22nd century - Definition and Overview

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The twenty-second century comprises the years 2101 to 2200. This is different from the century known as the twenty-one hundreds, which comprises the years 2100 to 2199.

See also: Future

Astronomical predictions for the 22nd century

• The Earth will experience 239 lunar eclipses.
• A total solar eclipse exceeding 7 minutes of totality will occur on June 25, 2150. This will be the first time this has happened in 177 years. But eclipse fans will not have to wait nearly so long for it to happen again - on July 5, 2168 an eclipse with 7min 26sec of totality will occur, and on July 16, 2186 an eclipse of 7min 29sec - close to the theoretical maximum - will occur. This is predicted to be the longest eclipse during the 8,000 year period from 3000 BC to AD 5000 (eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC.DEPP).
• The Transit of Venus will occur twice - during 2117 and 2125.
• Comet Halley will return to the inner solar system in 2134.
• Given that Pluto's orbit is approximately 248 Earth years, the year 2178 will mark the 1st Plutonian anniversary since the planet's discovery.
• Triple conjunctions of Mars and Jupiter in 2123 and 2170 and of Mars and Saturn in 2148, 2185 and 2187
• 14.09.2123 15:28 UT: Venus occults Jupiter
• 29.07.2126 16:08 UT: Mercury occults Mars
• 03.12.2133 14:14 UT: Mercury occults Venus

Science fiction set in the 22nd century

Literature (novels, short stories, comic books)

• Distress by Greg Egan
• Heads and Moving Mars, books by Greg Bear
• Kaleidoscope Century by John Barnes (frame story)
• Rendezvous with Rama, a book by Arthur C. Clarke
• When Gravity Fails, a book by George Alec Effinger
• Strontium Dog, a 2000 AD story.
• Crisis in 2140 (serialized as Null-ABC) by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire

Television and film

• Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD, a Doctor Who film
• Mobile Suit Gundam, a Japanese anime television series (It is known that the UC timeline begins in 2081. This would place the One Year War (UC 0079) occurring in 2159.)
• Gundam X, an alternate universe "what-if" of Mobile Suit Gundam where the Earth Federation lost the One Year War (called the Seventh Space War in GX), takes place in 2174, assuming the Seventh Space War took place at the same time as the One Year War.
• Gundam Seed, an alternate-universe version of Mobile Suit Gundam (the Cosmic Era calendar begins about 10 years after the predicted oil crash of the mid-21st century, placing the beginning of the CE calendar sometime between 2040 and 2090, the series would therefore take place sometime between 2111 and 2161).
• Phil of the Future, a Disney Channel series. (Diffy's are from this era (2121) before they crash in 2004.)
• Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century, an animated television series with Sherlock Holmes in a science fiction setting
• According to Star Trek, the Earth-Romulan War will be fought between 2156 and 2160, which results in the establishment of the United Federation of Planets and Starfleet in 2161. Star Trek also predicts human colonization of Mars by 2103.
• Star Trek: Enterprise (2151-?). The first starship capable of reaching Warp 5 is launched from Earth, leading to unprecedented exploration of space, including first contacts with the Klingons, Andorians, and Romulans. According to this series, an area of Earth stretching from Florida to Venezuela will be devastated by an alien attack in 2153, resulting in the death of 4 million people.
• Judge Dredd Set in early 21st century.

Computer games

• Mach Rider, a Nintendo Entertainment System game is set in 2112.
• The Doom computer games
• Earth 2150 (Earth is destroyed at the end of this year in said series)
• Fallout, a computer game, is set in 2161
• Zero Wing (of All Your Base fame) starts in 2101

Decades and years

External links

• 22nd century (http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/index.php/22nd_Century) at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek WikiWiki