22nd century

The 22nd century of the Common Era will span the years 2100–2200 of the Gregorian calendar.

Predictions

Astronomical predictions for the 22nd century

List of the long total solar eclipses

• June 3, 2114 : Solar eclipse of 6 min 32 s, saros 139.
• June 13, 2132 : Solar eclipse of 6 min 55 s, saros 139.
• June 25, 2150 : Solar eclipse of 7 min 14 s, du 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 minutes.
  But eclipse fans of this epoch will not have to wait nearly so long for it to happen again.
• July 5, 2168 : Solar eclipse of 7 min 26 s, saros 139.
• July 16, 2186 : 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 10,000 year period from 4000 BC to AD 6000 (eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC.DEPP).

Other phenomena

• August, 2113: First time Pluto reaches aphelion since its discovery.
• December 11, 2117: Transit of Venus.
• 2123: Triple conjunction Mars-Jupiter.
• September 14, 2123: At 15:28 UTC, Venus will eclipse Jupiter.
• December 8, 2125: Transit of Venus.
• July 29, 2126: At 16:08 UTC, Mercury will occult Mars.
• March 10, 2130: At 07:32 UTC, Sun passes through solar system barycenter.
• December 3, 2133: At 14:14 UTC, Mercury will occult Venus.
• 2134: Comet Halley will return to the inner solar system.
• 2148: Triple conjunction Mars-Saturn.
• 2169–2199: With an estimated probability of 0.07 %, Apollo asteroid 1999 RQ₃₆ could hit the Earth.
• 2170: Triple conjunction Mars-Jupiter.
• 2177: "First Plutonian anniversary" of the dwarf planet's discovery, Given that Pluto's orbit is just under 248 Earth years.
• 2185: Triple conjunction Mars-Saturn.
• 2187: Triple conjunction Mars-Saturn.
• September 2, 2197: Venus occults Spica.
  Last occultation of Spica by Venus was on November 10, 1783.
• December 24, 2197 Luna will occult Neptune.

Science Predictions

Much of what happens in the 22nd century will depend on mankind's ability to manage and control the Earth's resources in the preceding 21st century. The resulting changes to the planet's environment will play a major role in determining what kinds of societies will develop.

Based on the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report of 2007, it seems likely that sea levels will have risen somewhat between 18 and 59 cm (7 and 23 in).

At the same time, the formidable progress of science and technology may radically enhance our ability to influence world events. Based on Moore's Law, for example, new forms of artificial intelligence may arise that could actually surpass human intellect. Computer graphics in the 22nd century may become so advanced that they are indistinguishable from reality. Entire virtual worlds could be created, at speeds vastly greater than real time—allowing simulations to be run in much quicker timeframes and with far more detail than we are currently used to. The continued growth of the internet, and the enormous resources available online, may dramatically improve the understanding and cooperation between nations, as well as providing radically new techniques for education, work and training.

Other areas of science likely to see enormous progress in the 22nd century include nanotechnology, space travel, genetic engineering, quantum mechanics, robotics, materials engineering and military hardware. Much of our power generation may come from fusion.

Space telescopes may become powerful and sophisticated enough to observe and map extrasolar planets in detail.

By 2200, it is predicted that a Type I civilization will form under the Kardashev scale, according to Nikolai Kardashev's extrapolation of 1% energy usage growth per year.

According to the UN Population Bureau, life expectancy in 2200 will be around 100 for developed countries and the world population will be about 8.5 billion. However, the UN has warned that these projections could be invalidated by any change and progress in future medical and scientific technology and discoveries, as well as changes in future birthrates.

Other Predictions

• March 17, 2160 - Unless changes are made as to when Easter can be observed, this particular March 17 will fall within Holy Week for the first time since 2008 and fall on the same day (Monday) as it did in that year, likely requiring the movement of the Feast of Saint Patrick's Day to another date.

Science fiction set in the 22nd century

Literature (novels, short stories, comics)

• Hundred Decades by Robert Burrows.
• Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson.
• Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson.
• Angels 2200 by Peter Haynes.
• Logan's Run by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson.
• The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut.
• Kaleidoscope Century by John Barnes (frame story).
• Noon Universe created by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.
• Rendezvous with Rama, a book by Arthur C. Clarke.
• When Gravity Fails, a book by George Alec Effinger.
• Judge Dredd, a comic strip in 2000 AD. (Note that the earliest episodes took place in 2099, though most following stories have taken place in the 22nd century, usually 122 years after real-world publication (so a story published in the comic in 2008 would take place in 2130)).
• Strontium Dog, a 2000 AD story.
• Crisis in 2140 (serialized as Null-ABC) by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire.
• It's Such a Beautiful Day by Isaac Asimov is set in 2117.
• The Fun They Had by Isaac Asimov is set in 2157.
• Sci-Fi Channel's Mission Genesis is set in 2157.
• Doraemon is born on September 3, 2112.
• Marte XXIII by Jordi Sierra I Fabra. The characters live in a virtual Martian reality in 2227. Events actually take place in 2109.
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card takes place around 2135 AD.
• Revolt in 2100 by Robert A. Heinlein.
• Methuselah's Children by Robert A. Heinlein begins in 2136.
• The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert A. Heinlein begins in 2188.
• Gradisil by Adam Roberts.
• The Outward Urge by John Wyndham has the first successful landing on Venus in 2144.
• Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes takes place in 2154.
• Solstice Butterfly by Jerald Beltran (J.I.O, Culture Crash) set in 2131 & 2135.
• The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer takes place in 2194.
• Dirty Pair by Haruka Takachiho takes place during 2138-2143, though most incarnations of the story place the setting at 2141.

Television and film

• The first Alien film takes place in 2122 according to the Alien Universe Timeline. The sequels Aliens and Alien 3 both take place in 2179.
• Bicentennial Man, about half the events of this movie take place here.
• In Doctor Who characters have used time-travel to visit various points in the 22nd century.
• The events of BraveStarr take place in the 22nd century on the planet New Texas.
• The events of CLAMP's Chobits take place in the 22nd century.
• The events of Captain Power occur in the year 2147.
• The events of the Captain Video begin in the year 2149.
• The events of the anmie "Martian Successor Nadesico" occur in the year 2195.
• Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD, a film adaptation of the second Doctor Who TV story to feature the Daleks.
• 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).
• DT Eightron, an anime set on the year 2187.
• Phil of the Future, a Disney Channel series. (The Diffys, the main characters, are from this era (2121) before they crash in 2004; theme song refers to Phil as a "22nd Century man").
• Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century, an animated television series with Sherlock Holmes in a science fiction setting.
• Space Battleship Yamato was launched on October 9, 2199 on its desperate mission to save the earth in the Anime series of the same name.
• Wonderful Days, a South Korean animated science fiction film, takes place in the year 2142.
• Hyperdrive, a British sitcom features the adventures of the crew of the HMS Camden Lock as they pursue Britain's interests in 2151.
• Star Trek: Enterprise (2151–2161). 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 7 million people. Enterprise is decommissioned in 2161, just prior to the establishment of the United Federation of Planets.
• 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 on October 11, 2161. Star Trek also predicts human colonization of Mars by 2103.
• The Matrix, a science fiction cult movie, in which the protagonist Neo discovers that all what he believed was a reality is in fact computer simulation. Morpheus, another character of the movie, identifies the events of the movie as being set in the years around 2199. However, it should be noted that it was mentioned in the film Matrix Reloaded that the movie took place in the 6th incarnation of The Matrix. By Morpheus's estimation, then, of there being an approximate 200 year difference between the era in the Matrix and the era of the real world, with the knowledge that Neo's time is actually the 6th incarnation of the Matrix (and an estimated 200 years or so for each incarnation), that could potentially mean the year in the real world is closer to the year 3399. However, since the first and second Matrix sequels failed, it could be safe to assume they did not last 200 years each. Thus, the current year of the real world could be anywhere between approximately 2199 and 3399. Presumably, only the Machines would know for certain.
• In Babylon 5, the Foundationism religion was started in the year 2157 and Psi Corps was founded on April 12, 2161.
• The animated television series Exosquad is apparently set in the late 2110s.
• In the TV series Time Warp Trio, Joe, Sam, and Fred meet Jodie, Samantha, and Freddi on September 17, 2105. (Jodie, Freddi, and Samantha are Joe, Fred and Sam's great-granddaughters.)
• The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fight future crime in the year 2105 in the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward.
• In A.I., a science fiction film that is based on a short story entitled "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss, the story begins sometime in the 22nd century when androids with very high levels of artificial intelligence (called mechas, short for "mechanisms," i.e. synthetic life) have become commonplace.
• ghosts on mars was set on mars in the 22nd century
• The SciFi Channel series FTL Newsfeed begins in the year 2142.
• The Flipside of Dominick Hide is about a time traveler from 2130 looking for his ancestor in 1980.
• Sleeper, a Woody Allen movie, is set in 2173.
• Many characters from the TV series Red Dwarf were born in the mid-22nd century.
• The Futurama Central Bureaucracy was established in 2158.
• The events in the series Time Trax begin in 2193.
• The comedy sci-fi anime series Martian Successor Nadesico is set in the year 2196.
• The One Year War in the sci-fi anime series Mobile Suit Gundam begins on January 3, 2124 (U.C. 0079).
• The first mobile suit in the sci-fi anime series Mobile Suit Gundam is completed at space colony cluster Side 3 in 2118 (U.C. 0073).
• WALL-E, the 2008 Pixar film in which a distress signal is sent from Earth to all autopilots in 2110 saying that Earth's rising toxicity levels has made life unsustainable and that all the starliners should remain in space.
• Transformers Animated is set in 22nd century Detroit, which has become the US's biggest manufacturer of robots.

Video games

• Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri The United Nations Starship Unity reaches the planet Chiron in the Alpha Centauri System in 2101; A.D. dates are kept, but called "Mission Years" (M.Y.).
• Warzone 2100 the nuclear fallout for Warzone begins in 2099 ending in 2100.
• Doom, the events of the computer game series take place in the 22nd century.
• Zero Wing (of All Your Base fame), "war was beginning" in the year 2101.
• Mach Rider a Nintendo Entertainment System game that is set in 2112.
• Front Mission 3 takes place in 2112. Additionally, this is when the People's Republic of Da Han Zhong forms out of China.
• System Shock 2 is set on July 12, 2114.
• Mega Man X Series, takes place during 21XX (starting at 2114 or later).
• Overblood 2 takes place in the year 2115.
• Wipeout 3 takes place in the year 2116.
• Wipeout 3: Special Edition takes place in the year 2127.
• Alien Legacy, the launch of the Seedship UNS Calypso takes place in 2119; the launch of Tantalus takes place in 2135.
• Battlefield 2142 is a computer game based around a war beginning in the year 2139. It also predicts that a new ice age will begin in 2106. Its expansion pack Northern Strike is set in 2145.
• Doom 3, The events at the UAC Base on Mars occur in the year 2145.
• Earth 2140.
• Earth 2150, The Earth is destroyed at the end of the year 2150.
• Earth 2160.
• Aliens vs. Predator series events take place in 2154.
• Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters begins on February 17, 2155.
• Wipeout Fusion takes place in the year 2160.
• Fallout begins in 2161.
• Zone of the Enders series, takes place from 2167 to 2174.
• Starcross takes place in 2186.
• Traffic Department 2192 takes place in 2192.
• Wipeout Pure takes place in the year 2197.
• Mass Effect takes place in the year 2183.
• Nexus: The Jupiter Incident takes place in the 22nd century.
• Mission Critical video game by Legend Entertainment is set in 2134.
• Solar Striker, a scrolling shooter for the Game Boy is set in the year 2159.
• The Red Faction series, developed by THQ is set in the 22nd century.

Other

• Reich Star A table-top RPG which takes place in 2134, it was published by Simon Bell and Ken Richardson (1991) under the name of "Creative Encounters".
• "2112", the title track of the album of the same name by Rush about a man living in a dystopic society.
• FAT file systems support dates up to December 31, 2107.
• The final scenes of The Timekeeper, a former ride at Disneyland parks, were set in Paris, 2189.

External links

• 22nd century at Memory Alpha