• Space Calendar - April 22, 2018 (2/6)

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    Jun 13 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Portales Valley Meteorite Fall (Hit Barn in New Mexico)
    Jun 13 - Willard Bennett's 115th Birthday (1903)
    Jun 13 - Alan Griffith's 125th Birthday (1893)
    Jun 13 - Reinhold Tiling's 125th Birthday (1893)
    Jun 13 - Thomas Young's 245th Birthday (1773)
    Jun 14 - Comet 112P/Urata-Niijima At Opposition (3.604 AU)
    Jun 14 - Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (4.051 AU)
    Jun 14 - Comet C/2017 X1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (4.663 AU)
    Jun 14 - Asteroid 2032 Ethel Occults HIP 93993 (6.3 Magnitude Star)
    Jun 14 - Apollo Asteroid 3361 Orpheus Closest Approach To Earth (0.448 AU)
    * Jun 14 - Asteroid 3720 Hokkaido Closest Approach To Earth (1.092 AU)
    * Jun 14 - Asteroid 4987 Flamsteed Closest Approach To Earth (1.147 AU)
    Jun 14 - Asteroid 8277 Machu-Picchu Closest Approach To Earth (1.418 AU)
    Jun 14 - Asteroid 7220 Philnicholson Closest Approach To Earth (1.536 AU)
    Jun 14 - Asteroid 4808 Ballaero Closest Approach To Earth (2.094 AU)
    Jun 14 - 50th Anniversary (1968), 1st Asteroid Observed by Radar (1566 Icarus)
    Jun 15 - Aten Asteroid 2004 LO2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.064 AU)
    Jun 15 - Asteroid 6600 Qwerty Closest Approach To Earth (1.518 AU)
    Jun 15 - Hubertus Strughold's 120th Birthday (1898)
    Jun 16 - Aten Asteroid 469737 (2005 NW44) Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
    Jun 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 BC Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
    Jun 16 - Aten Asteroid 2014 GQ17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)
    Jun 16 - Asteroid 46686 Anitasohus Closest Approach To Earth (1.213 AU)
    * Jun 16 - Asteroid 8250 Cornell Closest Approach To Earth (1.798 AU)
    Jun 16 - Apollo Asteroid 162173 Ryugu Closest Approach To Earth (1.897 AU)
    Jun 16 - Amor Asteroid 3199 Nefertiti Closest Approach To Earth (1.912 AU)
    * Jun 16 - Asteroid 5231 Verne Closest Approach To Earth (1.930 AU)
    Jun 16 - Asteroid 1213 Algeria Closest Approach To Earth (2.288 AU)
    Jun 16 - 55th Anniversary (1963), 1st Woman In Space (Valentina Tereshkova)
    Jun 16 - 80th Anniversary (1938), Pantar Meteorite Fall (Hit Buildings in Philippine Islands)
    Jun 16 - Alexander Friedmann's 130th Birthday (1888)
    Jun 17 - Comet 261P/Larson Closest Approach To Earth (2.233 AU)
    Jun 17 - Comet C/2017 M4 (ATLAS) At Opposition (3.351 AU)
    * Jun 17 - Asteroid 2000 Herschel Closest Approach To Earth (2.055 AU)
    * Jun 17 - Asteroid 2118 Flagstaff Closest Approach To Earth (2.085 AU)
    Jun 17 - Asteroid 13010 Germantitov Closest Approach To Earth (2.466 AU)
    Jun 17 - Asteroid 10063 Erinleeryan Closest Approach To Earth (2.961 AU)
    Jun 17 - James Elliot's 75th Birthday (1943)
    Jun 18 - Comet 5D/Brorsen At Opposition (2.385 AU)
    Jun 18 - Comet P/2017 P1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (5.437 AU)
    Jun 18 - Asteroid 896 Sphinx Closest Approach To Earth (0.903 AU)
    Jun 18 - Asteroid 4372 Quincy Closest Approach To Earth (2.109 AU)
    Jun 18 - Asteroid 2421 Nininger Closest Approach To Earth (2.2239 AU)
    Jun 18 - Plutino 28978 Ixion At Opposition (38.457 AU)
    Jun 18 - 35th Anniversary (1983), 1st US Woman In Space (Sally Ride)
    Jun 19 - Comet P/2002 EJ57 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.627 AU)
    Jun 19 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo Occults 2UCAC 20035476 (14.8 Magnitude Star)
    Jun 19 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Closest Approach To Earth (1.142 AU)
    Jun 19 - Asteroid 14413 Geiger Closest Approach To Earth (1.499 AU)
    * Jun 19 - Asteroid 6442 Salzburg Closest Approach To Earth (1.565 AU)
    Jun 19 - Asteroid 5441 Andymurray Closest Approach To Earth (1.804 AU)
    Jun 19 - Asteroid 1815 Beethoven Closest Approach To Earth (2.686 AU)
    Jun 19 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Nozomi, Earth Flyby
    Jun 19 - Viktor Patsayev's 85th Birthday (1933)
    Jun 20 - Comet C/2016 M1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.296 AU)
    Jun 20 - Comet 36P/Whipple At Opposition (3.302 AU)
    * Jun 20 - Asteroid 3875 Staehle Closest Approach To Earth (0.941 AU)
    Jun 20 - Asteroid 5634 Victorborge Closest Approach To Earth (0.966 AU)
    Jun 20 - Asteroid 4031 Mueller Closest Approach To Earth (1.198 AU)
    Jun 21 - Summer Solstice, 10:07 UT
    Jun 21 - Comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro At Opposition (1.676 AU)
    Jun 21 - Amor Asteroid 2014 MZ5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
    Jun 21 - Aten Asteroid 2014 OL339 Closest Approach To Earth (0.287 AU)
    Jun 21 - Asteroid 10071 Paraguay Closest Approach To Earth (1.315 AU)
    Jun 21 - Asteroid 3267 Glo Closest Approach To Earth (1.928 AU)
    Jun 21 - Centaur Object 5145 Pholus At Opposition (26.850 AU)
    Jun 21 - 25th Anniversary (1993), STS-57 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, Spacehab)
    Jun 21 - Gennady Padalka's 60th Birthday (1958)
    Jun 21 - Maximilian Wolf's 155th Birthday (1863)
    Jun 21 - Jean Chacornac's 195th Birthday (1823)
    Jun 22 - Apollo Asteroid 4034 Vishnu Closest Approach To Earth (1.494 AU)
    Jun 22 - Asteroid 13926 Berners-Lee Closeset Approach To Earth (1.645 AU)
    Jun 22 - Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (2.070 AU)
    Jun 22 - 40th Anniversary (1978), Jim Christy's Discovery of Pluto's Moon Charon
    Jun 23 - Moon Occults Asteroid 16 Psyche
    Jun 23 - Comet P/2011 CR42 (Catalina) Perihelion (2.522 AU)
    Jun 23 - Comet 210P/Christensen At Opposition (4.264 AU)
    Jun 23 - Apollo Asteroid 467309 (1996 AW1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
    Jun 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2063 Bacchus Closest Approach To Earth (1.702 AU)
    Jun 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar At Opposition (41.882 AU)
    Jun 24 - Comet 364P/PANSTARRS Perihelion (0.798 AU)
    Jun 24 - Comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro Closest Approach To Earth (1.675 AU)
    Jun 24 - Asteroid 2032 Ethel Occults HIP 93315 (6.5 Magnitude Star)
    Jun 24 - Aten Asteroid 441987 (2010 NY65) Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)
    Jun 24 - Asteroid 61189 Ohsadaharu Closest Approach To Earth (1.197 AU)
    * Jun 24 - Asteroid 51829 Williemccool Closest Approach To Earth (1.197 AU)
    * Jun 24 - Asteroid 2343 Siding Spring Closest Approach To Earth (1.385 AU)
    Jun 24 - 80th Anniversary (1938), Chicora Meteorite Fall (Hit Cow in Pennsylvania)
    Jun 24 - Victor Hess' 125th Birthday (1883)
    Jun 25 - Comet C/2016 M1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.289 AU)
    Jun 25 - Asteroid 2975 Spahr Closest Approach To Earth (1.195 AU)
    Jun 25 - Asteroid 2315 Czechoslovakia Closest Approach To Earth (2.212 AU)
    Jun 26 - Comet P/2009 Q4 (Boattini) At Opposition (3.910 AU)
    Jun 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2007 UD6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
    Jun 26 - Asteroid 12002 Suess Closest Approach To Earth (1.764 AU)
    Jun 26 - 40th Anniversary (1978), SEASAT 1 Launch
    Jun 27 - Saturn At Opposition
    Jun 27 - Moon Occults Asteroid 4 Vesta
    Jun 27 - Comet 96P/Machholz At Opposition (2.491 AU)
    Jun 27 - Comet 211P/Hill At Opposition (3.500 AU)
    Jun 27 - Atira Asteroid 2015 ME131 Closest Approach To Earth (1.088 AU)
    * Jun 27 - Asteroid 3000 Leonardo Closest Approach To Earth (1.382 AU)
    * Jun 27 - Asteroid 79896 Billhaley Closest Approach To Earth (1.850 AU)
    Jun 28 - Comet C/2017 S6 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (1.304 AU)
    Jun 28 - Comet 182P/LONEOS At Opposition (2.892 AU)
    * Jun 28 - Asteroid 797 Montana Closest Approach To Earth (1.406 AU)
    Jun 28 - Amor Asteroid 7088 Ishtar Closest Approach To Earth (1.738 AU)
    Jun 29 - Comet 82P/Gehrels Perihelion (3.634 AU)
    Jun 29 - Apollo Asteroid 10563 Izhdubar Closest Approach To Earth (0.738 AU)
    Jun 29 - Asteroid 4238 Audrey Closest Approach To Earth (1.387 AU)
    Jun 29 - George Hale's 150th Birthday (1868)
    Jun 29 - Angelo Secchi's 200th Birthday (1818)
    Jun 30 - Asteroid Day
    Jun 30 - Comet 164P/Christensen Closest Approach To Earth (2.655 AU)
    Jun 30 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 23685002 (11.5 Magnitude Star)
    * Jun 30 - Asteroid 2991 Bilbo Closest Approach To Earth (0.826 AU)
    Jun 30 - Asteroid 7816 Hanoi Closest Approach To Earth (1.526 AU)
    Jun 30 - Asteroid 6471 Collins Closest Approach To Earth (1.650 AU)
    Jun 30 - Asteroid 9500 Camelot Closest Approach To Earth (2.045 AU)
    Jun 30 - 100th Anniversary (1918), Richardton Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in North Dakota)
    Jun 30 - 110th Anniversary (1908), Tunguska Explosion Event

    July 2018
    Jul ?? - Oceansat-3 PSLV-CA Launch
    Jul ?? - AEHF-5 Atlas 5 Launch
    Jul ?? - GLONASS-M 760 Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
    Jul ?? - Unicorn 2A/Delfi-PQ 1 Vector-R Launch
    * Jul ?? - Iridium Next 56-65 Falcon 9 Launch
    Jul 01 - Comet 110P/Hartley At Opposition (3.725 AU)
    Jul 01 - Comet 75D/Kohoutek At Opposition (4.137 AU)
    Jul 01 - Asteroid 1022 Olympiada Closest Approach To Earth (1.404 AU)
    Jul 01 - Jupiter Trojan Asteroid 5254 Ulysses Closest Approach To Earth (4.683 AU)
    Jul 01 - Centaur Object 10370 Hylonome At Opposition (23.011 AU)
    Jul 01 - Ed Lu's 55th Birthday (1963)
    Jul 01 - Dick Rutan's 80th Birthday (1938)
    Jul 01 - Amy Johnson's 115th Birthday (1903)
    Jul 02 - Comet 361P/Spacewatch Perihelion (2.779 AU)
    Jul 02 - Amor Asteroid 1916 Boreas Closest Approach To Earth (0.657 AU)
    Jul 02 - Asteroid 3498 Belton Closest Approach To Earth (1.507 AU)
    Jul 02 - Neptune Trojan 2008 LC18 At Opposition (31.418 AU)
    Jul 02 - Kinch Kincheloe's 90th Birthday (1928)
    Jul 02 - Hugh Dryden's 120th Birthday (1898)
    Jul 03 - Aten Asteroid 2005 MF5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU)
    Jul 03 - Asteroid 274860 Emilylakdawalla Closest Approach To Earth (2.058 AU)
    Jul 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 307261 (2002 MS4) At Opposition (45.689 AU)
    Jul 03 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Nozomi Launch (Japan Mars Mission)
    Jul 04 - Comet 289P/Blanpain At Opposition (3.357 AU)
    Jul 04 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 6260-01625-1 (10.9 Magnitude Star)
    Jul 04 - Aten Asteroid 2016 NB1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
    Jul 04 - Henrietta Leavitt's 145th Birthday (1868)
    Jul 04 - Jean Pierre Blanchard's 265th Birthday (1753)
    * Jul 05 - SkySat 14 & 15/Eu:CROPIS/ORS 6 (COWVR)/STPSat 5/NEXTSat 1/KazSTSAT/BlackSky Global 2/
    HawkEye Pathfinder 1-3/ORS 7A & 7B (Polar Scout 1 & 2)/COPPER 2/MinXSS 2/Audacy Zero/
    Fox 1C (Fox 1Cliff)/KNACKSAT/Elysium-Star 2/JY1-Sat Falcon 9 Launch
    Jul 05 - Comet 101P-B/Chernykh At Opposition (3.789 AU)
    Jul 05 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo Occults 2UCAC 20034326 (14.8 Magnitude Star)
    Jul 05 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 AJ2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.091 AU)
    Jul 05 - Aten Asteroid 2340 Hathor Closest Approach To Earth (0.532 AU)
    Jul 05 - Asteroid 3709 Polypoites Closest Approach To Earth (4.569 AU)
    Jul 05 - Centaur Object 55576 Amycus At Opposition (19.831 AU)
    Jul 06 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
    Jul 06 - Comet P/2017 Y3 (Leonard) Closest Approach To Earth (1.492 AU)
    Jul 06 - Comet 101P/Chernykh At Opposition (3.721 AU)
    Jul 06 - Asteroid 584 Semiramis Occults HIP 8544 (6.2 Magnitude Star)
    Jul 06 - Asteroid 18499 Showalter Closest Approach To Earth (0.755 AU)
    Jul 06 - Asteroid 2410 Morrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.208 AU)
    Jul 06 - Asteroid 3526 Jeffbell Closest Approach To Earth (1.527 AU)
    Jul 06 - 80th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Lysithea
    Jul 07 - Asteroid 11365 NASA Closest Approach To Earth (1.332 AU)
    Jul 07 - Amor Asteroid 1915 Quetzalcoatl Closest Approach To Earth (2.248 AU)
    Jul 07 - Asteroid 34901 Mauna Loa Closest Approach To Earth (2.845 AU)
    Jul 07 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Mars Exploration Rover B (Opportunity) Launch
    Jul 07 - George Graham's 345th Birthday (1673)
    * Jul 08 - Atira Asteroid 418265 (2008 EA32) Closest Approach To Earth (0.589 AU)
    Jul 08 - Atira Asteroid 2010 XB11 Closest Approach To Earth (0.726 AU)
    Jul 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar Occults UCAC4-374-109194 (14.6 Magnitude Star)
    Jul 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 486958 (2014 MU69) At Opposition (42.237 AU)
    Jul 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 PN70 At Opposition (42.932 AU)
    Jul 09 - Moon Occults Asteroid 87 Sylvia
    Jul 09 - Comet C/2017 S6 (Catalina) At Opposition (1.354 AU)
    Jul 09 - Comet 94P/Russell Closest Approach To Earth (2.993 AU)
    Jul 09 - Comet P/2008 Y12 (SOHO) At Opposition (3.933 AU)
    Jul 09 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo At Opposition (14.913 AU)
    Jul 09 - 60th Anniversary (1958), Thor-Able Launch (Carried Laska the Mouse)
    Jul 09 - James Pollack's 80th Birthday (1938)
    Jul 10 - Progress MS-9 Soyuz-2.1a Launch (International Space Station 70P)
    Jul 10 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
    Jul 10 - Apollo Asteroid 65803 Didymos Closest Approach To Earth (1.296 AU)
    Jul 10 - Asteroid 13586 Copenhagen Closest Approach To Earth (1.785 AU)
    Jul 11 - Asteroid 1388 Aphrodite Closest Approach To Earth (1.768 AU)
    Jul 11 - Jupiter Trojan Asteroid 1143 Odysseus Closest Approach To Earth (4.694 AU)
    Jul 11 - 150th Anniversary (1868), Ornans Meteorite Fall in France
    Jul 12 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (26 Degrees)
    Jul 12 - 30th Anniversary (1988), Phobos 2 Launch (Soviet Mars Orbiter)
    Jul 13 - Partial Solar Eclipse
    Jul 13 - Asteroid 3768 Monroe Closest Approach To Earth (1.954 AU)
    Jul 13 - Dwarf Planet 134340 Pluto At Opposition (32.584 AU)
    Jul 14 - Asteroid 84882 Table Mountain Closest Approach To Earth (1.436 AU)
    Jul 14 - George Green's 225th Birthday (1793)
    Jul 15 - Asteroid 6779 Perrine Closest Approach To Earth (1.416 AU)
    Jul 15 - Asteroid 7231 Porco Closest Approach To Earth (2.025 AU)
    Jul 15 - Neptune Trojan 2011 HM102 At Opposition (27.204 AU)
    Jul 15 - Jane Luu's 55th Birthday (1963)
    Jul 15 - Jocelyn Bell's 75th Birthday (1943)
    Jul 15 - Carl Woese's 90th Birthday (1928)
    Jul 15 - Henri Buisson's 145th Birthday (1873)
    Jul 16 - Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux Perihelion (1.430 AU)
    Jul 16 - Comet C/2017 M4 (ATLAS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.231 AU)
    Jul 16 - Asteroid 7672 Hawking Closest Approach To Earth (1.317 AU)
    Jul 16 - Asteroid 1790 Volkov Closest Approach To Earth (1.405 AU)
    Jul 16 - Asteroid 20469 Dudleymoore Closest Approach To Earth (1.492 AU)
    Jul 16 - Asteroid 5760 Mittlefehldt Closest Approach To Earth (1.714 AU)
    Jul 16 - Asteroid 5816 Potsdam Closest Approach To Earth (2.163 AU)
    Jul 17 - Comet 216P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.787 AU)
    Jul 17 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo Occults 2UCAC 20033219 (13.7 Magnitude Star)
    Jul 17 - Apollo Asteroid 9162 Kwiila Closest Approach To Earth (0.831 AU)
    Jul 17 - Asteroid 2362 Mark Twain Closest Approach To Earth (0.988 AU)
    Jul 17 - Asteroid 7984 Marius Closest Approach To Earth (1.456 AU)
    Jul 17 - Asteroid 9941 Iguanodon Closest Approach To Earth (1.562 AU)
    Jul 17 - Asteroid 17473 Freddiemercury Closest Approach To Earth (1.734 AU)
    Jul 17 - Asteroid 9674 Slovenija Closest Approach To Earth (1.787 AU)
    Jul 18 - Comet C/2016 N6 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.669 AU)
    Jul 18 - Comet 94P/Russell At Opposition (3.006 AU)
    Jul 18 - Comet 233P/La Sagra At Opposition (3.189 AU)
    Jul 18 - Hendrik Lorentz's 165th Birthday (1853)
    Jul 19 - Comet 364P/PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (0.236 AU)
    Jul 19 - Comet C/2017 T3 (ATLAS) Perihelion (0.825 AU)
    Jul 19 - Asteroid 3229 Solnhofen Closest Approach To Earth (0.987 AU)
    Jul 19 - Apollo Asteroid 5011 Ptah Closest Approach To Earth (1.450 AU)
    Jul 19 - Asteroid 3115 Baily Closest Approach To Earth (1.815 AU)
    Jul 19 - Asteroid 1578 Kirkwood Closest Approach To Earth (3.565 AU)
    Jul 19 - 5th Anniversary (2013), Cassini, Earth Photo
    * Jul 20 - Asteroid 101432 Adamwest Closest Approach To Earth (1.132 AU)
    Jul 20 - Alberto Santos-Dumont's 145th Birthday (1873)
    Jul 21 - Apollo Asteroid 2012 BV26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU)
    Jul 21 - Atira Asteroid 413563 (2005 TG45) Closest Approach To Earth (0.236 AU)
    Jul 21 - Asteroid 37530 Dancingangel Closest Approach To Earth (0.918 AU)
    Jul 21 - Asteroid 588 Achilles (Jupiter Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (4.851 AU)
    Jul 21 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 16 Flyby
    Jul 21 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Mars 4 Launch (USSR Mars Mission)
    Jul 22 - Comet P/2007 T2 (Kowalski) Perihelion (0.656 AU)
    Jul 22 - Comet 267P/LONEOS Perihelion (1.241 AU)
    * Jul 22 - Comet 366P/Spacewatch Perihelion (2.278 AU)
    Jul 22 - Asteroid 3904 Honda Closest Approach To Earth (1.731 AU)
    Jul 22 - Asteroid 2224 Tucson Closest Approach To Earth (1.737 AU)
    Jul 23 - Comet 349P/Lemmon Closest Approach To Earth (2.097 AU)
    Jul 23 - Asteroid 85386 Payton Closest Approach To Earth (1.470 AU)
    Jul 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2135 Aristaeus Closest Approach To Earth (1.507 AU)
    Jul 23 - Asteroid 5249 Giza Closest Approach To Earth (2.369 AU)
    Jul 23 - 60th Anniversary (1958), Thor-Able Launch (Carried Milkie the Mouse)
    Jul 23 - Vera Rubin's 90th Birthday (1928)
    Jul 24 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Closest Approach To Earth (1.064 AU)
    Jul 24 - Asteroid 7367 Giotto Closest Approach To Earth (2.291 AU)
    Jul 24 - 70th Anniversary (1948), Marvin the Martian Debut on Looney Tunes
    Jul 24 - Henri-Alexandre Deslandres' 165th Birthday (1853)
    * Jul 25 - Galileo 23-26 Ariane 5 Launch
    Jul 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 WO371 Near-Earth Flyby (0.060 AU)
    Jul 25 - Asteroid 125071 Lugosi Closest Approach To Earth (1.452 AU)
    Jul 25 - Asteroid 8373 Stephengould Closest Approach To Earth (4.136 AU)
    Jul 25 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Mars 5 Launch (USSR Mars Orbiter)
    * Jul 26 - SSO-A Falcon 9 Launch
    Jul 26 - Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux Closest Approach To Earth (2.401 AU)
    Jul 26 - Comet 150P/LONEOS At Opposition (3.979 AU)
    Jul 26 - Asteroid 3866 Langley Closest Approach To Earth (1.925 AU)
    Jul 26 - Asteroid 30928 Jefferson Closest Approach To Earth (2.096 AU)
    Jul 26 - Lenka Kotkova's 45th Birtday (1973)
    Jul 26 - 55th Anniversary (1963), Syncom 2 Launch, 1st Geosynchronous Satellite
    Jul 27 - Total Lunar Eclipse
    Jul 27 - Mars At Opposition
    Jul 27 - Comet 138P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (1.894 AU)
    Jul 27 - Comet 114P/Wiseman-Skiff At Opposition (3.197 AU)
    Jul 27 - Atira Asteroid 1998 DK36 Closest Approach To Earth (0.594 AU)
    Jul 27 - Asteroid 6563 Steinheim Closest Approach To Earth (1.422 AU)
    Jul 27 - Asteroid 6433 Enya Closest Approach To Earth (1.424 AU)
    Jul 27 - Asteroid 8129 Michaelbusch Closest Approach To Earth (1.449 AU)
    Jul 27 - Asteroid 15058 Billcooke Closest Approach To Earth (2.145 AU)
    Jul 28 - Asteroid 1602 Indiana Closest Approach To Earth (1.445 AU)
    Jul 28 - Asteroid 3784 Chopin Closest Approach To Earth (1.640 AU)
    Jul 28 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Skylab-3 Launch
    Jul 28 - Albert Wilson's 100th Birthday (1918)
    Jul 28 - Theodor Wulf's 150th Birthday (1868)
    Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
    Jul 29 - Comet 200P/Larsen At Opposition (2.821 AU)
    Jul 29 - Apollo Asteroid 439313 (2012 VE82) Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
    Jul 29 - Asteroid 42487 Angstrom Closest Approach To Earth (1.183 AU)
    Jul 29 - Asteroid 1268 Libya Closest Approach To Earth (3.349 AU)
    Jul 30 - Asteroid 27500 Mandelbrot Closest Approach To Earth (1.834 AU)
    Jul 30 - 80th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Carme
    Jul 31 - Parker Solar Probe (Solar Probe Plus) Delta 4H Launch
    Jul 31 - Comet 3D/Biela At Opposition (1.717 AU)
    Jul 31 - Comet 3D/Biela Closest Approach To Earth (1.717 AU)
    Jul 31 - Comet 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura At Opposition (2.868 AU)
    Jul 31 - Asteroid 1896 Beer Closest Approach To Earth (1.022 AU)
    Jul 31 - Asteroid 10217 Richardcook Closest Approach To Earth (1.209 AU)
    Jul 31 - Asteroid 55 Pandora Closest Approach To Earth (1.589 AU)
    Jul 31 - Richard Oldham's 160th Birthday (1858)
    Jul 31 - John Canton's 300th Birthday (1718)

    August 2018
    Aug ?? - Crew Dragon Demo 1 (SpX-DM1) Falcon 9 Launch (Unmanned - International Space Station)
    Aug ?? - CRS-15/ECOSTRESS/MISSE-FF 2 Falcon 9 Launch (International Space Station)
    Aug ?? - BeiDou IGSO-7 CZ-3A Launch
    Aug ?? - Iridium Next 66-75 Falcon 9 Launch
    Aug ?? - INCA/ALBus/CACTUS 1/ExoCube 2/MicroMAS 2b/MiTEE 1/PolarCube/Q-PACE/
    CAPE 3/RadFxSat 2 (Fox 1E)/PICS 1 & 2 LauncherOne Launch
    Aug ?? - SAOCOM 1A/ITASAT 1 Falcon 9 Launch
    * Aug ?? - OKW-2 Kuaizhou 11 Launch
    Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
    Aug 01 - Comet C/2017 T3 (ATLAS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.351 AU)
    Aug 01 - Apollo Asteroid 420591 (2012 HF31) Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)
    Aug 01 - Asteroid 246913 Slocum Closest Approach To Earth (1.289 AU)
    Aug 01 - Asteroid 2157 Ashbrook Closest Approach To Earth (1.583 AU)
    Aug 01 - Asteroid 3197 Weissman Closest Approach To Earth (1.826 AU)
    Aug 01 - Koichi Wakata's 55th Birthday (1963)
    Aug 01 - Maria Mitchell's 200th Birthday (1818)
    Aug 02 - Asteroid 365756 ISON Closest Approach To Earth (7.776 AU)
    Aug 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 2013 AT183 At Opposition (63.748 AU)
    Aug 03 - Comet 349P/Lemmon At Opposition (2.113 AU)
    Aug 03 - Amor Asteroid 1580 Betulia Closest Approach To Earth (1.620 AU)
    Aug 03 - Asteroid 100007 Peters Closest Approach To Earth (2.136 AU)
    Aug 03 - Centaur Object 83982 Crantor At Opposition (17.832)
    Aug 04 - Apollo Asteroid 428694 Saule Closest Approach To Earth (0.806 AU)
    Aug 04 - Moon Occults Asteroid 3 Juno
    Aug 04 - Asteroid 2672 Pisek Occults HIP 12387 (4.1 Magnitude Star)
    Aug 04 - Asteroid 10050 Rayman Closest Approach To Earth (1.023 AU)
    Aug 04 - Asteroid 3808 Tempel Closest Approach To Earth (1.578 AU)
    Aug 04 - Asteroid 327 Columbia Closest Approach To Earth (1.601 AU)
    Aug 04 - Apollo Asteroid 4183 Cuno Closest Approach To Earth (1.743 AU)
    Aug 04 - Asteroid 2309 Mr. Spock Closest Approach To Earth (2.126 AU)
    Aug 04 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Zag Meteorite Fall in Morocco
    Aug 05 - Comet P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.306 AU)
    Aug 05 - Comet P/2009 SK280 (Spacewatch-Hill) At Opposition (3.431 AU)
    Aug 05 - Aten Asteroid 398188 Agni Near-Earth Flyby (0.060 AU)
    Aug 05 - Amor Asteroid 6456 Golombek Closest Approach To Earth (0.341 AU)
    Aug 05 - Asteroid 9880 Stegosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.402 AU)
    Aug 06 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
    Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
    Aug 06 - Comet P/2010 U2 (Hill) At Opposition (2.603 AU)
    Aug 06 - Comet 200P/Larsen Closest Approach To Earth (2.811 AU)
    Aug 06 - Comet C/2017 M5 (TOTAS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.038 AU)
    Aug 06 - Aten Asteroid 2011 FQ6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
    Aug 06 - Asteroid 16809 Galapagos Closest Approach To Earth (1.563 AU)
    Aug 06 - Asteroid 2620 Santana Closest Approach To Earth (1.791 AU)
    Aug 07 - Comet C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (0.758 AU)
    Aug 07 - Comet P/2011 A2 (Scotti) At Opposition (3.486 AU)
    Aug 07 - Asteroid 9957 Rafaellosanti Closest Approach To Earth (0.997 AU)
    Aug 07 - Asteroid 241418 Darmstadt Closest Approach To Earth (1.841 AU)
    Aug 07 - Apollo Asteroid 6063 Jason Closest Approach To Earth (2.795 AU)
    Aug 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 2008 OG19 At Opposition (37.703 AU)
    Aug 08 - Comet 66P/du Toit Closest Approach To Earth (0.917 AU)
    Aug 08 - Comet P/2009 SK280 (Spacewatch-Hill) Closest Approach To Earth (3.430 AU)
    Aug 08 - 40th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 2 Launch
    Aug 08 - Svetlana Savitskaya's 70th Birthday (1948)
    Aug 08 - 155th Anniversary (1863), Pillistfer Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in Estonia)
    Aug 09 - Comet 172P/Yeung Closest Approach To Earth (2.922 AU)
    Aug 09 - Comet C/2017 M5 (TOTAS) At Opposition (5.040 AU)
    Aug 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2008 HU4 Closest Approach To Earth (1.236 AU)
    Aug 09 - Asteroid 27596 Maldives Closest Approach To Earth (1.314 AU)
    Aug 09 - Asteroid 6349 Acapulco Closest Approach To Earth (1.772 AU)
    Aug 09 - Asteroid 78756 Sloan Closest Approach To Earth (2.058 AU)
    Aug 09 - Asteroid 1941 Wild Closest Approach To Earth (2.071 AU)
    Aug 10 - Comet 105P/Singer Brewster Perihelion (2.045 AU)
    Aug 10 - Comet C/2016 M1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.211 AU)
    Aug 10 - Comet 129P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (3.625 AU)
    Aug 10 - Apollo Asteroid 11500 Tomaiyowit Closest Approach To Earth (0.462 AU)
    Aug 10 - Apollo Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.551 AU)
    Aug 10 - Asteroid 1951 Lick Closest Approach To Earth (0.668 AU)
    Aug 10 - Asteroid 100267 JAXA Closest Approach To Earth (1.320 AU)
    Aug 10 - Asteroid 58221 Boston Closest Approach To Earth (2.040 AU)
    Aug 10 - Asteroid 1069 Planckia Closest Approach To Earth (2.384 AU)
    Aug 10 - Asteroid 624 Hektor (Jupiter Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (4.362 AU)
    Aug 10 - 15th Anniversary (2003), 1st Person to Marry in Space (Yuri Malenchenko)
    Aug 10 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Piancaldoli Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Italy)
    Aug 11 - Partial Solar Eclipse
    Aug 11 - Asteroid 96205 Ararat Closest Approach To Earth (1.100 AU)
    Aug 11 - Asteroid 8000 Isaac Newton Closest Approach To Earth (1.822 AU)
    Aug 12 - Comet 73P-S/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (1.028 AU)
    Aug 12 - Comet P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.300 AU)
    Aug 12 - Comet 48P/Johnson Perihelion (2.005 AU)
    Aug 12 - Asteroid 4226 Damiaan Closest Approach To Earth (1.187 AU)
    Aug 12 - Asteroid 10051 Albee Closest Approach To Earth (1.187 AU)
    Aug 12 - Asteroid 81203 Polynesia Closest Approach To Earth (1.854 AU)
    Aug 12 - Apollo Asteroid 306367 Nut Closest Approach To Earth (3.399 AU)
    Aug 12 - Centaur Object 52872 Okyrhoe At Opposition (9.793 AU)
    Aug 12 - 40th Anniversary (1978), ISEE-3 (ICE) Launch
    Aug 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2008 AG4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
    Aug 13 - Aten Asteroid 2013 ND15 (Venus Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (0.143 AU)
    Aug 13 - Asteroid 498 Tokio Closest Approach To Earth (1.083 AU)
    Aug 13 - Asteroid 17942 Whiterabbit Closest Approach To Earth (1.310 AU)
    Aug 13 - Asteroid 4134 Schutz Closest Approach To Earth (1.352 AU)
    Aug 13 - Asteroid 2034 Bernoulli Closest Approach To Earth (1.451 AU)
    Aug 13 - Asteroid 2404 Antarctica Closest Approach To Earth (1.907 AU)
    Aug 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 2015 UH87 At Opposition (80.788 AU)
    Aug 14 - Comet 3D/Biela Perihelion (0.803 AU)
    Aug 14 - Comet 245P/WISE Closest Approach To Earth (1.637 AU)
    Aug 14 - Comet P/2013 W1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.004 AU)
    Aug 14 - Asteroid 9000 Hal Closest Approach To Earth (0.780 AU)
    Aug 14 - Asteroid 4798 Mercator Closest Approach To Earth (1.088 AU)
    Aug 14 - Asteroid 9621 Michaelpalin Closest Approach To Earth (1.465 AU)
    Aug 15 - Comet C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (0.208 AU)
    Aug 15 - Comet P/2017 Y3 (Leonard) At Opposition (1.675 AU)
    Aug 15 - Amor Asteroid 2011 UA Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
    Aug 15 - Apollo Asteroid 85585 Mjolnir Closest Approach To Earth (1.273 AU)
    Aug 15 - Asteroid 16770 Angkorwat Closest Approach To Earth (1.728 AU)
    Aug 16 - HTV-7 H-2B Launch (International Space Station)
    Aug 16 - Comet 138P/Shoemaker-Levy Closest Approach To Earth (1.841 AU)
    Aug 16 - Comet 172P/Yeung At Opposition (2.929 AU)
    Aug 16 - Asteroid 4115 Peternorton Closest Approach To Earth (2.125 AU)
    Aug 16 - Stuart Roosa's 85th Birthday (1933)
    Aug 17 - Telkom 4 Falcon 9 Launch
    Aug 17 - Venus At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (46 Degrees)
    Aug 17 - Comet C/2017 U2 (Fuls) Closest Approach To Earth (6.096 AU)
    Aug 17 - Aten Asteroid 2016 JJ17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
    Aug 17 - Apollo Asteroid 4341 Poseidon Closest Approach To Earth (1.912 AU)
    Aug 17 - Gene Kranz's 85th Birthday (1933)
    Aug 18 - Comet 37P/Forbes Closest Approach To Earth (0.975 AU)
    Aug 18 - Comet 137P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (1.204 AU)
    Aug 18 - Comet 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura Closest Approach To Earth (2.824 AU)
    Aug 18 - Asteroid 7536 Fahrenheit Closest Approach To Earth (1.467 AU)
    Aug 18 - Asteroid 5335 Damocles (Burnt Out Comet) At Opposition (19.188 AU)
    Aug 18 - 150th Anniversary (1868), Jules Janssen's Discovery of Helium
    Aug 19 - OneWeb 1-10 Soyuz-STB Fregat-MT Launch
    Aug 19 - Comet P/2010 U2 (Hill) Closest Approach To Earth (2.580 AU)
    Aug 19 - Apollo Asteroid 5786 Talos Closest Approach To Earth (0.766 AU)
    Aug 19 - Leonid Kulik's 135th Birthday (1883)
    Aug 20 - Comet 48P/Johnson Closest Approach To Earth (1.014 AU)
    Aug 20 - Comet 78P/Gehrels At Opposition (1.660 AU)
    Aug 20 - Comet P/2006 F1 (Kowalski) Closest Approach To Earth (3.140 AU)
    Aug 20 - Aten Asteroid 2017 FR63 Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
    Aug 20 - Asteroid 11083 Caracas Closest Approach To Earth (1.344 AU)
    Aug 20 - Asteroid 9770 Discovery Closest Approach To Earth (1.441 AU)
    Aug 21 - Comet 293P/Spacewatch At Opposition (3.759 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 13743 Rivkin Closest Approach To Earth (0.918 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 8672 Morse Closest Approach To Earth (1.154 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 144633 Georgecarroll Closest Approach To Earth (1.731 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 3992 Wagner Closest Approach To Earth (1.774 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 4513 Louvre Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 11548 Jerrylewis Closest Approach To Earth (2.015 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 8084 Dallas Closest Approach To Earth (2.729 AU)
    Aug 22 - Comet P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) At Opposition (1.774 AU)
    Aug 22 - Comet P/2006 F1 (Kowalski) At Opposition (3.141 AU)
    Aug 22 - Comet 332P-F/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (3.563 AU)
    Aug 22 - Aten Asteroid 2015 QM3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
    Aug 22 - John Thome's 175th Birthday (1843)
    Aug 23 - Comet 48P/Johnson At Opposition (1.015 AU)
    Aug 23 - Comet 332P-B/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (3.552 AU)
    Aug 23 - Comet 332P-I/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (3.552 AU)
    Aug 23 - Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (3.554 AU)
    Aug 23 - Comet 332P-D/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (3.554 AU)
    Aug 23 - Comet 332P-A/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (3.558 AU)
    Aug 23 - Comet 332P-C/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (3.558 AU)
    Aug 23 - Comet 332P-H/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (3.558 AU)
    Aug 23 - Comet 332P-E/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (3.559 AU)
    Aug 23 - Comet P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR) At Opposition (4.186 AU)
    Aug 23 - Asteroid 188534 Mauna Kea Closest Approach To Earth (1.692 AU)
    Aug 23 - Asteroid 9499 Excalibur Closest Approach To Earth (1.948 AU)
    Aug 24 - Asteroid 2002 Euler Closest Approach To Earth (1.432 AU)
    Aug 24 - Comet C/2017 U2 (Fuls) At Opposition (6.104 AU)
    Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
    Aug 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2005 QQ87 Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
    Aug 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2012 BD14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)
    Aug 25 - Apollo Asteroid 54509 YORP Closest Approach To Earth (0.704 AU)
    Aug 25 - Asteroid 7010 Locke Closest Approach To Earth (1.122 AU)
    Aug 25 - Asteroid 35137 Meudon Closest Approach To Earth (1.205 AU)
    Aug 25 - Asteroid 11926 Orinoco Closest Approach To Earth (1.265 AU)
    Aug 25 - Asteroid 10346 Triathlon Closest Approach To Earth (1.466 AU)
    Aug 25 - Asteroid 2521 Heidi Closest Approach To Earth (2.042 AU)
    Aug 25 - Asteroid 115561 Frankherbert Closest Approach To Earth (2.364 AU)
    Aug 25 - Asteroid 6546 Kaye Closest Approach To Earth (2.521 AU)
    Aug 25 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Spitzer Space Telescope Launch
    Aug 26 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (18 Degrees)
    Aug 26 - Comet 243P/NEAT Perihelion (2.454 AU)
    Aug 26 - Comet 332P-G/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (3.540 AU)
    Aug 26 - Amor Asteroid 2016 RW17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
    Aug 26 - Asteroid 5799 Brewington Closest Approach To Earth (1.201 AU)
    Aug 27 - Crew Space Transportation 100 (CST-100) Atlas 5 Launch (Unmanned)
    Aug 27 - Progress MS-8 Reenters Earth's Atmosphere
    Aug 27 - Comet 65P/Gunn Closest Approach To Earth (2.296 AU)
    Aug 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 225088 (2007 OR10) At Opposition (87.061 AU)
    Aug 27 - Sergei Krikalev's 60th Birthday (1958)
    Aug 27 - Hal Weaver's 65th Birthday (1953)
    Aug 28 - Comet 125P/Spacewatch Perihelion (1.520 AU)
    Aug 28 - Comet C/2017 P2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.895 AU)
    Aug 28 - Comet 81P/Wild At Opposition (3.832 AU)
    Aug 28 - Aten Asteroid 2016 GK135 Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU)
    Aug 28 - Apollo Asteroid 358744 (2008 CR118) Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
    Aug 28 - Apollo Asteroid 12711 Tukmit Closest Approach To Earth (0.652 AU)
    Aug 28 - Asteroid 9622 Terryjones Closest Approach To Earth (1.425 AU)
    Aug 28 - Asteroid 1193 Africa Closest Approach To Earth (1.730 AU)
    Aug 28 - Asteroid 3688 Navajo Closest Approach To Earth (3.752 AU)

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