Definition of Heliocentric parallax

1. Noun. The parallax of a celestial body using two points in the earth's orbit around the sun as the baseline.

Exact synonyms: Annual Parallax
Generic synonyms: Parallax
Specialized synonyms: Stellar Parallax

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heliocentric Parallax

helilifting
helilifts
helimagnet
helimagnetic
helimagnetism
helimagnets
heliman
helimen
heling
helio
helio-
helioaerotherapy
heliobacteria
heliobacterium
heliocentric
heliocentric parallax (current term)
heliocentrical
heliocentricism
heliocentrick
heliocentrism
heliochrome
heliochromes
heliochromic
heliochromism
heliochromy
heliodon
heliodons
heliodor
heliodors
helioelectric

Literary usage of Heliocentric parallax

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Astronomy: A Text-book by Charles Augustus Young (1902)
"When, therefore, we speak of a star's parallax the heliocentric parallax is to be understood. Moreover, unless otherwise clearly indicated, ..."

2. Outlines of Astronomy: By Sir John F. W. Herschel by John Frederick William Herschel (1902)
"This account of the law of heliocentric parallax is in anticipation of what follows in a subsequent chapter, and will be better understood by the student ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... or heliocentric parallax. Here the baseline instead, as in the former case, ... the heliocentric parallax has been determined by Bessel to be -348", ..."

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