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Year 2012
became well known after the blockbuster movie 2012. Do you
think the world is going to end in 2012? Floods, earthquakes,
and continents sinking into oceans have been seen in movies
and said in various articles. But is it all real? Is it really
going to happen? Is the world really going to end?
There are several theories floating
around to predict the end of the world in 2012. Let us explore
one by one:
Remember "Y2k (Year 2000)"
theory which is now 10 years old and nothing happened! Now,
there is the "Nibiru" theory, "Planet X"
theory and "Eris" theory. Nibiru and PlanetX are
wayward planets that is destined to hit the earth in 2012.
Nibiru and Planet X theory is just an internet hoax. In fact
Nibiru was predicted to hit the earth on May 2003 and when
that did not happen the date was moved to Dec 2012. On the
other hand Eris is a real dwarf planet like Pluto but the
closer it can come to earth is around 4 billion miles. So
there is never a possibility of Eris impacting the earth.
There is a "Polar Shift"
theory which suggests that the earth is going to spin the
opposite way due to shift in earth's magnetic polarity. According
to NASA such polarity shift does occur every 400000 years
but it does not impact living beings on earth. This means
Polar shift will not occur in 2012.
There is a "Planetary Alignments"
theory where all the planets are expected to get on a same
line across the orbits. Such alignments are not expected to
happen in 2012 or in the next decade. Moreover such alignment
does not have any impact on the earth.
There is a "Solar Storms"
theory which expects the earth to be destroyed by a solar
storm. Solar storms are regular activity which occurs in the
space. The impact of these solar storms are primarily for
the man-made satellites which can temporarily interrupt satellite
communications. There is nothing special about 2012 Solar
activity!
Another theory is the "Maya
calender" theory. Mayas (ancient Central American civilizations)
are well recognized for their astronomy knowledge as they
could predict eclipses and other space phenomenon very well.
Since the Mayan calendar ends on December 21 in the year 2012
people think that it will be a Doomsday. But the Maya predictions
for 2012 have nothing to do with the end of the world. Just
as our calendar ends after December 31 and a new one begins
on 1st Jan, Maya’s calendar ends on December 21 and
a new one begins after Dec 21. So there is nothing special
about 2012.
Also, there are no meteors which
are close enough to impact on earth which rules out the "Meteor'
theory.
In short the earth which is already
4 billion years old will continue to live beyond 2012. So,
Doomsday is not going to happen!
But don't relax yet, the next doomsday
prediction on the internet is for 2830 when the earth is expected
to implode!
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