Research results on: NASA, earth's axis, center of the galaxy sun,earth, moon, align, center of the universe, ASTRO PHYSICS

The absolute center of the universe is unattainable, yet our planets and star (the sun) are estimated to be at a more relative degree of alignment than at most any other period of time.

The current 26,000 year cycle results in a relatively closer alignment of the earth, moon and stars to the center of the universe.  Note that this event is not a 'absolute' linear alignment of celestial bodies, but possibly within 2 degrees of center.  For calcs see:

Distance from our solar system to galactic center ~ 26,000 lyr.
Thickness of the galactic disk is anywhere from 1000 – 3000 lyr.
Tilt of the galactic equator to the ecliptic is 62.6 degrees.
Tilt of earth’s equator to the ecliptic is 23.5 degrees.

Angle between the projection of the ecliptic on the earth and the center of galaxy ~ 2 degrees. This angle seems to me to be the most important for this calculation but it also is one of the most unreliable because of the precession of the equinoxes and the other tilts mentioned above.

From this a very crude calculation based on the tangent of 2 degrees as the angle between earth and galactic center, and the baseline distance of 26,000 lyrs as being just tan 2 deg. multiplied by 26,000 = 907 lyrs as the height of the earth above the galactic plane.

As I said, it’s all relative to previous and current events.

I agree with statement entirely as far as the Mayan Myth is concerned. What I am interested in discussing is the crossing of the galactic plane within the context of astronomy. 

Before the “real” astronomers pounce on me, I admit this is a very crude approximation and I have no confidence in it at all. I am hoping someone can show me the proper way to calculate this as well as the correct height.

Also, is there any way at all to know in what direction we are moving with reference to this plane? I realize with an orbit time of 250 million years in which the earth cycles through the plane 2.7 times, this would be extremely difficult to determine.
Thanks for any and all inputs!

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

A Galactic Alignment in December 2012 – So What?

by Dr. Donald Yeomans

http://www.astrosociety.org/2012/#statement

Because of the Earth's motion about the Sun each year, the Sun appears to move through each of the so-called zodiacal star constellations. Because the Earth's rotation axis gradually shifts from year to year, the Sun does not appear to be exactly at the same celestial location at the same time each year. For the recent period, the Sun's apparent position as seen from the Earth each December is in the constellation of Sagittarius, which happens to be the direction of our Milky Way Galaxy's center.

This center is located on the Galaxy's mid-plane or equator. So each December, the Earth, Sun and the Galactic center are roughly aligned. But so what?

The center of the Milky Way, including the black hole, is much too far away (30,000 light years¹) to have any appreciable effect upon Earth and this alignment occurs each December without consequence. The Milky Way's "dark rift" is simply due to giant dust clouds in the plane of our Galaxy and there is nothing special about the apparent position of the Sun entering this region. Nor is there anything special about the winter-solstice Sun crossing the galactic equator, which in any case already occurred in 1998.

NASA Article

Posted by NASA Space Information, Shuttle Station, Moon Mars, Solar System, Earth, Universe.

The Great 2012 Doomsday Scare

NASA WEB SITE:  http://nasa-image.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Great%202012%20Doomsday%20Scare

 Galactic Guessing Games:

In 1995 John Major Jenkins packaged several of these themes into Maya Cosmogenesis 2012. According to Jenkins, the winter-solstice point and the centerline of the Galaxy will line up exactly on Dec. 21, 2012. Arguing that this motivated the Maya to contrive the calendar to end on that date, Jenkins concludes that it will be "a tremendous transformation and opportunity for spiritual growth, a transition from one world age to another."

In fact, astronomy cannot pinpoint such a "galactic alignment" to within a year, much less a day. The alignment depends on the rather arbitrary modern definition of the galactic equator, and/or the visual appearance of the Milky Way. There is no precise definition of the Milky Way's edges -- they are very vague and depend on the clarity of your view. (Jenkins says that he personally established the Milky Way’s edges by viewing it from 11,000 feet, far above anywhere the Maya lived.) So to give a precise visual position for its centerline is not meaningful.

Jenkins did acknowledge that the winter-solstice Sun actually crosses the center of the Milky Way anytime between 1980 and 2016. Elsewhere he expands this approach zone to a 900-year period, and settles for an imprecise alignment to which Dec. 21, 2012, is arbitrarily and circularly assigned. Real astronomy does not support any match between the Baktun-13 end date and a galactic alignment. The advocates both admit and ignore this discrepancy.

It's almost a sidelight that the winter-solstice sun will never actually "eclipse" the galaxy's true center, the pointlike radio source marking the Milky Way's central black hole. Moreover, the winter-solstice sun won’t even pass closest to it on the sky for another 200 years. What did the Maya themselves think about End Times? There is no evidence that they saw the calendar and a world age ending in either transcendence or catastrophe on December 21, 2012. Some Maya Long Count texts refer to dates many baktuns past 13 and even into the next pictun and beyond. For instance, an inscription commissioned in the 7th century A.D. by King Pacal of Palenque predicts that an anniversary of his accession would be commemorated on Oct. 15, 4772.

In all of the Long Count texts discovered, transcribed, and translated, only one mentions the key date in 2012: Monument 6 at Tortuguero, a Maya site in the Mexican state of Tabasco. The text is damaged, but what remains does not imply the end of time.

The Secret NASA Conspiracy
Some advocates for the 2012 catastrophe say that what will actually cause the devastation is an alignment of planets. There is no planet alignment on the winter solstice in 2012. Nonetheless, advocates of doom connect the fictional alignment to astrological predictions or groundless claims about a reversal of Earth's magnetic field and unprecedented solar storms. Many internet postings and guests on all-night apocalyptic radio have elaborated on these themes.

In particular, several threads of irrational thought have created an internet phantom, the secret planet Nibiru. It's the bowling ball, and Earth is the pin. There is no such planet, though it is often equated with Eris, a plutoid orbiting safely and permanently beyond Pluto. Some insist, however, that a NASA conspiracy is in play and that Nibiru, looming in on the approach, can already be seen in broad daylight from the Southern Hemisphere. It was supposed to become visible from the Northern Hemisphere, too, by last May, but like a fickle blind date, it stood up those awaiting it.

Others on the Web, confused about the supposed alignment of the winter-solstice sun with the Milky Way's center, have declared that the Sun is now plummeting to the Milky Way’s center and dragging Earth with it. The predicted result? Earth’s polar axis will shift. Most of what's claimed for 2012 relies on wishful thinking, wild pseudo-scientific folly, ignorance of astronomy, and a level of paranoia worthy of Night of the Living Dead.

So maybe the Maya were on to us after all. The clock is ticking. And it’s the end of the world as we know it. 

By Bill Miller   Feasts Of The Lord.Net    email: wmrmiller@everestkc.net