heliocentric

• adj. [天] 以太阳为中心的

helio-,太阳的，centric,中心的，中央的。

1. having the sun as the center

heliocentric (adj.)

1680s, from helio- + -centric.

Galileo was excommunicated by the Church and imprisoned for life for his astronomical observations and his support of the heliocentric principle.

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He also propounded the Heliocentric theory of gravitation, thus predating Copernicus by almost one thousand years.

他也提出以引力作用为基础的日心说, 比哥白尼早了几乎一千年.

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