• Space Calendar - March 22, 2018 (4/6)

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    Sep 29 - Asteroid 8249 Gershwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.817 AU)
    Sep 29 - 30th Anniversary (1988), STS-26 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, TDRS)
    Sep 29 - 80th Anniversary (1938), Benld Meteorite Fall (Hit Car in Illinois)
    Sep 30 - Comet 203P/Korlevic Closest Approach To Earth (3.122 AU)
    Sep 30 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults 2UCAC 25885060 (12.2 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 30 - Asteroid 10387 Bepicolombo Closest Approach To Earth (1.349 AU)
    Sep 30 - Asteroid 1772 Gagarin Closest Approach To Earth (1.797 AU)
    Sep 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 308933 (2006 SQ372) At Opposition (27.468 AU)
    Sep 30 - Plutino 469372 (2001 QF298) At Opposition (42.486 AU)

    October 2018
    Oct ?? - METOP-C Soyuz-ST-B Fregat-MT Launch
    Oct ?? - GLONASS-M 761 Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
    Oct ?? - 40th Anniversary (1978), Walnut Hill Meteorite Fall (Hit Chicken Coup in Maine)
    Oct ?? - Edward Troughton's 265th Birthday (1753)
    * Oct 01 - Atira Asteroid 2017 XA1 Closest Approach To Earth (1.216 AU)
    Oct 01 - Asteroid 293934 MPIA Closest Approach To Earth (1.232 AU)
    Oct 01 - Asteroid 12757 Yangtze Closest Approach To Earth (1.725 AU)
    Oct 01 - Asteroid 4523 MIT Closest Approach To Earth (2.030 AU)
    Oct 01 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Formation of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
    Oct 01 - NASA's 60th Birthday (1958)
    Oct 01 - 150th Anniversary (1868), Lodran Meteorite Fall in Pakistan
    Oct 02 - Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Perihelion (1.082 AU)
    Oct 02 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults UCAC4-322-160263 (11.6 Magnitude Star)
    Oct 02 - Atira Asteroid 2012 VE46 Closest Approach To Earth (0.277 AU)
    Oct 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 2015 RR245 At Opposition (61.998 AU)
    Oct 03 - Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels At Opposition (0.484 AU)
    Oct 03 - Amor Asteroid 2009 TK Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
    Oct 03 - Apollo Asteroid 469219 (2016 HO3) Closest Approach To Earth (0.155 AU)
    Oct 03 - Asteroid 6677 Renoir Closest Approach To Earth (1.970 AU)
    Oct 03 - Asteroid 13681 Monty Python Closest Approach To Earth (2.032 AU)
    Oct 03 - Alexander Macmillan's 200th Birthday (1818)
    Oct 04 - Comet P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) Perihelion (2.191 AU)
    Oct 04 - Comet P/2007 T4 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (2.375 AU)
    Oct 04 - Asteroid 10867 Lima Closest Approach To Earth (1.639 AU)
    Oct 04 - Asteroid 50240 Cortina Closest Approach To Earth (1.872 AU)
    Oct 05 - BepiColumbo Ariane 5 Launch (Mercury Orbiter)
    Oct 05 - Asteroid 7394 Xanthomalitia Occults HIP 31277 (5.6 Magnitude Star)
    Oct 05 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Closest Approach To Earth (0.838 AU)
    Oct 05 - Binary Apollo Asteroid 69230 Hermes Closest Approach To Earth (0.529 AU)
    Oct 05 - Neil deGrasse Tyson's 60th Birthday (1958)
    Oct 05 - 95th Anniversary (1923), Edwin Hubble's Discovery of Cepheid Variable Star V1
    Oct 06 - Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Closest Approach To Earth (2.032 AU)
    Oct 06 - Comet 163P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU
    Oct 06 - Comet 362P At Opposition (3.372 AU)
    Oct 06 - Asteroid 91007 Ianfleming Closest Approach To Earth (0.926 AU)
    Oct 06 - Asteroid 3153 Lincoln Closest Approach To Earth (1.125 AU)
    Oct 06 - Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (2.456 AU)
    Oct 06 - 10th Anniversary (2008), MESSENGER, 2nd Mercury Flyby
    Oct 06 - Liu Yang's 40th Birthday (1978)
    Oct 06 - Meghnad Saha's 125th Birthday (1893)
    Oct 07 - Comet 73P-Y/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.179 AU)
    Oct 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2006 HE2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
    Oct 07 - Asteroid 1225 Ariane Closest Approach To Earth (1.254 AU)
    Oct 07 - Asteroid 12373 Lancearmstrong Closest Approach To Earth (1.530 AU)
    Oct 07 - 10th Anniversary (2008), Asteroid 2008 TC3 Impacts Earth (Almahata Sitta Meteorite)
    Oct 08 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 21399267 (12.1 Magnitude Star)
    Oct 08 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 21399542 (12.2 Magnitude Star)
    Oct 08 - Asteroid 35978 Arlington Closest Approach To Earth (1.351 AU)
    Oct 08 - Asteroid 11356 Chuckjones Closest Approach To Earth (1.744 AU)
    Oct 08 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.761 AU)
    Oct 08 - Asteroid 1125 China Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)
    Oct 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 2008 ST291 At Opposition (60.017 AU)
    Oct 08 - Ejnar Hertzsprung's 145th Birthday (1873)
    Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
    Oct 09 - Comet 298P/Christensen At Opposition (3.299 AU)
    Oct 09 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 6861-01335-1 (9.7 Magnitude Star)
    Oct 09 - Asteroid 1224 Fantasia Closest Approach To Earth (0.873 AU)
    Oct 09 - Asteroid 5382 McKay Closest Approach To Earth (1.871 AU)
    Oct 09 - Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (2.109 AU)
    Oct 09 - 5th Anniversary (2013), Juno, Earth Flyby
    Oct 10 - 35th Anniversary (1983), Venera 15, Venus Orbit Insertion
    Oct 10 - John Grunsfeld's 60th Birthday (1958)
    Oct 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 HG182 Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)
    Oct 11 - Asteroid 165347 Philplait Closest Approach To Earth (1.609 AU)
    Oct 11 - Asteroid 1154 Astronomia Closest Approach To Earth (2.398 AU)
    Oct 11 - 25th Anniversary (1983), IRAS' Discovery of Asteroid 3200 Phaethon
    Oct 11 - 35th Anniversary (1983), Venera 16, Venus Orbit Insertion
    Oct 11 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 7 Launch (1st Manned Apollo Mission)
    Oct 11 - Heinrich Olbers' 260th Birthday (1758)
    Oct 12 - Asteroid 9007 James Bond Closest Approach To Earth (1.102 AU)
    Oct 13 - Comet P/2005 J1 Perihelion (1.533 AU)
    Oct 13 - Comet 251P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.736 AU)
    Oct 13 - Comet P/2013 EW90 (Tenagra) At Opposition (3.504 AU)
    Oct 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 303775 (2005 QU182) At Opposition (51.857 AU)
    Oct 13 - 180th Anniversary (1838), Cold Bokkeveld Meteorite Fall in South Africa
    Oct 14 - Mercury Passes 6.8 Degrees From Venus
    Oct 14 - Comet P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) Closest Approach To Earth (1.240 AU)
    Oct 14 - Apollo Asteroid 2012 CU Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
    Oct 14 - Aten Asteroid 2016 TH10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
    Oct 14 - Apollo Asteroid 4450 Pan Closest Approach To Earth (0.862 AU)
    Oct 14 - Asteroid 3834 Zappafrank Closest Approach To Earth (2.005 AU)
    Oct 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 19308 (1996 TO66) At Opposition (46.447 AU)
    Oct 14 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Shenzhou V Launch (1st Chinese Manned Space Mission)
    Oct 14 - Edward Sabine's 230th Birthday (1788)
    Oct 15 - Comet P/2010 A1 (Hill) Perihelion (1.957 AU)
    Oct 15 - Asteroid 5961 Watt Closest Approach To Earth (1.679 AU)
    Oct 15 - Asteroid 2830 Greenwich Closest Approach To Earth (1.902 AU)
    Oct 15 - Centaur Object 2015 JH1 At Opposition (6.532 AU)
    Oct 15 - Johan Tralles' 255th Birthday (1763)
    Oct 15 - Evangelista Torricelli's 410th Birthday (1608)
    Oct 16 - Progress MS-10 Soyuz-2.1a Launch (International Space Station 71P)
    Oct 16 - Mars Winter Solstice
    Oct 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 UO41 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
    Oct 16 - Asteroid 7784 Watterson Closest Approach To Earth (0.933 AU)
    Oct 16 - Asteroid 38237 Roche Closest Approach To Earth (1.735 AU)
    Oct 16 - Cyril Ponnamperuma's 95th Birthday (1923)
    Oct 17 - Comet 243P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.496 AU)
    Oct 17 - Comet C/2017 K4 (ATLAS) At Opposition (2.857 AU)
    Oct 17 - Aten Asteroid 2014 US7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.008 AU)
    Oct 17 - Asteroid 17033 Rusty Closest Approach To Earth (1.306 AU)
    Oct 17 - Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth (1.873 AU)
    Oct 17 - Asteroid 336694 Fey Closest Approach To Earth (2.100 AU)
    Oct 17 - Asteroid 656 Beagle Closest Approach To Earth (2.415 AU)
    Oct 17 - Bill Anders' 85th Birthday (1933)
    Oct 18 - AEHF 4 Atlas 5 Launch
    Oct 18 - Comet P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) At Opposition (1.241 AU)
    Oct 18 - Comet 100P/Hartley At Opposition (3.719 AU)
    Oct 18 - Comet C/2016 Q4 (Kowalski) Closest Approach To Earth (6.216 AU)
    Oct 18 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 GC221 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
    Oct 18 - Aten Asteroid 2013 UG1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
    Oct 18 - Asteroid 4116 Elachi Closest Approach To Earth (0.968 AU)
    Oct 18 - Asteroid 2244 Tesla Closest Approach To Earth (1.345 AU)
    Oct 18 - Asteroid 14702 Benclark Closest Approach To Earth (1.905 AU)
    Oct 18 - Apollo Asteroid 5143 Heracles Closest Approach To Earth (1.881 AU)
    Oct 18 - Dwarf Planet 136199 Eris At Opposition (95.121 AU)
    Oct 18 - 25th Anniversary (1993), STS-58 Launch (Space Shuttle Colubmia, Spacelab)
    Oct 19 - Comet P/2015 M2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.729 AU)
    Oct 19 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 UC19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
    Oct 19 - Asteroid 6592 Goya Closest Approach To Earth (1.379 AU)
    Oct 19 - Asteroid 18725 Atacama Closest Approach To Earth (1.540 AU)
    Oct 19 - Asteroid 7934 Sinatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.705 AU)
    Oct 19 - Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (2.124 AU)
    Oct 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 202421 (2005 UQ513) At Opposition (47.147 AU)
    Oct 19 - 10th Anniversary (2008), IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) Launch
    Oct 20 - Comet P/2008 O2 (McNaught) Perihelion (3.815 AU)
    Oct 20 - Asteroid 9012 Benner Closest Approach To Earth (0.998 AU)
    Oct 20 - Asteroid 3066 McFadden Closest Approach To Earth (1.245 AU)
    Oct 20 - Aten Asteroid 3362 Khufu Closest Approach To Earth (1.336 AU)
    Oct 20 - Asteroid 18024 Dobson Closest Approach To Earth (2.400 AU)
    Oct 21 - Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
    Oct 21 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults TYC 3719-01493-1 (10.1 Magnitude Star)
    Oct 21 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 UG Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)
    Oct 21 - Asteroid 5430 Luu Closest Approach To Earth (1.909 AU)
    Oct 21 - Alfred Nobel's 185th Birthday (1833)
    * Oct 22 - Elektro-L N3 Proton-M/DM-03 Launch
    Oct 22 - Comet 243P/NEAT At Opposition (1.498 AU)
    Oct 22 - Comet C/2016 Q4 (Kowalski) At Opposition (6.218 AU)
    Oct 22 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 0073-00152-1 (12.3 Magnitude Star)
    Oct 22 - Asteroid 5682 Beresford Closest Approach To Earth (0.759 AU)
    Oct 22 - Asteroid 10044 Squyres Closest Approach To Earth (0.984 AU)
    Oct 22 - Asteroid 7032 Hitchcock Closest Approach To Earth (1.193 AU)
    Oct 22 - Asteroid 5223 McSween Closest Approach To Earth (1.747 AU)
    Oct 22 - Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (2.062 AU)
    Oct 22 - 10th Anniversary (2008), Chandrayaan 1 Launch (India Moon Orbiter)
    Oct 22 - Ernst Opik's 125th Birthday (1893)
    Oct 23 - Uranus At Opposition
    Oct 23 - Comet 267P/LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (0.811 AU)
    Oct 23 - Comet P/2015 M2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (5.732 AU)
    Oct 23 - Amor Asteroid 2016 TS55 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
    Oct 23 - Aten Asteroid 2014 UR Near-Earth Flyby (0.091 AU)
    Oct 23 - Asteroid 9305 Hazard Closest Approach To Earth (1.034 AU)
    Oct 23 - Asteroid 3125 Hay Closest Approach To Earth (1.686 AU)
    Oct 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 308379 (2005 RS43) At Opposition (42.741 AU)
    Oct 23 - Ilya Frank's 110th Birthday (1908)
    Oct 24 - Comet P/2005 R1 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (1.144 AU)
    Oct 24 - Comet 197P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.954 AU)
    Oct 24 - Apollo Asteroid 2004 FW1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
    Oct 24 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 UO7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
    Oct 24 - Apollo Asteroid 217628 Lugh Closest Approach To Earth (0.682 AU)
    Oct 24 - Asteroid 3651 Friedman Closest Approach To Earth (1.635 AU)
    Oct 24 - Asteroid 767 Bondia Closest Approach To Earth (1.693 AU)
    Oct 24 - Asteroid 22739 Sikhote-Alin Closest Approach To Earth (2.070 AU)
    Oct 24 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Deep Space 1 Launch
    Oct 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 UH8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
    Oct 25 - Asteroid 1756 Giacobini Closest Approach To Earth (0.972 AU)
    Oct 25 - Amor Asteroid 153591 (2001 SN263) (2 Moons) Closest Approach To Earth (1.091 AU)
    Oct 25 - Asteroid 7462 Grenoble Closest Approach To Earth (1.154 AU)
    Oct 25 - Asteroid 18132 Spector Closest Approach To Earth (1.643 AU)
    Oct 25 - Asteroid 3252 Johnny Closest Approach To Earth (1.690 AU)
    Oct 25 - Neptune Trojan 2011 SO277 At Opposition (29.512 AU)
    Oct 25 - Richard Byrd's 130th Birthday (1888)
    Oct 26 - Comet P/2008 CL94 (Lemmon) At Opposition (4.977 AU)
    Oct 26 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 21415058 (11.6 Magnitude Star)
    Oct 26 - Asteroid 3831 Pettengill Closest Approach To Earth (1.184 AU)
    Oct 26 - James Cook's 290th Birthday (1728)
    Oct 27 - Comet C/2018 B1 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (4.431 AU)
    Oct 27 - Asteroid 9969 Braille Closest Approach To Earth (2.226 AU)
    Oct 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 55636 (2002 TX300) At Opposition (41.690 AU)
    Oct 27 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Canon City Meteorite Fall (Hit Garage)
    Oct 28 - European Summer Time Ends - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (European Union)
    Oct 28 - Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels Closest Approach To Earth (0.445 AU)
    Oct 28 - Comet 73P-T/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.725 AU)
    Oct 28 - Comet P/2008 CL94 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (4.976 AU)
    Oct 28 - Asteroid 3581 Alvarez Closest Approach To Earth (1.296 AU)
    Oct 28 - Centaur Object 20461 Dioretsa At Opposition (29.433 AU)
    Oct 28 - 165th Anniversary (1853), Bright Daytime Fireball near Beeston, United Kingdom
    Oct 29 - Comet 71P/Clark Closest Approach To Earth (2.759 AU)
    Oct 29 - Comet C/2017 F1 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (4.433 AU)
    Oct 29 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 4725-00589-1 (10.4 Magnitude Star)
    Oct 29 - Aten Asteroid 475534 (2006 TS7) Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)
    Oct 29 - Aten Asteroid 302169 (2001 TD45) Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
    Oct 29 - Aten Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Closest Approach To Earth (0.542 AU)
    Oct 29 - Asteroid 1886 Lowell Closest Approach To Earth (1.669 AU)
    Oct 29 - Asteroid 8209 Toscanelli Closest Approach To Earth (1.907 AU)
    Oct 29 - Asteroid 284996 Rosaparks Closest Approach To Earth (2.520 AU)
    Oct 29 - Neptune Trojan 2001 QR322 At Opposition (29.133 AU)
    Oct 29 - 20th Anniversary (1998), STS-95 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery (SPACEHAB, John Glenn)
    Oct 29 - 80th Anniversary (1938), Orson Welles' Broadcast of the "War of the Worlds"
    Oct 30 - Mercury Passes 3.3 Degrees From Jupiter
    Oct 30 - Asteroid 5641 McCleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.168 AU)
    Oct 30 - Asteroid 5811 Keck Closest Approach To Earth (1.308 AU)
    Oct 30 - Asteroid 1258 Sicilia Closest Approach To Earth (2.076 AU)
    Oct 30 - Robert Seamans' 100th Birthday (1918)
    Oct 31 - Amor Asteroid 2016 WZ7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU)
    Oct 31 - Asteroid 20103 de Vico Closest Approach To Earth (1.391 AU)
    Oct 31 - Asteroid 3534 Sax Closest Approach To Earth (1.398 AU)
    Oct 31 - Asteroid 5805 Glasgow Closest Approach To Earth (1.829 AU)
    Oct 31 - Asteroid 17062 Bardot Closest Approach To Earth (2.190 AU)
    Oct 31 - Asteroid 6227 Alanrubin Closest Approach To Earth (2.437 AU)
    Oct 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) At Opposition (40.356 AU)
    Oct 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 42301 (2001 UR163) At Opposition (52.008 AU)

    November 2018
    Nov ?? - Crew Space Transportation 100 (CST-100) Atlas 5 Launch (Manned)
    Nov ?? - Soyuz MS-9 Return to Earth (International Space Station)
    Nov 01 - Comet 124P/Mrkos At Opposition (3.115 AU)
    Nov 01 - Asteroid 88292 Bora-Bora Closest Approach To Earth (1.042 AU)
    Nov 01 - Neptune Trojan 2014 QO441 At Opposition (32.313 AU)
    Nov 01 - 55th Anniversary (1963), Arecibo Observatory Opened
    Nov 01 - Balfour Stewart's 190th Birthday (1828)
    Nov 02 - Comet 300P/Catalina Perihelion (0.833 AU)
    Nov 02 - Comet C/2018 B1 (Lemmon) At Opposition (4.438 AU)
    Nov 02 - Asteroid 5703 Hevelius Closest Approach To Earth (1.142 AU)
    Nov 02 - Asteroid 5790 Nagasaki Closest Approach To Earth (1.374 AU)
    Nov 02 - Asteroid 13188 Okinawa Closest Approach To Earth (1.378 AU)
    Nov 02 - Asteroid 29132 Bradpitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.448 AU)
    Nov 02 - Asteroid 4355 Memphis Closest Approach To Earth (1.717 AU)
    Nov 02 - Asteroid 12820 Robinwilliams Closest Approach To Earth (1.805 AU)
    Nov 02 - Centaur Object 49036 Pelion At Opposition (20.002 AU)
    Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
    Nov 03 - Comet P/2005 R1 (NEAT) At Opposition (1.157 AU)
    Nov 03 - Comet P/2007 V1 (Larson) At Opposition (1.739 AU)
    Nov 03 - Comet 130P/McNaught-Hughes Closest Approach To Earth (1.903 AU)
    Nov 03 - Amor Asteroid 2016 VH2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.064 AU)
    Nov 03 - Asteroid 5748 Davebrin Closest Approach To Earth (1.281 AU)
    Nov 03 - Asteroid 9769 Nautilus Closest Approach To Earth (1.431 AU)
    Nov 03 - Asteroid 365159 Garching Closest Approach To Earth (1.666 AU)
    Nov 03 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Mariner 10 Launch (Venus & Mercury Flyby Mission)
    Nov 03 - Alfred Perot's 155th Birthday (1863)
    Nov 04 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (United States)
    Nov 04 - Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels Perihelion (1.393 AU)
    Nov 04 - Comet 25D/Neujmin At Opposition (1.959 AU)
    Nov 04 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 21648345 (11.9 Magnitude Star)
    Nov 04 - Aten Asteroid 2002 VE68 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
    Nov 04 - Asteroid 11247 Wilburwright Closest Approach To Earth (1.908 AU)
    Nov 04 - Asteroid 3933 Portugal Closest Approach To Earth (2.349 AU)
    Nov 04 - Asteroid 88705 Potato Closest Approach To Earth (2.379 AU)
    Nov 04 - Plutino 47171 (1999 TC36) At Opposition (29.628 AU)
    Nov 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 472271 (2014 UM33) At Opposition (42.710 AU)
    Nov 04 - Richard Binzel's 60th Birthday (1958)
    Nov 05 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults UCAC4-324-200768 (12.0 Magnitude Star)
    Nov 05 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 4725-00763-1 (12.0 Magnitude Star)
    Nov 05 - Asteroid 2554 Skiff Closest Approach To Earth (1.490 AU)
    Nov 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 120348 (2004 TY364) At Opposition (38.050 AU)
    Nov 05 - 5th Anniversary (2013), Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) Launch (India)
    Nov 06 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (23 Degrees)
    Nov 06 - Comet P/2007 V1 (Larson) Closest Approach To Earth (1.737 AU)
    Nov 06 - Asteroid 16529 Dangoldin Closest Approach To Earth (0.754 AU)
    Nov 06 - Asteroid 16761 Hertz Closest Approach To Earth (1.316 AU)
    Nov 06 - Asteroid 11277 Ballard Closest Approach To Earth (1.510 AU)
    Nov 06 - Asteroid 5107 Laurenbacall Closest Approach To Earth (1.963 AU)
    Nov 06 - Asteroid 249516 Aretha Closest Approach To Earth (2.160 AU)
    Nov 06 - Plutino 144897 (2004 UX10) At Opposition (38.310 AU)
    Nov 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 UZ224 At Opposition (89.746 AU)
    Nov 06 - James Gregory's 380th Birthday (1638)
    Nov 07 - Comet P/2016 J1-A (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.856 AU)
    Nov 07 - Comet P/2016 J1-B (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.856 AU)
    Nov 07 - Aten Asteroid 2010 VQ Near-Earth Flyby (0.040 AU)
    Nov 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 NU2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
    Nov 07 - Asteroid 8991 Solidarity Closest Approach To Earth (2.294 AU)
    Nov 08 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Pioneer 9 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
    Nov 08 - Asteroid 790 Pretoria Occults HIP 48351 (6.4 Magnitude Star)
    Nov 08 - Aten Asteroid 2010 VB Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
    Nov 08 - Neptune Trojan 2006 RJ103 At Opposition (29.228 AU)
    Nov 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 84522 (2002 TC302) At Opposition (43.417 AU)
    Nov 09 - Carl Sagan Day
    Nov 09 - Comet P/2011 W2 (Rinner) At Opposition (1.551 AU)
    Nov 09 - Comet C/2017 S7 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (7.495 AU)
    Nov 09 - Asteroid 376 Geometria Closest Approach To Earth (1.632 AU)
    Nov 09 - Donald Baker's 75th Birthday (1943)
    Nov 10 - Cygnus CRS-10 (OA-10)/CAPSat/TJREVERB/SASSI2/CySat 1/TechEdSat 8/VCC A-C/SPACE-HAUC/SOCRATES/UNITE Antares 230 Launch (International Space Station)
    * Nov 10 - WGS-10 Delta 4 Launch
    Nov 10 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Zond 6 Launch (USSR Moon Orbit & Return)
    Nov 10 - Comet 71P/Clark At Opposition (2.782 AU)
    Nov 10 - Comet P/2017 R1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.997 AU)
    Nov 10 - Comet P/2016 J1-A (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.858 AU)
    Nov 10 - Comet P/2016 J1-B (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.858 AU)
    Nov 10 - Comet 83D/Russell At Opposition (4.120 AU)
    Nov 10 - Comet C/2017 F1 (Lemmon) At Opposition (4.461 AU)
    Nov 10 - Asteroid 1756 Giacobini Occults HIP 7358 (6.7 Magnitude Star)
    Nov 10 - Asteroid 15417 Babylon Closest Approach To Earth (3.100 AU)
    Nov 10 - Andrei Tupolev's 130th Birthday (1888)
    Nov 10 - 195th Anniversary (1823), Waseda Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Japan)
    Nov 11 - Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma Perihelion (1.589 AU)
    Nov 11 - Asteroid 14967 Madrid Closest Approach To Earth (1.306 AU)
    Nov 11 - Asteroid 3259 Brownlee Closest Approach To Earth (1.508 AU)
    Nov 12 - Moon Occults Pluto
    Nov 12 - Centaur Object 2015 KJ153 At Opposition (6.337 AU)
    Nov 12 - Aten Asteroid 2011 WA Near-Earth Fyby (0.067 AU)
    Nov 12 - Asteroid 6639 Marchis Closest Approach To Earth (2.382 AU)
    Nov 12 - Irving Reed's 95th Birthday (1923)
    Nov 12 - 185th Anniversary (1833), Great Leonids Meteor Shower of 1833
    Nov 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 VM105 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
    Nov 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 WC Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)
    Nov 13 - Asteroid 11341 Babbage Closest Approach To Earth (1.356 AU)
    Nov 13 - Asteroid 4319 Jackierobinson Closest Approach To Earth (1.479 AU)
    Nov 13 - Asteroid 48575 Hawaii Closest Approach To Earth (1.860 AU)
    Nov 13 - Asteroid 6377 Cagney Closest Approach To Earth (2.090 AU)
    Nov 13 - Asteroid 508 Princetonia Closest Approach To Earth (2.199 AU)
    Nov 13 - 40th Anniversary (1978), HEAO-2 Launch
    Nov 14 - Comet 69P/Taylor At Opposition (1.545 AU)
    Nov 14 - Asteroid 2004 Lexell Closest Approach To Earth (1.015 AU)
    Nov 14 - Asteroid 11334 Rio de Janeiro Closest Approach To Earth (1.558 AU)
    Nov 14 - Asteroid 30441 Curly Closest Approach To Earth (2.040 AU)
    Nov 14 - 10th Anniversary (2008), STS-126 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, International Space Station)
    Nov 14 - Fred Haise's 85th Birthday (1933)
    Nov 15 - Soyuz MS-11 Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 57S)
    Nov 15 - Atira Asteroid 481817 (2008 UL90) Closest Approach To Earth (1.237 AU)
    Nov 15 - Asteroid 1034 Mozartia Closest Approach To Earth (1.244 AU)
    Nov 15 - Asteroid 39882 Edgarmitchell Closest Approach To Earth (1.369 AU)
    Nov 15 - Asteroid 87 Sylvia Closest Approach To Earth (2.404 AU)
    Nov 15 - 30th Anniversary (1988), Buran Launch (USSR Space Shuttle)
    Nov 15 - William Herschel's 280th Birthday (1738)
    Nov 16 - CRS-16/IDA 3 Falcon 9 Launch (International Space Station)
    Nov 16 - Moon Occults Mars
    Nov 16 - Comet P/2017 R1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.003 AU)
    Nov 16 - Asteroid 3140 Stellafane Closest Approach To Earth (1.791 AU)
    Nov 16 - Asteroid 447 Valentine Closest Approach To Earth (1.873 AU)
    Nov 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 2012 VP113 At Opposition (82.801 AU)
    Nov 16 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Skylab 4 Launch (Last Launch to Skylab)
    Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
    Nov 17 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults TYC 4078-00534-1 (10.1 Magnitude Star)
    Nov 17 - Asteroid 15907 Robot Closest Approach To Earth (1.444 AU)
    Nov 17 - Asteroid 2531 Cambridge Closest Approach To Earth (2.011 AU)
    Nov 18 - Comet P/2011 W2 (Rinner) Closest Approach To Earth (1.539 AU)
    Nov 18 - Comet 294P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.560 AU)
    Nov 18 - Comet C/2017 S7 (Lemmon) At Opposition (7.507 AU)
    Nov 18 - Apollo Asteroid 25143 Itokawa Closest Approach To Earth (0.706 AU)
    Nov 18 - Asteroid 4464 Vulcano Closest Approach To Earth (1.047 AU)
    Nov 18 - Asteroid 7016 Conandoyle Closest Approach To Earth (1.178 AU)
    Nov 18 - Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark Closest Approach To Earth (1.736 AU)
    Nov 18 - Plutino 2003 UZ413 At Opposition (43.043 AU)
    Nov 18 - 5th Anniversary (2013), Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) Launch (Mars Orbiter)
    Nov 18 - Alan Shepard's 95th Birthday (1923)
    Nov 19 - Comet 9P/Tempel At Opposition (3.654 AU)
    Nov 19 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 JL1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU)
    Nov 19 - Asteroid 3949 Mach Closest Approach To Earth (1.271 AU)
    Nov 19 - Asteroid 10183 Ampere Closest Approach To Earth (1.392 AU)
    Nov 19 - Asteroid 14880 Moa Closest Approach To Earth (1.414 AU)
    Nov 19 - Apollo Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Closest Approach To Earth (1.428 AU)
    Nov 19 - Asteroid 91287 Simon-Garfunkel Closest Approach To Earth (1.452 AU)
    Nov 19 - Centaur Object 37117 Narcissus At Opposition (2.112 AU)
    Nov 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 VK201 At Opposition (47.086 AU)
    Nov 20 - Comet 130P/McNaught-Hughes At Opposition (1.943 AU)
    Nov 20 - Asteroid 4370 Dickens Closest Approach To Earth (0.852 AU)
    Nov 20 - Asteroid 3169 Ostro Closest Approach To Earth (0.978 AU)
    Nov 20 - Asteroid 2713 Luxemburg Closest Approach To Earth (1.917 AU)
    Nov 20 - Neptune Trojan 2007 VL305 At Opposition (27.264 AU)
    Nov 20 - Neptune Trojan 2011 WG157 At Opposition (29.805 AU)
    Nov 20 - Kuiper Belt Object 90377 Sedna At Opposition (83.975 AU)
    Nov 20 - 10th Anniversary (2008), Buzzard Coulee Meteorite Fall (Hit Barn in Canada)
    Nov 20 - William Coblentz's 145th Birthday (1873)
    Nov 21 - Comet 198P/ODAS At Opposition (1.027 AU)
    Nov 21 - Comet 351P/Wiegert-PANSTARRS At Opposition (4.293 AU)
    Nov 21 - Amor Asteroid 2013 PA7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.091 AU)
    Nov 21 - Asteroid 163693 Atira Closest Approach To Earth (0.485 AU)
    Nov 21 - Asteroid 397 Vienna Closest Approach To Earth (1.221 AU)
    Nov 21 - Asteroid 12413 Johnnyweir Closest Approach To Earth (1.385 AU)
    Nov 21 - Asteroid 293 Brasilia Closest Approach To Earth (1.856 AU)
    Nov 21 - Plutino 84719 (2002 VR128) At Opposition (38.834 AU)
    Nov 21 - Linda Morabito's 65th Birthday (1953)
    Nov 21 - 235th Anniversary (1783), First Manned Balloon Flight
    Nov 21 - Georg Dorffel's 375th Birthday (1643)
    Nov 22 - Comet P/2016 P1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.286 AU)
    Nov 22 - Apollo Asteroid 410088 (2007 EJ) Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
    Nov 22 - Atira Asteroid 2006 WE4 Closest Approach To Earth (1.493 AU)
    Nov 22 - Asteroid 9025 Polansky Closest Approach To Earth (2.347 AU)
    Nov 22 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 18 Flyby
    Nov 22 - Chad Trujillo's 45th Birthday (1973)
    Nov 22 - Wiley Post's 120th Birthday (1898)
    Nov 23 - Comet 198P/ODAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.026 AU)
    Nov 23 - Comet 25D/Neujmin Closest Approach To Earth (1.906 AU)
    Nov 23 - Comet 73P-AP/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.195 AU)
    Nov 23 - Comet P/2015 F1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.479 AU)
    Nov 23 - Comet 237P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.578 AU)
    Nov 23 - Asteroid 3355 Onizuka Closest Approach To Earth (1.065 AU)
    Nov 23 - Asteroid 5277 Brisbane Closest Approach To Earth (1.187 AU)
    Nov 23 - Asteroid 12410 Donald Duck Closest Approach To Earth (1.263 AU)
    Nov 23 - Asteroid 16740 Kipthorne Closest Approach To Earth (1.620 AU)
    Nov 23 - Centaur Object 54598 Bienor At Opposition (13.867 AU)
    Nov 23 - Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix's 300th Birthday (1718)
    Nov 24 - Comet 359P/LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.976 AU)
    Nov 24 - Comet 73P-AS/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.235 AU)
    Nov 24 - Comet 73P-BC/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.274 AU)
    Nov 24 - Amor Asteroid 2011 AA37 Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
    Nov 24 - Asteroid 90125 Chrissquire Closest Approach To Earth (1.358 AU)
    Nov 25 - Comet 69P/Taylor Closest Approach To Earth (1.532 AU)
    Nov 25 - Comet 213P-B/Van Ness Closest Approach To Earth (2.446 AU)
    Nov 25 - Comet 213P/Van Ness Closest Approach To Earth (2.448 AU)
    Nov 25 - Comet 73P-AL/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.320 AU)
    Nov 25 - Aten Asteroid 2009 WB105 Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
    Nov 25 - Asteroid 1094 Siberia Closest Approach To Earth (1.331 AU)
    Nov 25 - Asteroid 945 Barcelona Closest Approach To Earth (1.668 AU)
    Nov 25 - William Denning's 170th Birthday (1848)
    * Nov 26 - InSight, Mars Landing
    * Nov 26 - Mars Cube One 1 & 2, Mars Flyby
    Nov 26 - Comet 14P/Wolf Closest Approach To Earth (2.587 AU)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 3769 Arthurmiller Closest Approach To Earth (1.046 AU)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 8088 Australia Closest Approach To Earth (1.051 AU)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 1322 Coppernicus Closest Approach To Earth (1.854 AU)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 73511 Lovas Closest Approach To Earth (2.353 AU)
    Nov 26 - 55th Anniversary (1963), Explorer 18 Launch
    Nov 26 - Ted Bowell's 75th Birthday (1943)
    Nov 27 - Comet 73P-Q/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.395 AU)
    Nov 27 - Comet 73P-BS/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.421 AU)
    Nov 27 - Comet 73P-AI/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.433 AU)
    Nov 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2008 WD14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 4536 Drewpinsky Closest Approach To Earth (1.314 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 19631 Greensleeves Closest Approach To Earth (1.367 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 78577 JPL Closest Approach To Earth (1.667 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 12477 Haiku Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 1095 Tulipa Closest Approach To Earth (2.064 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 31319 Vespucci Closest Approach To Earth (2.311 AU)
    Nov 27 - Charles Hastings' 170th Birthday (1848)
    Nov 28 - Comet 73P-W/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.477 AU)
    Nov 28 - Comet 135P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (3.915 AU)
    Nov 28 - Comet P/2014 E1 (Larson) At Opposition (4.047 AU)
    Nov 28 - Apollo Asteroid 2001 WO15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.035 AU)
    Nov 28 - Aten Asteroid 2013 BT18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)
    Nov 28 - Asteroid 1279 Uganda Closest Approach To Earth (1.828 AU)
    Nov 28 - Asteroid 1791 Patsayev Closest Approach To Earth (2.103 AU)
    Nov 28 - 35th Anniversary (1983), STS-9 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, Spacelab)
    Nov 29 - Comet 73P-AE/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.533 AU)
    Nov 29 - Atira Asteroid 164294 (2004 XZ130) Closest Approach To Earth (1.047 AU)
    Nov 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 386723 (2009 YE7) At Opposition (49.817 AU)
    Nov 29 - Benjamin Markarian's 105th Birthday (1913)
    Nov 29 - Kurt Heinrich Debus' 110th Birthday (1908)
    Nov 29 - Christian Doppler's 215th Birthday (1803)
    Nov 30 - Comet 73P-BL/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.562 AU)
    Nov 30 - Comet 73P-AQ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.584 AU)
    Nov 30 - Comet 73P-AG/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.587 AU)
    Nov 30 - Comet 73P-AR/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.587 AU)
    Nov 30 - Aten Asteroid 2008 WT62 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
    Nov 30 - Asteroid 128 Nemesis Closest Approach To Earth (1.519 AU)
    Nov 30 - Asteroid 2864 Soderblom Closest Approach To Earth (1.651 AU)
    Nov 30 - Asteroid 37683 Gustaveeiffel Closest Approach To Earth (1.740 AU)

    December 2018
    Dec ?? - SpX-DM2 Falcon 9 Launch (Internationl Space Station)
    Dec ?? - Dragon CRS-18 (SpX 18)/GEDI Falcon 9 Launch (International Space Station)
    * Dec ?? - Chang'e 4 Relay/DSLWP-A1 & A2 CZ-4C Launch (L2 Halo Orbit Mission)
    Dec ?? - CSG 1/CHEOPS Soyuz-ST-B Fregat-MT Launch
    Dec ?? - Yenisey A1 (Luch 4) Proton-M/Briz-M P4 Launch
    Dec ?? - Repei-S Proton-M/DM-03 Launch
    Dec 01 - Comet 267P/LONEOS At Opposition (0.938 AU)
    Dec 01 - Comet 258P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (3.137 AU)
    Dec 01 - Comet 89P/Russell At Opposition (3.487 AU)
    Dec 01 - Comet 73P-P/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.602 AU)
    Dec 01 - Comet 73P-AC/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.614 AU)
    Dec 01 - Apollo Asteroid 2012 MM11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)
    * Dec 01 - Apollo Asteroid 10563 Izhdubar Closest Approach To Earth (1.131 AU)
    Dec 01 - Asteroid 990 Yerkes Closest Approach To Earth (1.428 AU)
    Dec 01 - Asteroid 3656 Hemingway Closest Approach To Earth (1.524 AU)
    Dec 01 - Apollo Asteroid 314082 Dryope Closest Approach To Earth (1.923 AU)
    Dec 01 - Asteroid 2688 Halley Closest Approach To Earth (2.548 AU)
    Dec 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 145453 (2005 RR43) At Opposition (38.694 AU)
    Dec 01 - 5th Anniversary (2013), Chang'e 3 Launch (China Moon Lander & Rover
    Dec 01 - 235th Anniversary (1783), 1st Manned Hydrogen Balloon Flight
    Dec 01 - Martin Klaproth's 275th Birthday (1743)
    Dec 02 - Comet 267P/LONEOS At Opposition (0.945 AU)
    Dec 02 - Comet 247P/LINEAR Perihelion (1.489 AU)
    Dec 02 - Comet 73P-X/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.647 AU)
    Dec 02 - Comet 73P-L/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.648 AU)

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