From a distance, a black hole has the same gravitational influence that a non-black hole of the same mass has. Black holes (at least all of them that we know about) have at least the mass of a large star. One that was close enough to swing by the Earth next year would already be making detectable changes in the orbits of the planets, so we’d notice it that way. This would happen no matter which way the BH was coming from.
And it wouldn’t just be professional astronomers who’d detect this. Amateurs astronomers would notice it too.
Quite trivial. A little touch up paint and buffing and you’ll never notice. I’d be suprised if it even goes above your deductable. As for the polar axis thing I said you should have paid the extra premium for full replacement value.
Ye Gods! First the “Mike Brady: President” movie and now this! I’m hoping the planet hurtling towards is part of an alien scheme to wipe us all out before we contaminate the universe with even more drek!
I saw a show a couple years ago on The Learning Channel about prophecies and the apocalypse and they mentioned that the Mayan calendar, which apparently is far more accurate than the calendar we use, ended abruptly in May of 2014. So that’s when I’m expecting the end.
I must say I’m dissapointed in this thread. Not a single flat-universe lunitic fringe member has jumped in, typing at the top of his lungs, “IS TOO!!! IS TOO!!!”
I’ll try baiting one in.
I read some place that it’s God’s planet. That’s why you can’t see it or notice it’s effect on the solar system. She’s coming to pick up the 144,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses slated for heaven and a double large Veggie Pizza. And it isn’t May, it’s June 6th, the real date of Easter.
Oddly enough, i’m wearing purple Nikes…
Oh, that rouge planet is Barsoom. John Carter had a little too much Martian wine and started fighting the white martians again, which resulted in an explosion that threw us out of orbit. We should have the problem fixed in a few weeks, though…
The discrepancy in the Mayan calender dates are due to the influence of the unholy Aussies taking the Americas Cup away from us. This reset certain time frames while leaving others alone. Apparantly, if the calenders were buried in peat, they were not affected by the time jump. But, their abrupt end is nothing to worry about. They just ran out of paper.
But, seriously guys, I don’t think any baiting will get the weirdos to come out. They aren’t on this board for this kind of fact based Q & A. The ultra-fundies and the paranoid conspiracy theory believers are too busy launching missles at the laws of physics and damning homosexual, cell phone using, rap listening SUV drivers in the Lower Manhattan area.
Besides, Planet X is already here, just in a different reality. As soon as Loki finishes up in MPSIMS, then he will shift our realities and all of you will bow down to the cow gods!
Say it now, Say it loud. I’m a cow, And I’m proud!
FTR: We didn’t land men on the moon. It’s all a massive hoax.
A couple of nights ago I tried crusing the AM band late at night, which is always a risky proposition.
I caught an interview with a Bible “scholar” who insisted that the pole shift is discussed at length in Leviticus. She did not mention that at the time Leviticus was written, and for a long while after, the Israelites were convinced that the earth was flat and said so often.
Isaiah 40:22
There is One who is dwelling above the circle of the earth (some translations say “sphere,” but it’s open for debate)
Job 26:7
He is stretching out the north over the empty place, Hanging the earth upon nothing
(Moses wrote Job and Leviticus, along with a couple of other books)
Where are the “flat earth” Biblical references?
A minor nit, but still…
Also, I am not a fundie. I just know The Bible and a little science. Like them both.
