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To: Jeff Mizer who wrote (8517)	9/8/1999 12:39:00 AM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) of 9818

HOAX...HOAX...HOAX From NASA's Web Site: Question: >I heard that on May 5th, 2000 all nine planets in our solar system will be in a straigt line for the first time ever. Is this true??< Answer: No, all nine planets are not going to be in a straight line on May 5th, 2000. Planetary alignments of one sort or another happen all the time and have for 5 billion years, and they have NO effect on the Earth, despite what some kooks and con artists say. The gravitational attraction of anything other than the Sun and the moon on the Earth is essentially negligible. The energy required to actually flip the spin axis of the Earth is huge, due to something called conservation of angular momentum. The magnetic field of the Earth does flip aperiodically, and actually we are long overdue, but the alignment of the planets will have nothing to do with it. The magnetic field flip probably has its origin in the turbulent magma dynamo that generates the magnetic field. The term for this alignment phenomenon is "hoax". SEE: lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov - - - - - RE: Your Post: Message 11169924 poor Jeff

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