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Geocentric   /dʒˌioʊsˈɛntrɪk/   Listen
Geocentric

adjective
1.
Having the earth as the center.



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"Geocentric" Quotes from Famous Books



... infinitesimal asteroids. The majority place this zone beyond the orbit of the earth, and concentric with the sun. But Rev. George Jones, of Philadelphia, who has spent several years in observing this light, including eight months in Quito, considers it geocentric, and possibly situated between the earth and its satellite. At New York only a short pyramidal light, and this only at certain seasons, is to be seen; but here, an arch twenty degrees wide, and of considerable intensity, shoots up to the zenith, and Mr. Jones affirms that ...
— The Andes and the Amazon - Across the Continent of South America • James Orton



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