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Originally Posted by YankeeJeff
Can someone please tell me what part, if any, of the following is true...
Part of the 2012 mystique stems from the stars. On the winter solstice in 2012, the sun will be aligned with the center of the Milky Way for the first time in about 26,000 years. This means that "whatever energy typically streams to Earth from the center of the Milky Way will indeed be disrupted on 12/21/12 at 11:11 p.m. Universal Time,"
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science...2_N.htm?csp=34
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There will have to be a considerable shift in the location of the ecliptic in the next five years for this to happen.
Please check out the star map on this page.
The ecliptic is the Sun's path through the sky as seen from Earth. The galactic center is the 0
o marking on the galactic equator just to the east of Gamma-2 Sagittarii.
As you can see, the two locations are separated by more than 5 degrees of arc (~10+ lunar diameters). Based on shifts in stellar locations, the path of the Sun around the galactic center, and other factors, this relationship will be almost exactly the same five years from now.
BTW, precession of the Earth's axis is a non-factor since it doesn't affect the Earth's orbit and thus the apparent path of the Sun through the sky.
Thus on the Winter Solstice in 2012, the Sun will have just crossed the galactic equator (as it does every year at that time), but it will not be aligned with the galactic center.
A general note: it can be very misleading to expect good science in conspiracy theories.