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Noun: heliocentric parallax
  1. The parallax of a celestial body using two points in the earth's orbit around the sun as the baseline
    "The heliocentric parallax helped astronomers calculate the distance to nearby stars";
    - annual parallax

Derived forms: heliocentric parallaxes

Type of: parallax

Encyclopedia: Heliocentric parallax