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Meanings of geocentric model in English

Russian
геоцентрическая система
Portuguese
geocentrismo
Spanish
teoria geocéntrica
Catalan
geocèntric

Theory that Earth is the centre of the Universe.

геоцентрическая система
Usage of geocentric model in English
1
I would bet most of these isolated humans would pick the geocentric model.
Wired
2
The first big problem with the geocentric model was the retrograde motion of planets like Mars.
Wired
3
There is another very convincing argument for the geocentric model - stellar parallax (or lack of).
Wired
4
On the other hand, the Bible indicates that the sun revolves around a stationary Earth (the geocentric model).
The Irish Times
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Then, why after year 1500, some Europeans did consider that something was fishy about the geocentric model of the Universe?
The Brain, A Decoded Enigma
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The geocentric model states that the Sun and the planets move around the Earth instead of the heliocentric model with the Sun in the center.
Wired
7
'You do know the geocentric model went by the wayside around the sixteenth century, right?
Dating the rebel tycoon