Is 2012 Doomsday For Real?
Published by Richard Goldberg on 2010-02-08 17:28:55
Are you wondering about what this 2012 end of world talk is all about? If you've ever read about the Mayan calendar, you would have come to understand about astronomy 2012 and about end of the world on December 2012. Many individuals claim the end of life on planet earth is nearing. Though this claim was made in the past years, there's a lot of hype going on about this freaking news.
The initial phenomenon for the end of world would be gigantic solar flares due to unusual sun's magnetic fields. The increase in the number of sunspots and sun flares for 2012 has been predicted by NASA. This would surely bring satellite interruptions and electric screw ups.
In late December of 2012, a close conjunction of The Winter Solstice Sun with the middle of The Milky Way universe will happen. Again, some folk are connecting this astronomical event to the Mayan calendar and presaging the end of the Earth. A well-known astronomer announces "The fact the winter solstice on 2012 is "aligned" with the plane of the galaxy has no importance. It takes the winter solstice 700-1400 years to cross the plane of the universe. The solstice last year ( referring to 2005 ) was within 0.1 degrees ( or *FR4|fifth] th the dimensions of the Sun ) of where it will be on 2012. The Sun crosses the plane of the Milky Way twice every year with no ill effect.
a lot of this disaster / bliss rumination revolves around the 2012 prophecies and the Mayan calender. But what precisely is the Mayan calendar and how does it lead to Armageddon or heavenly bliss? Mayans were great astrologers, mathematicians and students whose record keeping is famous. One of their calendars, the Long Count calendar makes reference to the year 2012. While it doesn't actually point to a particular day, it does seem to represent that in 2012 there'll be an end point to time and that a new period will start.