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The 29th century of the anno Domini (common) era will span the years 2801 – 2900 of the Gregorian calendar.

Astronomical predictions for the 29th century

The remnants of Comet Ikeya-Seki are expected to return to the inner solar system.
It was last seen from Earth in 1965 – 1966 and broke into three pieces as it approached the Sun.
March 25, 2816: At 15:47 UTC Mercury will occult Jupiter
March 6, 2817: At 9:36 UTC Venus will occult Saturn
April 11, 2818: At 20:41 UTC Mercury will occult Mars
February 6, 2825: At 10:50 UTC Mars will occult Uranus
2829/2830: Triple conjunction Mars-Saturn
December 15, 2830: At 09:40 UTC Venus will occult Mars
July 20, 2855: At 05:15 UTC Mercury will occult Jupiter
2842/2843: Triple conjunction Mars-Jupiter
December 16, 2846: Transit of Venus
December 14, 2854: Partial transit of Venus
2866: Triple conjunction Mars-Saturn
March 16, 2880: Predicted impact date for asteroid (29075) 1950 DA, the near Earth object with the highest known probability of crashing into Earth.

Science fiction set in the 29th century

The made-for-TV movie In the Year 2889 is set in 2889.

Some episodes of and feature characters from the 29th century.

In the Futurama episode Xmas Story, 2809 was the year of the first Xmas massacre, caused by an evil robotic Santa Claus which was built by Mom's Friendly Robot Company in 2801.
April 9, 2841, is the day that Professor Hubert Farnsworth is born.

Enix's is set in the year 2859 (772 SD).

In the year 2811 in and Marathon Infinity (both by Bungie Studios) the AI Durandal arrives in the Lh'owon system 97 light years from the Milky Ways Center.

The game Starsiege is set in the year 2829.

The 1980s animated series Silverhawks was set in the 29th century. It was reported that the main villain, Mon*Star, escaped Penal Planet 10 at 13:00 intergalactic standard time on the 40th day of the year 2839.

Pixar's computer-animated movie, WALL-E, is set in this year, 700 years after humans left Earth due to garbage and pollution.

Other

Scientists estimate that it'll take until the 29th century for radiation levels in areas directly contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 to become safe for permanent human habitation again. (See Pripyat, Ukraine)

The Roman numerals for the year 2888 will be MMDCCCLXXXVIII, longer than the next-shorter representation of an earlier year, 1888.

Canadian Pacific Railway will end their lease of the O&Q in 2883.

Decades and years

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