Nibiru
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Nibiru, to the Babylonians, was the celestial body associated with the god Marduk. The name is Akkadian and means 'ferry boat', 'crossing place' or 'place of transition'. In most Babylonian texts it is identified with the planet Jupiter; in Tablet 5 of the Enûma Elish it may be the pole starTemplate:Fn, which at the time was Thuban or possibly Kochab.
According to writers Zecharia Sitchin and Burak Eldem (q.v.), Nibiru in Sumerian records referred to an undiscovered planet, but these claims are not taken seriously by experts in archaeology or astronomy.
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- Template:Fnb "The Fifth Tablet of Enuma Elish", by B. Landsberger and J. V. Kinnier Wilson, in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies: Vol. 20, No. 3. (Jul., 1961), pp. 174-176.cs:Nibiru