Glossary term: Principio de Copérnico
Description: Este principio, en su forma original, es el resultado del modelo copernicano del Sistema Solar. Este modelo "heliocéntrico" afirmaba que los planetas orbitan alrededor del Sol y sustituyó a la creencia anterior de que la Tierra ocupaba un lugar especial en el centro del Sistema Solar. Desde el punto de vista filosófico, el Principio de Copérnico representa un cambio fundamental en la percepción humana de nuestro lugar en el Universo. Este cambio fue revolucionario en la época de Copérnico. El Principio de Copérnico se ha extendido a la cosmología, donde se denomina Principio Cosmológico, que proporciona uno de los fundamentos clave de la cosmología moderna: no existe una ubicación o dirección especial dentro del Universo observable. Ambos principios se ponen a prueba constantemente mediante una serie de observaciones a diversas escalas, utilizando telescopios terrestres y espaciales.
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In Other Languages
- Árabe: مبدأ كوبرنيكوس
- Alemán: Kopernikanisches Prinzip
- Inglés: Copernican Principle
- Francés: Principe copernicien
- Indonesio: Prinsip Copernicus
- Italiano: Principio copernicano
- Coreano: 코페르니쿠스 원리
- Portugués de Brasil: Princípio de Copérnico
- Chino simplificado: 哥白尼原理
- Chino tradicional: 哥白尼原理
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Copernicus's heliocentric system
Caption: Sketch of Copernicus's heliocentric model of the Solar System, from his book "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" (On the revolution of the heavenly spheres) published in 1543. Shown are the Sun as well as the orbits of Mercury, Venus, the Earth (itself orbited by the Moon), Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The outermost circle represents the sphere of the stars.
In this model, the Earth is not special – it is merely one planet, among several, orbiting the Sun. This was the first example for what is now known as the Copernican Principle: that our positions as observers in the universe is not special or privileged in any way. The shift from the geocentric to the heliocentric model of our universe is known as the Copernican revolution.
Credit: Nicolaus Copernicus
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