Nibiru
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- This article focuses on Zecharia Sitchin's claims. For the other claims, see Planet X.
Nibiru (sometimes misspelled as "Niburu"), according to the pseudoscientific ideas of Zecharia Sitchin, is the name of a "twelfth planet"[1] in the Solar System with a highly eccentric orbit that periodically comes close to the Earth, causing cataclysms. Sitchin based his claims on creative (mis)translations of ancient Sumerian texts and on no-less-creative interpretation of ancient Sumerian images.
[edit] Planet recycling
After Nancy Lieder's Planet X fiasco in 2003, hers and Sitchin's imaginary planets became conflated and are peddled by various individuals as a cause for a 2012 apocalypse. It totally happened that time.
[edit] External links
- Nibiru, 2012hoax.org
- NIBURU: MORE FACT THAN FICTION!?