8th millennium

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Millennia:

7th millennium - 8th millennium - 9th millennium

The eighth millennium is a period of time which will begin on January 1, 7001 and will end on December 31, 8000.

Contents 1 Astronomical events 2 Science predictions 3 Science fiction 4 References

[edit] Astronomical events

All these dates are in a uniform time scale such as Terrestrial Time. When converted to our ordinary solar time or Universal Time, which is decidedly non-uniform, via ΔT, the dates would be about one day earlier. Furthermore, they are only astronomical dates, so they are given in the astronomical format of Year Month Day, which allows them to be ordered.

• 7152 September 11: Mars occults Regulus
• 7256 October 12: Mercury occults Regulus
• 7276 September 19: Venus occults Regulus
• 7278 September 15: Mars occults Regulus
• 7321 December 21: Venus occults Regulus
• 7404 September 20: Mars occults Regulus
• 7541 February 14: Jupiter occults Saturn
• 7541 June 18: Jupiter occults Saturn
• 7565 October 17: Mercury occults Regulus
• 7874 October 22: Mercury occults Regulus

The planetoid 90377 Sedna will pass its aphelion in the decades around the year 7800.

[edit] Science predictions

• 7800: Formation of a Type III civilization under the Kardashev scale, according to Kardaschev's extrapolation of 1% energy usage growth per year. ^[1]

[edit] Science fiction

• The events of Xenogears take place starting around the year 7277.

[edit] References

1. ^ Kaku, Michio (26 April 2004). "How Advanced Could They Be?". Astrobiology Magazine. , an interview with Michio Kaku.

• Simultaneous Transits by Meeus and VitaglianoPDF (315 KiB)
• Conjunctions of Regulus and the planets (German)
• Accuracy of calculations (German)

1. ^ Kaku, Michio (26 April 2004). "How Advanced Could They Be?". Astrobiology Magazine. , an interview with Michio Kaku.