Is there such a thing as the Galactic Alignment and is it occuring on 12/21/2012?

Question

I am looking for scientific evidence to support this. The only thing I can find is by regular folks. Any scientific types have any information like NASA or something?

Answer 1

You won't find anything about it, because it isn't an important astronomical event. It is only potentious for astrologers.

The "Galactic Alignment" is simply a time when the sun lines up with the centre of the galactic equator (i.e. the supposed centre line of the galaxy).

Regretfully, even the doomsdayers and astrologers cannot agree about the date. You'll see from my link that Jean Meeus calculated that the centre of the sun as viewed from earth actually lined up with the dead centre of the galactic equator in 1998! They now argue that, as it will take 36 years for the sun to precess across the galactic equator, then the date of 2012 is "still in the zone".

Talk about crowbarring the facts to fit your theory!

I wouldn't bother increasing your life insurance for this event.

Answer 2

I even have looked into this so-stated as alignment very intently applying Starry night utility, and found that throughout the time of certainty the Earth, sunlight, and Galactic Centre do not line up on December 21, 2012, or on the different date, for that count. The alignment misses by ability of over 6 stages. regardless of in the event that they did align, there could be no result, because of the fact the galactic centre is 26,0000 mild years away, and has no measurable result on the earth. My article would be in the subsequent difficulty of the Starry night cases.

Answer 3

This is nonsense, so reputable scientists will only tell you what I just said. What is a galactic alignment anyhow? That makes no sense at all. Galaxies are huge things and at vast distances from each other, so who could tell how they align? Even if they did, it would mean nothing. This is just some pseudo-scientific mumbo-jumbo, along the lines of the Mayan calendar predicting Doomsday or Y2K.

Answer 4

There is no such thing as a "Galactic Alignment". The whole 2012 thing comes from the Mayan calendar. I do not believe the Mayans could predict the future and their calendar is just a way of counting days; nothing more.

Answer 5

There was a full planetary alignment on may 1st of 2000. Thats about the most galactic even that is going to happen in our lifetimes. I've heard other crap about an email much like that which says that mars is going to come withing 12 miles of earth or some nonsense. It may be that it is coming close, but its only closer than normal. It's not close as in coming anywhere near enough to cause any effect on our planet.
That is complete crap.

Answer 6

Galactic alignment is impossible, for the simple reason that the universe is so vast, and is not orbiting like planets.
So when some one tells you that there is Galactic alignments, just say to them, my Cow is dead, and I don't need your Bull any more.

Answer 7

Galaxies, while moving at tremendous speeds, are so big and so far apart that you won't see any changes in position between now & 5 years from now.

Planetary alignment is what we regularly refer to, and even then - the planes of orbits of the individual planets keep it from being a perfectly straight line.

Answer 8

That's weird because the Aztec legend states the world will end on 21/12/2012 (I'm in the UK by the way so our date is different) but we just have to wait and see........

Answer 9

yes, I believe so -- no scientist here, hearsay from some
PBS broadcasts I've tuned in on.