries- хуршедмарказӣ adj (having the sun at the center)
Turkish
1 entries- Güneş merkezli adj (having the sun at the center)
Ukrainian
1 entries- геліоцентри́чний adj (having the sun at the center)
Uzbek
1 entries- geliotsentrik adj (having the sun at the center)
Welsh
1 entries- heliosentrig adj (having the sun at the center)
Yiddish
1 entries- העליאָצענטריש adj (having the sun at the center)
Sample sentences
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Copernicus felt that Ptolemy's theory was incorrect. Sometime between 1507 and 1515, he first circulated the principles of his heliocentric or Sun-centered astronomy.
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In 1632, he published a book that stated, among other things, that the heliocentric theory of Copernicus was correct. Galileo was once again called before the Inquisition and this time was found guilty of heresy.
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The heliocentric view of the world, in which the Sun is at the centre of the universe, is also described as the Copernican system. It represents a step forward from the geocentric view of Ptolemy.
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