• Space Calendar - July 22, 2018 (1/6)

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

    July 2018
    Jul ?? - Oceansat-3 PSLV-CA Launch
    Jul ?? - Unicorn 2A/Delfi-PQ 1 Vector-R Launch
    Jul ?? - Bars-M Soyuz-2.1a Launch
    Jul ?? - GSAT-29 GSLV Mk III Launch
    Jul ?? - GLONASS-M 756 Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
    * Jul ?? - CICERO/Outernet 1/Lemur-2 Electron Launch
    * Jul 22 - Telstar 19V Falcon 9 Launch
    Jul 22 - Comet 267P/LONEOS Perihelion (1.241 AU)
    Jul 22 - Comet 366P/Spacewatch Perihelion (2.278 AU)
    * Jul 22 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 OL Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
    Jul 22 - Asteroid 3904 Honda Closest Approach To Earth (1.731 AU)
    Jul 22 - Asteroid 2224 Tucson Closest Approach To Earth (1.738 AU)
    Jul 23 - Comet 349P/Lemmon Closest Approach To Earth (2.097 AU)
    Jul 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 ME5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
    Jul 23 - Asteroid 85386 Payton Closest Approach To Earth (1.471 AU)
    Jul 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2135 Aristaeus Closest Approach To Earth (1.507 AU)
    Jul 23 - Asteroid 5249 Giza Closest Approach To Earth (2.368 AU)
    Jul 23 - 60th Anniversary (1958), Thor-Able Launch (Carried Milkie the Mouse)
    Jul 23 - Vera Rubin's 90th Birthday (1928)
    * Jul 24 - Comet C/2018 M1 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (1.229 AU)
    Jul 24 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Closest Approach To Earth (1.068 AU)
    Jul 24 - Asteroid 7367 Giotto Closest Approach To Earth (2.289 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 - Iridium Next 56-65 Falcon 9 Launch
    Jul 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 WO371 Near-Earth Flyby (0.060 AU)
    Jul 25 - Aten Asteroid 2018 GR4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
    Jul 25 - Asteroid 125071 Lugosi Closest Approach To Earth (1.453 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 - Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux Closest Approach To Earth (2.401 AU)
    Jul 26 - Comet 150P/LONEOS At Opposition (3.979 AU)
    Jul 26 - Asteroid 30928 Jefferson Closest Approach To Earth (2.095 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 C/2018 N1 (NEOWISE) Closest Approach To Earth (0.306 AU)
    * Jul 27 - Comet C/2018 N1 (NEOWISE) At Opposition (0.306 AU)
    * Jul 27 - Comet P/2007 T2 (Kowalski) Perihelion (0.655 AU)
    Jul 27 - Comet 138P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (1.894 AU)
    Jul 27 - Comet 114P/Wiseman-Skiff At Opposition (3.197 AU)
    * Jul 27 - Aten Asteroid 2018 NR1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
    Jul 27 - Atira Asteroid 1998 DK36 Closest Approach To Earth (0.594 AU)
    Jul 27 - Asteroid 6563 Steinheim Closest Approach To Earth (1.424 AU)
    Jul 27 - Asteroid 6433 Enya Closest Approach To Earth (1.424 AU)
    Jul 27 - Asteroid 8129 Michaelbusch Closest Approach To Earth (1.450 AU)
    Jul 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 2017 OF69 At Opposition (42.789 AU)
    Jul 28 - Asteroid 1602 Indiana Closest Approach To Earth (1.446 AU)
    Jul 28 - Asteroid 3784 Chopin Closest Approach To Earth (1.640 AU)
    Jul 28 - Asteroid 15058 Billcooke Closest Approach To Earth (2.145 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 (1.185 AU)
    Jul 29 - Asteroid 1268 Libya Closest Approach To Earth (3.348 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 - 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 10217 Richardcook Closest Approach To Earth (1.210 AU)
    Jul 31 - Asteroid 55 Pandora Closest Approach To Earth (1.588 AU)
    Jul 31 - Richard Oldham's 160th Birthday (1858)
    Jul 31 - John Canton's 300th Birthday (1718)

    August 2018
    Aug ?? - BeiDou IGSO-7 CZ-3A Launch
    Aug ?? - OKW-2 Kuaizhou 11 Launch
    * Aug ?? - Es'hail 2 Falcon 9 Launch
    * Aug ?? - BlackSky Global 1/Centauri I PSLV Launch
    Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
    * Aug 01 - Comet C/2018 N1 (NEOWISE) Perihelion (1.307 AU)
    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 1896 Beer Closest Approach To Earth (1.025 AU)
    Aug 01 - Asteroid 246913 Slocum Closest Approach To Earth (1.289 AU)
    Aug 01 - Asteroid 2157 Ashbrook Closest Approach To Earth (1.584 AU)
    Aug 01 - Asteroid 3197 Weissman Closest Approach To Earth (1.825 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 (2.134 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 327 Columbia Closest Approach To Earth (1.600 AU)
    Aug 04 - Apollo Asteroid 4183 Cuno Closest Approach To Earth (1.743 AU)
    Aug 04 - Asteroid 2309 Mr. Spock Closest Approach To Earth (2.124 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 (1.403 AU)
    Aug 05 - Asteroid 3808 Tempel Closest Approach To Earth (1.578 AU)
    * Aug 06 - Parker Solar Probe (Solar Probe Plus) Delta 4H Launch
    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 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 - Aten Asteroid 2018 MD7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU)
    Aug 07 - Asteroid 9957 Rafaellosanti Closest Approach To Earth (0.998 AU)
    Aug 07 - Asteroid 16809 Galapagos Closest Approach To Earth (1.563 AU)
    Aug 07 - Asteroid 2620 Santana Closest Approach To Earth (1.789 AU)
    Aug 07 - Asteroid 241418 Darmstadt Closest Approach To Earth (1.839 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 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 OG Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 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 (5.039 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 (2.056 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 58221 Boston Closest Approach To Earth (2.039 AU)
    Aug 10 - Asteroid 1941 Wild Closest Approach To Earth (2.070 AU)
    Aug 10 - Asteroid 1069 Planckia Closest Approach To Earth (2.382 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 100267 JAXA Closest Approach To Earth (1.321 AU)
    Aug 11 - Asteroid 8000 Isaac Newton Closest Approach To Earth (1.820 AU)
    Aug 11 - Asteroid 624 Hektor (Jupiter Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (4.362 AU)
    * Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
    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 (1.186 AU)
    Aug 12 - Asteroid 81203 Polynesia Closest Approach To Earth (1.853 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 10051 Albee Closest Approach To Earth (1.186 AU)
    Aug 13 - Asteroid 17942 Whiterabbit Closest Approach To Earth (1.310 AU)
    Aug 13 - Asteroid 2034 Bernoulli Closest Approach To Earth (1.450 AU)
    Aug 13 - Asteroid 2404 Antarctica Closest Approach To Earth (1.905 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 (0.781 AU)
    Aug 14 - Asteroid 4798 Mercator Closest Approach To Earth (1.088 AU)
    Aug 14 - Asteroid 4134 Schutz Closest Approach To Earth (1.352 AU)
    Aug 14 - Asteroid 9621 Michaelpalin Closest Approach To Earth (1.464 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 - Comet C/2018 EN4 (NEOWISE) Closest Approach To Earth (2.113 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 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 16770 Angkorwat Closest Approach To Earth (1.726 AU)
    Aug 16 - Asteroid 4115 Peternorton Closest Approach To Earth (2.123 AU)
    Aug 16 - Stuart Roosa's 85th Birthday (1933)
    Aug 17 - Telkom 4 (Merah Putih) Falcon 9 Launch
    * Aug 17 - Telstar 18V/APStar 5C 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 5335 Damocles (Burnt Out Comet) At Opposition (19.188 AU)
    Aug 18 - 150th Anniversary (1868), Jules Janssen's Discovery of Helium
    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 - Asteroid 7536 Fahrenheit Closest Approach To Earth (1.466 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 9770 Discovery Closest Approach To Earth (1.441 AU)
    * Aug 21 - ADM-Aeolus (Earth Explorer 4) Vega Launch
    Aug 21 - Comet 293P/Spacewatch At Opposition (3.759 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 13743 Rivkin Closest Approach To Earth (0.919 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 8672 Morse Closest Approach To Earth (1.154 AU)
    * Aug 21 - Asteroid 11083 Caracas Closest Approach To Earth (1.343 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 144633 Georgecarroll Closest Approach To Earth (1.729 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 4513 Louvre Closest Approach To Earth (2.011 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 11548 Jerrylewis Closest Approach To Earth (2.014 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 - Asteroid 3992 Wagner Closest Approach To Earth (1.772 AU)
    * Aug 22 - Asteroid 8084 Dallas Closest Approach To Earth (2.729 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 (1.690 AU)
    Aug 23 - Asteroid 9499 Excalibur Closest Approach To Earth (1.946 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 (1.121 AU)
    Aug 25 - Asteroid 35137 Meudon Closest Approach To Earth (1.206 AU)
    Aug 25 - Asteroid 11926 Orinoco Closest Approach To Earth (1.264 AU)
    Aug 25 - Asteroid 10346 Triathlon Closest Approach To Earth (1.467 AU)
    Aug 25 - Asteroid 2521 Heidi Closest Approach To Earth (2.041 AU)
    Aug 25 - Asteroid 6546 Kaye Closest Approach To Earth (2.520 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 26 - Asteroid 115561 Frankherbert Closest Approach To Earth (2.364 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 - Amor Asteroid 2018 LQ2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 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 (1.424 AU)
    Aug 28 - 25th Anniversary (1993), Galileo Flyby of Asteroids Ida & Dactyl
    Aug 29 - Comet P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) Closest Approach To Earth (1.767 AU)
    Aug 29 - Comet C/2015 V1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.872 AU)
    Aug 29 - Comet P/2004 WR9 (LINEAR) At Opposition (4.091 AU)
    Aug 29 - Aten Asteroid 1998 SD9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.011 AU)
    Aug 29 - Aten Asteroid 2016 NF23 Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU)
    * Aug 29 - Asteroid 1193 Africa Closest Approach To Earth (1.729 AU)
    Aug 29 - Asteroid 51823 Rickhusband Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU)
    Aug 29 - Asteroid 1691 Oort Closest Approach To Earth (1.929 AU)
    Aug 29 - Asteroid 10463 Bannister Closest Approach To Earth (2.045 AU)
    * Aug 29 - Asteroid 3688 Navajo Closest Approach To Earth (3.752 AU)
    Aug 30 - Comet 245P/WISE At Opposition (1.673 AU)
    * Aug 30 - Comet C/2017 U7 At Opposition (6.085 AU)
    Aug 30 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 DE1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
    Aug 30 - Asteroid 31556 Shatner Closest Approach To Earth (1.117 AU)
    Aug 30 - Asteroid 6143 Pythagoras Closest Approach To Earth (1.652 AU)
    Aug 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 408706 (2004 NT33) At Opposition (38.293 AU)
    Aug 30 - 35th Anniversary (1983), STS-8 Launch (Space Shuttle Challenger, 1st African America in Space - Guion Bluford)
    Aug 31 - Comet 266P/Christensen At Opposition (2.880 AU)
    Aug 31 - Comet P/2009 WX51 (Catalina) At Opposition (4.237 AU)
    Aug 31 - Aten Asteroid 136818 Selqet Closest Approach To Earth (0.290 AU)
    Aug 31 - Asteroid 8722 Schirra Closest Approach To Earth (0.777 AU)
    * Aug 31 - Asteroid 1743 Schmidt Closest Approach To Earth (1.744 AU)
    * Aug 31 - Asteroid 2127 Tanya Closest Approach To Earth (2.155 AU)
    Aug 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 307982 (2004 PG115) At Opposition (37.432 AU)
    Aug 31 - Pavel Vinogradov's 65th Birthday (1953)
    Aug 31 - Bernard Lovell's 105th Birthday (1913)

    September 2018
    Sep ?? - Chinese-French Oceanography Satellite (CFOSAT) CZ-2C Launch
    Sep ?? - BeiDou-3 (M11 & M12) CZ-3C/YZ-1 Launch
    Sep ?? - GSAT-7A GSLV Mk II Launch
    Sep ?? - CAS 6 CZ-11 Launch
    Sep 01 - Comet 2P/Encke At Opposition (3.055 AU)
    Sep 01 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 RL16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
    Sep 01 - Atira Asteroid 2015 DR215 Closest Approach To Earth (0.650 AU)
    Sep 01 - Asteroid 18932 Robinhood Closest Approach To Earth (0.841 AU)
    Sep 01 - Asteroid 3665 Fitzgerald Closest Approach To Earth (1.308 AU)
    Sep 01 - Apollo Asteroid 2201 Oljato Closest Approach To Earth (1.468 AU)
    Sep 01 - Asteroid 11195 Woomera Closest Approach To Earth (1.555 AU)
    Sep 01 - Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake Closest Approach To Earth (1.606 AU)
    * Sep 01 - Asteroid 7307 Takei Closest Approach To Earth (1.979 AU)
    Sep 01 - Centaur Object 7066 Nessus At Opposition (27.311 AU)
    Sep 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 2003 QX113 At Opposition (59.148 AU)
    Sep 01 - Shawn Hermann's 45th Birthday (1973)
    Sep 01 - 90th Anniversary (1928), Discovery of the Winona Meteorite in Arizona
    Sep 01 - Osten Bergstrand's 145th Birthday (1873)
    Sep 02 - Apollo Asteroid 2001 RQ17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
    Sep 02 - Apollo Asteroid 2011 CX46 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
    Sep 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar Occults 2UCAC 26280876 (12.6 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 02 - Plutino 175113 (2004 PF115) At Opposition (40.571 AU)
    Sep 02 - Christa McAuliffe's 70th Birthday (1948)
    Sep 02 - Valentin Glushko's 110th Birthday (1908)
    Sep 03 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
    Sep 03 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 FP118 Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
    Sep 03 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 DQ35 Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)
    Sep 03 - Asteroid 17681 Tweedledum Closest Approach To Earth (1.002 AU)
    Sep 03 - Asteroid 4758 Hermitage Closest Approach To Earth (1.649 AU)
    Sep 03 - Asteroid 42522 Chuckberry Closest Approach To Earth (1.764 AU)
    Sep 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 120178 (2003 OP32) At Opposition (41.368 AU)
    Sep 03 - Lyudmila Karachkina's 70th Birthday (1948)
    Sep 04 - Comet 73P-S/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (0.893 AU)
    Sep 04 - Comet 65P/Gunn At Opposition (2.305 AU)
    Sep 04 - Asteroid 11055 Honduras Closest Approach To Earth (1.128 AU)
    * Sep 04 - Asteroid 149244 Kriegh Closest Approach To Earth (1.194 AU)
    Sep 04 - Asteroid 4305 Clapton Closest Approach To Earth (2.105 AU)
    Sep 04 - Abu Rayhan al-Biruni's 1045th Birthday (973 AD)
    * Sep 05 - Azerspace 2 (Intelsat 38)/Horizons 3e Ariane 5 Launch
    * Sep 05 - SAOCOM 1A/ITASAT 1 Falcon 9 Launch
    Sep 05 - Comet 137P/Shoemaker-Levy Closest Approach To Earth (1.168 AU)
    Sep 05 - Comet P/2013 A2 (Scotti) At Opposition (4.169 AU)
    Sep 05 - Aten Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom Closest Approach To Earth (0.895 AU)
    * Sep 05 - Asteroid 1996 Adams Closest Approach To Earth (1.215 AU)
    Sep 05 - Asteroid 4559 Strauss Closest Approach To Earth (1.731 AU)
    Sep 05 - Asteroid 10552 Stockholm Closest Approach To Earth (2.503 AU)
    Sep 05 - Apollo Asteroid 7092 Cadmus Closest Approach To Earth (3.291 AU)
    Sep 05 - 10th Anniversary (2008), Rosetta, Asteroid 2867 Steins Flyby
    Sep 06 - Comet C/2018 EF9 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (1.578 AU)
    Sep 06 - Comet 223P/Skiff At Opposition (1.622 AU)
    Sep 06 - Comet 78P/Gehrels Closest Approach To Earth (1.625 AU)
    * Sep 06 - Comet C/2017 U7 Closest Approach To Earth (6.077 AU)
    Sep 06 - Asteroid 117329 Spencer Closest Approach To Earth (1.821 AU)
    Sep 06 - Louis Essen's 110th Birtdhay (1908)
    Sep 07 - Neptune At Opposition
    Sep 07 - Asteroid 633 Zelima Occults HIP 109139 (4.3 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 07 - Amor Asteroid 2007 RZ8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
    Sep 07 - Aten Asteroid 5381 Sekmet Closest Approach To Earth (0.993 AU)
    Sep 07 - Asteroid 274020 Skywalker Closest Approach To Earth (1.486 AU)
    Sep 07 - Apollo Asteroid 5731 Zeus Closest Approach To Earth (2.436 AU)
    Sep 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 145452 (2005 RN43) At Opposition (39.617 AU)
    Sep 07 - Joseph Hubbard's 195th Birthday (1823)
    Sep 08 - Comet C/2015 V1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.891 AU)
    Sep 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 RF43 At Opposition (52.738 AU)
    Sep 09 - Comet P/2008 O2 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (2.813 AU)
    Sep 09 - Comet 266P/Christensen Closest Approach To Earth (2.869 AU)
    Sep 09 - Comet 214P/LINEAR At Opposition (4.241 AU)
    Sep 09 - Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (4.771 AU)
    Sep 09 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults 2UCAC 26555577 (12.4 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2102 Tantalus Closest Approach To Earth (1.620 AU)
    * Sep 09 - Asteroid 416 Vaticana Closest Approach To Earth (1.755 AU)
    Sep 09 - 40th Anniversary (1978), Venera 11 Launch (USSR Venus Lander)
    * Sep 10 - HTV-7 H-2B Launch (International Space Station)
    Sep 10 - Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner Perihelion (1.013 AU)
    * Sep 10 - Comet P/2018 L5 (Leonard) Closest Approach To Earth (1.426 AU)
    Sep 10 - Comet P/2008 O2 (McNaught) At Opposition (2.813 AU)
    Sep 10 - Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (4.771)
    Sep 10 - Comet C/72015 T2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (6.986 AU)
    * Sep 10 - Asteroid 8275 Inca Closest Approach To Earth (1.348 AU)
    * Sep 10 - Asteroid 44016 Jimmypage Closest Approach To Earth (1.772 AU)
    Sep 11 - Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner Closest Approach To Earth (0.392 AU)
    Sep 11 - Comet 73P-Y/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.946 AU)
    Sep 11 - Comet P/2007 T4 (Gibbs) At Opposition (2.444 AU)
    Sep 11 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 6832-00088-1 (12.2 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 11 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults 2UCAC 26556032 (11.5 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2008 KZ5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU)
    Sep 11 - Apollo Asteroid 504800 (2010 CO1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
    Sep 11 - 120th Anniversary (1898), Max Wolf's Discovery of Asteroid 434 Hungaria
    Sep 12 - ICESAT 2/ELFIN/IT-SPINS/SurfSat/ARC 2 Delta 2 7420 Launch
    Sep 12 - Comet 336P/McNaught At Opposition (3.516 AU)
    * Sep 12 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults 4U 646-14075 (11.6 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 12 - Asteroid 4766 Malin Closest Approach To Earth (1.693 AU)
    Sep 12 - 25th Anniversary (1993), STS-51 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, ACTS)
    Sep 13 - Comet 79P/du Toit-Hartley Perihelion (1.121 AU)
    Sep 13 - Comet P/2017 K3 (Gasparovic) At Opposition (3.220 AU)
    Sep 13 - Comet P/2017 P1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.449 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults TYC 6296-00308-1 (11.5 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 SK21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 1432 Ethiopia Closest Approach To Earth (0.859 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 9620 Ericidle Closest Approach To Earth (1.205 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 19578 Kirkdouglas Closest Approach To Earth (1.360 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 886 Washingtonia Closest Approach To Earth (1.388 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 15131 Alanalda Closest Approach To Earth (1.477 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 2046 Leningrad Closest Approach To Earth (1.589 AU)
    * Sep 13 - Asteroid 231307 Peterfalk Closest Approach To Earth (1.657 AU)
    Sep 14 - Comet 37P/Forbes At Opposition (1.047 AU)
    Sep 14 - Comet 223P/Skiff Closest Approach To Earth (1.612 AU)
    Sep 14 - Comet P/2005 R1 (NEAT) Perihelion (2.068 AU)
    Sep 14 - Comet P/2010 B2 (WISE) At Opposition (3.478 AU)
    Sep 14 - Comet P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) At Oppositoin (4.023 AU)
    Sep 14 - Asteroid 1991 Darwin Closest Approach To Earth (0.872 AU)
    Sep 14 - 40th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12 Launch (USSR Venus Lander)
    Sep 15 - KH-11 17 (Crystal 17, NROL 71) Delta 4H Launch
    Sep 15 - Comet 252P/LINEAR At Opposition (4.082 AU)
    Sep 15 - Comet P/2017 P1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.450 AU)
    Sep 15 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Zond 5 Launch (USSR Moon Orbiter)
    Sep 15 - Jim Christy's 80th Birthday (1938)
    Sep 16 - Crew Dragon Demo 1 (SpX-DM1) Falcon 9 Launch (Unmanned - International Space Station)
    Sep 16 - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
    Sep 16 - Apollo Asteroid 144332 (2004 DV24) Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
    Sep 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 FO3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)
    Sep 16 - Atira Asteroid 2013 JX28 Closest Approach To Earth (0.712 AU)
    Sep 16 - Asteroid 4279 De Gasparis Closest Approach To Earth (1.187 AU)
    * Sep 16 - Amor Asteroid 3552 Don Quixote Closest Approach To Earth (1.391 AU)
    Sep 16 - Asteroid 582 Olympia Closest Approach To Earth (1.755 AU)
    Sep 16 - 170th Anniversary (1848), Discovery of Saturn Moon Hyperion
    Sep 17 - Comet 59P/Kearns-Kwee Perihelion (2.359 AU)
    Sep 17 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults UCAC4-324-121850 (11.6 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 17 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults UCAC4-374-159910 (13.8 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 17 - Asteroid 10806 Mexico Closest Approach To Earth (2.536 AU)
    Sep 17 - 40th Anniversary (1978), 1st Episode of Battlestar Galactica Airs
    Sep 17 - Marc Buie's 60th Birthday (1958)
    Sep 18 - Comet 46P/Wirtanen At Opposition (0.595 AU)
    Sep 18 - Comet 79P/du Toit-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (2.042 AU)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 21606311 (11.6 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 73769 Delphi Closest Approach To Earth (1.941 AU)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 3162 Nostalgia Closest Approach To Earth (2.119 AU)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 247553 Berndpauli Closest Approach To Earth (2.359 AU)
    Sep 18 - Valentina Ponomaryova's 85th Birthday (1933)
    Sep 18 - Victor Ambartsumian's 110th Birthday (1908)
    Sep 19 - Asteroid 628 Christine Occults HIP 42911 (3.9 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 19 - Asteroid 2577 Litva Closest Approach To Earth (0.994 AU)
    Sep 19 - Atira Asteroid 164294 (2004 XZ130) Closest Approach To Earth (1.334 AU)
    Sep 19 - Asteroid 5405 Neverland Closest Approach To Earth (1.677 AU)
    Sep 19 - Asteroid 3156 Ellington Closest Approach To Earth (2.189 AU)
    Sep 19 - Korado Korlevic's 60th Birthday (1958)
    Sep 19 - Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters' 205th Birthday (1813)
    Sep 20 - Comet 131P/Mueller At Opposition (1.550 AU)
    Sep 20 - Comet 163P/NEAT At Opposition (2.128 AU)
    Sep 20 - Comet C/2017 K4 (ATLAS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.764 AU)
    Sep 20 - Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak At Opposition (3.291 AU)
    Sep 20 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 SL16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
    Sep 20 - Apollo Asteroid 2012 TT5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
    * Sep 20 - Asteroid 8564 Anomalocaris Closest Approach To Earth (1.871 AU)
    Sep 20 - Asteroid 6373 Stern Closest Approach To Earth (1.886 AU)
    Sep 20 - 170th Anniversary (1848), Founding of the American Association for the Advancment of Science (AAAS)
    Sep 21 - Comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro Perihelion (2.665 AU)
    Sep 21 - Comet P/2011 U1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.570 AU)
    * Sep 21 - Asteroid 6268 Versailles Closest Approach To Earth (1.159 AU)
    * Sep 21 - Asteroid 13513 Manilla Closest Approach To Earth (1.433 AU)
    * Sep 22 - Asteroid 4969 Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (1.451 AU)
    * Sep 21 - Asteroid 2875 Lagerkvist Closest Approach To Earth (2.046 AU)
    Sep 21 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Galileo, Jupiter Impact
    Sep 22 - Comet 203P/Korlevic At Opposition (3.131 AU)
    Sep 22 - Comet 116P/Wild At Opposition (3.678 AU)
    Sep 22 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults UCAC4-372-162925 (12.3 Magnitude Star) * Sep 22 - Asteroid 4969 Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (1.451 AU)
    Sep 22 - Asteroid 6542 Jacquescousteau Closest Approach To Earth (1.485 AU)
    Sep 22 - Asteroid 3062 Wren Closest Approach To Earth (1.722 AU)
    Sep 22 - 125th Anniversary (1893), Zabrodje Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Russia)
    Sep 23 - Autumnal Equinox, 01:54 UT
    Sep 23 - Comet 95P/Chiron At Opposition (17.715 AU)
    Sep 23 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults 2UCAC 26110212 (12.4 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 23 - Apollo Asteroid 719 Albert Closest Approach To Earth (0.517 AU)
    Sep 23 - Asteroid 3106 Morabito Closest Approach To Earth (1.646 AU)
    Sep 23 - 15th Anniversary (2003), New Orleans Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Lousiana)
    * Sep 24 - ICON (MIDEX 8) Pegasus XL Launch
    Sep 24 - Comet 155P/Shoemaker At Opposition (3.242 AU)
    Sep 24 - Comet C/2015 T2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (7.011 AU)
    Sep 24 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 EP7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU)
    Sep 24 - Apollo Asteroid 1981 Midas Closest Approach To Earth (1.240 AU)

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