No, it's not indeed:) A more correct description would be "earth cycle". The imprecise language we use is at the heart of the problem.... or should I say implicit word choice, seeing that, as you mentioned, our words do reveal our "heliocentric universe"- human-centric perspective.

And there are many many more examples like that - hot air rises - only it doesn't, the driver is gravity: it's the cold air that sinks. And you might enjoy this example > https://medium.com/the-new-climate/does-english-strip-the-soul-from-its-trees-6bd3edd8af54 My own "pet"-words are "circular" (economy) and "degrowth" :)