In a heliocentric model, Earth and the other planets orbit a central star, known as the sun.

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Colin Hendricks

5 November, 05:27

In a heliocentric model, Earth and the other planets orbit a central star, known as the sun.

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Lexi Cole · Answer 1

True. The root/prefix (I'm not sure which it is ... probably root) "helio" means "sun," so "Heliocentric" is broken down into "helio" and "centric." Then, those become "sun" and "center."

when that is interpreted, it is "sun in the center"

In a heliocentric model, Earth and the other planets orbit a central star, known as the sun.TrueFalse

In a heliocentric model, Earth and the other planets orbit a central star, known as the sun.

True

False