25th century

The 25th century of the anno Domini (common) era will span the years 2401–2500 of the Gregorian calendar.

Astronomical predictions for the 25th century

* December 30, 2419: At 01:38 UTC Venus will occult Uranus.
* 2426: Pluto's second orbit, since its discovery.
* 2456: Triple conjunction Mars-Jupiter.
* August 29, 2478: At 23:11 UTC Mars will occult Jupiter.
* June 12, 2490: Transit of Venus.
* May 6, 2492: Belgian astronomer Jean Meeus asserts that the orbits of all eight planets and Pluto will be within the same 90° arc of the Solar System. The last time this is believed to have occurred was on February 1, 949 [Site: [http://www.griffithobs.org/SkyAlignments.html SkyAlignments.] (non accessible)] .
* June 10, 2498: Transit of Venus.

Science fiction set in the 25th century

* The events of the Sega Mega Drive strategy game "Vixen 357" and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System strategy game "War 2410" take place during this century.
* The events of the 2005 science fiction film "Æon Flux" is set in the year 2415.
* Buck Rogers (c. 2419 — original; 2491 — 1970s TV series).
** Additionally, Duck Dodgers is set midway through the century.
* Louis-Sébastien Mercier's "L'An 2440" depicts a utopia set in that year; the standard English translation rounds to 2500.
* The events of the original computer game in the "StarCraft" series begin on December 12, 2499, crossing over into 2500.
* "Jason X" (although it begins in an early year of the 21st century, most of the film is set in the year 2455).
* The video games "TimeSplitters 2" and "" take place mainly in 2401.
* The events of "Mega Man ZX" take place on the 25th century.
* The computer game "Fragile Allegiance" begins on May 25, 2496.
* All of the characters from the television series "Firefly" and feature film "Serenity" are born in the latter part of the 25th century.
* In the series Magnus, Robot Fighter, by Russ Manning, in 2500 a robotic repair ship crashes on a planet around the star malev and suffers severe damage. This leads to the creation of Malev-6, a malevolent computer that fills the entire planet.
* In the film Happy Accidents, Vincent D'Onofrio's character Sam Deed claims to be from the year 2470.
* In David Brin's Uplift Universe, the events triggered by Streaker's discovery of the derelict fleet happen in the 25th century. Startide Rising and The Uplift War begin in 2489.
* The Silverhawks children's television series takes place in the 25th century.
* DC Comics superhero Booster Gold was born in the 25th century.
* In the Earthsiege universe, the first Cybrid known as Prometheus is activated on November 29, 2471.
* In the TV series Futurama episode When Aliens Attack, Professor Farnsworth says that videotapes were destroyed by the Second Coming of Christ, which took place in 2443.
* In the Australian TV series The Girl from Tomorrow Tulista visits the year 2500 and comes back with Silverthorn who is from the year 2500.
* The second series of The Girl From Tomorrow, takes place primarily in the year 2500. It starts out in the year 3000, with some scenes in the year 1990.
* Part of the final episode of , takes place in the year 2404. The future captain Kathryn Janeway also brought technology from that year back to the year 2378.
* Part of the Halo Series takes place in the 25th Century, including when the UNSC ship Spirit of Fire was launched.
* The events of takes place in the year 2452.

References

Decades and years