Nibiru
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Nibiru, to the Babylonians, was the celestial body or region sometimes associated with the god Marduk. The word is Akkadian and the meaning is uncertain. Because of its use in opposition to the phrase itebbiru "who used to cross," Landsberger and Kinnier Wilson suggest that it refers to a stationary point in the heavens.Template:Fn In a reconstruction of Tablet V of the Enûma Elish by Landsberger and Kinnier Wilson, the word ni-bi-ri (variant: ni-bi-ru and ni-bi-a-na) is translated as "pole star."Template:Fn The authors add in the footnotes that "Applied to Marduk, there is no question that in the late periods nēberu is a planet, whether Jupiter or Mercury" however for the referenced translation of Tablet V, "pole star" is used.Template:Fn
According to Zecharia Sitchin and Burak Eldem, Nibiru in Sumerian records referred to an undiscovered planet, but these claims are not thought to be accurate by others in the fields of archaeology and astronomy.
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- Template:Fnb "The Fifth Tablet of Enuma Eliš", B. Landsberger and J. V. Kinnier Wilson, Journal of Near Eastern Studies: Vol. 20, No. 3. (Jul., 1961), pp. 174-176.