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SPACE CALENDAR
January 22, 2018
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.

January 2018
Jan ?? - Telsa Roadster Falcon 9 Heavy Maiden Launch
Jan ?? - GSAT-6A GSLV Mk II Launch
Jan 22 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 5 Launch
Jan 22 - Comet 130P/McNaught-Hughes Perihelion (1.824 AU)
Jan 22 - Comet 10P/Tempel At Opposition (3.610 AU)
Jan 22 - Comet C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (8.144 AU)
Jan 22 - Aten Asteroid 306383 (1993 VD) Near-Earth Flyby (0.037 AU)
Jan 22 - Amor Asteroid 2006 AL4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 2843 Yeti Closest Approach To Earth (1.058 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 6216 San Jose Closest Approach To Earth (1.635 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 7000 Curie Closest Approach To Earth (1.720 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 6128 Lasorda Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 12542 Laver Closest Approach To Earth (2.603 AU)
Jan 22 - 20th Anniversary (1998), STS-89 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, Mir Space Station)
Jan 22 - Lev Landau's 110th Birthday (1908)
* Jan 23 - Comet C/2018 A1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.074 AU)
Jan 23 - Comet 249P/LINEAR At Opposition (4.041 AU)
* Jan 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 AJ Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)
* Jan 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 AK12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.018 AU)
* Jan 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 AV11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
* Jan 23 - Aten Asteroid 2018 BT1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
Jan 23 - Asteroid 495181 Rogerwaters Closest Approach To Earth (1.800 AU)
Jan 24 - Comet P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (2.454 AU)
* Jan 24 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 BA3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.008 AU)
* Jan 24 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 BG1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)
* Jan 24 - Aten Asteroid 2018 BP1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
* Jan 24 - Amor Asteroid 2018 AM12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
Jan 24 - Asteroid 9879 Mammuthus Closest Approach To Earth (1.846 AU)
Jan 24 - Centaur Object 32532 Thereus At Opposition (11.761 AU)
Jan 24 - Plutino 208996 (2003 AZ84) At Opposition (43.607 AU)
Jan 24 - Ernst Heinkel's 130th Birthday (1888)
* Jan 25 - Telsa Roadster Falcon 9 Heavy Maiden Launch
Jan 25 - SES-14/Al Yah-3 Ariane 5 Launch
Jan 25 - Asteroid 7850 Buenos Aires Closest Approach To Earth (1.505 AU)
* Jan 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 AL12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.021 AU)
Jan 26 - Asteroid 1913 Sekanina Closest Approach To Earth (1.890 AU)
Jan 25 - Asteroid 25000 Astrometria Closest Approach To Earth (1.921 AU)
Jan 25 - Asteroid 184784 Bettiepage Closest Approach To Earth (2.122 AU)
Jan 25 - 35th Anniversary (1983), IRAS Launch
Jan 26 - Comet 238P/Read At Opposition (2.250 AU)
Jan 26 - Comet 343P/NEAT-LONEOS At Opposition (2.685 AU)
Jan 26 - Aten Asteroid 2011 CD66 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
Jan 26 - Asteroid 19019 Sunflower Closest Approach To Earth (1.637 AU)
Jan 26 - Asteroid 1140 Crimea Closest Approach To Earth (1.883 AU)
Jan 26 - Asteroid 1913 Sekanina Closest Approach To Earth (1.890 AU)
Jan 26 - 40th Anniversary (1978), IUE Launch
Jan 26 - Leo Goldberg's 105th Birthday (1913)
Jan 27 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Jan 27 - Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh Perihelion (3.537 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 6202-01212-1 (11.3 Magnitude Star)
* Jan 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 BU1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.008 AU)
* Jan 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 BQ Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 2636 Lassell Closest Approach To Earth (2.154 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 2866 Hardy Closest Approach To Earth (2.379 AU)
Jan 27 - Antonin Mrkos' 100th Birthday (1918)
Jan 28 - Comet 185P/Petriew Perihelion (0.934 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet P/2017 S8 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (1.683 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet 197P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.818 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) At Opposition (2.456 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet C/2016 Q4 (Kowalski) Perihelion (7.084 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet 1P/Halley At Opposition (33.683 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 4628 Laplace Closest Approach To Earth (1.417 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 9619 Terrygilliam Closest Approach To Earth (1.852 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 4999 MPC Closest Approach To Earth (1.917 AU)
Jan 28 - Amor Asteroid 4957 Brucemurray Closest Approach To Earth (2.008 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 11814 Schwamb Closest Approach To Earth (2.266 AU)
Jan 28 - James Watson's 180th Birthday (1838)
Jan 28 - Giovanni Borelli's 410th Birthday (1608)
* Jan 29 - Yaogan 30-04-01, 30-04-02, 30-04-03 CZ-2C Launch
Jan 29 - Comet 197P/LINEAR Perihelion (1.060 AU)
Jan 29 - Comet C/2016 T3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.193 AU)
Jan 29 - Comet C/2017 W2 (Leonard) Closest Approach To Earth (3.030 AU)
Jan 29 - Atira Asteroid 2006 WE4 Closest Approach To Earth (0.105 AU)
Jan 30 - SES-16/GovSat Falcon 9 Launch
Jan 30 - Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (2.472 AU)
Jan 30 - Comet 128P-B/Shoemaker-Holt Closest Approach To Earth (2.691 AU)
Jan 30 - Comet 128P/Shoemaker-Holt Closest Approach To Earth (2.693 AU)
Jan 30 - Comet 350P/McNaught Perihelion (3.751 AU)
Jan 30 - Comet C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (8.153 AU)
Jan 30 - Aten Asteroid 2017 BG136 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 3353 Jarvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.119 AU)
Jan 30 - Apollo Asteroid 410777 (2009 FD) Closest Approach To Earth (1.198 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 6470 Aldrin Closest Approach To Earth (1.326 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 9965 GNU Closest Approach To Earth (1.568 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 9618 Johncleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.651 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 19148 Alaska Closest Approach To Earth (1.829 AU)
Jan 30 - Robert Jedicke's 55th Birthday (1963)
Jan 30 - 150th Anniversary (1868), Pultusk Meteorite Shower (Hit Houses)
Jan 31 - Total Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31 - Supermoon
Jan 31 - Aten Asteroid 2003 CA4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.054 AU)
Jan 31 - Aten Asteroid 2017 BB30 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 64070 NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.440 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 1631 Kopff Closest Approach To Earth (1.698 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 60186 Las Cruces Closest Approach To Earth (1.733 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 2956 Yeomans Closest Approach To Earth (1.838 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 3487 Edgeworth Closest Approach To Earth (2.103 AU)
Jan 31 - 60th Anniversary (1958), Explorer 1 Launch (1st US Satellite)

February 2018
Feb ?? - BeiDou-3 (M9 & M10) CZ-3C/YZ-1 Launch
Feb ?? - GSAT-20 LVM3 Launch
Feb ?? - Iridium Next 41-50 Falcon 9 Launch
* Feb ?? - Hispasat 30W-6 Falcon 9 Launch
Feb 01 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
Feb 01 - Zhangheng 1 (CSES 1)/NuSat 4 (Aleph-1 4)/NuSat 5 (Aleph-1 5)/GOMX 4A (Ulloriaq)/GOMX 4B/Fengmaniu 1/Shaonian Xing CZ-2D Launch
* Feb 01 - Kanopus V N3 & N4/S-Net 1-4/Lemur-2 z1-z4/Auriga Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat-M Launch
Feb 01 - Moon Occults Regulus
Feb 01 - Comet 344P/Read Closest Approach To Earth (2.992 AU)
Feb 01 - Comet C/2017 W2 (Leonard) At Opposition (3.031 AU)
* Feb 01 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 AG12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU)
Feb 01 - Asteroid 2281 Biela Closest Approach To Earth (1.519 AU)
Feb 01 - Asteroid 3837 Carr Closest Approach To Earth (1.581 AU)
Feb 01 - Asteroid 4252 Godwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.684 AU)
Feb 01 - Asteroid 4103 Chahine Closest Approach To Earth (1.848 AU)
Feb 01 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Hiroshima Meteorite Fall (Hit Warehouse in Japan)
Feb 02 - Comet 250P/Larson Perihelion (2.213 AU)
Feb 02 - Comet C/2017 G3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.991 AU)
Feb 02 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Occults TYC 2492-00824-1 (10.5 Magnitude Star)
Feb 02 - Apollo Asteroid 2002 CB19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
* Feb 02 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 AQ2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.035 AU)
Feb 02 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Closest Approach To Earth (1.602 AU)
Feb 03 - Comet P/2005 J1 (McNaught) At Opposition (1.938 AU)
Feb 03 - Comet 323P/SOHO At Opposition (3.544 AU)
Feb 03 - Asteroid 3255 Tholen Closest Approach To Earth (1.060 AU)
Feb 03 - Asteroid 12818 Tomhanks Closest Approach To Earth (1.920 AU)
Feb 03 - Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Closest Approach To Earth (2.409 AU)
Feb 03 - Apollo Asteroid 6489 Golevka Closest Approach To Earth (2.510 AU)
Feb 03 - Alan Rubin's 65th Birthday (1953)
* Feb 04 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 AH12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.014 AU)
Feb 04 - Apollo Asteroid 276033 (2002 AJ129) Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)
Feb 04 - Asteroid 3264 Bounty Closest Approach To Earth (1.779 AU)
Feb 04 - Asteroid 9341 Gracekelly Closest Approach To Earth (1.789 AU)
Feb 04 - Asteroid 1940 Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (1.954 AU)
Feb 05 - Comet 107P/Wilson-Harrington At Opposition (1.803 AU)
Feb 05 - Asteroid 3306 Byron Closest Approach To Earth (1.514 AU)
Feb 05 - Asteroid 8553 Bradsmith Closest Approach To Earth (1.520 AU)
Feb 05 - Asteroid 19034 Santorini Closest Approach To Earth (2.802 AU)
Feb 05 - Asteroid 37452 Spirit Closest Approach To Earth (2.934 AU)
Feb 05 - 55th Anniversary (1963), 1st Quasar Redshift Measurement (Maarten Schmidt)
Feb 05 - 175th Anniversary (1843), Great Comet of 1843 Discovered
Feb 06 - Comet 311P/PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (1.122 AU)
Feb 06 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 25787320 (11.0 Magnitude Star)
Feb 06 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 6216-00783-1 (10.2 Magnitude Star)
* Feb 06 - Aten Asteroid 2017 YS8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
Feb 06 - Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (2.148 AU)
Feb 06 - 130th Anniversary (1888), Williamina Fleming's Discovery of the Horsehead Nebula
Feb 06 - Thomas David Anderson's 165th Birthday (1853)
Feb 07 - Comet 128P-B/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (2.702 AU)
Feb 07 - Comet 128P/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (2.703 AU)
Feb 07 - Apollo Asteroid 505657 (2014 SR339) Near-Earth Flyby (0.054 AU)
Feb 07 - Asteroid 71000 Hughdowns Closest Approach To Earth (1.600 AU)
Feb 07 - 10th Anniversary (2008), STS-122 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space Station)
Feb 07 - Nicolas Sarrabat's 320th Birthday (1698)
Feb 08 - Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham At Opposition (3.533 AU)
Feb 08 - Comet P/2005 GF8 (LONEOS) At Opposition (3.807 AU)
Feb 08 - Asteroid 378214 Sauron Closest Approach To Earth (0.705 AU)
Feb 08 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Brett Gladman, et al's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Herse
Feb 08 - Hiroki Kosai's 85th Birthday (1933)
Feb 08 - Jules Verne's 190th Birthday (1828)
Feb 09 - Moon Occults Asteroid 4 Vesta
* Feb 09 - Comet P/2017 Y3 (Leonard) Closest Approach To Earth (1.438 AU)
Feb 09 - Comet 245P/WISE Perihelion (2.190 AU)
Feb 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 BN509 Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
* Feb 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 BL1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU)
Feb 09 - Asteroid 13801 Kohlhase Closest Approach To Earth (1.614 AU)
Feb 09 - 105th Anniversary (1913), Great Meteor Procession of 1913
* Feb 10 - Paz/MicroSat 2a & 2b Falcon 9 Launch
Feb 10 - Comet P/2013 CU129 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.040 AU)
Feb 10 - Comet 311P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (1.125 AU)
* Feb 10 - Comet C/2018 A1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.112 AU)
Feb 10 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Occults TYC 2492-00167-1 (12.0 Magnitude Star)
Feb 10 - Aten Asteroid 2015 FV118 Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
Feb 10 - Apollo Asteroid 1865 Cerberus Closest Approach To Earth (0.425 AU)
Feb 10 - Asteroid 274300 UNESCO Closest Approach To Earth (1.761 AU)
Feb 10 - Apollo Asteroid 14827 Hypnos Closest Approach To Earth (3.383 AU)
Feb 10 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 13 Flyby
Feb 10 - 60th Anniversary (1958), Radar Bounced Off Venus by MIT
* Feb 11 - Comet P/2017 Y3 (Leonard) Perihelion (1.274 AU)
Feb 11 - Aten Asteroid 2014 WQ202 Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
Feb 11 - Apollo Asteroid 1991 VG Near-Earth Flyby (0.047 AU)
Feb 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 WQ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 7853 Confucius Closest Approach To Earth (1.392 AU)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 58671 Diplodocus Closest Approach To Earth (1.731 AU)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 249519 Whitneyclavin Closest Approach To Earth (1.739 AU)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 301 Bavaria Closest Approach To Earth (1.841 AU)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 6824 Mallory Closest Approach To Earth (2.198 AU)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 8889 Mockturtle Closest Approach To Earth (2.227 AU)
Feb 12 - Comet 344P/Read At Opposition (3.010 AU))
Feb 12 - Comet P/2017 W3 (Gibbs) Perihelion (3.859 AU)
Feb 12 - Asteroid 4321 Zero Closest Approach To Earth (2.442 AU)
Feb 12 - Comet 344P/Read At Opposition (3.010 AU)
Feb 12 - Asteroid 4738 Jimihendrix Closest Approach To Earth (2.161 AU)
Feb 12 - Asteroid 1008 La Paz Closest Approach To Earth (2.177 AU)
Feb 12 - Asteroid 2160 Spitzer Closest Approach To Earth (2.182 AU)
Feb 12 - Asteroid 4321 Zero Closest Approach To Earth (2.442 AU)
Feb 12 - Julian Schwinger's 100th Birthday (1918)
Feb 12 - Marcel Minnaert's 125th Birthday (1893)
Feb 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 SY16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU)
Feb 13 - Apollo Asteroid 137052 Tjelvar Closest Approach To Earth (0.260 AU)
Feb 13 - Asteroid 3155 Lee Closest Approach To Earth (1.342 AU)
Feb 13 - Chuck Yeager's 95th Birthday (1923)
Feb 13 - Valentin Naboth's 495th Birthday (1523)
Feb 14 - Comet 73P-Y/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.689 AU)
Feb 14 - Comet P/2003 L1 (Scotti) At Oppositon (4.959 AU)
Feb 14 - Asteroid 172996 Stooke Closest Approach To Earth (1.930 AU)
Feb 14 - 55th Anniversary (1963), Syncom 1 Launch (1st Geosynchronous Satellite)
Feb 14 - Fritz Zwicky's 120th Birthday (1898)
Feb 14 - Benjamin Baillaud's 170th Birthday (1848)
Feb 15 - Partial Solar Eclipse (Visible from Antarctica)
* Feb 15 - SES-12 Falcon 9 Launch
Feb 15 - Asteroid 189 Phthia Occults HIP 42917 (5.6 Magnitude Star)
Feb 15 - 5th Anniversary (2013), Fireball Explosion Over Chelyabinsk, Russia
Feb 15 - Galileo Day
Feb 15 - Atira Asteroid 2010 XB11 Closest Approach To Earth (1.056 AU)
Feb 15 - Asteroid 25275 Jocelynbell Closest Approach To Earth (1.367 AU)
Feb 15 - Asteroid 3123 Dunham Closest Approach To Earth (1.782 AU)
Feb 15 - Asteroid 6594 Tasman Closest Approach To Earth (2.248 AU)
Feb 15 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Pioneer 10 Becomes 1st Spacecraft to Pass Through Main Asteroid Belt
Feb 16 - Chinese New Year
* Feb 16 - Moon Occults Venus
* Feb 16 - Comet C/2017 AB5 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (9.217 AU)
Feb 16 - Apollo Asteroid 162882 (2001 FD58) Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)
Feb 16 - Asteroid 1157 Arabia Closest Approach To Earth (2.551 AU)
Feb 16 - 40th Anniversary (1978), Social Media Born
Feb 16 - 70th Anniversary (1948), Gerard Kuiper's Discovery of Uranus Moon Miranda
Feb 16 - Pierre Bouguer's 320th Birthday (1698)
Feb 17 - Comet 185P/Petriew Closest Approach To Earth (1.328 AU)
Feb 17 - Comet C/2014 R3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (7.248 AU)
Feb 17 - Asteroid 1832 Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (2.405 AU)
Feb 17 - Asteroid 11998 Fermilab Closest Approach To Earth (2.789 AU)
Feb 17 - Tobias Mayer's 295th Birthday (1723)
Feb 18 - Comet 93P/Lovas Closest Approach To Earth (2.586 AU)
Feb 18 - Comet 220P/McNaught At Opposition (3.686 AU)
Feb 18 - Comet C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (3.730 AU)
Feb 18 - Asteroid 369 Aeria Occults HIP 84012 (3.0 Magnitude Star)
Feb 18 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 CA138 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
Feb 18 - Asteroid 5035 Swift Closest Approach To Earth (1.364 AU)
Feb 18 - Asteroid 3850 Peltier Closest Approach To Earth (1.609 AU)
Feb 18 - Asteroid 341 California Closest Approach To Earth (1.642 AU)
Feb 18 - Asteroid 2022 West Closest Approach To Earth (1.805 AU)
Feb 18 - 70th Anniversary (1948), Norton County Meteorite Shower in Kansas
Feb 18 - 105th Anniversary (1913), Frederick Soddy Introduces The Concept of Isotopes
Feb 18 - Ernst Mach's 180th Birthday (1838)
Feb 19 - Comet 125P/Spacewatch At Opposition (1.314 AU)
Feb 19 - Comet 44P/Reinmuth At Opposition (4.156 AU)
Feb 19 - Apollo Asteroid 2101 Adonis Closest Approach To Earth (0.219 AU)
Feb 19 - Asteroid 1862 Apollo Closest Approach To Earth (1.530 AU)
Feb 19 - Aten Asteroid 341843 (2008 EV5) Closest Approach To Earth (1.797 AU)
Feb 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 55565 (2002 AW197) At Opposition (44.522 AU)
Feb 19 - Nicolaus Copernicus' 545th Birthday (1473)
Feb 20 - Comet 73P-S/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.341 AU)
Feb 20 - Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos At Opposition (2.530 AU)
Feb 20 - Comet P/2003 L1 (Scotti) Closest Approach To Earth (4.954 AU)
Feb 20 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults TYC 5872-00123-1 (12.3 Magnitude Star)
Feb 20 - Apollo Asteroid 3752 Camillo Closest Approach To Earth (0.138 AU)
Feb 20 - Asteroid 4345 Rachmaninoff Closest Approach To Earth (1.827 AU)
Feb 20 - Asteroid 31000 Rockchic Closest Approach To Earth (2.180 AU)
Feb 20 - Asteroid 99905 Jeffgrossman Closest Approach To Earth (2.377 AU)
Feb 20 - Asteroid 2023 Asaph Closest Approach To Earth (2.555 AU)
Feb 20 - Aleksandr Aleksandrov's 75th Birthday (1943)
Feb 21 - Venus Passes 0.6 Degrees From Neptune
Feb 21 - Comet C/2017 T1 (Heinze) Perihelion (0.581 AU)
Feb 21 - Comet C/2016 T3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.254 AU)
Feb 21 - Comet 326P/Hill At Opposition (3.693AU)
Feb 21 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 VX1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 5905 Johnson Closest Approach To Earth (1.066 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 149 Medusa Closest Approach To Earth (1.210 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 15402 Suzaku Closest Approach To Earth (1.837 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 2848 ASP Closest Approach To Earth (2.478 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 3693 Barringer Closest Approach To Earth (2.678 AU)
Feb 21 - Kuiper Belt Object 148209 (2000 CR105) At Opposition (60.582 AU)
Feb 21 - 10th Anniversary (2008), USA Shot Down Failed Military Satellite (USA-193) with Missile
Feb 22 - Progress MS-8 Soyuz-2.1a Launch (International Space Station 69P)
Feb 22 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 CO246 Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
Feb 22- Asteroid 12464 Manhattan Closest Approach To Earth (1.206 AU)
Feb 22 - Harald Friis' 125th Birthday (1893)
Feb 23 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Feb 23 - Asteroid 48 Doris Occults HIP 14764 (6.0 Magnitude Star)
Feb 23 - Atira Asteroid 2013 TQ5 Closest Approach To Earth (0.374 AU)
Feb 23 - Asteroid 12104 Chesley Closest Approach To Earth (2.067 AU)
Feb 23 - Asteroid 160512 Franck-Hertz Closest Approach To Earth (2.3767 AU)
Feb 24 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Jocelyn Bell's & Antony Hewish's Discovery of Pulsars
Feb 24 - Comet C/2014 B1 (Schwartz) Closest Approach To Earth (8.613 AU)
Feb 24 - Aten Asteroid 2017 DR109 Near-Earth Flyby (0.009 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 1855 Korolev Closest Approach To Earth (1.087 AU)
Feb 24 - Aten Asteroid 99942 Apophis Closest Approach To Earth (1.552 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 10195 Nebraska Closest Approach To Earth (2.379 AU)
* Feb 25 - IGS-Optical 6 H-2A Launch
Feb 25 - Mercury Passes 0.5 Degrees From Neptune
Feb 25 - Comet 103P/Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (2.438 AU)
Feb 25 - Comet C/2014 R3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (7.258 AU)
Feb 25 - Comet C/2014 B1 (Schwartz) At Opposition (8.614 AU)
Feb 25 - Asteroid 8749 Beatles Closest Approach To Earth (1.089 AU)
Feb 25 - Asteroid 171183 Haleakala Closest Approach To Earth (2.042 AU)
Feb 26 - Comet C/2017 S6 (Catalina) Perihelion (1.543 AU)
Feb 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 FU12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU)
Feb 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2004 CK39 Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)
Feb 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 DF38 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
Feb 26 - Amor Asteroid 4487 Pocahontas Closest Approach To Earth (1.151 AU)
Feb 26 - Susan Helms' 60th Birthday (1958)
Feb 27 - Soyuz MS-6 Return To Earth (International Space Station)
Feb 27 - Comet 321P/SOHO At Opposition (3.810 AU)
Feb 27 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 6237-00876-1 (11.2 Magnitude Star)
Feb 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 EY24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
Feb 27 - Asteroid 1831 Nicholson Closest Approach To Earth (1.289 AU)
Feb 27 - Asteroid 11908 Nicaragua Closest Approach To Earth (1.942 AU)
* Feb 28 - ICON (Helio-EX1) Pegasus XL Launch
Feb 28 - Comet 346P/Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (2.683 AU)
Feb 28 - Comet C/2017 X1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.918 AU)
Feb 28 - Asteroid 451 Patientia Occults HIP 22949 (6.2 Magnitude Star)
Feb 28 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 BF511 Near-Earth Flyby (0.030 AU)
Feb 28 - Atira Asteroid 1998 DK36 Closest Approach To Earth (0.824 AU)
Feb 28 - Asteroid 7434 Osaka Closest Approach To Earth (1.334 AU)
Feb 28 - Asteroid 21459 Chrisrussell Closest Approach To Earth (1.463 AU)
Feb 28 - Asteroid 10637 Heimlich Closest Approach To Earth (2.145 AU)
Feb 28 - Plutino 90482 Orcus At Opposition (47.134 AU)

March 2018
Mar ?? - Progress MS-7 Reenters Earth's Atmosphere (International Space Station)
Mar ?? - Chandrayaan 2 GSLV Mk II Launch
Mar ?? - OneWeb 1-10 Soyuz-STB Fregat-MT Launch
Mar ?? - Cartosat-3 PSLV-CA Launch
Mar ?? - BeiDou-3 (M11 & M12) CZ-3C/YZ-1 Launch
Mar ?? - Jilin 1-09,1-10,1-11,1-12 Kuaizhou 1A Launch
Mar ?? - Bangabandhu-1 Falcon 9 Launch
Mar ?? - GSAT-29 GSLV Mk III Launch
* Mar ?? - ANDESITE/CeREs/CHOMPTT/CubeSail 1 & 2/Da Vinci/GeoStare/ISX/NMTSat/RSat-P/Sheilds-1/STF-1/TOMSAT R3 Electron Launch
Mar ?? - James Bradley's 325th Birthday (1693)
Mar 01 - GOES-S Atlas 5 Launch
Mar 01 - O3b F4 Soyuz Launch
Mar 01 - Moon Occults Regulus
Mar 01 - Comet 73P-T/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.276 AU)
Mar 01 - Comet 327P/Van Ness At Opposition (4.117 AU)
* Mar 01 - Asteroid 14991 (1997 UV14) Occults HIP 27364 (5.3 Magnitude Star)
Mar 01 - 30th Anniversary (1988), Trebbin Meteorite Fall (Hit Greenhouse in East Germany)
Mar 01 - Richard Price's 75th Birthday (1943)
Mar 02 - Comet 190P/Mueller At Opposition (3.887 AU)
Mar 02 - Comet 193P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (3.987 AU)
Mar 02 - Comet C/2016 T2 (Matheny) At Opposition (4.038 AU)
Mar 03 - Asteroid 9661 Hohmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.894 AU)
Mar 03 - Brian Cox's 50th Birthday (1968)
Mar 03 - 155th Anniversary (1863), Creation of the National Academy of Sciences
Mar 04 - Comet 127P/Holt-Olmstead At Opposition (3.212 AU)
* Mar 04 - Amor Asteroid 2018 AF4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)
Mar 04 - Asteroid 2675 Tolkien Closest Approach To Earth (1.424 AU)
Mar 04 - Asteroid 3530 Hammel Closest Approach To Earth (1.951 AU)
Mar 04 - Asteroid 132524 APL Closest Approach To Earth (2.215 AU)
Mar 04 - Patrick Moore's 95th Birthday (1923)
Mar 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 2013 FZ27 At Opposition (47.370 AU)
Mar 05 - Mercury Passes 1.4 Degrees From Venus
Mar 05 - Moon Occults Asteroid 21 Lutetia
Mar 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar Occults 2UCAC 26058326 (14.7 Magnitude Star)
Mar 05 - Apollo Asteroid 38086 Beowolf Closest Approach To Earth (1.555 AU)
Mar 05 - Asteroid 716 Berkeley Closest Approach To Earth (1.636 AU)
Mar 05 - Asteroid 9954 Brachiosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.885 AU)
Mar 05 - Asteroid 10916 Okina-Ouna Closest Approach To Earth (1.906 AU)
Mar 05 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Inauguration of ESA's 1st Deep Space Ground Station at New Nocia
Mar 05 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Solrad 9 Launch (Sun Observer)
Mar 05 - Valery Korzun's 65th Birthday (1953)
Mar 06 - HHK-1/ECA/Moonraker PSLV-XL Launch (Moon Lander)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 2791 Paradise Closest Approach To Earth (1.047 AU)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 250840 Motorhead Closest Approach To Earth (2.149 AU)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 742 Edisona Closest Approach To Earth (2.400 AU)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 39382 Opportunity Closest Approach To Earth (2.990 AU)
Mar 06 - Carolyn Porco's 65th Birthday (1953)
Mar 07 - Comet 225P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.612 AU)
Mar 07 - Comet P/2015 TO19 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.694 AU)
Mar 07 - Comet C/2017 X1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.913 AU)
Mar 07 - Comet 284P/McNaught At Opposition (4.064 AU)
Mar 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 VR12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.010 AU)
Mar 07 - Aten Asteroid 2003 EM1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU)
Mar 07 - Apollo Asteroid 11500 Tomaiyowit Closest Approach To Earth (0.327 AU)
Mar 07 - Asteroid 386622 New Zealand Closest Approach To Earth (1.669 AU)
Mar 07 - Asteroid 4151 Alanhale Closest Approach To Earth (1.742 AU)
Mar 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 2013 FY27 At Opposition (79.120 AU)
Mar 07 - Alan Hale's 60th Birthday (1958)
Mar 08 - Comet P/2015 TP200 (LINEAR) At Opposition (3.658 AU)
Mar 08 - Comet C/2017 D3 (ATLAS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.585 AU)
Mar 08 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 FM34 Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
Mar 08 - Asteroid 70783 Kenwilliams Closest Approach To Earth (1.796 AU)
Mar 08 - Asteroid 617 Patroclus Closest Approach To Earth (5.000 AU)
Mar 09 - Soyuz MS-8 Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 54S)
Mar 09 - Comet P/2005 J1 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (1.822 AU)
Mar 09 - Comet 93P/Lovas At Opposition (2.638 AU)
Mar 09 - Aten Asteroid 2013 ND15 (Venus Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (0.650 AU)
Mar 09 - Asteroid 9548 Fortran Closest Approach To Earth (1.228 AU)
Mar 09 - Asteroid 73491 Robmatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.380 AU)
Mar 09 - Asteroid 25930 Spielberg Closest Approach To Earth (1.565 AU)
Mar 09 - Richard Walker's 80th Birthday (1938)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 25353427 (10.7 Magnitude Star)
Mar 10 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 DK200 Near-Earth Flyby (0.018 AU)
Mar 10 - Apollo Asteroid 2003 DY15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
Mar 10 - Aten Asteroid 2007 CM26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 10221 Kubrick Closest Approach To Earth (1.372 AU)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 12258 Oscarwilde Closest Approach To Earth (1.465 AU)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 3948 Bohr Closest Approach To Earth (1.608 AU)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 397278 Arvidson Closest Approach To Earth (1.783 AU)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 1495 Helsinki Closest Approach To Earth (1.800 AU)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 4327 Ries Closest Approach To Earth (2.431 AU)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 189202 Calar Alto Closest Approach To Earth (2.339 AU)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 40227 Tahiti Closest Approach To Earth (3.857 AU)
Mar 11 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (United States)
* Mar 11 - Asteroid 8120 Kobe Closest Approach To Earth (1.882 AU)
Mar 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2102 Tantalus Closest Approach To Earth (2.032 AU)
Mar 11 - 10th Anniversary (2008), STS-123 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, International Space Station)
Mar 12 - International Day of Planetaria
Mar 12 - Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh At Opposition (2.556 AU)
Mar 12 - Comet C/2016 N6 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.601 AU)
Mar 12 - Comet C/2015 V4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.445 AU)
Mar 12 - Apollo Asteroid 2013 RZ73 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
Mar 12 - Aten Asteroid 398188 Agni Closest Approach To Earth (0.292 AU)
Mar 12 - Atira Asteroid 2014 FO47 Closest Approach To Earth (0.346 AU)
Mar 12 - Asteroid 35334 Yarkovsky Closest Approach To Earth (2.032 AU)
Mar 12 - Apollo Asteroid 1866 Sisyphus Closest Approach To Earth (2.206 AU)
* Mar 13 - Asteroid 697 Galilea Closest Approach To Earth (2.345 AU)
Mar 12 - Wally Schirra's 85th Birthday (1923)
Mar 12 - John Theophile Desaguliers' 335th Birthday (1683)
Mar 13 - Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh Closest Approach To Earth (2.556 AU)
Mar 13 - Comet C/2017 M3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.458 AU)
Mar 13 - Asteroid 278141 Tatooine Closest Approach To Earth (1.034 AU)
* Mar 13 - Asteroid 697 Galilea Closest Approach To Earth (2.345 AU)
Mar 14 - Pi Day
Mar 14 - Moon Occults Asteroid 433 Eros
Mar 14 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 RY15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
Mar 14 - Asteroid 8925 Boattini Closest Approach To Earth (1.152 AU)
Mar 14 - Aten Asteroid 367943 Duende Closest Approach To Earth (1.202 AU)
Mar 14 - Frank Borman's 90th Birthday (1928)
Mar 15 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (18 Degrees)
Mar 15 - Comet 125P/Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (1.243 AU)
Mar 15 - Comet P/2012 K3 (Gibbs) At Opposition (2.875 AU)
Mar 15 - Comet 257P/Catalina At Opposition (4.018 AU)
Mar 15 - Comet P/2006 F1 (Kowalski) Perihelion (4.108 AU)
Mar 15 - Comet C/2017 D3 (ATLAS) At Opposition (4.595 AU)
Mar 15 - Comet C/2016 E1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (7.650 AU)
* Mar 15 - Asteroid 48472 Mossbauer Closest Approach To Earth (1.186 AU)
Mar 15 - Atira Asteroid 2013 JX28 Closest Approach To Earth (1.254 AU)
Mar 15 - Asteroid 10093 Diesel Closest Approach To Earth (1.483 AU)
* Mar 15 - Asteroid 24101 Cassini Closest Approach To Earth (1.687 AU)
Mar 15 - 45th Anniversary (1973), San Juan Capistrano Meteorite Fall in California (Hit Carport Roof)
Mar 15 - 185th Anniversary (1833), Jons Berzelius' Discovery of Carbon-based Organic Minerals in the Alais Meteorite
* Mar 16 - Superbird 8/DSN 1/ Hylas 4 Ariane 5 Launch
Mar 16 - Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan Closest Approach To Earth (1.025 AU)
Mar 16 - Comet P/2015 X1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.828 AU)
Mar 16 - Asteroid 3494 Purple Mountain Closest Approach To Earth (1.564 AU)
Mar 16 - Asteroid 371 Bohemia Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU)
Mar 16 - Asteroid 325 Heidelberga Closest Approach To Earth (2.450 AU)
Mar 16 - Frederick Reines' 100th Birthday (1918)
Mar 16 - Heinrich Kayser's 165th Birthday (1853)
Mar 17 - Comet 103P/Hartley At Opposition (2.500 AU)
Mar 17 - Asteroid 26858 Misterrogers Closest Approach To Earth (1.139 AU)
Mar 17 - Asteroid 15000 CCD Closest Approach To Earth (1.589 AU)
Mar 17 - Asteroid 1278 Kenya Closest Approach To Earth (1.984 AU)
Mar 17 - Asteroid 6701 Warhol Closest Approach To Earth (1.993 AU)
Mar 17 - Asteroid 316201 Malala Closest Approach To Earth (2.123 AU)
Mar 17 - 60th Anniversary (1958), Vanguard 1 Launch
Mar 18 - Mercury Passes 3.9 Degrees From Venus
Mar 18 - Comet 346P/Catalina At Opposition (2.725 AU)
Mar 18 - Comet 235P/LINEAR Perihelion (2.732 AU)
Mar 18 - Comet 314P/Montani Closest Approach To Earth (4.053 AU)
Mar 18 - Comet C/2016 E1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (7.651 AU)
* Mar 18 - Asteroid 2187 La Silla Closest Approach To Earth (1.855 AU)
Mar 19 - Comet 73P-Y/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.558 AU)
Mar 19 - Comet P/2012 O2 (McNaught) At Opposition (2.706 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 24663 Philae Closest Approach To Earth (1.675 AU)
* Mar 19 - Asteroid 6136 Gryphon Closest Approach To Earth (2.008 AU)
Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox, 16:15 UT
Mar 20 - Comet 235P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.740 AU)
Mar 20 - Comet 61P/Shajn-Schaldach At Opposition (3.901 AU)
Mar 20 - Comet C/2015 V4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (5.456 AU)
Mar 20 - Comet C/2016 C1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (8.585 AU)
Mar 20 - Aten Asteroid 326290 Akhenaten Closest Approach To Earth (1.188 AU) * Mar 20 - Asteroid 28600 Georgelucas Closest Approach To Earth (1.583 AU)
Mar 20 - Asteroid 1430 Somalia Closest Approach To Earth (1.933 AU)
Mar 21 - Comet 235P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.740 AU)
Mar 21 - Apollo Asteroid 1981 Midas Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
Mar 21 - Asteroid 305254 Moron Closest Approach To Earth (1.882 AU)

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