Copernican principle

== English == === Etymology === Named after Nicolaus Copernicus by Austrian-British cosmologist Hermann Bondi in reference to his model of Copernican heliocentrism. === Proper noun === Copernican principle (cosmology) A principle which states that the location of humanity has no special significance (in constrast to traditional views that the Earth or Sun are located in the center of the Universe). ==== Derived terms ==== Copernican time principle ==== Related terms ==== Copernican Revolution Copernican system