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.

Science predictions

• 7800: Formation of a Type III Civilization under the Kardashev scale, according to Kardaschev's extrapolation of 1% energy usage growth per year. ^[1]

Science fiction

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

References

1. ^ Kaku, Michio (26 April 2004). "How Advanced Could They Be?". Astrobiology Magazine. , an interview with Michio Kaku.

• Simultaneous Transits by Meeus and VitaglianoPDF (315 KiB)
• Conjunctions of Regulus and the planets (German)
• Accuracy of calculations (German)

1. ^ Kaku, Michio (26 April 2004). "How Advanced Could They Be?". Astrobiology Magazine. , an interview with Michio Kaku.