Problem with Mayan end of the world 2012 December 21st date caused by difference between Venus or meteor
UC Santa Barbara associate professor Gerardo Aldana says that if the correlation of the Long Count Calendar date was correlated to a meteor event rather than to a cyclical Venus event, the End of the World 2012 Mayan prophecy date could be off by at least 60 days from December 21, 2012.
One of the key events described by Aldana is a battle date as set by the ruler of Dos Pilas (a Maya site in the current geographical location of Guatemala). Ruler Balaj Chan K’awiil chose this date by the appearance of Chak Ek’. According to John Normark, researcher at the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies at Stockholm University, Chak Ek’ “used to be believed to be Venus but in another study Aldana believes it is a [meteor].”
Carol Chapman, author of the End of the World 2012 EBook
