2029 (MMXXIX) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2029th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 29th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2020s decade.
Predicted and scheduled events
edit- March – The 2029 Special Olympics World Winter Games are scheduled to be held in Switzerland.
- April 13 – Asteroid 99942 Apophis, at 335 metres (1,100 feet) wide, will pass Earth less than 32,000 kilometres (20,000 miles) from Earth's surface: closer than geosynchronous satellites. When discovered, it was considered a serious threat to Earth, but since then refined predictions have ruled out any impact risk for the next 100 years. This will be the closest approach of an asteroid this size scientists have predicted.[1]
- August 15 – If not triggered earlier, the next United Kingdom general election is scheduled to be held no later than this date.
- October 15 – If not triggered earlier, the 46th Canadian federal election is scheduled to be held no later than this date.
Unknown
edit- Planned launch of the Comet Interceptor.[2]
- The Fehmarn Belt fixed link between Denmark and Germany is expected to be completed.[3]
- The Giant Magellan Telescope, which is currently under construction, is scheduled for completion by this year. [4]
- The Three Seas Initiative (3SI) estimates to end the Rail-2-Sea project by this year.[5]
- Romania expects to have entered the eurozone by this year.[6]
- The radio-transmitted digital time capsule "A Message from Earth" will reach its destination on the planet Gliese 581c.
- NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is expected to leave the Solar System.
- The 2029 Indian general election will be held between April and June. The results will decide the next Prime Minister of India.
- The 2029 South African general election should be held around May or June.
References
edit- ^ "Apophis". NASA.
- ^ "Comet Interceptor construction moves forward". ESA. December 15, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
- ^ "Fehmarnbelt tunnel". Femern (in Danish). Retrieved April 14, 2025.
- ^ "The Giant Magellan Telescope". Smithsonian Global. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ^ "Răzvan Cuc: România susține proiectul RAIL 2 SEA, coridorul feroviar Gdansk – Constanța". Club Feroviar (in Romanian). September 28, 2019.
- ^ Ernst, Iulian (December 16, 2021). "Romania to postpone euro adoption target until 2029". bne IntelliNews.