Tychonic system

American

[tahy-kon-ik] / taɪˈkɒn ɪk /

noun

Astronomy.

a model for planetary motion devised by Tycho Brahe in which the earth is stationary and at the center of the planetary system, the sun and moon revolve around the earth, and the other planets revolve around the sun.

Etymology

Origin of Tychonic system

1670–80; Tychon- (stem of Tycho ( Brahe ), Latinized form of Danish Tyge ) + -ic

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Moreover, it was generally acknowledged that the Tychonic system was incompatible with belief in solid heavenly spheres.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In Riccioli’s version of the Tychonic system Jupiter and Saturn orbit around the Earth, not the sun.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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