Preface: In 1976, Zecharia Sitchin published The Twelfth Planet, in which Sitchin translation Sumerian texts describing the planet Nibiru.

About the Myth: According to the late Zechariah Sitchin, the planet Nibiru of Sumerian mythology and its periodic close passes by Earth is thought to orbit the sun in an elongated ellipse with a period of 3,600 years.

The earliest evidence of Sumerian civilization began around

5300 BCE, meaning from the earliest point to 2025 CE is approximately 7,325 years. However, if you are referring to the flourishing of the civilization, the period of Sumer from its beginning in the late Neolithic/early Bronze Age around 5300 BCE to its downfall around 1940 BCE was roughly 3,360 years long

Status of 3I/ATLAS (4th Sep 2025)

On September 4, 2025, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was passing through the main asteroid belt, and it could be observed from Earth’s night sky with powerful space telescopes such as NASA’s Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope, as well as large amateur telescopes equipped with specialized instruments.., and approaching its closest point to the Sun, which it will reach just inside Mars’s orbit in late October. While it will be unobservable for several weeks due to being too close to the Sun, it will reemerge in early December 2025 and continue its journey.

The Webb and Hubble teams, have observed interstellar object 3I/ATLAS and found it to be outgassing, though the process, or “outgassing,” in this case primarily involves carbon dioxide rather than water, which is a surprising and unusual finding compared to typical comets in our solar system. The team is analyzing data that confirms 3I/ATLAS is an active comet, with outgassing producing a coma of gas.

By analyzing the color of the light, specifically using spectroscopy, astronomers can determine the composition of this expelled material and learn about the object’s origin and the conditions in its home system.

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