Fear not ! The hoax is exposed.
Mayan Calendar:
The Maya calendar, which is made up different cycles of day counts, does not
end this year. Rather, one cycle of 144,000 days (394 years) ends and the next
cycle begins.
Mayan Prophecy:
The ancient Maya did not predict the end of the world or any disaster in
December 2012. Such doomsday predictions are a modern hoax.
Planet Nibiru:
Nibiru is probably the minor name of a god found in ancient Mesopotamian
writing. There is no planet named Nibiru, and the fictional books by economist
Zecharia Sitchin about a civilization on this planet are a hoax.
Rogue Planet
Headed for Earth: For the past decade there have been reports of a rogue object
(Planet X, or Nibiru, or Hercubolus, or even Comet Elenin) that will collide
with Earth in December 2012. These claims are not true. If such a threatening
world existed, it would be one of the brightest objects in the sky, and
astronomers would have been tracking it for years. If it existed, its gravity
would be distorting the orbits of planets, especially Mars and Earth.
Astronomers know that it does not exist.
Planet Alignments:
There is no alignment of planets in Dec 2012. There is an approximate lining up
of the Earth and Sun and the center of our Galaxy in late December, but this
happens every year. In any case, planet alignments have no effect on the Earth.
Pole Shift: There
is nothing strange this year about either the magnetic poles or the rotational
poles of the Earth. The magnetic polarity changes every million years or so,
but that is not happening now, and it probably takes thousands of years when it
does happen. A sudden change in the rotational axis has never happened and is
not possible. If there were any change in the Earth’s rotation, it would be
instantly apparent by failure of our GPS systems.
Increasing
Disasters: Our planet is behaving normally in 2012, although we see more and
more news stories about natural disasters. There has been no increase in
earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. There has been an increase in extreme
weather, including both droughts and floods, which are partly attributable to
global warming, but this has nothing to do with a 2012 doomsday.
Solar Outbursts:
The Sun’s ongoing 11-year activity cycle is expected to peak in 2013, not 2012.
Solar outbursts (flares and CMEs) can damage orbiting satellites but will not
hurt us on the surface. The strength of the 2013 solar maximum is predicted to
be lower than average, not higher.
Bunker Conspiracy:
Accusations of a massive government cover-up are nonsense. No government could
hide an incoming planet or silence hundreds of thousands of scientists. Rumors
that huge bunkers have been built in the U.S. or elsewhere to shelter the elite
are lies. Apparently a few people are building private shelters, but their fear
of 2012 is misplaced and they are wasting their money.
Scaring Children:
The group most vulnerable to doomsday claims is children. Teachers report that
many of their students are frightened and some are even considering suicide.
This is the most tragic consequence of the 2012 hoax.
The End of the
World: The idea of the sudden end of the world by any cause is absurd. The
Earth has been here for more than 4 billion years, and it will be several more
billion years before the gradual brightening of the Sun makes our planet
unlivable. Meanwhile there is no known astronomical or geological threat that
could destroy the Earth.
Cosmophobia: Many young
people write to me that they are scared of astronomy. When they read about some
new discovery, the first thing they think is that it might hurt them, even if
it is happening in a distant galaxy. There is no reason for such fears, which I
call cosmophobia (fear of the universe). This rash of concern seems to be the
result of too many conspiracy theories and sensational stories featured on the
Internet and irresponsible news outlets. Astronomical objects are so distant
that they cannot threaten the Earth. Please don’t be afraid of the Sun or the
planets or comets or asteroids. The universe is not your enemy.
DOOMSDAY FACT
SHEET - 2012
David Morrison
Senior Scientist,
NASA LUNAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE
Director – Carl
Segan Centre for Study of Life Science in the Universe
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