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| kwantumszuperpozishn December 03 2012 11:38. Posts 61 | Profile # |
THE MAYAN CALENDAR: END OF THE WORLD(?)
Many believe that December 21, 2012 will be the escathological date for cataclysmic or transformative events.This date is regarded as the end-date of a 5125-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. Various astronomical alignments and numerological formulae have been proposed as pertaining to this date, though none have been accepted by mainstream scholarship.
A New Age interpretation of this transition is that this date marks the start of time in which Earth and its inhabitants may undergo a positive physical or spiritual transformation, and that 2012 may mark the beginning of a new era. Others suggest that the 2012 date marks the end of the world or a similar catastrophe.
GALACTIC ALIGNMENT
The Galactic Alignment is the alignment of the December solstice sun with the Galactic equator. This alignment occurs as a result of the precession of the equinoxes.
Precession is caused by the earth wobbling very slowly on its axis and shifts the position of the equinoxes and solstices one degree every 71.5 years. Because the sun is one-half of a degree wide, it will take the December solstice sun 36 years to precess through the Galactic equator.
The precise alignment of the solstice point (the precise center-point of the body of the sun as viewed from earth) with the Galactic equator was calculated to occur in 1998 (Jean Meeus, Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, 1997). Thus, the Galactic Alignment "zone" is 1998 +/- 18 years = 1980 - 2016. This is "era-2012." This Galactic Alignment occurs only once every 26,000 years, and was what the ancient Maya were pointing to with the 2012 end-date of their Long Count calendar.
POLAR SHIFT
The pole shift theory is a hypothesis that the axis of rotation of a planet has not always been at its present-day locations or that the axis will not persist there; in other words, that its physical poles had been or will be shifted. Pole shift theory is almost always discussed in the context of Earth, but other solar system bodies may have experienced axial reorientation during their existences. Scientists calculate that the next reversal will be in 2012.
THE PLANET CALLED "X"
The myth that the world will end in December 2012 started with claims that Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is heading toward Earth. Zecharia Sitchin, who writes fiction about the ancient Mesopotamian civilization of Sumer, claimed in several books (e.g., The Twelfth Planet, The Stairway to Heaven, The End of Days) that he has found and translated Sumerian documents that identify a planet — Nibiru — orbiting the Sun every 3,600 years. Sitchin's Sumerian fables include stories of astronauts visiting Earth from an alien civilization called the Anunnaki.
After these books appeared, Nancy Lieder, a self-declared psychic, wrote on her web site ZetaTalk that the inhabitants of a fictional planet orbiting the nearby star Zeta Reticuli warned her that Earth was in danger from Nibiru. The prediction said the collision of Nibiru and Earth would occur in May 2003.
When nothing happened in that month, claimants moved the doomsday date forward to December 2012. Only recently have people linked these two fables to the end of the Mayan long-count at the winter solstice in 2012 — hence the predicted doomsday date of December 21, 2012.
NASA Q&A
Are there any threats to the Earth in 2012? Many Internet websites say the world will end in December 2012.
The world will not end in 2012. Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012.
Does the Mayan calendar end in December 2012?
Just as the calendar you have on your kitchen wall does not cease to exist after December 31, the Mayan calendar does not cease to exist on December 21, 2012. This date is the end of the Mayan long-count period but then -- just as your calendar begins again on January 1 -- another long-count period begins for the Mayan calendar.
Could planets align in a way that impacts Earth?
There are no planetary alignments in the next few decades and even if these alignments were to occur, their effects on the Earth would be negligible. One major alignment occurred in 1962, for example, and two others happened during 1982 and 2000. Each December the Earth and sun align with the approximate center of the Milky Way Galaxy but that is an annual event of no consequence.
Is there a planet or brown dwarf called Nibiru or Planet X or Eris that is approaching the Earth and threatening our planet with widespread destruction? Nibiru and other stories about wayward planets are an Internet hoax. There is no factual basis for these claims. If Nibiru or Planet X were real and headed for an encounter with the Earth in 2012, astronomers would have been tracking it for at least the past decade, and it would be visible by now to the naked eye. Obviously, it does not exist. Eris is real, but it is a dwarf planet similar to Pluto that will remain in the outer solar system; the closest it can come to Earth is about 4 billion miles.
What is the polar shift theory? Is it true that the Earth's crust does a 180-degree rotation around the core in a matter of days if not hours?
A reversal in the rotation of Earth is impossible. There are slow movements of the continents (for example Antarctica was near the equator hundreds of millions of years ago), but that is irrelevant to claims of reversal of the rotational poles. However, many of the disaster websites pull a bait-and-switch to fool people. They claim a relationship between the rotation and the magnetic polarity of Earth, which does change irregularly, with a magnetic reversal taking place every 400,000 years on average. As far as we know, such a magnetic reversal doesn’t cause any harm to life on Earth. Scientists believe a magnetic reversal is very unlikely to happen in the next few millennia.
Is the Earth in danger of being hit by a meteor in 2012?
The Earth has always been subject to impacts by comets and asteroids, although big hits are very rare. The last big impact was 65 million years ago, and that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Today NASA astronomers are carrying out a survey called the Spaceguard Survey to find any large near-Earth asteroids long before they hit. We have already determined that there are no threatening asteroids as large as the one that killed the dinosaurs. All this work is done openly with the discoveries posted every day on the NASA Near-Earth Object Program Office website, so you can see for yourself that nothing is predicted to hit in 2012.
Sources:
http://www.astronomy.com/en/News-Observing/Astronomy%20Myths/2009/11/The%20world%20will%20end%20December%2021%202012.aspx
http://www.december212012.com
http://www.astronomy.com/en/News-Observing/Astronomy%20Myths/2009/11/The%20world%20will%20end%20December%2021%202012.aspx
Poll: Will the world end in Dec. 21, 2012?No (598) 75% Yes (202) 25% 800 total votes Your vote: Will the world end in Dec. 21, 2012? (Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
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 Praetorial United States. December 03 2012 11:40. Posts 3631 | Profile Blog # |
| No, but it never hurts to use the potential threat of an apocalypse as a motivator. |
| | FOR GREAT JUSTICE! Bans for the ban gods! |
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| Kevin_Sorbo Canada. December 03 2012 11:41. Posts 424 | Profile # |
I'm willing to give you 100$ for your car. 200$ for your house. you wont need those after the end of the world.
msg me if you wanna sell more valuables before the end of the world in order to go out in a blaze drunk as a skunk with brand new clothing and snort cocaine off the belly of hookers and stuff.
im willing to negociate my prices as well |
| | GET TO THE CHOPPAAHHHH!!!! |
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| MrMotionPicture United States. December 03 2012 11:41. Posts 2731 | Profile # |
| Oh this is too great! I cannot wait! |
| | "Elvis Presley" | Ret was looking at my post in the GSL video by Artosis. True story. | ROOTqxc.729/FXOqxc.955 |
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| xeo1 United States. December 03 2012 11:42. Posts 359 | Profile # | |
| | There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. |
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| zhurai United States. December 03 2012 11:44. Posts 5561 | Profile Blog # | |
| | Twitter: @zhurai | Site: http://zhurai.com | Streamer, Translator (JP->EN) | Staff at Fuwanovel and Assistant Manager for FXO.NA SC2 | |
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| Maxd11 United States. December 03 2012 11:46. Posts 613 | Profile # |
| We know the world isn't going to end. But it can't hurt to hope. |
| | ‹› sLFractaL.778 Add me for team/custom/1v1 practice games! I looked in the mirror and saw : biupilm69t |
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| Doomwish December 03 2012 11:49. Posts 435 | Profile # |
| The real cruel fate of humankind is that once this date comes and goes many more will crop up afterwards. You would think the people pushing this crap would have some sense of shame. |
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| ChiknAdobo United States. December 03 2012 11:51. Posts 183 | Profile # |
| I heard that if you calculate the addition of leap years the Mayan Dec. 21st should have already happened... |
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| Samp Canada. December 03 2012 11:52. Posts 781 | Profile # |
| This is gonna be a fun birthday =) |
| | Banelings, "They're cute, they live in a nest". -Artosis |
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| FeUerFlieGe United States. December 03 2012 11:54. Posts 1057 | Profile # |
| I don't know if the world will end or not... but what I do know, is that the partying is going to epic that night! |
| | To unpathed waters, undreamed shores. - Shakespeare |
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| B-Roll United States. December 03 2012 11:56. Posts 341 | Profile Blog # |
Can we get the 6 people who voted yes banned by chance?  |
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| SkyfOu United States. December 03 2012 11:57. Posts 81 | Profile Blog # |
| This thread is stupid. It's already been proved that the Mayan calender will NOT end on December 21. |
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| RodrigoX United States. December 03 2012 11:58. Posts 641 | Profile # |
| Anyone who even remotely takes this seriously. Kill yourself. |
| | We were all raised on televion that made us believe we'd all be Millionairs, Movie gods, and Rockstars..... But we won't.... We are slowly learning that fact. And we are very, very pissed off. |
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| cscarfo1 United States. December 03 2012 11:59. Posts 289 | Profile # | |
| | RIP oGs :( Bisu~ MC~Jaedong~Hero~Tyler~Flash~NaNi~DRG~MVP~Nestea~FXOz~and of course ForGG |
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 Plexa Administrator December 03 2012 11:59. | Profile Blog # |
| Personally I'm hoping for the new age prediction to come true. Would be lovely to live in a more enlightened world! |
| | ~ Spirit will set you free ~ | |
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| Locke- December 03 2012 12:04. Posts 267 | Profile # |
On December 03 2012 11:59 Plexa wrote:
Personally I'm hoping for the new age prediction to come true. Would be lovely to live in a more enlightened world!
You and me both. The thing is I'm really doubting the slightest extraordinary thing will happen on the 21st. |
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 {CC}StealthBlue United States. December 03 2012 12:04. Posts 15347 | Profile Blog # | |
| | It'll take a lot more than words and guns ... The hands of many must join as one, and together we'll cross the river. |
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| isaachukfan Canada. December 03 2012 12:07. Posts 477 | Profile Blog # |
| I'm having a party with some very close friends on the 21st....... |
| | "It's not a game, but a lifestyle choice" Also, "HuK Fighting" |
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