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Nibiru (Akkadian: meaning "crossing" or "point of transition" ) was originally an important concept to the Babylonians in marking the equinox. In the late 70s, Zecharia Sitchin’s interest in Mesopotamian mythology moved him to take liberties in associating Nibiru with the Sumerian/Akkadian pantheon of Anunnaki. Sitchin was an advocate for the ancient aliens hypothesis, of which he believed that when Nibiru orbits close to the Earth at a designated time, the Anunnaki shall return to Earth. Following on the foot-heals of Sitchin, was Nancy Lieder who advocated that Nibiru’s return would bring cataclysmic events.

Marking the equinox
In a 2015 report for the Cuneiform Digital Library Bulletin, Immanuel Freedman concluded that the name Nēbiru may be assigned to any visible astronomical object that marks an equinox, as supported by cuneiform evidence. The MUL.APIN and Enûma Eliš identify Jupiter as Nibiru, while tablets K.6174:9’ and K.12769:6’ name Mercury as Nibiru: "If Mercury (MULUDU.IDIM.GU4) divides the sky and stands there, [its name] is Nibiru."

Jupiter
In Babylonian astronomy, the planet Jupiter was called Nibiru when observed in the month of Tišritum. It was referred to as a star, such as in the Enûma Eliš calling it the "star of Marduk", and in the MUL.APIN which states:
 * When the stars of Enlil have been finished, one big star – although its light is dim – divides the sky in half and stands there: that is, the star of Marduk (MUL dAMAR.UD), Nibiru (né-bé-ru), Jupiter (MULSAG.ME.GAR); it keeps changing its position and crosses the sky.

Sitchin
Zecharia Sitchin (July 11, 1920 – October 9, 2010) proposed that Nibiru was an outer planet within our solar system. In his book The 12th Planet, Sitchin interprets Nibiru to be a giant planet (also called Marduk) that passes by Earth every 3,600 years. Sitchin claimed that Nibiru was inhabited by the Anunnaki, known from Mesopotamian mythology and further claimed that they were humanity's first gods. Followers of Sitchin’s ideas refer to Nibiru as “Planet X”, the name given to a planet that is allegedly located within our solar system but beyond Pluto. Adherents to the “returning Planet X hypothesis” believe the return of this wandering planet will bring cataclysmic consequences to earth. Although Sitchin wasn't a follower of a cataclysmic Planet X hypothesis, he was a proponent for the return of the Anunnaki. In his book, The End of Days, Sitchin set the time for the last passing of Nibiru by Earth at 556 BC, and that it would return c. AD 2900 spanning a 3600 year cycle. Sitchin believed that the Annunaki might return even earlier, to coincide with the shift from the astrological Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius, between 2090 and 2370.

Nancy Lieder
In 1995, Nancy Lieder, a Zeta contactee and founder of the website ZetaTalk, predicted that an astronomical object (Nibiru) would sweep through the inner Solar System in May 2003 causing Earth to undergo a physical pole shift that would destroy most of humanity.

Lieder’s prediction of a cataclysmic event has been embraced by numerous doomsday groups who usually refer to this object as Nibiru or Planet X.

Lieder described Planet X to be four times the size of Earth and would approach near our orbit on May 27, 2003. She predicted that this event would result in the Earth's rotation ceasing for exactly 5.9 terrestrial days. A domino effect would then result, causing a massive pole shift that would destabilize the Earth's magnetic core and displace the Earth's crust.
 * Planet X

Popular culture

 * Nibiru: Age of Secrets is a computer adventure game released in 2005.
 * Nibiru is a planet in the 2013 film Star Trek Into Darkness.
 * "Land of Nibiru" is a song from Aminata Savadogo's 2015 album Inner Voice.