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Two new planets announced yesterday!

Here’s another exciting example of astronomers announcing to the world their discovery of two new planets. In fact, this announcement is so new, it is only one day old:

The newly confirmed planets, called Kepler-34b and Kepler-35b, were announced in January 11 online edition of the journal Nature, said Eric B. Ford, UF associate professor of astronomy. William F. Welsh, associate professor at San Diego State University, is the lead author on the paper.

Two New Planets Discovered Orbiting Double Suns

As NASA astrobiologist David Morrison said, astronomers could not keep secret the discovery of a planet such as the infamous Nibiru. The story is that the reason astronomers and NASA are not announcing to the public the entry of Nibiru into close proximity to the earth is because there is a conspiracy to keep the information secret.

I don’t think so. Since astronomers are announcing their finds of other planets, they would also announce the discovery of Nibiru, which is supposed to cause the end of the world coincident with the Mayan calendar‘s end on December 21, 2012.

Amateur Astronomers help to find a new planet. Is it Nibiru?

New planet discovered 15,000 light years from earth Photo from online Astrobiology Magazine

I’ve been discussing the fears that there may be a conspiracy to keep secret the arrival of a new planet called Nibiru that is somehow going to cause the end of the world on December 21, 2012.

NASA Astrobiologist David Morrison says he doesn’t know an astronomer, professional or amateur, who could be made to keep silent about something as exciting as finding a new planet.

For example, two amateur astronomers in New Zealand helped professional astronomers at Ohio State University to discover a new planet far, far away from our solar system. The new planet is 15,000 light years away, which means that it takes light 15,000 years to travel from the new planet to here. As a comparison it takes only 8 minutes for light to travel from our sun to here. Even if this new planet was on its way to earth, it would take it longer than 15,000 years to get here since a planet travels much slower than light.

And because two amateur astronomers in New Zealand helped detect the planet using only their backyard telescopes, the find suggests that anyone can become a planet hunter.

Backyard Astronomers Discover Planet

By the way, this is not the legendary perhaps fictional Nibiru since Nibiru is supposed to be close to or within our solar system.

Astronomers have NOT kept secret the discovery of planet Nibiru

In yesterday’s post, I quoted NASA astrobiologist David Morrison as saying that astronomers would not keep secret the discovery of a new planet such as Nibiru, because, “astronomers of the world, both professional and amateur, are a free-spirited group who couldn’t keep a secret even if ordered to,…”

I’d have to agree with Dr. Morrison. You have to remember that many astronomers, both professional and amateur, are looking for new planets in the night sky.

You can imagine that if you found a new planet, you would want the world to know before one of the other astronomers scanning the night skies for new planets found it and claimed the discovery.

Therefore, not only do astronomers reveal whatever they find, they try to publish the information as soon as possible so they can be the first on record as finding it.

If Nibiru had been found, whoever had found it would let the world know they had found it. Nibiru is supposed to be a portent of the 2012 doomsday.

In conclusion, astronomers have not kept secret the discovery of planet Nibiru, because it has not appeared, except in books about the theory of the return of planet Nibiru.

Planet Nibiru should be here by now

I love this quote from NASA astrobiologist David Morrison. He is referring to allegations that there is a conspiracy to keep secret from the public that: 1. a rogue planet is heading for earth (since 2003 but strangely, it hasn’t got here yet), 2. This rogue planet has a 3,600 year orbit and was discovered by the ancient Mesopotamians who called it Nibiru, 3. The ancient Maya knew about this planet and associated it with the end of the world in 2012. Evidently many people believe the information is being kept secret from the public. These people believe that Nibiru would be visible with the naked eye in 2009 (and should therefore now in 2012 be really visible with the naked eye but is not) and even before that time, the earth’s axis would be tilting (I assume more than it is tilted presently) causing a change in the length of the day. Morrison’s answer to those to accuse astronomers of keeping this information secret is:

I was introduced to this conspiracy theory in December 2007, when I began to receive questions about Nibiru submitted to NASA’s “Ask an Astrobiologist” Web site. I normally receive about a dozen questions per week from the public dealing mostly with life in the universe, but sometimes they include UFOs and visiting aliens. Nibiru seemed different, since it was claimed to be an actual planet that was being tracked by astronomers but hidden from the public. Knowing that the astronomers of the world, both professional and amateur, are a free-spirited group who couldn’t keep a secret even if ordered to, I assumed that Nibiru was the sort of Internet rumor that would quickly pass.
~ The Myth of Nibiru and the End of the World in 2012

NASA on Planet Nibiru, 2012 and the end of the world

If you’re looking for some real scientific answers to questions about Nibiru, 2012, and the end of the world, here’s a great NASA website in which NASA Space Scientist David Morrison answers questions such as the following. Check it out, there’s also a video.

6. There are many photos and videos of Nibiru on the Internet. Isn’t that proof that it exists?
The great majority of the photos and videos on the Internet are of some feature near the Sun (apparently supporting the claim that Nibiru has been hiding behind the Sun for the past several years.) These are actually false images of the Sun caused by internal reflections in the lens, often called lens flare. You can identify them easily by the fact that they appear diametrically opposite the real solar image, as if reflected across the center of the image. This is especially obvious in videos, where as the camera moves, the false image dances about always exactly opposite the real image. Similar lens flare is a source of many UFO photos taken at night with strong light sources such as streetlights in the frame. I am surprised that people don’t recognize this common photo artifact. I am also amazed that these photos showing something nearly as large and bright as the Sun (a “second sun”) are accepted together with claims made on some of the same websites that Nibiru is too faint to be seen or photographed except with large telescopes.

Nibiru and Doomsday 2012: Questions and Answers

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According to Guatemala Maya, the end of the world is NOT nigh!

A Guardian UK article by Kevin Rushby says:

In Guatemala City I sought out Antonio Cuxil, a Mayan and an expert on the Mayan calendar. He explained that 2012 was mentioned in just one place in all the Mayan writings: on a stone inscription dating from around 700AD found in Mexico.

“It is the end of a 5,126-year cycle, that’s true, but there is no mention of the end of the world. People seem to have got that from the Dresden Codex [a pre-Columbian volume of Mayan writings now in the State Library of Dresden]. But in that record there is no mention of 2012.”

The End of the World is Nigh? Not What the Guatemala Mayans Say

Tales from the Yucatan Jungle: Life in a Mayan Village

Have I mentioned that I’m an editor/publisher at Suntopaz? I’m pleased to announce that SunTopaz has just published the Kindle edition of Tales from the Yucatan Jungle: Life in a Mayan Village by Kristine Ellingson, an American who has been married to a Mayan man and living in a rural Mayan village for 20 years. Very interesting!

Happy New Year!

Happy 2012!

Officials refuse to acknowledge Chinese pyramids

Unexcavated pyramid in China from the Philip Coppens website

Here’s an intriguing quote from Philip Coppens on the Chinese Pyramids:

Despite speculation about the existence of great pyramids in China, archaeologists and bureaucrats have refused to consider even the rumours about such structures. But recent pictorial evidence proves that China’s pyramids are indeed real, rivalling those of Egypt and Central America for their age, size and significance.

Philip Coppens

In my humble opinion, I can’t imagine how someone could not consider that the “hill” in the above photo was anything but an overgrown pyramid. The edges are too sharp for a simple hill.

Our favorite breakfast restaurant in Cancun

Carol and John Chapman enjoying breakfast at our favorite Cancun breakfast restaurant

First, I took a photo of John sitting at the table. Then John took a photo of me sitting at the table. Then, I kinda, sorta put the two photos together in PhotoShop so it kinda, sorta looks like we’re both sitting at the table together at the same time. We actually were sitting at the table at the same time except when we took the photos of each other. This is where we had breakfast every morning outside at Natura Restaurant on Boulevard Kukulcan while in Cancun. They had marvelous omelets and fantastic service. Our corn tortillas are keeping warm in the woven basket with the colorful lid in the foreground. John’s favorite omelet was a Chihuahua omelet. Before you think that means a little dog rolled up in cooked eggs, let me assure you that the Chihuahua is actually Chihuahua cheese, which is similar to Monterey Jack cheese, and comes from the Mexican state of Chihuahua, just like the little dog. John also liked slices of nopal cactus (prickly pear cactus) accompanying his Chihuahua in his omelet. Not surprisingly, since it’s the city most people fly into when visiting Yucatan, Cancun is in the Yucatan Travel Movie.