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Sitchin says this Niburu is on a 3,600-year orbit and will become visible to us here on Earth in May 2003.
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For clarity, it should be noted that Sitchin has never claimed Planet X would be visible in 2003. Mark Hazelwood is the champion of that idea. He should probably be added to the FAQ.
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A: If a planet with the theoretical mass and orbit that Sitchin gives it were to come close to Earth, it would probably cause huge amounts of damage to both the Earth and itself. The problem with this theory is, if such an object existed it would already have caused huge amounts of disturbances with the other planets during its previous passages. We see no evidence of these disturbances.
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Actually, Sitchin had one thing right; we know that some large entity did collide with a primitive form of earth. The evidence from this collision is still visible, just look to the moon and the asteroid belt near Mars.
You're right about one thing though, if the world ended every 3,600 years, clearly, there wouldn't be much left today. That's just common sense.
Also, many Planet X proponents continue to point to the year 1983, where a supposed large body, of some kind, was said by scientists to be perturbing Neptune’s orbit, causing it to wobble. In 1992, however, astronomers became aware of a vast population of small bodies orbiting the sun beyond Neptune. There are at least 70,000 "trans-Neptunians" with diameters larger than 100 km in the radial zone extending outwards from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to 50 AU. Observations show that the trans-Neptunians are mostly confined within a thick band around the ecliptic, leading to the realization that they occupy a ring or belt surrounding the sun. This ring is generally referred to as the Kuiper Belt, it was never a planet.
Great post, by the way, I hope others will continue to add to it.