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Cosmological principle

According to the cosmological principle, all points in space ought to experience the same physical development, correlated in time in such a way that all points at a certain distance from an observer appear to be at the same stage of development. In that sense, all spatial conditions in the Universe must appear to be homogeneous and isotropic to an observer at all times in the future and in the past.

This statement implies that there is no center of the universe, since space is declared to be homogeneous and isotropic. ^[1]

On the Earth

• New York City, a nickname.
• Fremont, a Seattle neighborhood which proclaims itself "The Center of the Universe.".
• Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, by the documentary Rabbit Hash, Center of the Universe
• Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, according to a billboard placed at the city entrance, which says "Welcome to Stara Zagora - Center of the Universe."
• Ma On Shan (town), which is nicknamed 'Center of the Universe' in Cantonese
• Vrbové, Slovakia , "Center of the World and Universe" monument created by local artists^[2]

1. ^ Klaus Mainzer and J Eisinger (2002). The Little Book of Time. Springer. ISBN 0387952888. http://books.google.com/books?id=wX111YnexSUC&pg=PA55. . P. 55.
2. ^ http://www.hocikto.info/images/obr_texty/1222602494.jpg

• Tank 1397 an arbitrary reference point in Essex used to indicate the futility of the concept.

In fiction

Several places are referred as the "center of the universe" in various fictional stories:

• The planet Oa, home of the Guardians of the Universe in the DC Comics Universe.
• The swamp where the Man-Thing lives contains the "Nexus of All Realities" in the Marvel Comics Universe.
• The planet Eternia, home of the Masters of the Universe, is considered to be in the center of the universe and to still contain a spark from the Big Bang in its center.
• Azathoth, a mindless living planet, is located in the center of the Universe of the Cthulhu Mythos.
• In Futurama, the planet that Nibbler, Leela's pet, and the rest of the nibblonion species comes from is the centre of the universe.
• San Dimas, California, according to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Movies

• A documentary film with famous climbers as Alexander Huber, Lynn Hill, Jim Bridwell. The film is about climbing in the Yosemite Valley on famous peaks like El Capitan or Half Dome.^[1]

Other references

Many places in the world are referred to by the inhabitants or outsiders as "The Center of the Universe". Usually this is meant tongue-in-cheek but may also refer to some particular attribute of the place.

Center of the universe may refer to:

• Center of the Universe, an American television series
• Another name for Times Square in New York City, sometimes written on billboards in the area and called that by some people.
• Center of the Universe, a CD by Tulsa band Admiral Twin
• Axis mundi, the cosmological or religious concept of a world center
• "Center of the Universe", a song from the album Epica, by Kamelot
• An interpretive centre for the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory north of Victoria, British Columbia.
• Dalí caused the Perpignan train station (France) to be entered into the history of art by naming it the "center of the universe" after having experienced there on September 19, 1963, in his own words, "a sort of cosmic ecstasy [stronger than all those I had had before. I experienced a precise vision of the construction of the universe"[1].
• Palm Court in the center of the Pei Dormitories on the New College of Florida campus in Sarasota, FL. Palm Court is known to Novo Collegians as "The Center of the Universe".

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