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語源

From geo- +‎ -centric.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌdʒiːəʊˈsɛntɹɪk/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌd͡ʒioʊˈsɛntɹɪk/
• 韻: -ɛntɹɪk

形容詞

geocentric (not comparable)

1. Having the Earth at the center.

   Hypernym: planetocentric

   a geocentric coordinate system

   a geocentric orbit

   • 1685, J. Flamsteed, Philosophical Transactions, volume XV, page 1217:

     To make the Catalogue of Eclipses, as also the Table of the Parallaxes of [Jupiter], it was necessary first to make a Table of [Jupiter]' Heliocentrick places, to which the Parallaxes being applied, give the Geocentrick.

   • 2024 September, Carlos de la Fuente Marcos, Raúl de la Fuente Marcos, “A Two-month Mini-moon: 2024 PT₅ Captured by Earth from September to November”, in Research Notes of the AAS‎, American Astronomical Society, →DOI:

     Near-Earth objects (NEOs) that follow horseshoe paths, and approach our planet at close range and low relative velocity, may undergo mini-moon events in which their geocentric energy becomes negative for hours, days or months, but without completing one revolution around Earth while bound.

2. (cosmology) Of or relating to geocentrism, an obsolete cosmology which placed the Earth at the center of the universe.

派生語

関連する語

• geocentrism

参考

• heliocentric (the Sun), hermeocentric (Mercury), cytherocentric (Venus), geocentric (the Earth), selenocentric (the Moon), areocentric (Mars), zenocentric (Jupiter), cronocentric (Saturn), uranocentric (Uranus), planetocentric (a planet), astrocentric (a star), galactocentric (a galaxy)

アナグラム

• egocentric