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Timeline Of The Near Future
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1. Transit of Mercury and an occultation of Jupiter by Venus.
2182
2065
2017
2082
2. August will be the first time Pluto reaches aphelion since its discovery.
2019
2017
2113
2117
3. 52 UTC - Venus will occult Saturn.
2170
2243 On August 12 at 04
2182
2168 July 5
4. The maximum calendar year limit within the Microsoft Windows XP - Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.
2074
2099
2187
2148
5. Information on the Falklands War declassified.
2082
2182
2039
2170
6. Solar eclipse of 7 min 14 s - Solar Saros 139. Exceeding 7 minutes of totality - this will be the first time this has happened in 177 years; the last one occurred on June 30 - 1973. when the Concorde prototype followed the totality spot during 73 min
2150 June 25
2114
2123 June 9
July 16 - 2186
7. The Chernobyl exclusion zone becomes habitable.
2160
2025
2036
~2250
8. Triple conjunction Mars
2187
2126
2125 December 8
2036
9. At 15-28 UTC - on September 14 - Venus will eclipse Jupiter.
2123
2123 June 9
2053
2099
10. Transit of Venus on June 9.
2251
2061
2255
2123
11. Asteroid 2007 VK184 has a chance of 1 in 3030 of hitting Earth in this year.
2048
2279
2019
2018
12. There will be a Solar Eclipse on August 21.
2281 - 2282
2029
2067
2017
13. Triple conjunction Mars
~2250
2113
2170
2016
14. Solar eclipse of 7 min 29 s (very close to the theoretical maximum) - saros 139 - 'crowing' this serie. This is predicted to be the longest eclipse during the current 10000 year period - from 4000 BC to AD 6000 (eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak -
2177
2036
2174
July 16 - 2186
15. Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.
2279
2107
July 16 - 2186
2038
16. Transit of Venus.
2051
2247
2150 June 25
2125 December 8
17. The second full orbit of Neptune around the sun since its discovery in 1846.
2017
2014
2174
2077
18. Year 2038 problem - similar to the Year 2000 problem may occur on this date.
2020
2126
2038
2187
19. The M1 Abrams will be retired from service.
2047
2255
2053
2016
20. The Voyager program is expected to terminate. Manned mission to the Moon by China.
2255
2197 September 2
2020
July 16 - 2186
21. Construction of Sagrada Familia to be completed.
2247
2047
2028
2223
22. On March 4 at 10-52 UTC - Venus will occult Uranus.
2251
2281 - 2282
2126
2168 July 5
23. Triple conjunction Mars
2209
2174
2014
2148
24. At 15-28 UTC - on September 14 - Venus will eclipse Jupiter.
2209
2067
2125 December 8
2123
25. Sedna overtakes Eris as the farthest known spheroid orbiting the Sun.
2038
2018
2114
2017
26. With an estimated probability of 0.07% - Apollo asteroid 1999 RQ36 could hit the Earth.
2168 July 5
July 16 - 2186
2182
2015
27. The Green Wall of China is expected to be completed.
2074
2099
2182
2051
28. Year 2038 problem - similar to the Year 2000 problem may occur on this date.
2038
2036
2150 June 25
2039
29. Triple conjunction Mars
2187
2240
2065
2185
30. Transit of Venus on June 11.
2032
2247
2177
2028
31. Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System
2134
2253
2036
2017
32. 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup to be held in Russia.
2021
2084
2187
2017
33. Last year which can be represented using the File Allocation Table date format.
2065
2036
2107
2015
34. Construction of Sagrada Familia to be completed.
2174
2240
2185
2028
35. Venus occults Spica.The previous occultation of Spica by Venus was on November 10 - 1783. December 24 - The Moon will occult Neptune.
2019
2197 September 2
2221
2014
36. With an estimated probability of 0.07% - Apollo asteroid 1999 RQ36 could hit the Earth.
2243 On August 12 at 04
2182
2077
2065
37. Beginning of the 16th century according to the Islamic calendar.
2028
2247
2077
2185
38. 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro.
2038
2117
2113
2016
39. Triple conjunction of Mars and Saturn.
2123 June 9
2048
2126
2221
40. The 17th Pan-American Games to be held in Toronto. Spacecrafts New Horizons and Dawn to arrive at the dwarf planets Pluto and Ceres - respectively. Alignment of Earth - Venus and Jupiter. Rugby World Cup held in England and Wales. 2015 Cricket World
2038
2209
2015
2177
41. Transit of Mercury.
2039
2015
2023
2067
42. The Green Wall of China is expected to be completed.
2074
2150 June 25
2017
2047
43. Winter Olympics held in Sochi - Russia. 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil. Expected time of completion for the World Trade Center site. The fifth report of the UN'sInternational Panel on Climate Change to be given.
2223
2255
2013
2014
44. Transit of Venus on June 11.
2023
2113
2255
2247
45. On December 2 at 12-32 UTC Mars will occult Jupiter.
2150 June 25
2223
2197 September 2
2065
46. Grand Trine of Uranus - Neptune - and Pluto. This last occurred in 1769 and 1770.
2017
2281 - 2282
2065
2039
47. 'First Plutonian anniversary' of the dwarf planet's discovery - given that Pluto's orbit is just under 248 Earth years.
2177
2221
2187
2039
48. FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar.
2022
2209
2168 July 5
2221
49. Triple conjunction Mars
2185
2174
2020
2017
50. Brood X - the largest brood of North American seventeen-year cicadas - will emerge.
2025
2048
2251
2021