geocentric.

1. Having Earth or Earth’s center as a reference center.

2. Treating Earth as the central body around which the heavens or solar-system bodies move.

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Words that belong together

• geocentric coordinates
• a geocentric orbit

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The chart gave geocentric coordinates for the tracked object.

They converted the geocentric orbit into the frame used by the outbound vessel.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Relational adjective; ordinary comparative and superlative not applicable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.