The year 2012 and changing axis

Question

Alright I know I could be stupid, but I need to know. I do not care about the Mayans and their ending calender. What worries me, is the earth changing axis there for causing catastrophic events and the end of man kind. I can completely see WHY that would happen but I want to know IF it will happen.... is it possible? I need scientific back-up here...I'm truly spooked.

Answer 1

It depends whether you're talking about the magnetic axis or the rotational axis. Reversal of the earth's magnetic poles is something that has happened in the past and may happen again. It takes thousands of years to complete and may not begin for thousands of years. Even when it does, it isn't liable to cause catastrophic events.

If you mean the Earth's rotational axis changing, well the poles wander around by a few metres a year, but to change the Earth's rotational axis by any significant amount would take a vast amount of energy and it simply isn't going to happen

Answer 2

What a fantastic question & it is indeed possible for the Earth to change its axis if our Moon suddenly decided to take "off". The resulting gravitational effect of the Moon moving away from us would cause catastrophic consequences here on Earth with our planet changing its axis & tearing itself apart. So yes, this changing of Earths axis is possible but I don't think its going to happen in the year 2012 & really think it may happen a few years later. I hope I am wrong about this but if our Moon did suddenly move away from us that would result in the destruction of Earth & all life on it.

Answer 3

The magnetic poles move all the time.

There is a geologic record that shows it has happened many times in our past but not at regular intervals. Time between reversals can be 10000 yrs or a million years.

However - we know that the magnetic field does not collapse in the process - if it did, there would be major extinctions that correlate with the geologic record for pole reversals - there is no correlation.

The latest hypothesis is that the Earth's magnetic field gets chaotic, with lots of north and south poles - so we still have a magnetic field, but compasses will be useless. And then it straightens itself back out, but with north and south reverse.

This is actually similar to what the sun does - but the sun does it on a regular 11 year cycle.

In fact it is possible that the bogus prediction of a terrestrial pole shift is a misunderstanding of the solar cycle - the sun should have a polarity reversal in 2012!.

As for when it will happen - those people that observe the magnetic field think it will go through its chaotic thing and reverse some time soon based on how it is currently behaving, but that is a hypothesis waiting for the event to occur to be tested, and the exact date certainly is not known.

Now for the rotational axis and its shift:

The axis of the earth does wobble on several known timescales. These wobbles are known as the Milankovic cycles.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milankovic_...

Basically the axis of the earth’s rotation does not always point to Polaris (the Pole Star); and we are not always inclined at 23.5 deg. So the poles do move relative to the plane of the earth’s orbit around the sun, and relative to the stars – but the shifts are minor.

Answer 4

To add to the magnetic change info:

There is absolutely NO correlation in the geologic record between magnetic pole changes and mass extinctions, so it does not cause catastrophes on earth that affect life.  In fact, life seems to not even know it happened.

Answer 5

There is no need to be spooked, since there is zero scientific basis for the  supposed axis shift.  It cannot happen, period.  No planet can suddenly stop spinning around an axis and start spinning a different way.  The spin axis wobbles slightly, but doesn't change, barring some catastrophic event (such as the event that created the moon several billion years ago) that will (by itself) eliminate life as we know it.  

What can happen, and it's happened in the past, is that the magnetic poles can change.  But that is a process that happens in geologic time frames (thousands or millions of years), not between now and 2012. There is also no reason to believe that will cause any major disruption to life, although your compass could be pretty useless.

Answer 6

Party on till December 31, 2011

Answer 7

The Earth's rotational axis is currently at 23 degrees tilt. This tilt over a period of approximately 10,000 years changes from approximately 24 degrees to 21 degrees, and back again.  At present this tilt is currently reducing to 21 degrees. It is is part of the Earth's normal dynamic, and is called PRECESSION.  

If you watch a child's 'Whip and Top' toy spinning or a gyroscope spinning, notice how the object appears to wobble. The Earth does exactly the same in space.

Consequently, the Earth's axis is changing all the time. it does NOT make an abrupt change from one angle to another.

Answer 8

You can completely see WHY that would happen?

Wow.

Nobody else in the scientific world can see how the axis could suddenly change in 2012.  You must be the only person who knows why.

Even the charlatans who have come up with this lie know that it is impossible -- it just sounds scary enough for them to use in the Big 2012 Hoax Off.

Earth's axis does "wobble" in what is called the precession cycle.  It takes 25,800 years for a complete wobble and the effect is continuous (there is no sudden "jump" on any given year).

Every year, the orientation changes by 50"  (= 360 degrees divided by 25,800).  2012 will be no different.

Answer 9

U are not at all stupid and it has got nothin to do with the Mayans!

This theory was proposed long ago by Neil Bhor. According to him the electrons are charged particles constantly accelerating(as they change direction constantly) around the nucleus of an atom, we knw that accelerating particles continously loose enrgy , in this case the e- wud crash into the nucleus. but this thery was proved wrong in the microscopic level but is belived to hold gud in macroscopic terms.

Hence the earth is continously loosing enery and its axis is getting deviated by a few miles every year.

Earths final destination is the sun! but 2012 is jus a speculation!

Answer 10

This question keeps plaguing me also. I have just had to tell myself not to worry about it, otherwise I will go crazy with worry. I don't know if you are religious or not, but in my prayers every night I ask God to give me peace in my heart and to help me not worry about things that I can not control. Good luck, I hope things get better for you.

Answer 11

Earth's axis has changed many times in history.  It takes tens of thousands of years for it to do so.  It is very gradual, nothing bad will happen.  Basicaly, the only change is that Vega will be the new "North Star" instead of Polaris.  

Answer 12

Take heed but fear not young one for 2012 is just the revealing of the 'antichrist' or the 'man of lawlessness' at the middle of what Jews and Christians call the 7 year Tribulation. Many pagan cultures from every corner of the world (Sumerians, Babylonians, Cherokee, Hopi, Chinese I-Ching {confirmed by T.McKenna}, Mayans{Pacal Votan}, Egyptians, Celts, Satanists, etc...) celebrate this evil event called "the abomination that causes desolation". When will Yeshua Ha'Mashiach (Jesus) come? Only God Himself knows, but soon. If you believe or not, that is up to you. Either way it still comes.

Things to look for to PROVE it to yourself soon:

>Crash of American banks and its financial underpinning: Operation Sitting Duck

>Fall of America as an economic power and other ways.

>The Big One: Revelation 18. America goes down on the list of fabled societies nobody believes in any more like Atlantis, Mu, Lemuria, Hyperborea, etc..

>Martial law. (Google some of Bush's executive orders concerning it- Nightmarish!)

>Implementation of Project Bluebeam (be ready to hear more and more 'alien talk'... watch your local skies for the show!) Google and youtube it. Aliens... aliens... aliens...

>Trying to make people first accept the REAL ID card (to get you in the system) and then right after forcibly implanting people with these RFID microchips:

http://www.verichipcorp.com/

http://youtube.com/watch?v=f0gXGTcd6eE

>The start of the North American Union.

>Push to attack Iran which will start WW3-the atomic war to end all wars. (If you think China, Russia, and the Muslim world would just sit back, you are a mistaken fool!)

>Final push to one world government: The New World Order- The 4th Reich!

(The brutal final empire foreseen by Daniel and John)

>Rise of a miraculous and awe mesmerizing world leader later to turn world dictator.

>Push to one world religion where there are "manys ways to God".

>Toleration of everything but Jews and Christians.

>Temporary and unheard of "peace in the middle east".

>Revelation13:10  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P-hvPJPT...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epMeGr-wD...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNPn2JLz7...

>More world wide food shortages and famines.

>More earth quakes. More fires. Strange and severe weather.

>Major spiritual awakenings.

>Rise of Islamic fanaticism.

>Rise in wickedness and corruption.

*** ALERT: THEY ARE ALREADY PRACTICING [A MUST SEE!]***

http://youtube.com/watch?v=932Zu4e4iVM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=plELx_wmNgU

Christians and Messianic Jews look forward to this as it means they will soon join their Messianic Saviour in the Millennial Kingdom of the next Age and their Heavenly Father later as "Children of Light". If you try to equate 2012 with Y2K or some other date that cried wolf, then you will be making the worst mistake in your life. Research all these things FOR YOURSELF!