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NASA FAQ 2012
NASA scientists are frequently being asked questions concerning 2012 and for this reason they have created a
Q: 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?
A: 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.
Sigh.... I too fear for our planet.
Posted by Alex Tabarrok on November 10, 2009 at 07:05 AM in Data Source, Film, Religion, Science | Permalink
Comments
has the idea that there is another copy of earth on the same orbit but 180 degrees off (so that it would always be blocked by the sun) been disproven?
Posted by: babar at Nov 10, 2009 8:04:28 AM
Sigh.... I too fear for our planet.
See previous comment....
Posted by: anon at Nov 10, 2009 8:09:19 AM
Babar:
I can't find a link to right now, but yes, scientists are 100% confident that there is no planet in the same orbit as the Earth, but on the opposite side of the sun. The reason for their confidence is that such a planet would have gravity, and its effects on other objects in the solar system would have been observed by now.
Posted by: Craig at Nov 10, 2009 8:10:47 AM
Alex, you aren't being sensitive to bat shit crazy peoples untenable belief systems.
Keep it up!
Posted by: William at Nov 10, 2009 8:32:13 AM
1/2: Craig is right, there would be a noticeable gravity well.
Posted by: Millian at Nov 10, 2009 8:39:26 AM
but what about Uranus????
Posted by: angus at Nov 10, 2009 9:13:43 AM
Wow, I had never heard about the conjecture that there could be a planet on the same orbit as the earth but blocked from view by the sun. Even if it isn't true its an interesting idea.
Posted by: Portal Fan at Nov 10, 2009 10:04:16 AM
NASA might find itself more credible were it to refrain from spouting scientific drivel about Global Warming.
Posted by: dearieme at Nov 10, 2009 10:06:30 AM
"The next solar maximum will occur in the 2012-2014 time frame and is predicted to be an average solar cycle, no different than previous cycles throughout history."
I don't work for NASA or anything, but it is my understanding that the fact that the most recent solar minimum was so inactive is actually evidence that the next solar maximum will be more active. Any scientists out there have any insight on this?
Posted by: John at Nov 10, 2009 10:31:53 AM
I'll offer to buy real estate at 10% of appraised value, title to convey to me on December 31, 2012. That'll give you money to make your survuval preparations, and all you're losing is some real estate that will, after the end of the world, be worthless to you.
Posted by: Laserlight at Nov 10, 2009 11:01:00 AM
Too bad NASA can't say, "yes, this is totally true, but we are working to avert the disaster and you can help by contributing $100 or more at the following address ...."
Posted by: Anderson at Nov 10, 2009 11:26:04 AM
Global warming drivel... All science is drivel, I mean what has science really given us? And even if it wasn't drivel what could we do about it? The truth is God is using global warming as a tool for his apocalypse plan. And after those commie-nazi pinkos in Washington begin their Death panel raids on Creationist and Intelligent-design teaching shcool teachers, Christ will come back and put Richad Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens in the tenth circle of hell!
Posted by: Travis at Nov 10, 2009 2:41:07 PM
here's a question I haven't dwelled on too much...who stands to gain by the earth ending? Most times when people make predictions about such things it's to gain clientele, so to some degree, that makes sense here (religious groups, etc). But how is a prediction of the end of civilization going to inspire action (ie donation, commitment etc)?
What are the economics of doomsday predictions?
Posted by: Eric at Nov 10, 2009 3:14:42 PM
maybe the solar system is going to line up with that blackhole in the galaxy, and those asteroids are sitting out there in that bullpen for a reason. Suns get hungry too, and it may be that solar balance determines efficiency of release.
Posted by: kevinearick at Nov 10, 2009 9:12:33 PM
Eric - bookselling. Or eyeballs for TV/movie/Internet advertising.
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Posted by: RFWoodstock at Nov 11, 2009 10:29:42 AM
+1 Alex, great find
Although I do wonder how you found that site in the first place...
Posted by: Mike at Nov 11, 2009 12:44:24 PM
The Sumerian text does not say that planet X or Nibiru will crash into Earth, rather that it returns near to Earth. Neither, if they do exist, will cause the cataclysm. Read my non-fiction 2012 trilogy, The Ark of Millions of Years, for the cause. I write under the pen of E. J. Clark. Thanks
Posted by: Mary England at Nov 11, 2009 12:48:10 PM
The Sumerian text does not say that planet X or Nibiru will crash into Earth, rather that it returns near to Earth. Neither, if they do exist, will cause the cataclysm. Read my non-fiction 2012 trilogy, The Ark of Millions of Years, for the cause. I write under the pen of E. J. Clark. Thanks
Posted by: Mary England at Nov 11, 2009 12:48:46 PM
