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Earth won’t physically cross the plane of our Milky Way galaxy in 2012, but Earth will cross the galactic equator in 2012. That’s nothing special! As seen from the sun, Earth does this every year – twice.
Originally posted by PuterMan
reply to post by mrnotobc
It will pass the galactic equator, not the galactic plane
Earth won’t physically cross the plane of our Milky Way galaxy in 2012, but Earth will cross the galactic equator in 2012. That’s nothing special! As seen from the sun, Earth does this every year – twice.
earthsky.org...
Originally posted by mrnotobc
i would think the galactic plane, and galactic equator are the same thing, no?
Originally posted by PuterMan
reply to post by mrnotobc
It will pass the galactic equator, not the galactic plane
Earth won’t physically cross the plane of our Milky Way galaxy in 2012, but Earth will cross the galactic equator in 2012. That’s nothing special! As seen from the sun, Earth does this every year – twice.
earthsky.org...
Originally posted by Xcouncil=wisdom
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Originally posted by flexy123
"Galactic plane" is one of those word-constructions used by pseudo-scientists who have no clue about basic, kindergarten level science.
>> Wikipedia:
The galactic plane is the plane in which the majority of a disk-shaped galaxy's mass lies.
>>
The Earth is part of the the galaxy and unable to move independently "through the galaxy" or move anything big in relation to the whole galaxy, it has a rather fixed position within the galaxy. If you would look at our Galaxy from outside..you would see the Galaxy rotate and move (as a whole)...but the individual stars/planet in it would not move relatively to it.edit on 17-2-2012 by flexy123 because: (no reason given)
The winter solstice of 2012 will occur at 11:11 GMT on of course 21-12-2012 the same day the Long Count flips over. On that morning the sun will appear to rise into the patch of sky we refer to as the galactic centre or nuclear bulge. It is the location of the super-massive black hole at the centre of rotation for the Milky Way galaxy.
In itself the appearance of the sun rising here is not a particularly unique event. The phenomena can be observed for winter solstice dates of numerous years either side of 2012. The only interesting new aspect of this year will be the sun appearing to just touch one part of the Dark Rift (Great Rift) that snakes its way along the Galactic Equator. This is an area of the night sky considered important to Maya cosmology most notably with respect to spiritual rebirth mythologies. It will however take some two decades or so to travel completely through this dark region of the sky.
Originally posted by mrnotobc
Originally posted by flexy123
"Galactic plane" is one of those word-constructions used by pseudo-scientists who have no clue about basic, kindergarten level science.
>> Wikipedia:
The galactic plane is the plane in which the majority of a disk-shaped galaxy's mass lies.
>>
The Earth is part of the the galaxy and unable to move independently "through the galaxy" or move anything big in relation to the whole galaxy, it has a rather fixed position within the galaxy. If you would look at our Galaxy from outside..you would see the Galaxy rotate and move (as a whole)...but the individual stars/planet in it would not move relatively to it.edit on 17-2-2012 by flexy123 because: (no reason given)
Let's face it, everything in space is in motion. What most people are talking about in this context is,
Imagine the galaxy as a spinning phonograph record. The earth is about 3/4 of the way out from the center. As the record spins around, the earth oscillates from a position slightly below the record, to slightly above the record. It always stays about 3/4 of the way from the center. My question is, when will the earth be right exactly in line with the record, and nether above or below it? That's what I'm talking about.
The various extinction events which have occurred during the world?s
history have attracted a number explanations. One such hypothesis is
that these events coincided with the earth crossing the galactic plane
and encountering the dense matter in the form of comets which struck
the earth. This is known as the Shiva Hypotheisis. Its author is
Michael Rampino, Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental
Sciences.
because its an agenda that only believes certain data, and ignores others.