28th century
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The 28th century of the anno Domini
(common
) era will span from January 1, 2701–December 31, 2800 of the Gregorian calendar
. Unlike most century years, the year 2800 is a leap year
, and the first century leap year
since 2400.
Anno Domini
and Before Christ are designations used to label or number years used with the Julian and Gregorian calendars....
(common
Common Era
Common Era ,abbreviated as CE, is an alternative designation for the calendar era originally introduced by Dionysius Exiguus in the 6th century, traditionally identified with Anno Domini .Dates before the year 1 CE are indicated by the usage of BCE, short for Before the Common Era Common Era...
) era will span from January 1, 2701–December 31, 2800 of the Gregorian calendar
Gregorian calendar
The Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, or Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582, a papal bull known by its opening words Inter...
. Unlike most century years, the year 2800 is a leap year
Leap year
A leap year is a year containing one extra day in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year...
, and the first century leap year
Century leap year
In the Gregorian calendar, an end-of-century leap year is a year that is exactly divisible by 400 and, as with every other leap year, qualifies for the intercalation of February 29. End-of-century years that are exactly divisible by 4 but not by 400 are common years...
since 2400.
List of the long total solar eclipses
- July 21, 2707 : Solar eclipseSolar eclipseAs seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun as viewed from a location on Earth. This can happen only during a new moon, when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth. At least...
, (5 min 48 s), of saros 157. - July 31, 2725 : Solar eclipse, (5 min 57 s), of saros 157, « crowning » this serie.
- August 12, 2743 : Solar eclipse, (5 min 56 s), of saros 157.
- July 31, 2744 : Solar eclipse, (5 min 59 s), of saros 167.The saros 167 presents eclipses with very similar to those of the saros 145.For example, the Solar eclipse of July 21, 2726 (5 min 43 s), the previous one of the July 31, 2744 in this serie of saros 167, would have a pathway very similar to the last one of the last millennium taken on August 11, 1999, one of the serie of saros 145.It would happen at a far anniversary of the first step on the Moon by Neil ArmstrongNeil ArmstrongNeil Alden Armstrong is an American former astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, United States Naval Aviator, and the first person to set foot upon the Moon....
, in 1969.It would also be 1 millennium, 2 years, 2 months, minus 1 day (calendar durations) after the historical eclipse of May 22, 1724 (29th of saros 133), which was seen by Jacques CassiniJacques CassiniJacques Cassini was a French astronomer, son of the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini.Cassini was born at the Paris Observatory. Admitted at the age of seventeen to membership of the French Academy of Sciences, he was elected in 1696 a fellow of the Royal Society of London, and...
and the king Louis XV.And obviously, this solar eclipse of July 31, 2744 in this serie of saros 167, would have a pathway very similar to the one of the first "US Solar Eclipse of the 21st century" on August 21, 2017, the following one of the serie of saros 145. - August 12, 2762 : Solar eclipse, (6 min 11 s), of saros 167.
- August 22, 2780 : Solar eclipse, (6 min 16 s), of saros 167, « crowning » this serie.
- September 2, 2798 : Solar eclipse, (6 min 14 s), of saros 167.
Other phenomena
- September 8, 2729 : The distance between Mars and the Earth will arrive at a new remarquable minimum, at 55 651 033,122 km.
It will be the closer encounter of perihelitic opposition slighly shorter (just of 549 km) than the previous one of the September 8, 265027th centuryThe 27th century of the anno Domini era will span from January 1, 2601–December 31, 2700 of the Gregorian calendar.-List of the long total solar eclipses:* August 28, 2603 : Solar eclipse, , of saros 164....
. - June 15, 2733: Transit of VenusTransit of VenusA transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, becoming visible against the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun...
. - June 13, 2741: Transit of Venus.
- 2742: Triple conjunctionTriple conjunctionA triple conjunction is an astronomical event, where two planets or a planet and a star meet each other three times in a short period either in opposition or at the time of inferior conjunction, if an inferior planet is involved...
MarsMarsMars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
–JupiterJupiterJupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,...
. - 2744: Triple conjunction Mars–Jupiter.
- 2761: Triple conjunction Mars–SaturnSaturnSaturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn, equated to the Greek Cronus , the Babylonian Ninurta and the Hindu Shani. Saturn's astronomical symbol represents the Roman god's sickle.Saturn,...
. - December 3, 2781: At 06:45 UTCUniversal TimeUniversal Time is a time scale based on the rotation of the Earth. It is a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time , i.e., the mean solar time on the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, and GMT is sometimes used loosely as a synonym for UTC...
Venus will occultOccultationAn occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer. The word is used in astronomy . It can also refer to any situation wherein an object in the foreground blocks from view an object in the background...
NeptuneNeptuneNeptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. Named for the Roman god of the sea, it is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third largest by mass. Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and is slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus, which is 15 times...
. - 2791: Triple conjunction Mars–Jupiter.
- 2794 / 2795: Triple conjunction Jupiter–Saturn.
Science fiction set in the 28th century
- The computer game Terminal VelocityTerminal Velocity (computer game)Terminal Velocity is a video game developed by Terminal Reality and published by 3D Realms on May 1, 1995. It is an arcade-style flight combat game, with simpler game controls and physics than flight simulators...
is set in 2704. - The film Mutant ChroniclesMutant Chronicles (film)Mutant Chronicles is a 2009 independent science fiction horror film, loosely based on the role-playing game of the same name. The film was directed by Simon Hunter, and stars Thomas Jane and Ron Perlman. The film was released throughout Europe in an unfinished form. The film premiered on VOD on...
is set is 2707. - The original video animation CoicentCoicentis a 2011 Japanese anime original video animation release. The OVA was written and directed by Shuhei Morita and produced by Sunrise. This story takes place in 2710 when a boy named Shinichi follows a White deer and falls in love with a strange girl...
is set in 2710. - Janelle MonáeJanelle MonáeJanelle Monáe is an American R&B/soul musician signed to Bad Boy Records and Atlantic Records.Monáe debuted with a conceptual EP, Metropolis: Suite I ...
's Metropolis concept album series (I, II and IIIThe ArchAndroid (Suites II and III)The ArchAndroid is the debut studio album of American recording artist Janelle Monáe, released May 18, 2010, on Wondaland Arts Society and Bad Boy Records...
) is written from the perspective of an android from the year 2719. - The action of French science fiction comic book series Valérian and Laureline begins in the 28th century. The first title, The City of Shifting Waters (La cité des eaux mouvantes), provides some information on the period of time itself, while the following title, Empire of a Thousand PlanetsEmpire of a Thousand PlanetsEmpire of a Thousand Planets is volume two in the French comic book science fiction series Valérian and Laureline created by writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières.-Outline:...
(L'empire des mille planètes), mentions the precise date of September 23, 2720. - The Star LeagueStar LeagueWithin the fictional BattleTech universe, the Star League was an interstellar empire that united the various states of the Inner Sphere into a single alliance of nations.-The Terran Hegemony:...
government in the BattletechBattleTechBattleTech is a wargaming and science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2000, and owned since 2003 by Topps. The series began with FASA's debut of the board game BattleTech by Jordan Weisman and L...
timeline collapses in 2784. - The computer game MarathonMarathon (computer game)Marathon is a first-person shooter video game with a science fiction theme developed and published by Bungie released in December 1994 for the Apple Macintosh. The game was Bungie's second foray into the emerging genre of games with a first-person perspective, the first being Pathways into...
is set in 2794. - The MMORPGMMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
NeocronNeocronNeocron is a 2002 post-apocalyptic cyberpunk massively multiplayer online role playing game developed by Hanover, Germany-based software developer Reakktor Media GmbH and published by cdv Software Entertainment. It is considered the first cyberpunk-genre MMORPG, and is designed to integrate...
is set in a post-apocalyptic 28th century. - On the May 21, 2008 episode of the DirecTVDirecTVDirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
soap opera PassionsPassionsPassions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008....
, Tabitha LenoxTabitha LenoxTabitha Lenox is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists from the NBC/DirecTV daytime drama Passions. Tabitha has been played by Juliet Mills since the show's debut in 1999. Mills continued in the role when the show moved from NBC to DirecTV's The 101 in September 2007...
tells Kay Bennett that an asteroid will hit the EarthEarthEarth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
in the year 2742. - The apocalyptic "Seven Days of Fire" in Nausicaä of the Valley of the WindNausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (manga)is a post-apocalyptic manga written and illustrated by acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki. It was serialised intermittently from 1982 to 1994 in Japan...
apparently takes place during this century, based on its description as occurring 1000 years after the Industrial RevolutionIndustrial RevolutionThe Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions of the times...
. - The Doctor WhoDoctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
serial The SensoritesThe SensoritesThe Sensorites is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from June 20 to August 1, 1964. The story is notable for its early demonstration of Susan's telepathy and references to the Doctor and her home planet.-Plot:The...
is set in an undetermined point in the 28th century. - Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark FuryThe Chronicles of Riddick: Dark FuryThe Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury is a 2004 made-for-DVD animated movie. It was directed by the Korean-American animator Peter Chung, and features Vin Diesel reprising his role of Richard B. Riddick.-Plot:...
and The Chronicles of RiddickThe Chronicles of RiddickThe Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction film which follows the adventures of Richard B. Riddick, as he attempts to elude capture after the events depicted in the 2000 film Pitch Black, and details his meeting with Jack and Imam, his escape from the prison planet Crematoria, and...
are set in the 28th century. - The computer game Ground Control II is set in 2741.
- in the Video Game StarflightStarflightStarflight is a computer game published by Electronic Arts and developed by Binary Systems in 1986. Originally developed for DOS and Tandy, it was later released for the Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh and Commodore 64...
the old Empire discovers the Thrynn and Elowan Races in 2770. - The WB show Loonatics is set in 2772.