• Space Calendar - June 22, 2018 (6/6)

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    May 12 - Asteroid 71000 Hughdowns Closest Approach To Earth (2.167 AU)
    May 12 - Kuiper Belt Object 90568 (2004 GV9) At Opposition (38.611 AU)
    May 13 - Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh Closest Approach To Earth (2.863 AU)
    May 13 - Comet P/2007 R2 (Gibbs) At Opposition (2.970 AU)
    May 13 - Comet 162P/Siding Spring At Opposition (3.261 AU)
    May 13 - Comet 224P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (3.817 AU)
    May 13 - Comet 316P/LONEOS-Christensen At Opposition (3.913 AU)
    May 13 - Comet P/2015 Q1 (Scotti) At Opposition (4.063 AU)
    May 13 - Asteroid 5720 Halweaver Closest Approach To Earth (1.367 AU)
    May 14 - Comet C/2017 M4 (ATLAS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.481 AU)
    May 14 - Comet 141P-D/Machholz At Opposition (3.731 AU)
    May 14 - Comet P/2008 QP20 (LINEAR-Hill) At Opposition (4.123 AU)
    May 14 - 10th Anniversary (2009), Herschel/Planck Launch
    May 14 - 70th Anniversary (1949), Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu Captured Into Jupiter Orbit
    May 14 - 155th Anniversary (1864), Orgueil Meteorite Shower in France
    May 14 - Peder Horrebow's 340th Birthday (1679)
    May 15 - Comet 183P/Korlevic-Juric Closest Approach To Earth (3.255 AU)
    May 15 - Comet 141P-A/Machholz At Opposition (3.673 AU)
    May 15 - Comet 141P/Machholz At Opposition (3.674 AU)
    May 15 - Comet P/2004 R3 (LINEAR-NEAT) At Opposition (3.937 AU)
    May 15 - Comet 265P/LINEAR At Opposition (4.082 AU)
    May 15 - Asteroid 5261 Eureka Closest Approach To Earth (0.565 AU)
    May 15 - Asteroid 9998 ISO Closest Approach To Earth (1.320 AU)
    May 15 - Asteroid 67085 Oppenheimer Closest Approach To Earth (1.691 AU)
    May 15 - Frank Culbertson's 70th Birthday (1949)
    May 16 - 50th Anniversary (1969), Venera 5, Venus Impact
    May 16 - Asteroid 15845 Bambi Closest Approach To Earth (1.550 AU)
    May 16 - Asteroid 10637 Heimlich Closest Approach To Earth (2.181 AU)
    May 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 65407 (2002 RP120) At Opposition (30.810 AU)
    May 16 - Roy Kerr's 85th Birthday (1934)
    May 17 - 50th Anniversary (1969), Venera 6, Venus Impact
    May 17 - Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh At Opposition (2.865 AU)
    May 17 - Asteroid 3263 Bligh Closest Approach To Earth (1.539 AU)
    May 17 - Asteroid 20 Massalia Closest Approach To Earth (1.617 AU)
    May 17 - Kuiper Belt Object 2015 BP519 At Opposition (52.674 AU)
    May 17 - 20th Anniversary (1999), STS-96 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, International Space Station)
    May 18 - Blue Moon
    May 18 - Venus Passes 1.1 Degrees From Uranus
    May 18 - 50th Anniversary (1969), Apollo 10 Launch
    May 18 - Comet P/2003 T12 (SOHO) At Opposition (2.640 AU)
    May 18 - Comet 206P/Barnard-Boattini At Opposition (3.671 AU)
    May 18 - Apollo Asteroid 2012 KT12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.008 AU)
    May 18 - Asteroid 12927 Pinocchio Closest Approach To Earth (1.581 AU)
    May 18 - Asteroid 19148 Alaska Closest Approach To Earth (1.899 AU)
    May 18 - Neptune Trojan 2010 TS191 At Opposition (29.665 AU)
    May 19 - Moon Occults Dwarf Planet Ceres
    May 19 - Comet P/2018 C1 (Lemmon-Read) At Opposition (3.077 AU)
    May 19 - Comet 183P/Korlevic-Juric At Opposition (3.257 AU)
    May 19 - Asteroid 9951 Tyrannosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.232 AU)
    May 19 - Asteroid 2022 West Closest Approach To Earth (2.006 AU)
    May 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 2015 KH162 At Opposition (58.988 AU)
    May 19 - 15th Anniversary (2004), Hayabusa (MUSES-C), Earth Flyby
    May 19 - Dick Scobee's 80th Birthday (1939)
    May 20 - Comet C/2017 M4 (ATLAS) At Opposition (2.489 AU)
    May 20 - Comet P/2017 W3 (Gibbs) At Opposition (3.692 AU)
    May 20 - Apollo Asteroid 68950 (2002 QF15) Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)
    May 20 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 QP16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
    May 20 - Asteroid 736 Harvard Closest Approach To Earth (1.234 AU)
    May 20 - Asteroid 4345 Rachmaninoff Closest Approach To Earth (1.948 AU)
    May 21 - Asteroid 9618 Johncleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.451 AU)
    May 21 - Asteroid 1197 Rhodesia Closest Approach To Earth (1.549 AU)
    May 21 - Asteroid 171183 Haleakala Closest Approach To Earth (1.917 AU)
    May 21 - C. Michelle Olmstead's 50th Birthday (1969)
    May 22 - Moon Occults Saturn
    May 22 - Comet 312P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (2.804 AU)
    May 22 - Comet 16P/Brooks At Opposition (3.593 AU)
    May 22 - Comet 158P/Kowal-LINEAR At Opposition (3.861 AU)
    May 22 - Asteroid 9341 Gracekelly Closest Approach To Earth (1.523 AU)
    May 22 - Asteroid 8256 Shenzhou Closest Approach To Earth (1.733 AU)
    May 22 - Peter Kusnirak's 45th Birthday (1974)
    May 23 - Moon Occults Dwarf Planet Pluto
    May 23 - Comet 158P/Kowal-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (3.861 AU)
    May 23 - Apollo Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Closest Approach To Earth (2.978 AU)
    May 23 - 115th Anniversary (1904), 1st Flight of Wright Brother's 2nd Plane (Flyer II)
    May 24 - Comet P/2008 WZ96 (LINEAR) At Opposition (3.764 AU)
    May 24 - Asteroid 2956 Yeomans Closest Approach To Earth (1.503 AU)
    May 24 - Asteroid 172996 Stooke Closest Approach To Earth (1.612 AU)
    May 24 - Asteroid 12104 Chesley Closest Approach To Earth (1.931 AU)
    May 24 - Ivan Yarkovsky's 175th Birthday (1844)
    May 24 - William Gilbert's 475th Birthday (1544)
    May 25 - Towel Day - Annual Tribute to Douglas Adams
    May 25 - Comet 363P/Lemmon Closest Approach To Earth (2.718 AU)
    May 25 - Aten Asteroid 66391 (1999 KW4) Near-Earth Flyby (0.035 AU)
    May 25 - Aten Asteroid 2015 KQ18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
    May 25 - Igor Sikorsky's 130th Birthday (1889)
    May 25 - John Tebbutt's 185th Birthday (1834)
    May 26 - Comet P/2005 T2 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth (2.133 AU)
    May 26 - Asteroid 342843 Davidbowie Closest Approach To Earth (1.841 AU)
    May 26 - Otto Neugebauer's 120th Birthday (1899)
    May 26 - Henri Farman's 145th Birthday (1874)
    May 27 - Asteroid 116939 Jonstewart Closest Approach To Earth (1.033 AU)
    May 27 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Closest Approach To Earth (1.751 AU)
    May 28 - Comet P/2007 R2 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (2.937 AU)
    May 28 - Plutino 2006 HJ123 At Opposition (32.782 AU)
    May 28 - 60th Anniversary (1959), Jupiter C Launch Of Two Monkeys (Able & Baker)
    May 28 - Milutin Milankovic's 140th Birthday (1879)
    May 28 - Edward Charles Howard's 245th Birthday (1774)
    May 29 - 100th Anniversary (1919), Solar Eclipse Confirms Einstein's General Theory Of Relativity
    May 29 - Comet 306P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.748 AU)
    May 29 - Comet 3D/Biela At Opposition (2.381 AU)
    May 29 - Aten Asteroid 2003 LH Near-Earth Flyby (0.040 AU)
    May 29 - 45th Anniversary (1974), Luna 22 Launch (Soviet Moon Orbiter)
    May 29 - Peter Higgs' 90th Birthday (1929)
    May 30 - Moon Occults Asteroid 4 Vesta
    May 30 - Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu At Opposition (3.818 AU)
    May 30 - Apollo Asteroid 2011 HP Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
    May 30 - Asteroid 1631 Kopff Closest Approach To Earth (1.143 AU)
    May 30 - Asteroid 6470 Aldrin Closest Approach To Earth (1.530 AU)
    May 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 JO179 At Opposition (58.249 AU)
    May 30 - Ken Lawrence's 55th Birthday (1964)
    May 30 - Claudia Alexander's 60th Birthday (1959)
    May 30 - Alexey Leonov's 85th Birthday (1934)
    May 31 - Comet 191P/McNaught At Opposition (3.202 AU)
    May 31 - Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR At Opposition (3.344 AU)
    May 31 - Comet 108P/Ciffreo At Opposition (4.225 AU)
    May 31 - Asteroid 63163 Jerusalem Closest Approach To Earth (1.486 AU)
    May 31 - Asteroid 301 Bavaria Closest Approach To Earth (1.543 AU)
    May 31 - Asteroid 3001 Michelangelo Closest Approach To Earth (1.556 AU)
    May 31 - Plutino 38628 Huya At Opposition (27.684 AU)

    June 2019
    * Jun ?? - CBERS 4A/Ziyuan 1E2 CZ-4B Launch
    * Jun 01 - Comet 230P/LINEAR At Opposition (4.278 AU)
    * Jun 01 - Asteroid 4923 Clarke Closest Approach To Earth (0.840 AU)
    * Jun 01 - Asteroid 3123 Dunham Closest Approach To Earth (1.472 AU)
    * Jun 01 - Neptune Trojan 2010 TT191 At Opposition (33.195 AU)
    * Jun 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 470308 (2007 JH43) At Opposition (39.548 AU)
    * Jun 03 - Comet 202P/Scotti At Opposition (3.922 AU)
    * Jun 03 - Asteroid 2398 Jilin Closest Approach To Earth (1.860 AU)
    * Jun 03 - Asteroid 11908 Nicaragua Closest Approach To Earth (1.868 AU)
    * Jun 03 - Asteroid 1877 Marsden Closest Approach To Earth (2.402 AU)
    * Jun 03 - David Gregory's 360th Birthday (1659)
    * Jun 04 - Comet P/2003 T12 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (2.596 AU)
    * Jun 04 - Comet 304P/Ory At Opposition (2.761 AU)
    * Jun 04 - Aten Asteroid 2014 JU15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)
    * Jun 05 - Comet 222P/LINEAR Perihelion (0.828 AU)
    * Jun 05 - Comet P/2006 H1 (McNaught) At Opposition (1.882 AU)
    * Jun 05 - John Couch Adams' 200th Birthday (1819)
    * Jun 06 - Aten Asteroid 2014 MF18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
    * Jun 06 - Asteroid 1217 Maximiliana Closest Approach To Earth (0.992 AU)
    * Jun 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 278361 (2007 JJ43) At Opposition (39.923 AU)
    * Jun 07 - Comet 113P/Spitaler At Opposition (4.177 AU)
    * Jun 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 BM93 Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)
    * Jun 07 - Asteroid 13801 Kohlhase Closest Approach To Earth (1.685 AU)
    * Jun 07 - Asteroid 4169 Celsius Closest Approach To Earth (2.750 AU)
    * Jun 08 - World Oceans Day
    * Jun 08 - Asteroid 2322 Kitt Peak Closest Approach To Earth (1.339 AU)
    * Jun 08 - Asteroid 58671 Diplodocus Closest Approach To Earth (1.345 AU)
    * Jun 08 - Asteroid 5035 Swift Closest Approach To Earth (1.960 AU)
    * Jun 08 - Asteroid 1537 Transylvania Closest Approach To Earth (2.416 AU)
    * Jun 09 - Comet 363P/Lemmon At Opposition (2.752 AU)
    * Jun 09 - Comet 186P/Garradd Closest Approach To Earth (3.516 AU)
    * Jun 09 - Comet 186P/Garradd At Opposition (3.516 AU)
    * Jun 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 XY2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
    * Jun 09 - Asteroid 5392 Parker Closest Approach To Earth (1.523 AU)
    * Jun 09 - Asteroid 4628 Laplace Closest Approach To Earth (1.635 AU)
    * Jun 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 KZ39 At Opposition (44.988 AU)
    * Jun 10 - Jupiter At Opposition
    * Jun 10 - 10th Anniversary (2009), Selene (Kaguya) Spacecraft Impacted the Moon (Japan)
    * Jun 10 - Richard Hill's 70th Birthday (1949)
    * Jun 10 - Jim McDivitt's 90th Birthday (1929)
    * Jun 10 - George Dollond's 245th Birthday (1774)
    * Jun 11 - 15th Anniversary (2004), Cassini, Phoebe Flyby
    * Jun 11 - 70th Anniversary (1949), Kunashak Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Russia)
    * Jun 11 - William Brook's 175th Birthday (1844)
    * Jun 11 - Asteroid 9387 Tweeddledee Closest Approach To Earth (1.166 AU)
    * Jun 12 - Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR At Opposition (3.156 AU)
    * Jun 12 - Apollo Asteroid 2011 TC4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
    * Jun 12 - Asteroid 6296 Cleveland Closest Approach To Earth (0.979 AU)
    * Jun 12 - Asteroid 249519 Whitneyclavin Closest Approach To Earth (1.441 AU)
    * Jun 12 - 15th Anniversary (2004), Ellerslie Meteorite Fall (Hit House in New Zealand)
    * Jun 12 - 30th Anniversary (1989), Opotiki Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in New Zealand)
    * Jun 13 - Comet 209P/LINEAR Perihelion (0.968 AU)
    * Jun 13 - Comet P/2006 S1 (Christensen) At Opposition (1.021 AU)
    * Jun 13 - Comet 235P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.643 AU)
    * Jun 13 - Comet 201P/LONEOS At Opposition (3.964 AU)
    * Jun 13 - Asteroid 3043 San Diego Closest Approach To Earth (1.150 AU)
    * Jun 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 174567 Varda At Opposition (45.633 AU)
    * Jun 13 - Ann Druyan's 65th Birthday (1949)
    * Jun 14 - Comet 68P/Klemol At Opposition (1.330 AU)
    * Jun 14 - Comet 231P/LINEAR-NEAT Perihelion (3.022 AU)
    * Jun 14 - Apollo Asteroid 1866 Sisyphus Closest Approach To Earth (0.450 AU)
    * Jun 14 - Neptune Trojan 2013 KY18 At Opposition (28.905 AU)
    * Jun 14 - 25th Anniversary (1994), St. Robert Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Canada)
    * Jun 14 - 70th Anniversary (1949), V-2 Launch Carrying Albert II, the Rhesus Monkey
    * Jun 14 - Asteroid 7853 Confucius Closest Approach To Earth (1.992 AU)
    * Jun 14 - Nilakantha Somayaji's 575th Birthday (1444)
    * Jun 15 - STPSat-6 Atlas 5 Launch
    * Jun 15 - Moon Occults Dwarf Planet Ceres
    * Jun 16 - Comet P/2000 R2 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.624 AU)
    * Jun 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 XZ1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
    * Jun 16 - Asteroid 3837 Carr Closest Approach To Earth (1.244 AU)
    * Jun 16 - Asteroid 1816 Liberia Closest Approach To Earth (1.735 AU)
    * Jun 16 - Asteroid 4252 Godwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.393 AU)
    * Jun 16 - Asteroid 25275 Jocelynbell Closest Approach To Earth (1.583 AU)
    * Jun 17 - Asteroid 3155 Lee Closest Approach To Earth (1.542 AU)
    * Jun 18 - Asteroid 1001 Gaussia Closest Approach To Earth (2.478 AU)
    * Jun 18 - 10th Anniversary (2009), Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)/Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Launch
    * Jun 18 - 130th Anniversay (1889), Mighei Meteorite Fall in USSR
    * Jun 18 - William Lassell's 220th Birthday (1799)
    * Jun 19 - Moon Occults Saturn
    * Jun 19 - Moon Occults Dwarf Planet Pluto
    * Jun 19 - Mercury Passes 0.2 Degrees from Mars
    * Jun 19 - Comet P/1999 RO28 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.513 AU)
    * Jun 19 - Comet 261P/Larson Perihelion (2.013 AU)
    * Jun 19 - Aten Asteroid 2014 MV18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
    * Jun 19 - Aten Asteroid 2014 OL339 Closest Approach To Earth (0.293 AU)
    * Jun 19 - Plutino 28978 Ixion At Opposition (38.212 AU)
    * Jun 19 - 15th Anniversary (2004), Discovery of Asteroid 99942 Apophis
    * Jun 20 - Comet 304P/Ory Closest Approach TO Earth (2.722 AU)
    * Jun 20 - Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan At Opposition (3.441 AU)
    * Jun 20 - Ilan Ramon's 65th Birthday (1954)
    * Jun 20 - John Paraskevopoulos' 130th Birthday (1889)
    * Jun 21 - Summer Solstice, 15:54 UT
    * Jun 21 - Comet 120P/Mueller At Opposition (3.383 AU)
    * Jun 21 - Comet 118P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (3.942 AU)
    * Jun 21 - Comet P/2017 B4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.037 AU)
    * Jun 21 - Aten Asteroid 2010 RX30 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
    * Jun 21 - Asteroid 274300 UNESCO Closest Approach To Earth (1.110 AU)
    * Jun 21 - Asteroid 5053 Chladni Closest Approach To Earth (1.495 AU)
    * Jun 21 - 15th Anniversary (2004), SpaceShipOne Launch (1st Private Manned Space Launch)
    * Jun 21 - Oleg Kononenko's 55th Birthtday (1964)
    * Jun 22 - Comet 255P/Levy At Opposition (3.920 AU)
    * Jun 22 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 WQ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
    * Jun 22 - Apollo Asteroid 11066 Sigurd Closest Approach To Earth (1.161 AU)
    * Jun 22 - Asteroid 2906 Caltech Closest Approach To Earth (2.253 AU)
    * Jun 23 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (25 Degrees)
    * Jun 23 - Comet P/2006 H1 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (1.842 AU)
    * Jun 23 - Comet 235P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.657 AU)
    * Jun 23 - Asteroid 44597 Thoreau Closest Approach To Earth (1.085 AU)
    * Jun 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2063 Bacchus Closest Approach To Earth (1.574 AU)
    * Jun 23 - Centaur Object 5145 Pholus At Opposition (27.282 AU)
    * Jun 23 - 10th Anniversary (2009), Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Lunar Orbit Insertion
    * Jun 24 - Aten Asteroid 441987 (2010 NY65) Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
    * Jun 24 - Amor Asteroid 2011 HT Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
    * Jun 24 - Asteroid 7470 Jabberwock Closest Approach To Earth (1.187 AU)
    * Jun 24 - Asteroid 12432 Usuda Closest Approach To Earth (2.128 AU)
    * Jun 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar At Opposition (41.849 AU)
    * Jun 24 - 20th Anniversary (1999), Cassini, 2nd Venus Flyby
    * Jun 24 - 45th Anniversary (1974), Salyut 3 Launch (USSR Space Station)
    * Jun 24 - Carolyn Shoemaker's 90th Birthday (1929)
    * Jun 25 - Asteroid 3473 Sapporo Closest Approach To Earth (1.292 AU)
    * Jun 25 - Hermann Oberth's 125th Birthday (1894)
    * Jun 26 - Comet 322P/SOHO Closest Approach To Earth (0.913 AU)
    * Jun 26 - Comet 311P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (1.383 AU)
    * Jun 26 - Comet 30P/Reinmuth At Opposition (3.612 AU)
    * Jun 26 - Apollo Asteroid 4769 Castalia Closest Approach To Earth (1.511 AU)
    * Jun 26 - Lyman Spitzer's 105th Birthday (1914)
    * Jun 26 - William Thomson's 195th Birthday (1824)
    * Jun 27 - Comet 254P/McNaught At Opposition (2.991 AU)
    * Jun 27 - Aten Asteroid 2008 KV2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)
    * Jun 27 - Asteroid 19695 Billnye Closest Approach To Earth (1.139 AU)
    * Jun 27 - Asteroid 7850 Buenos Aires Closest Approach To Earth (1.227 AU)
    * Jun 28 - Amor Asteroid 2016 NN15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
    * Jun 28 - Aten Asteroid 494999 (2010 JU39) Near-Earth Flyby (0.060 AU)
    * Jun 28 - Apollo Asteroid 2013 WR45 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
    * Jun 28 - Asteroid 1071 Brita Closest Approach To Earth (2.084 AU)
    * Jun 29 - Comet 311P/PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (1.382 AU)
    * Jun 29 - Comet 348P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (3.121 AU)
    * Jun 29 - Asteroid 5841 Stone Closest Approach To Earth (1.102 AU)
    * Jun 29 - Apollo Asteroid 3361 Orpheus Closest Approach To Earth (1.343 AU)
    * Jun 29 - Asteroid 163800 Richardnorton Closest Approach To Earth (1.809 AU)
    * Jun 29 - Asteroid 5870 Baltimore Closest Approach To Earth (2.903 AU)
    * Jun 29 - Carlyle Beals' 120th Birthday (1899)
    * Jun 30 - Asteroid Day
    * Jun 30 - Asteroid 2912 Lapalma Closest Approach To Earth (1.276 AU)
    * Jun 30 - 15th Anniversary (2004), Cassini, Saturn Orbit Insertion
    * Jun 30 - 35th Anniversary (1984), Aomori Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in Japan)

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