• Space Calendar - October 22, 2017 (1/6)

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    SPACE CALENDAR
    October 22, 2017
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    * indicates changes from last month's calendar.

    October 2017
    Oct ?? - BeiDou-3 (M5 & M6) CZ-3C/YZ-1 Launch
    Oct 22 - Comet P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) At Opposition (2.470 AU)
    Oct 22 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Occults TYC 1943-00104-1 (12.1 Magnitude Star)
    Oct 22 - Apollo Asteroid 171576 (1999 VP11) Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU)
    Oct 22 - Apollo Asteroid 2010 VT11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
    Oct 22 - Asteroid 4701 Milani Closest Approach To Earth (1.334 AU)
    Oct 22 - Asteroid 5661 Hildebrand Closest Approach To Earth (2.607 AU)
    Oct 22 - Asteroid 227 Philosophia Closest Approach To Earth (2.730 AU)
    Oct 22 - Kuiper Belt Object 308379 (2005 RS43) At Opposition (42.562 AU)
    Oct 22 - 25th Anniversary (1992), STS-52 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, LAGEOS II)
    Oct 23 - Comet 96P/Machholz Closest Approach To Earth (0.879 AU)
    Oct 23 - Comet P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.470 AU)
    Oct 23 - Comet C/2017 C2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.999 AU)
    * Oct 23 - Aten Asteroid 2017 TK6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
    * Oct 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 ST17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
    * Oct 23 - Apollo Asteroid 498548 (2008 GH110) Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
    Oct 23 - Asteroid 8992 Magnanimity Closest Approach To Earth (1.189 AU)
    Oct 23 - Aten Asteroid 3362 Khufu Closest Approach To Earth (1.281 AU)
    Oct 23 - Asteroid 7644 Cslewis Closest Approach To Earth (1.288 AU)
    Oct 23 - Asteroid 13606 Bean Closest Approach To Earth (1.593 AU)
    Oct 23 - Asteroid 15092 Beegees Closest Approach To Earth (2.018 AU)
    Oct 23 - Neptune Trojan 2011 SO277 At Opposition (29.506 AU)
    Oct 23 - 10th Anniversary (2007), STS-120 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, International Space Station)
    Oct 24 - Comet 73P-X/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.507 AU)
    Oct 24 - Comet 73P-L/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.510 AU)
    Oct 24 - Comet 73P-AN/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.511 AU)
    Oct 24 - Comet 73P-AH/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.526 AU)
    Oct 24 - Comet 228P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (3.437 AU)
    Oct 24 - Comet 53P/Van Biesbroeck At Opposition (3.531 AU)
    Oct 24 - Comet C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE) At Opposition (3.658 AU)
    Oct 24 - Aten Asteroid 2016 GK135 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
    Oct 24 - Aten Asteroid 2008 TC4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)
    Oct 24 - Asteroid 7041 Nantucket Closest Approach To Earth (0.958 AU)
    Oct 24 - Asteroid 3905 Doppler Closest Approach To Earth (1.068 AU)
    Oct 24 - Apollo Asteroid 2201 Oljato Closest Approach To Earth (2.063 AU)
    Oct 24 - Asteroid 10379 Lake Placid Closest Approach To Earth (2.593 AU)
    * Oct 24 - Centaur Object 2015 KJ153 At Opposition (4.881 AU)
    Oct 25 - Comet 73P-Z/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.578 AU)
    Oct 25 - Comet 73P-AO/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.580 AU)
    Oct 25 - Comet 73P-AT/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.437 AU)
    * Oct 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 UH Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
    * Oct 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 TL4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
    Oct 25 - Aten Asteroid 2013 UR5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
    Oct 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 FT102 Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)
    Oct 25 - Asteroid 9766 Bradbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.414 AU)
    Oct 25 - Asteroid 4547 Massachusetts Closest Approach To Earth (1.465 AU)
    Oct 25 - Asteroid 4772 Frankdrake Closest Approach To Earth (1.952 AU)
    Oct 25 - Asteroid 2039 Payne-Gaposchkin Closest Approach To Earth (2.268 AU)
    Oct 25 - Kuiper Belt Object 55636 (2002 TX300) At Opposition (41.568 AU)
    Oct 25 - Henry Russell's 140th Birthday (1877)
    Oct 26 - Comet 73P-R/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.614 AU)
    Oct 26 - Comet 340P/Boattini At Opposition (2.507 AU)
    Oct 26 - Comet 159P/LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.840 AU)
    * Oct 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 SC14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
    Oct 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 QV34 Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU)
    Oct 26 - Asteroid 4416 Ramses Closest Approach To Earth (0.812 AU)
    Oct 26 - Asteroid 5725 Nordlingen Closest Approach To Earth (1.737 AU)
    Oct 26 - Asteroid 7100 Martin Luther Closest Approach To Earth (1.806 AU)
    Oct 26 - Amor Asteroid 1943 Anteros Closest Approach To Earth (2.038 AU)
    Oct 26 - Asteroid 8721 AMOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.826 AU)
    Oct 26 - Gaetano Crocco's 140th Birthday (1877)
    Oct 27 - Comet 355P/LINEAR-NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (0.732 AU)
    Oct 27 - Comet 73P-M/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.643 AU)
    Oct 27 - Comet 73P-AD/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.649 AU)
    Oct 27 - Comet 73P-E/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.654 AU)
    Oct 27 - Comet 175P/Hergenrother At Opposition (3.367 AU)
    Oct 27 - Asteroid 1336 Zeelandia Occults HIP 36152 (6.5 Magnitude Star)
    * Oct 27 - Amor Asteroid 2017 TW4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
    * Oct 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 SU11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
    Oct 27 - Asteroid 3414 Champollion Closest Approach To Earth (1.054 AU)
    Oct 27 - Asteroid 2999 Dante Closest Approach To Earth (1.231 AU)
    Oct 27 - Asteroid 7028 Tachikawa Closest Approach To Earth (1.793 AU)
    Oct 27 - Asteroid 30440 Larry Closest Approach To Earth (2.509 AU)
    Oct 27 - Neptune Trojan 2001 QR322 At Opposition (29.099 AU)
    Oct 28 - Comet 96P/Machholz Perihelion (0.124 AU)
    Oct 28 - Comet 73P-H/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.696 AU)
    Oct 28 - Comet 73P-B/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.702 AU)
    Oct 28 - Comet 73P-K/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.703 AU)
    Oct 28 - Comet 73P-BF/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.557 AU)
    Oct 28 - Comet 135P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (3.811 AU)
    Oct 28 - Asteroid 12773 Lyman Closest Approach To Earth (1.493 AU)
    Oct 28 - Apollo Asteroid 29075 (1950 DA) Closest Approach To Earth (1.578 AU)
    Oct 28 - 80th Anniversary (1937), Karl Reinmuth's Discovery of Asteroid 69230 Hermes
    Oct 29 - European Summer Time Ends - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (European Union)
    Oct 29 - Comet 73P-G/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.724 AU)
    Oct 29 - Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.727 AU)
    Oct 29 - Comet 73P-C/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.728 AU)
    Oct 29 - Comet 73P-BT/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.728 AU)
    Oct 29 - Comet 73P-AV/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.741 AU)
    Oct 29 - Comet C/2015 T5 (Sheppard-Tholen) Closest Approach To Earth (8.823 AU)
    Oct 29 - Asteroid 73520 Boslough Closest Approach To Earth (1.274 AU)
    Oct 29 - Apollo Asteroid 161989 Cacus Closest Approach To Earth (1.274 AU)
    Oct 29 - Asteroid 17627 Humptydumpty Closest Approach To Earth (1.959 AU)
    Oct 29 - Apollo Asteroid 2212 Hephaistos Closest Approach To Earth (2.650 AU)
    Oct 29 - Centaur Object 49036 Pelion At Opposition (19.848 AU)
    Oct 29 - Centaur Object 20461 Dioretsa At Opposition (28.551 AU)
    Oct 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) At Opposition (40.318 AU)
    * Oct 30 - Koreasat 5A (Mugungwha 5A) Falcon 9 Launch
    Oct 30 - Moon Occults Neptune
    Oct 30 - Comet 73P-AK/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.798 AU)
    Oct 30 - Comet 73P-AU/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.801 AU)
    Oct 30 - Comet 73P-BR/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.602 AU)
    Oct 30 - Comet 73P-BD/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.652 AU)
    Oct 30 - Aten Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Closest Approach To Earth (0.526 AU)
    Oct 30 - Asteroid 4337 Arecibo Closest Approach To Earth (2.564 AU)
    Oct 30 - Neptune Trojan 2014 QO441 At Opposition (32.300 AU)
    Oct 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 42301 (2001 UR163) At Opposition (51.765 AU)
    Oct 31 - Comet P/2016 G1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.492 AU)
    Oct 31 - Comet 73P-BG/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.638 AU)
    Oct 31 - Comet 123P/West-Hartley At Opposition (2.739 AU)
    Oct 31 - Apollo Asteroid 2003 UV11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
    * Oct 31 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 TZ4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
    * Oct 31 - Amor Asteroid 2017 UO1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU)
    Oct 31 - Asteroid 3783 Morris Closest Approach To Earth (1.176 AU)
    Oct 31 - Asteroid 10958 Mont Blanc Closest Approach To Earth (1.316 AU)
    Oct 31 - Asteroid 32605 Lucy Closest Approach To Earth (2.450 AU)

    November 2017
    Nov ?? - Chang'e 5 CZ-5 Launch (China Lunar Sample Return Mission)
    Nov ?? - Falcon 9 Heavy Maiden Launch
    Nov ?? - Cartosat-2F PSLV-XL Launch
    * Nov ?? - Jilin 1-04,1-05,1-06 CZ-6 Launch
    * Nov ?? - BeiDou-3 (M1 & M2) CZ-3C/YZ-1 Launch
    * Nov ?? - Xiaoxiang 2-5/Mini Hubble CZ-11 Launch
    Nov 01 - Comet 73P-BQ/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.868 AU)
    Nov 01 - Comet 73P-N/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.881 AU)
    Nov 01 - Comet 219P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.883 AU)
    Nov 01 - Asteroid 9719 Yakage Occults HIP 36393 (5.1 Magnitude Star)
    Nov 01 - Asteroid 316020 Linshuhow Closest Approach To Earth (1.531 AU)
    Nov 01 - Asteroid 1677 Tycho Brahe Closest Approach To Earth (1.643 AU)
    Nov 01 - Plutino 47171 (1999 TC36) At Opposition (29.598 AU)
    Nov 02 - 100th Anniversary (1917), Mount Wilson 100-inch Telescope First Light
    Nov 02 - Comet 355P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (0.736 AU)
    Nov 02 - Comet 73P-AX/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.908 AU)
    Nov 02 - Comet 73P-V/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.665 AU)
    Nov 02 - Comet 73P-BB/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.743 AU)
    * Nov 02 - Apollo Asteroid 496816 (1989 UP) Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
    Nov 02 - Asteroid 85197 Ginkgo Closest Approach To Earth (0.871 AU)
    Nov 02 - Asteroid 46610 Besixdouz Closest Approach To Earth (0.882 AU)
    Nov 02 - Asteroid 8003 Kelvin Closest Approach To Earth (1.018 AU)
    Nov 02 - Asteroid 2597 Arthur Closest Approach To Earth (1.543 AU)
    Nov 02 - Asteroid 3767 DiMaggio Closest Approach To Earth (1.979 AU)
    Nov 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 UM33 At Opposition (42.855 AU)
    Nov 02 - 15th Anniversary (2002), Stardust, Asteroid 5535 Annefrank Flyby
    Nov 02 - 70th Anniversary (1947), Howard Hughes Flies the Spruce Goose
    Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
    Nov 03 - Comet 73P-BO/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.954 AU)
    Nov 03 - Comet 73P-BN/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.961 AU)
    Nov 03 - Comet 73P-BK/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.979 AU)
    Nov 03 - Comet 73P-J/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.990 AU)
    Nov 03 - Aten Asteroid 2009 UZ87 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
    Nov 03 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 WA2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
    Nov 03 - Asteroid 1655 Comas Sola Closest Approach To Earth (1.248 AU)
    Nov 03 - Asteroid 31664 Randiiwessen Closest Approach To Earth (1.713 AU)
    Nov 03 - Asteroid 3524 Schulz Closest Approach To Earth (1.723 AU)
    Nov 03 - Apollo Asteroid 4486 Mithra Closest Approach To Earth (2.285 AU)
    Nov 03 - Asteroid 5515 Naderi Closest Approach To Earth (2.289 AU)
    Nov 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 120348 (2004 TY364) At Opposition (38.116 AU)
    Nov 03 - 60th Anniversary (1957), Sputnik 2 Launch (Laika Dog)
    Nov 04 - Comet 73P-AB/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.027 AU)
    Nov 04 - Comet 73P-BJ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.038 AU)
    Nov 04 - Comet 139P/Vaisala-Oterma Closest Approach To Earth (2.427 AU)
    Nov 04 - Comet 139P/Vaisala-Oterma At Opposition (2.427 AU)
    Nov 04 - Comet 73P-BA/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.794 AU)
    Nov 04 - Comet 337P/WISE At Opposition (2.798 AU)
    Nov 04 - Comet 73P-BH/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.801 AU)
    Nov 04 - Comet 73P-BI/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.802 AU)
    Nov 04 - Comet 73P-BM/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.802 AU)
    Nov 04 - Comet 73P-BP/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.803 AU)
    Nov 04 - Comet 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.104 AU)
    Nov 04 - Comet C/2015 T5 (Sheppard-Tholen) At Opposition (8.828 AU)
    Nov 04 - Aten Asteroid 365424 (2010 KX7) Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
    Nov 04 - Asteroid 22824 von Neumann Closest Approach To Earth (1.062 AU)
    Nov 04 - Asteroid 3192 A'Hearn Closest Approach To Earth (1.472 AU)
    Nov 04 - Asteroid 3430 Bradfield Closest Approach To Earth (1.713 AU)
    Nov 04 - Asteroid 3975 Verdi Closest Approach To Earth (1.803 AU)
    Nov 04 - Asteroid 4768 Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (1.804 AU)
    Nov 05 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (United States)
    Nov 05 - Comet 73P-BE/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.812 AU)
    Nov 05 - Comet P/2009 L2 (Yang-Gao) At Opposition (4.200 AU)
    Nov 05 - Comet P/2014 E1 (Larson) At Opposition (4.292 AU)
    Nov 05 - Asteroid 1065 Amundsenia Closest Approach To Earth (1.197 AU)
    Nov 05 - Plutino 144897 (2004 UX10) At Opposition (38.267 AU)
    Nov 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 UZ224 At Opposition (90.202 AU)
    Nov 05 - 10th Anniversary (2007), Chang'e 1, Moon Orbit Insertion
    Nov 05 - 15th Anniversary (2002), Galileo, Amalthea 34 Flyby
    Nov 05 - John Alcock's 125th Birthday (1893)
    Nov 06 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
    Nov 06 - Comet 73P-AM/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.101 AU)
    Nov 06 - Apollo Asteroid 2004 GD Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU)
    Nov 06 - Apollo Asteroid 1865 Cerberus Closest Approach To Earth (0.397 AU)
    Nov 06 - Asteroid 8621 Jimparsons Closest Approach To Earth (2.224 AU)
    Nov 06 - Neptune Trojan 2006 RJ103 At Opposition (29.260 AU)
    Nov 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 55637 (2002 UX25) At Opposition (39.623 AU)
    Nov 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 84522 (2002 TC302) At Opposition (43.644 AU)
    Nov 06 - 20th Anniverary (1997), Galileo, Europa 11 Flyby
    Nov 07 - 50th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 6 Launch (Moon Lander)
    Nov 07 - MN35-13 Vega Launch
    Nov 07 - Asteroid 4825 Ventura Closest Approach To Earth (0.947 AU)
    Nov 07 - Asteroid 991 McDonalda Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)
    Nov 07 - 525th Anniversary (1492), Ensisheim Meteorite Fall in Austria
    Nov 08 - Comet 73P-U/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.236 AU)
    Nov 08 - Comet 73P-AA/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.932 AU)
    Nov 08 - Comet 87P/Bus At Opposition (3.629 AU)
    Nov 08 - Aten Asteroid 2340 Hathor Closest Approach To Earth (0.532 AU)
    Nov 08 - Asteroid 5049 Sherlock Closest Approach To Earth (0.927 AU)
    Nov 08 - Asteroid 6560 Pravdo Closest Approach To Earth (1.616 AU)
    Nov 08 - Asteroid 469 Argentina Closest Approach To Earth (2.561 AU)
    Nov 08 - 25th Anniversary (1992), Geotail, 3rd Moon Flyby
    Nov 08 - 35th Anniversary (1982), Wethersfield Meteorite Fall (Hit House)
    Nov 08 - Margaret Rhea Seddon's 70th Birthday (1947)
    Nov 08 - Ben Bova's 85th Birthday (1932)
    * Nov 09 - Carl Sagan Day
    Nov 09 - Comet P/2016 G1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.503 AU)
    Nov 09 - Comet 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.105 AU) * Nov 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 TZ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
    Nov 09 - Amor Asteroid 2017 SL2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
    Nov 09 - Asteroid 5392 Parker Closest Approach To Earth (1.513 AU)
    Nov 09 - Apollo Asteroid 6239 Minos Closest Approach To Earth (1.666 AU)
    Nov 09 - 50th Anniversary (1967), 1st Saturn V Launch (Apollo 4)
    Nov 10 - Asteroid 207563 Toscana Closest Approach To Earth (1.984 AU)
    Nov 10 - Asteroid 19482 Harperlee Closest Approach To Earth (2.595 AU)
    Nov 10 - Asteroid 3202 Graff Closest Approach To Earth (2.740 AU)
    * Nov 11 - Cygnus CRS OA-8E/EcAMSat/ISARA/Asgardia 1 Antares 230 Launch (International Space Station)
    Nov 11 - ASNARO-2 Epsilon Launch
    Nov 11 - Moon Occults Regulus
    Nov 11 - Comet 183P/Korlevic-Juric Perihelion (3.872 AU)
    Nov 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2005 XB1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
    Nov 11 - Asteroid 3173 McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (1.344 AU)
    Nov 11 - Asteroid 22521 ZZ Top Closest Approach To Earth (1.518 AU)
    Nov 11 - Asteroid 10792 Ecuador Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 AU)
    Nov 11 - 35th Anniversary (1982), STS-5 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia)
    Nov 11 - 445th Anniversary (1572), Tycho Brahe's Observation of SN1572
    Nov 12 - Comet C/2015 ER61 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.905 AU)
    Nov 12 - Comet 123P/West-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (2.717 AU)
    Nov 13 - Atira Asteroid 2014 FO47 Closest Approach To Earth (0.419 AU)
    Nov 12 - Asteroid 18235 Lynden-Bell Closest Approach To Earth (1.901 AU)
    Nov 12 - Asteroid 8990 Compassion Closest Approach To Earth (2.428 AU)
    Nov 12 - Richard Truly's 80th Birthday (1937)
    Nov 13 - Venus Passes 0.3 Degrees from Jupiter
    Nov 13 - Comet 219P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.902 AU)
    Nov 13 - Comet 73P-AT/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.491 AU)
    Nov 13 - Comet C/2017 C2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.090 AU)
    Nov 13 - Comet 297P/Beshore At Opposition (3.568 AU)
    Nov 13 - Comet 86P/Wild At Opposition (3.768 AU)
    Nov 13 - Apollo Asteroid 326354 (2000 SJ344) Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
    Nov 13 - Atira Asteroid 2014 FO47 Closest Approach To Earth (0.419 AU)
    Nov 13 - Asteroid 4589 McDowell Closest Approach To Earth (1.194 AU)
    Nov 13 - 10th Anniversary (2007), Rosetta, 2nd Earth Flyby
    Nov 14 - Moon Occults Asteroid 21 Lutetia
    Nov 14 - Asteroid 2873 Binzel Closest Approach To Earth (1.540 AU)
    Nov 14 - Asteroid 144296 Steviewonder Closest Approach To Earth (1.682 AU)
    * Nov 15 - Fengyun 3D/Head-1 CZ-4C Launch
    * Nov 15 - "Zuma" Falcon 9 Launch
    Nov 15 - Comet 73P-BF/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.604 AU)
    Nov 15 - Comet C/2014 C1 (TOTAS) At Opposition (2.693 AU)
    Nov 15 - Comet 302P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (3.058 AU)
    Nov 15 - Comet 73P-AJ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.837 AU)
    Nov 15 - Comet 218P/LINEAR At Opposition (4.021 AU)
    Nov 15 - Asteroid 3154 Grant Closest Approach To Earth (1.574 AU)
    Nov 15 - Asteroid 19535 Rowanatkinson Closest Approach To Earth (1.612 AU)
    Nov 15 - Asteroid 228029 MANIAC Closest Approach To Earth (1.813 AU)
    Nov 15 - Kuiper Belt Object 2012 VP113 At Opposition (82.656 AU)
    Nov 16 - Moon Occults Asteroid 4 Vesta
    * Nov 16 - Comet C/2017 S6 (Catalina) At Opposition (1.265 AU)
    Nov 16 - Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan Perihelion (1.384 AU)
    Nov 16 - Comet C/2017 E1 (Borisov) At Opposition (2.399 AU)
    Nov 16 - Comet 73P-BD/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.696 AU)
    Nov 16 - Comet P/2015 J3 (NEOWISE) At Opposition (4.175 AU)
    Nov 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2000 UO30 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
    Nov 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2013 TK69 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
    Nov 16 - Asteroid 23638 Nagano Closest Approach To Earth (1.301 AU)
    Nov 16 - Asteroid 24997 Petergabriel Closest Approach To Earth (1.418 AU)
    Nov 16 - Asteroid 2919 Dali Closest Approach To Earth (2.422 AU)
    Nov 16 - 40th Anniversary (1977), "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" Released
    Nov 16 - 165th Anniversary (1852), Hermann Goldschmidt's Discovery of Asteroid 21 Lutetia
    Nov 16 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert's 300th Birthday (1717)
    Nov 17 - 50th Anniversary (1967), 1st Successful Lift-Off from Lunar Surface (Surveyor 6)
    Nov 17 - Joint Polar Satellite System 1 (JPSS 1)/Buccaneer RMM/MiRaTA/EagleSat/CP 7 (DAVE)/Fox 1B (RadFxSat)/MakerSat 0 Delta 2 Launch
    Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
    Nov 17 - Comet 24P/Schaumasse Perihelion (1.206 AU)
    Nov 17 - Comet 73P-BR/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.654 AU)
    Nov 17 - Comet 73P-BG/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.685 AU)
    Nov 17 - Apollo Asteroid 444584 (2006 UK) Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
    Nov 17 - Aten Asteroid 136818 Selqet Closest Approach To Earth (0.325 AU)
    Nov 17 - Asteroid 1288 Santa Closest Approach To Earth (1.810 AU)
    Nov 17 - Neptune Trojan 2007 VL305 At Opposition (27.240 AU)
    Nov 17 - Plutino 2003 UZ413 At Opposition (42.874 AU)
    Nov 17 - Henry Gellibrand's 420th Birthday (1597)
    Nov 18 - Comet 73P-BB/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.782 AU)
    Nov 18 - Comet 209P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.432 AU)
    Nov 18 - Asteroid 1640 Nemo Closest Approach To Earth (0.947 AU)
    Nov 18 - Asteroid 4922 Leshin Closest Approach To Earth (1.205 AU)
    Nov 18 - Asteroid 484 Pittsburghia Closest Approach To Earth (1.727 AU)
    Nov 18 - Asteroid 4356 Marathon Closest Approach To Earth (2.270 AU)
    Nov 18 - Neptune Trojan 2011 WG157 At Opposition (29.819 AU)
    Nov 18 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 VK201 At Opposition (47.069 AU)
    Nov 18 - Louis Daguerre's 230th Birthday (1787)
    Nov 19 - Comet P/2011 VJ5 (Lemmon) At Opposition (0.965 AU)
    Nov 19 - Comet 5D/Brorsen At Opposition (2.203 AU)
    Nov 19 - Comet 73P-V/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.711 AU)
    Nov 19 - Comet 73P-BA/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.830 AU)
    Nov 19 - Asteroid 63163 Jerusalem Closest Approach To Earth (1.320 AU)
    Nov 19 - Asteroid 184011 Andypuckett Closest Approach To Earth (1.676 AU)
    Nov 19 - Plutino 84719 (2002 VR128) At Opposition (38.566 AU)
    Nov 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 90377 Sedna At Opposition (84.262 AU)
    Nov 19 - 20th Anniversary (1997), STS-87 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia)
    Nov 19 - Eleanor Helin's 85th Birthday (1932)
    Nov 19 - Keith Runcorn's 95th Birthday (1922)
    Nov 20 - Mars Summer Solstice
    Nov 20 - Comet 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU)
    Nov 20 - Comet 236P/LINEAR Perihelion (1.837 AU)
    Nov 20 - Comet 73P-BH/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.841 AU)
    Nov 20 - Comet 73P-BI/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.841 AU)
    Nov 20 - Comet 73P-BM/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.842 AU)
    Nov 20 - Comet 73P-BP/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.842 AU)
    Nov 20 - Comet 73P-BE/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.850 AU)
    Nov 20 - Comet C/2017 F2 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (6.931 AU)
    Nov 20 - Asteroid 9387 Tweeddledee Closest Approach To Earth (0.944 AU)
    Nov 20 - Asteroid 5450 Sokrates Closest Approach To Earth (1.582 AU)
    Nov 20 - Asteroid 8630 Billprady Closest Approach To Earth (1.619 AU)
    Nov 20 - Asteroid 6154 Stevesynnott Closest Approach To Earth (1.700 AU)
    Nov 20 - Apollo Asteroid 3671 Dionysus Closest Approach To Earth (1.781 AU)
    Nov 20 - Asteroid 54439 Topeka Closest Approach To Earth (2.089 AU)
    Nov 20 - Asteroid 118945 Rikhill Closest Approach To Earth (2.288 AU)
    Nov 20 - Otto von Guericke's 415th Birthday (1602)
    Nov 21 - Aten Asteroid 234145 (2000 EW70) Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)
    Nov 21 - Apollo Asteroid 163696 (2003 EB50) Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
    Nov 21 - Asteroid 84225 Verish Closest Approach To Earth (1.152 AU)
    Nov 21 - Asteroid 16155 Buddy Closest Approach To Earth (1.370 AU)
    Nov 21 - Asteroid 2579 Spartacus Closest Approach To Earth (1.384 AU)
    Nov 21 - Asteroid 342843 Davidbowie Closest Approach To Earth (1.621 AU)
    Nov 21 - Asteroid 2985 Shakespeare Closest Approach To Earth (1.897 AU)
    Nov 21 - Asteroid 4442 Garcia Closest Approach To Earth (2.501 AU)
    Nov 22 - Comet 24P/Schaumasse Closest Approach To Earth (1.460 AU)
    Nov 22 - Comet 73P-AA/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.963 AU)
    Nov 22 - Comet 302P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS At Opposition (3.066 AU)
    Nov 22 - Comet 282P/2003 BM80 At Opposition (4.039 AU)
    Nov 22 - Aten Asteroid 2016 LO1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
    Nov 22 - Asteroid 2228 Soyuz-Apollo Closest Approach To Earth (1.576 AU)
    Nov 22 - Alan Stern's 60th Birthday (1957)
    Nov 22 - Vladimir Damgov's 70th Birthday (1947)
    Nov 22 - Guy Bluford's 75th Birthday (1942)
    Nov 22 - 110th Anniverseary (1907), Meteorite Fall in Bali, Central African Republic
    Nov 23 - Comet C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy) At Opposition (2.893 AU)
    Nov 23 - Comet C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (5.328 AU)
    Nov 23 - Aten Asteroid 2009 BL71 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
    Nov 23 - Asteroid 8444 Popovich Closest Approach To Earth (1.129 AU)
    Nov 23 - Asteroid 11714 Mikebrown Closest Approach To Earth (1.819 AU)
    Nov 23 - Centaur Object 54598 Bienor At Opposition (13.867 AU)
    Nov 23 - 15th Anniversary (2002), STS-113 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, International Space Station)
    Nov 23 - 40th Anniversary (1977), Meteosat 1 Launch (Europe's 1st Weather Satellite)
    Nov 24 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (22 Degrees)
    Nov 24 - Asteroid 35977 Lexington Closest Approach To Earth (1.229 AU)
    Nov 24 - Asteroid 5451 Plato Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)
    Nov 24 - Asteroid 12490 Leiden Closest Approach To Earth (2.547 AU)
    Nov 25 - Comet C/2014 C1 (TOTAS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.677 AU)
    Nov 25 - Asteroid 5020 Asimov Closest Approach To Earth (1.171 AU)
    Nov 26 - Comet 145P/Shoemaker-Levy Closest Approach To Earth (1.124 AU)
    Nov 26 - Comet 73P-AW/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.134 AU)
    Nov 26 - Comet 73P-AF/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.165 AU)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 335 Roberta Occults HIP 18724 (3.4 Magnitude Star)
    * Nov 26 - Asteroid 685 Hermia Occults HIP 44148 (6.5 Magnitude Star)
    Nov 26 - Apollo Asteroid 3361 Orpheus Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
    Nov 26 - Amor Asteroid 2202 Pele Closest Approach To Earth (0.658 AU)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 3043 San Diego Closest Approach To Earth (0.933 AU)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 7645 Pons Closest Approach To Earth (1.075 AU)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 9253 Oberth Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU11)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 3297 Hong Kong Closest Approach To Earth (1.642 AU)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 10957 Alps Closest Approach To Earth (1.675 AU)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 2246 Bowell Closest Approach To Earth (3.108 AU)
    Nov 26 - Boris Yegorov's 80th Birthday (1937)
    Nov 27 - Moon Occults Neptune
    * Nov 27 - Comet C/2017 S6 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (1.208 AU)
    Nov 27 - Comet 317P/WISE At Opposition (3.641 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 3635 Kreutz Closest Approach To Earth (0.727 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 7919 Prime Closest Approach To Earth (1.614 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 9777 Enterprise Closest Approach To Earth (1.741 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 204852 Frankfurt Closest Approach To Earth (1.860 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 7758 Poulanderson Closest Approach To Earth (1.879 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 214476 Stephencolbert Closest Approach To Earth (2.312 AU)
    Nov 27 - Jim Wetherbee's 65th Birthday (1952)
    Nov 28 - 50th Anniversary (1967), Discovery of 1st Pulsar by Jocelyn Bell & Antony Hewish
    Nov 28 - Mercury Passes 3.0 Degrees From Saturn
    Nov 28 - Comet 73P-AY/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.240 AU)
    Nov 28 - Comet 73P-AZ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.241 AU)
    Nov 28 - Apollo Asteroid 11066 Sigurd Closest Approach To Earth (0.807 AU)
    Nov 28 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 BD Closest Approach To Earth (1.963 AU)
    Nov 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 386723 (2009 YE7) At Opposition (49.823 AU)
    Nov 28 - 15th Anniversary (2002), Alsat 1 Launch (1st Algerian Satellite)
    Nov 29 - 50th Anniversary (1967), Wresat 1 Launch (Australia's 1st Satellite)
    Nov 29 - Comet 229P/Gibbs Closest Approach To Earth (1.937 AU)
    * Nov 29 - Comet C/2017 S7 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (6.764 AU)
    Nov 29 - Aten Asteroid 2010 VD139 Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)
    * Nov 29 - Asteroid 11947 Kimclijsters Closest Approach To Earth (2.370 AU)
    Nov 29 - Apollo Asteroid 1863 Antinous Closest Approach To Earth (2.692 AU)
    Nov 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 145453 (2005 RR43) At Opposition (38.580 AU)
    * Nov 30 - 6th International Cosmic Day
    Nov 30 - Apollo Asteroid 10563 Izhdubar Closest Approach To Earth (1.096 AU)
    Nov 30 - Apollo Asteroid 2013 EC20 Closest Approach To Earth (1.681 AU)
    Nov 30 - Asteroid 242516 Lindseystirling Closest Approach To Earth (1.864 AU)
    Nov 30 - Asteroid 310 Margarita Closest Approach To Earth (1.949 AU)
    Nov 30 - Asteroid 1345 Potomac Closest Approach To Earth (2.461 AU)
    Nov 30 - Asteroid 41488 Sinbad Closeset Approach To Earth (2.462 AU)

    December 2017
    Dec ?? - INCA/ALBus/CACTUS 1/ExoCube 2/MicroMAS 2b/MiTEE 1/PolarCube/Q-PACE/
    CAPE 3/RadFxSat 2 (Fox 1E)/PICS 1 & 2 LauncherOne Launch
    Dec ?? - Amazonia (SSR-1) Equars VLS-1 Launch
    Dec ?? - Meteor-M N2-1/Baumanets 2/Flock 2/Flying Laptop/Ionosfera 1 & 2/Lemur 2 &3/NorSat 1/
    Scout/SEAM/TechnoSat/WNISAT 1R Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
    Dec ?? - BeiDou-3 (M7 & M8) CZ-3C/YZ-1 Launch
    Dec ?? - GSAT-6A GSLV Mk II Launch
    * Dec ?? - BeiDou-3 (M3 & M4) CZ-3C/YZ-1 Launch
    * Dec ?? - Hispasat 30W-6 Falcon 9 Launch
    Dec 01 - Asteroid 721 Tabora Occults HIP 98688 (4.5 Magnitude Star)
    Dec 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 2006 QH181 At Opposition (82.823 AU)
    Dec 02 - Comet 14P/Wolf Perihelion (2.741 AU)
    Dec 02 - Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth (2.111 AU)
    Dec 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 229762 (2007 UK126) At Opposition (41.558 AU)
    Dec 02 - 25th Anniversary (1992), STS-53 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, DOD)
    Dec 03 - Super Moon
    Dec 03 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
    Dec 03 - Comet 345P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.813)
    Dec 03 - Comet 221P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.932 AU)
    * Dec 03 - Comet C/2017 S7 (Lemmon) At Opposition (6.766 AU)
    Dec 03 - Apollo Asteroid 2008 WM61 Near-Earth Flyby (0.010 AU)
    Dec 03 - Asteroid 3313 Mendel Closest Approach To Earth (2.016 AU)
    Dec 03 - Asteroid 12284 Pohl Closest Approach To Earth (2.752 AU)
    Dec 03 - Howard Brewington's 65th Birthday (1952)
    Dec 03 - 100th Anniversary (1917), Strathmore Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Scotland)
    Dec 04 - Comet 90P/Gehrels Closest Approach To Earth (2.246 AU)
    Dec 04 - Atira Asteroid 164294 (2004 XZ130) Closest Approach To Earth (1.164 AU)
    Dec 05 - Comet 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT At Opposition (1.776 AU)
    Dec 05 - Asteroid 5263 Arrius Occults HIP 17049 (6.7 Magnitude Star)
    Dec 05 - Aten Asteroid 2010 TK7 (Earth Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (0.204 AU)
    Dec 05 - Amor Asteroid 1980 Tezcatlipoca Closest Approach To Earth (0.878 AU)
    Dec 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 145451 (2005 RM43) At Opposition (35.741 AU)
    Dec 05 - Mark Showalter's 60th Birthday (1957)
    Dec 05 - Sheldon Glashow's 85th Birthday (1932)
    Dec 06 - Mercury Passes 1.3 Degrees from Saturn
    Dec 06 - Comet 79P/du Toit-Hartley At Opposition (1.971 AU)
    Dec 06 - Comet C/2017 P2 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.461 AU)
    * Dec 06 - Asteroid 3869 Norton Closest Approach To Earth (1.588 AU)
    Dec 07 - AngoSat 1/Energia 100 Zenit-M/Fregat-SB Launch
    Dec 07 - Asteroid 2621 Goto Occults HIP 35842 (6.2 Magnitude Star)
    Dec 07 - Asteroid 2198 Ceplecha Closest Approach To Earth (1.159 AU)
    * Dec 07 - Asteroid 134369 Sahara Closest Approach To Earth (1.537 AU)
    Dec 07 - Asteroid 14220 Alexgibbs Closest Approach To Earth (2.113 AU)
    Dec 07 - 45th Anniversary (1972), Apollo 17 Launch (Last Manned Mission to the Moon)
    Dec 08 - ICON (Helio-EX 1) Pegasus XL Launch
    Dec 08 - Moon Occults Regulus
    Dec 08 - Comet C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.094 AU)
    Dec 08 - Comet C/2017 F1 (Lemmon) Perihelion (4.463 AU)
    Dec 08 - Apollo Asteroid 4450 Pan Closest Approach To Earth (1.276 AU)
    * Dec 08 - Asteroid 6434 Jewitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.361 AU)
    Dec 08 - Centaur Object 8405 Asbolus At Opposition (20.229 AU)
    Dec 08 - Alphonse Borrelly's 175th Birthday (1842)
    Dec 08 - 25th Anniversary (1992), Galileo, 2nd Earth Flyby
    Dec 09 - Comet P/2016 R4 (Gibbs) At Opposition (3.311 AU)
    Dec 10 - Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup At Opposition (2.175 AU)
    Dec 10 - Comet 82P/Gehrels Closest Approach To Earth (2.704 AU)
    Dec 10 - Comet 82P/Gehrels At Opposition (2.704 AU)
    Dec 10 - Comet 345P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.820 AU)
    Dec 10 - Asteroid 4525 Johnbauer Occults HIP 14821 (6.1 Magnitude Star)

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