8th millennium

8th millennium

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

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.

* 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.

cience predictions

* 7800: Formation of a Type III Civilization under the Kardashev scale, according to Kardaschev's extrapolation of 1% energy usage growth per year. Kaku, Michio (26 April 2004). "How Advanced Could They Be?". Astrobiology Magazine. , an interview with Michio Kaku. ]

cience fiction

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

References


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* [http://www.marco-peuschel.de/planetenundregulus.htm Conjunctions of Regulus and the planets] de icon
* [http://www.marco-peuschel.de/simultantransit.html Accuracy of calculations] de icon1. ^ Kaku, Michio (26 April 2004). "How Advanced Could They Be?". Astrobiology Magazine. , an interview with Michio Kaku.


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