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Meanings of heliocentric orbit in English

Russian
гелиоцентрическая орбита
Portuguese
órbita heliocêntrica
Spanish
órbita heliocéntrica
Catalan
òrbita heliocèntrica

Orbit around the barycenter of the Sun.

гелиоцентрическая орбита
Usage of heliocentric orbit in English
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It was named after astronomer Johannes Kepler and followed a Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit.
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If it's the sun, it's a heliocentric orbit.
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So, the old Earth-moon system was, as a whole, revolving around the sun in a heliocentric orbit.
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This even happens naturally sometimes: an asteroid in a heliocentric orbit will wander close to L1 and get captured by the Earth.
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When we refer to the sun as a planet, it does not negate our comprehension of the heliocentric orbit of the planets.
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Send it around the Sun for the next ten thousand years. When separated from Conestoga, Pathfinder would be launched into a heliocentric orbit.
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There are much smaller-butstill significant-populationsof asteroids in heliocentric orbits not that different from Earth's.
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"The Earth, in its heliocentric orbit." The sick crew member would have to wait for a few minutes.
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