This site is about information
regarding a mythical Planet X
(called Nibiru by some) and
an encounter with Earth in 2003 and
a shifting of the Earth's poles
which is supposed to cause an end
to our civilization. This is
a very silly theory backed by bad
science and old news articles
that unfortunately some people
believe.
When I was very young, I was
given a book titled "The Search for
Planet X". It was primarily
about
Clyde Tombaugh and the search
for the planet Pluto in the
1920's. It also gave a history of other
searches for Planet X,
including the ones for Uranus and Neptune
which were both called Planet
X for a time. After the discovery of
Pluto in 1930, Tombaugh had
continued the search for 13 more
years photographing and examining
almost the entire sky visible
from the northern hemisphere
for another dim and distant planet
with no results.
I have always been fascinated
by this topic and have followed
science and astronomy over the
years with much interest. I am an
amateur astronomer and spend
many hours out under the stars
with my 8" dob telescope.
I heard about this Planet X when
an astronomy group was flooded
with messages on Planet X early
in 2001. The topic caught my
interest, then I was quickly
disappointed when I read the first post
and realized the details given
of Planet X were impossible, and not
by a small margin. Members of
the group asked the poster(s) to
stop posting to sci.astro.amateur
as that is a group about amateurs
astronomers and our telescopes.
I soon learned that this wasn't
new, these silly ideas had been
circulating the net for years.
Many people in the astronomy
group and in several other forums
patiently explained the facts
regarding a pole shift to the posters
of the Planet X nonsense. I
saw the same questions asked and the
same answers given in many groups.
Some of the claims by the
Planet X people were so outlandish
I just had to look into the
topic further. Some are actually
shocked when they hear that
this fantasy planet is impossible.
The initial impression of
most is of a secret inbound
planet and many are unaware of
the scientific impossibility
of Planet X and the pole shift.
I decided to put this site together
to collect the information
regarding the scientific facts
and science related news stories on
Planet X in one place. I am
not a scientist. Much of the
information on this site was
posted on sci.astro and
sci.astro.amateur to counter
the bad science of the Planet X 2003
posts. Other information was
gathered from around the internet
to answer some of the odd claims.
I have verified all the
information by as many sources
as possible.
If you have any additions/corrections,
please
E-mail me.