Has any anomaly been observed on any celestial body that has crossed the Galactic Equator of the Milky Way?

Question

As our solar system crosses the Galactic Equator, what might happen to earth on 12/21/2012?

If the earth tilts and the rotation of the planet slows down for only an instant the oceans would jump out of their pans and inundate the land. Because of the earth’s rotation the oceans will continue their Eastward movement. If you lived through such a event 25,920 years ago how would you leave a warning or a message that it happened, one that would not be destroyed before the next occurrence. If some institution had such knowledge would they tell the public. I think the answer to that is NO. Why cause a panic, their all going to die anyway.

Answer 1

When dealing with the pull of gravity, the nearness of the objects has more effect than their size.  Other objects in the galaxy are light years away from us, so even if we were lined up with the Galactic Equator, there would be less gravitational pull on us than there is from our own moon.  Also, we are supposed to be 6 degrees off from alignment at that time.  It takes 36 years to precess through the Galactic Equator.

Answer 2

Where the heck are you getting this nonsense?  Men in Black is more believable that your question.  Seriously, whoever told you this stuff:  ignore them from now on.

Answer 3

There are two things being mixed up here. The solar system revolves around the galaxy every 225 million years. As it does so, it bobs up and down. Measurements of the motions of stars reveal that we are currently above the mean plane of the galaxy and won't pass down through it for about 30 million years.

The 25,920 year period you refer to is the period of the precession of the earth's axis. Think of a spinning top. As it spins, its axis slowly rotates. This is called precession. The direction of the earth's axis slowly describes a circle in space. Related to the direction of the earth's axis is the imaginary line from the centre of the earth pointing to the direction of the December solstice. This line also moves in a circle once every 25,920 years. It happens to have been pointing towards the galactic equator in 1998. It has now moved on (although the cranks like to pretend it's connected with 2012 rather than 1998). This is an imaginary line. The direction in which it happens to be pointing can have no physical effect on the earth whatsoever, just as the crossing of the mean plane of the galaxy in 30 million years time will have no effect whatsoever. There is absolutely no physical basis for the earth to tilt or slow down.

Answer 4

The solar system does NOT cross the galactic plane in 2012. Galactic plane crossing would not cause the Earth to stop rotating (!!) and the oceans are not going anywhere.

Answer 5

What in h**l is a "Glactic Equator" anyway?  I've never heard of it, and furthermore, I don't think I want to hear anything about it.  However, some say that we may get hit by another asteroid about that time, or somewhat after, I think sometime about 2039, or so.  Or so says one of the astronauts (not Linenger) that landed on the moon.  He states that there is a probability of contact, unless, or course, (and I think it's probably being worked on by NASA) it can be detracted.  It probably be detracted by then cause we have a lot of time to work on it.

Answer 6

Any celestial body that approaches the galactic center would be transformed into neutron density matter.