So, when the galactic alignment occurs, it will somehow create a combined gravitational effect between the Sun and the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy that, again, will destroy the Earth. Firstly, as noted above, the closest so called "galactic alignment" happened in 1998. The Sun's apparent path through the zodiac as seen from Earth does not take it near the true galactic center, but several degrees above it. In any event, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way is at least 26,000 light years away; that's about 156,000,000,000,000,000 miles. Gravity is actually a very weak force, that falls off in proportion to the square of the distance, so the Galactic center would need to be a whole lot closer to cause any gravitational disruption to our Solar System, and if it were close enough, we would all be fried by radiation anyway. Essentially, the central Black hole weighs approximately 2.5 to 5 million (5 x 106) times the mass of the sun, which sounds a lot. But; it is about 1.67 billion (1.67 x 109) times further away, so assuming the maximum mass of the black hole, the gravitational affect of the Sun compared to that from the black hole is:
Deborah & William Hillyard
Deborah & William Hillyard
Deborah & William Hillyard
Deborah & William Hillyard
Deborah & William Hillyard
2012 Myths - Galactic Alignments
The planets and the Sun move more or less in the same orbital plane known as the plane of the ecliptic. Every year for the last 1000 years or so, on the winter solstice, the Earth, Sun and the galactic equator come roughly into alignment, and every year, precession pushes the Sun's apparent position a little way further through the Milky Way's band. Over the course of 26,000 years or so, the precession of the equinoxes makes one full circuit around the ecliptic. But this alignment occurs over a 36-year period, with the most precise convergence having already occurred in 1998.
Alignment with the
Galactic Equator
Alignment with the Central Black Hole
{(1.67 x 109)2} x (5 x 106) : 1 which corresponds to approximately: 5.6 x 1011 : 1
Which means that the Gravitational pull from the Sun is about 560,000,000,000 times stronger than the gravitational pull from the central black hole.
Even if the central black hole was located as close as the next nearest star, which is Proxima Centauri at about 4.243 light-years away, the sun's gravitational pull would still be about 15,000 times stronger. So just another load of superstitious nonsense!
Another "galactic alignment" idea suggests that vertical oscillations made by the Sun as it orbits the galactic center cause it to regularly pass through the galactic plane. Depending upon whether the Sun is in or outside the galactic disc, the influence of the galactic tide changes. So far, no problems, and several eminent scientists have suggested that there is a correlation. However, this "alignment" takes place over a period of something like 25 million years, and the sun moved through the disk about 3 million years ago, and is now moving farther above it. Let's worry about this in another 20 million years or so!
Alignment with the Galactic Plane
Pseudo-Scientific Nonsense