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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 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 1322 Coppernicus Closest Approach To Earth (1.854 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 - CRS-16/IDA 3 Falcon 9 Launch (International Space Station)
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 - Apollo Asteroid 428694 Saule Closest Approach To Earth (0.498 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 ?? - Chang'e 4 CZ-4C Launch (Moon Rover Mission)
Dec ?? - COSMO-SkyMed/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 ?? - AEHF-5 Atlas 5 Launch
Dec ?? - ArabSat 6A Falcon Heavy Launch
* Dec ?? - NROL-111 Minotaur-1 Launch
* Dec ?? - Sparrow Falcon 9 Launch
* Dec ?? - Gonets M17-M19 Rokot/Briz-KM 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 C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) Perihelion (1.712 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)
Dec 02 - Comet 73P-AH/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.651 AU)
Dec 02 - Comet 73P-Z/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.666 AU)
Dec 02 - Comet 73P-AO/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.668 AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 3895 Earhart Closest Approach To Earth (1.489 AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 13212 Jayleno Closest Approach To Earth (1.874 AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 8103 Fermi Closest Approach To Earth (2.109 AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 11020 Orwell Closest Approach To Earth (2.451 AU)
Dec 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 2006 QH181 At Opposition (83.021 AU)
Dec 02 - 25th Anniversary (1993), STS-61 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, Hubble Space Telescope Servicing)
Dec 02 - 30th Anniversary (1988), STS-27 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, DOD)
Dec 03 - Comet 300P/Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (1.041 AU)
Dec 03 - Comet 73P-R/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.681 AU)
Dec 03 - Comet 73P-M/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.688 AU)
Dec 03 - Comet 73P-AD/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.689 AU)
Dec 03 - Comet 73P-E/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.692 AU)
Dec 03 - Comet 73P-H/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.703 AU)
Dec 03 - Comet 73P-B/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.705 AU)
Dec 03 - Comet 73P-G/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.709 AU)
Dec 03 - Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.711 AU)
Dec 03 - Comet 73P-C/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.711 AU)
Dec 03 - Comet 73P-BT/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.713 AU)
Dec 03 - Comet 73P-AV/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.716 AU)
Dec 03 - Asteroid 2952 Lilliputia Closest Approach To Earth (0.979 AU)
Dec 03 - Asteroid 757 Portlandia Closest Approach To Earth (1.193 AU)
Dec 03 - Asteroid 5190 Fry Closest Approach To Earth (1.622 AU)
Dec 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 229762 (2007 UK126) At Opposition (41.244 AU)
Dec 03 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Pioneer 10, Jupiter Flyby
Dec 03 - 60th Anniversary (1958), JPL Transferred from the Army to NASA
Dec 04 - Comet 359P/LONEOS At Opposition (2.991 AU)
Dec 04 - Comet 73P-AU/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.734 AU)
Dec 04 - Comet 73P-AK/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.735 AU)
Dec 04 - Comet 73P-BQ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.751 AU)
Dec 04 - Comet 73P-N/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.755 AU)
Dec 04 - Comet C/2015 XY1 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (7.094 AU)
Dec 04 - Asteroid 29470 Higgs Closest Approach To Earth (1.971 AU)
Dec 04 - Asteroid 51824 Mikeanderson Closest Approach To Earth (2.073 AU)
Dec 04 - Asteroid 8624 Kaleycuoco Closest Approach To Earth (2.281 AU)
Dec 04 - 20th Anniversary (1998), STS-88 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, International Space Station)
Dec 04 - 40th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 1, Venus Orbit Insertion
Dec 05 - Comet 73P-AX/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.764 AU)
Dec 05 - Comet 73P-BO/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.775 AU)
Dec 05 - Comet 73P-BN/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.778 AU)
Dec 05 - Comet 73P-BK/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.783 AU)
Dec 05 - Comet 73P-J/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.786 AU)
Dec 05 - Aten Asteroid 2017 RH16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
Dec 05 - Aten Asteroid 2010 TK7 (Earth Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (0.208 AU)
Dec 05 - Cyril Jackson's 115th Birthday (1903)
* Dec 06 - Meteor-M N2-2/Ionosfera 3 & 4 Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
Dec 06 - Comet P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.200 AU)
Dec 06 - Comet 294P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.513 AU)
Dec 06 - Comet 73P-AB/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.797 AU)
Dec 06 - Comet 73P-BJ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.801 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 2742 Gibson Closest Approach To Earth (1.745 AU)
Dec 06 - Apollo Asteroid 161989 Cacus Closest Approach To Earth (1.803 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 25924 Douglasadams Closest Approach To Earth (1.829 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 16522 Tell Closest Approach To Earth (2.306 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 8626 Melissarauch Closest Approach To Earth (2.421 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 15783 Briancox Closest Approach To Earth (2.918 AU)
Dec 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 145451 (2005 RM43) At Opposition (35.987 AU)
Dec 06 - 5th Anniversary (2013), Chang'e 3 Lunar Orbit Insertion (China)
Dec 06 - 10th Anniversary (2008), Recovery of the Almahata Sitta Meteorite in Sudan
Dec 06 - Will Hay's 130th Birthday (1888)
Dec 06 - Johann Palisa's 170th Birthday (1848)
Dec 07 - Mars Passes 0.03 Degrees from Neptune
Dec 07 - Comet 171P/Spahr At Opposition (0.864 AU)
Dec 07 - Comet 228P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.850 AU)
Dec 07 - Comet 258P/PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (3.132 AU)
Dec 07 - Comet 218P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.637 AU)
Dec 07 - Comet 337P/WISE At Opposition (3.812 AU)
Dec 07 - Comet 73P-AM/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.824 AU)
Dec 07 - Comet 73P-U/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.850 AU)
Dec 07 - Comet C/2015 X5 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (6.473 AU)
Dec 07 - Comet C/2015 XY1 (Lemmon) At Opposition (7.096 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 2305 King Closest Approach To Earth (1.754 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 14094 Garneau Closest Approach To Earth (1.904 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 296907 Alexander Closest Approach To Earth (2.167 AU)
Dec 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2212 Hephaistos Closest Approach To Earth (2.697 AU)
Dec 07 - Sergey Belyavsky's 135th Birthday (1883)
Dec 08 - Comet 213P-B/Van Ness At Opposition (2.472 AU)
Dec 08 - Comet 213P/Van Ness At Opposition (2.475 AU)
Dec 08 - Comet P/2015 J3 (NEOWISE) At Opposition (4.031 AU)
Dec 08 - Apollo Asteroid 9162 Kwiila Closest Approach To Earth (0.385 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 18728 Grammier Closest Approach To Earth (1.315 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 3356 Resnik Closest Approach To Earth (1.454 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 15332 CERN Closest Approach To Earth (1.698 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 218998 Navi Closest Approach To Earth (1.782 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 4446 Carolyn Closest Approach To Earth (3.617 AU)
Dec 08 - 110th Anniversary (1908), Mount Wilson 60-inch Telescope First Light
Dec 08 - 890th Anniversary (1128), 1st Record of a Sunspot Observation by John of Worcester
Dec 09 - Moon Occults Saturn
Dec 09 - Comet P/2010 A1 (Hill) Closest Approach To Earth (1.065 AU)
Dec 09 - Comet 353P/McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (2.453 AU)
Dec 09 - Comet 14P/Wolf At Opposition (2.610 AU)
Dec 09 - Comet C/2018 E2 (Barros) At Opposition (4.088 AU)
Dec 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2013 VX4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.011 AU)
Dec 09 - Apollo Asteroid 29075 (1950 DA) Closest Approach To Earth (1.556 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 20488 Pic-du-Midi Closest Approach To Earth (1.778 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 241 Germania Closest Approach To Earth (2.031 AU)
Dec 09 - 40th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 2, Venus Arrival (Atmospheric Probes)
Dec 09 - 160th Anniversary (1858), Ausson Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in France)
Dec 09 - Chester Hall's 315th Birthday (1703)
Dec 09 - Gemma Frisius' 510th Birthday (1508)
Dec 10 - Moon Occults Pluto
Dec 10 - Comet 352P/Skiff At Opposition (3.791 AU)
Dec 10 - Comet 73P-AT/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.910 AU)
Dec 10 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 XV129 Near-Earth Flyby (0.060 AU)
Dec 10 - Apollo Asteroid 2003 NW1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
Dec 10 - Aten Asteroid 2017 NK Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
Dec 10 - Asteroid 8664 Grigorijrichters Closest Approach To Earth (1.611 AU)
Dec 11 - Comet 60P/Tsuchinshan Perihelion (1.623 AU)
Dec 11 - Comet 228P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.848 AU)
Dec 11 - Comet 189P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (2.952 AU)
Dec 11 - Comet 73P-BF/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.930 AU)
Dec 11 - Comet 86P/Wild At Opposition (3.944 AU)
Dec 11 - Comet C/2017 S2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.175 AU)
Dec 11 - Asteroid 477 Italia Closest Approach To Earth (1.533 AU)
Dec 11 - Apollo Asteroid 12923 Zephyr Closest Approach To Earth (1.590 AU)
Dec 11 - Asteroid 2865 Laurel Closest Approach To Earth (1.794 AU)
Dec 11 - Centaur Object 8405 Asbolus At Opposition (20.963 AU)
Dec 11 - 25th Anniversary (1993), Richard Garriott's Purchase of Lunokhod 2 Rover on Moon
Dec 11 - Annie Jump Cannon's 155th Birthday (1863)
* Dec 12 - PRISMA/TARANIS Vega Launch
* Dec 12 - Comet 46P/Wirtanen Perihelion (1.055 AU)
Dec 12 - Comet 259P/Garradd Closest Approach To Earth (2.294 AU)
Dec 12 - Comet 73P-BR/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.939 AU)
Dec 12 - Comet 73P-BD/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.940 AU)
Dec 12 - Comet 73P-BG/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.942 AU)
Dec 12 - Comet C/2017 U4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (6.761 AU)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 9617 Grahamchapman Closest Approach To Earth (0.999 AU)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 12382 Niagara Falls Closest Approach To Earth (1.896 AU)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 804 Hispania Closest Approach To Earth (2.002 AU)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 18125 Brianwilson Closest Approach To Earth (2.078 AU)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 6030 Zolensky Closest Approach To Earth (2.084 AU)
Dec 12 - Kuiper Belt Object 2004 XR190 At Opposition (56.215 AU)
Dec 13 - WGS-10 Delta 4 Launch
Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 13 - Comet 253P/PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (1.640 AU)
Dec 13 - Comet P/2006 R1 (Siding Spring) At Opposition (2.940 AU)
Dec 13 - Comet P/2013 YG46 (Spacewatch) At Opposition (3.303 AU)
Dec 13 - Comet 73P-BB/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.953 AU)
Dec 13 - Comet C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.366 AU)
Dec 13 - Comet C/2017 U4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (6.761 AU)
Dec 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 XX169 Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU)
Dec 13 - Asteroid 7273 Garyhuss Closest Approach To Earth (1.350 AU)
Dec 13 - Asteroid 3852 Glennford Closest Approach To Earth (1.773 AU)
Dec 13 - Asteroid 52422 LPL Closest Approach To Earth (2.028 AU)
Dec 13 - Asteroid 1132 Hollandia Closest Approach To Earth (2.241 AU)
Dec 13 - 60th Anniversary (1958), Jupiter Launch (Gordo the Squirrel Monkey)
Dec 13 - 205th Anniversary (1813), Luotolax Meteorite Fall (Fell in Lake in Finland)
Dec 13 - 215th Anniverary (1803), Massing Meteorite Fall (Hit Shack in Bavaria)
Dec 14 - 5th AnniversarY (2013), Chang'e 3, Moon Landing (China)
Dec 14 - Comet 198P/ODAS Perihelion (2.006 AU)
Dec 14 - Comet C/2018 F1 (Grauer) Perihelion (2.993 AU)
Dec 14 - Comet 73P-BM/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.959 AU)
Dec 14 - Comet 73P-BA/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.960 AU)
Dec 14 - Comet 73P-BH/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.960 AU)
Dec 14 - Comet 73P-BI/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.960 AU)
Dec 14 - Comet 73P-BP/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.960 AU)
Dec 14 - Comet 73P-BE/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.962 AU)
Dec 14 - Comet 73P-V/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.973 AU)
Dec 14 - Asteroid 289586 Shackleton Closest Approach To Earth (1.394 AU)
Dec 14 - Asteroid 15614 Pillinger Closest Approach To Earth (2.147 AU
Dec 14 - Plutino 84922 (2003 VS2) At Opposition (35.694 AU)
Dec 14 - Plutino 307463 (2002 VU130) At Opposition (38.981 AU)
Dec 14 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Nozomi, Mars Flyby
Dec 14 - Laura Ingalls' 125th Birthday (1893)
Dec 15 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (21 Degrees)
Dec 15 - Comet 171P/Spahr Closest Approach To Earth (0.858 AU)
Dec 15 - Asteroid 2247 Hiroshima Closest Approach To Earth (1.279 AU)
Dec 15 - Asteroid 2710 Veverka Closest Approach To Earth (1.457 AU)
Dec 15 - Asteroid 5203 Pavarotti Closest Approach To Earth (1.540 AU)
Dec 15 - Asteroid 2161 Grissom Closest Approach To Earth (1.564 AU)
Dec 15 - Asteroid 5661 Hildebrand Closest Approach To Earth (3.417 AU)
Dec 15 - 40th Anniversary (1978), Nuevo Mercurio Meteorite Shower (Hit Houses in Mexico)
Dec 16 - Comet 232P/Hill At Opposition (2.079 AU)
Dec 16 - Comet 340P/Boattini At Opposition (3.493 AU)
Dec 16 - Comet 73P-AA/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.966 AU)
Dec 16 - Comet C/2015 X5 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (6.485 AU)
Dec 16 - Asteroid 9997 COBE Closest Approach To Earth (1.288 AU)
Dec 16 - Asteroid 4150 Starr Closest Approach To Earth (1.435 AU)
Dec 16 - Asteroid 4147 Lennon Closest Approach To Earth (1.540 AU)
Dec 16 - Asteroid 7042 Carver Closest Approach To Earth (1.578 AU)
Dec 16 - Asteroid 1604 Tombaugh Closest Approach To Earth (2.066 AU)
Dec 16 - 80th Anniversary (1938), Meteorite Fall in Ivuna, Tanzania
Dec 16 - Alexander Clarke's 190th Birthday (1828)
Dec 17 - Comet 46P/Wirtanen Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
Dec 17 - Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma Closest Approach To Earth (0.766 AU)
Dec 17 - Comet 87P/Bus At Opposition (2.703 AU)
Dec 17 - Apollo Asteroid 6239 Minos Closest Approach To Earth (0.956 AU)
Dec 17 - Asteroid 3197 Weissman Closest Approach To Earth (1.233 AU)
Dec 17 - Asteroid 16425 Chuckyeager Closest Approach To Earth (1.515 AU)
Dec 17 - Kuiper Belt Object 19521 Chaos At Opposition (40.318 AU)
Dec 17 - 60th Anniversary (1958), Project Mercury Created
Dec 17 - 115th Anniversary (1903), Wright Brothers' First Airplane Flight
Dec 17 - Josep Comas Sola's 150th Birthday (1868)
Dec 18 - Comet 159P/LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.868 AU)
Dec 18 - Comet 297P/Beshore At Opposition (3.195 AU)
Dec 18 - Asteroid 5676 Voltaire Closest Approach To Earth (1.513 AU)
Dec 18 - Asteroid 3351 Smith Closest Approach To Earth (1.832 AU)
* Dec 19 - Comet 46P/Wirtanen At Opposition (0.079 AU)
Dec 19 - Comet 358P/PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (1.753 AU)
Dec 19 - Comet 175P/Hergenrother At Opposition (1.873 AU)
Dec 19 - Comet 73P-AF/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.952 AU)
Dec 19 - Comet 73P-AW/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.956 AU)
Dec 19 - Amor Asteroid 2014 JU54 Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 8623 Johnnygalecki Closest Approach To Earth (2.215 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 227 Philosophia Closest Approach To Earth (2.677 AU)
Dec 19 - 220th Anniversary (1798), Benares (a) Meteorite Fall (Hit House in India)
Dec 20 - Nauka/ERA Proton-M P4 Launch (International Space Station 03R)
Dec 20 - Soyuz MS-11 Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 57S)
Dec 20 - Comet 232P/Hill Closest Approach To Earth (2.077 AU)
Dec 20 - Comet 259P/Garradd At Opposition (2.304 AU)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 6722 Bunichi Occults HIP 39194 (6.4 Magnitude Star)
Dec 20 - Apollo Asteroid 2012 MS4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 6 Hebe Closest Approach To Earth (1.257 AU)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 13070 Seanconnery Closest Approach To Earth (1.618 AU)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 270553 Loureed Closest Approach To Earth (1.743 AU)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 4716 Urey Closest Approach To Earth (1.850 AU)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 16046 Gregnorman Closest Approach To Earth (2.080 AU)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 8721 AMOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.921 AU)
Dec 21 - Winter Solstice, 22:23 UT
Dec 21 - Mercury Passes 0.9 Degrees from Jupiter
Dec 21 - Comet P/2010 A1 (Hill) At Opposition (1.081 AU)
Dec 21 - Comet 73P-AY/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.937 AU)
Dec 21 - Comet 73P-AZ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.938 AU)
Dec 21 - Asteroid 876 Scott Closest Approach To Earth (2.004 AU)
Dec 21 - Binary Asteroid 90 Antiope Closest Approach To Earth (2.505 AU)
Dec 21 - 40th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12, Venus Landing
Dec 21 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 8 Launch (Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders)
Dec 21 - Don Brownlee's 75th Birthday (1943)
Dec 21 - Ira Bowen's 120th Birthday (1898)
Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 22 - Comet P/2006 D1 (Hill) Perihelion (1.895 AU)
Dec 22 - Comet 189P/NEAT At Opposition (2.973 AU)
Dec 22 - Comet 317P/WISE At Opposition (3.346 AU)
Dec 22 - Comet P/2017 U3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.517 AU)
Dec 22 - Aten Asteroid 163899 (2003 SD220) Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)
Dec 22 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 AO131 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
Dec 22 - Asteroid 8629 Chucklorre Closest Approach To Earth (2.057 AU)
Dec 22 - 30th Anniversary (1988), Discovery of the LEW 88516 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Dec 22 - Stefano Sposetti's 60th Birthday (1958)
Dec 23 - Comet P/2017 U3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.517 AU)
Dec 23 - Apollo Asteroid 418849 (2008 WM64) Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU)
Dec 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2010 GT7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU)
Dec 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 YQ1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
Dec 23 - Asteroid 2266 Tchaikovsky Closest Approach To Earth (1.844 AU)
Dec 24 - Comet P/2001 T3 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.083 AU)
Dec 24 - Comet C/2016 N6 Closest Approach To Earth (2.367 AU)
Dec 24 - Comet 159P/LONEOS At Opposition (2.874 AU)
Dec 24 - Asteroid 2062 Aten Closest Approach To Earth (1.218 AU)
Dec 24 - Asteroid 8489 Boulder Closest Approach To Earth (2.482 AU)
Dec 24 - Centaur Object 154783 (2004 PA44) At Opposition (20.397 AU)
Dec 24 - Plutino 55638 (2002 VE95) At Opposition (29.023 AU)
Dec 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 78799 (2002 XW93) At Opposition (44.715 AU)
Dec 24 - Deep Space Network's 55th Birthday (1963)
Dec 24 - James Joule's 200th Birthday (1818)
Dec 25 - Comet 357P/Hill Closest Approach To Earth (1.955 AU)
Dec 25 - Comet 353P/McNaught At Opposition (2.489 AU)
Dec 25 - Comet 282P/2003 BM80 At Opposition (3.734 AU)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 13609 Lewicki Closest Approach To Earth (1.579 AU)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 73079 Davidbaltimore Closest Approach To Earth (1.763 AU)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 8958 Stargazer Closest Approach To Earth (1.807 AU)
Dec 25 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Mars Express, Mars Orbit Insertion
Dec 25 - 40th Anniversary (1978), Venera 11, Venus Landing
* Dec 26 - Kanopus V N5 & N6/Dove Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat-M Launch
Dec 26 - Comet 221P/LINEAR At Opposition (4.171 AU)
Dec 26 - Comet C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (5.391 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults HIP 19482 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
Dec 26 - Amor Asteroid 1943 Anteros Closest Approach To Earth (0.670 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 22903 Georgeclooney Closest Approach To Earth (1.694 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 8423 Macao Closest Approach To Earth (1.760 AU)
Dec 26 - Aten Asteroid 2014 BA3 Closest Approach To Earth (1.853 AU)
Dec 26 - Apollo Asteroid 4486 Mithra Closest Approach To Earth (2.426 AU)
Dec 27 - Comet 358P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (1.762 AU)
Dec 27 - Comet 87P/Bus Closest Approach To Earth (2.688 AU)
Dec 27 - Comet P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.779 AU)
Dec 27 - Comet P/2006 R1 (Siding Spring) Closest Approach To Earth (2.895 AU)
Dec 27 - Apollo Asteroid 488789 (2004 XK50) Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 46824 Tambora Closest Approach To Earth (1.584 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 30785 Greeley Closest Approach To Earth (1.669 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 3124 Kansas Closest Approach To Earth (1.876 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 10379 Lake Placid Closest Approach To Earth (2.520 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 15371 Steward Closest Approach To Earth (2.314 AU)
Dec 27 - Plutino 2002 XV93 At Opposition (37.658 AU)
Dec 27 - Sir George Cayley's 245th Birthday (1773)
Dec 28 - Comet 253P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (1.671 AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 696 Leonora Occults HIP 59068 (6.8 Magnitude Star)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 7554 Johnspencer Closest Approach To Earth (1.831 AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 30440 Larry Closest Approach To Earth (2.519 AU)
Dec 28 - Thomas Henderson's 220th Birthday (1798)
Dec 29 - Comet 209P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.273 AU)
Dec 29 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 4719-00181-1 (11.3 Magnitude Star)
Dec 29 - Asteroid 5066 Garradd Closest Approach To Earth (1.289 AU)
Dec 29 - 10th Anniversary (2008), EPOXI, Earth Flyby
Dec 29 - Weidong Li's 50th Birthday (1968)
Dec 29 - Carl Lampland's 135th Birthday (1873)
Dec 30 - Comet 361P/Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (2.103 AU)
Dec 30 - Apollo Asteroid 137052 Tjelvar Closest Approach To Earth (1.281 AU)
Dec 30 - Apollo Asteroid 3838 Epona Closest Approach To Earth (1.685 AU)
Dec 30 - Asteroid 293909 Matterhorn Closest Approach To Earth (2.211 AU)
Dec 30 - Henri Debehogne's 90th Birthday (1928)
Dec 31 - Comet 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson At Opposition (3.062 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.492 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 32605 Lucy Closest Approach To Earth (2.614 AU)
Dec 31 - Viktor Afanasyev's 70th Birthday (1948)

January 2019
Jan ?? - STP LauncherOne Launch
Jan ?? - Yamal 601 Proton-M/Briz-M P4 Launch
Jan 01 - New Horizons, Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 Flyby
Jan 01 - Comet P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) At Opposition (2.783 AU)
Jan 01 - Apollo Asteroid 2007 YQ56 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
Jan 01 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 BD Closest Approach To Earth (1.762 AU)
Jan 01 - Gao Xing's 45th Birthday (1974)
Jan 01 - Satyendra Nath Bose's 125th Birthday (1894)
Jan 01 - 150th Anniversary (1869), Hessle Meteorite Fall in Sweden
Jan 02 - Comet 356P/WISE Closest Approach To Earth (2.518 AU)
Jan 02 - Comet 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.523 AU)
Jan 02 - Comet 302P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS At Opposition (3.789 AU)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 14965 Bonk Closest Approach To Earth (1.796 AU)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 13208 Fraschetti Closest Approach To Earth (1.880 AU)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 245983 Machholz Closest Approach To Earth (1.941 AU)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 171381 Taipei Closest Approach To Earth (2.137 AU)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 4337 Arecibo Closest Approach To Earth (2.422 AU)
Jan 02 - 15th Anniversary (2004), Stardust, Comet Wild 2 Flyby
Jan 02 - 60th Anniversary (1959), Luna 1 Launch (1st Moon Flyby)
Jan 02 - 180th Anniversary (1839), Louis Daguerre Takes 1st Photograph of the Moon
Jan 02 - Johann Daniel Titius' 290th Birthday (1729)
Jan 03 - Earth At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
Jan 03 - Asteroid 878 Mildred Closest Approach To Earth (1.411 AU)
Jan 03 - Asteroid 1850 Kohoutek Closest Approach To Earth (1.532 AU)
Jan 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 WP509 At Opposition (41.639 AU)
Jan 03 - Fyodor Yurchikhin's 60th Birthday (1959)
Jan 03 - Marcus Cicero's 2125th Birthday (106 BC)
Jan 04 - Comet 175P/Hergenrother Closest Approach To Earth (1.840 AU)
Jan 04 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 AD16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
Jan 04 - Apollo Asteroid 2004 XP14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
Jan 04 - Asteroid 55555 DNA Closest Approach To Earth (1.833 AU)
Jan 04 - Asteroid 671 Carnegia Closest Approach To Earth (1.921 AU)
Jan 04 - 15th Anniversary (2004), Mars Exploration Rover A (Spirit), Mars Landing
Jan 05 - 50th Anniversary (1969), Venera 5 Launch (USSR Venus Atmospheric Probe)
Jan 05 - Comet 357P/Hill At Opposition (1.974 AU)
Jan 05 - Comet 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.521 AU) * Jan 05 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults UCAC5 442-004580 (11.5 Magnitude Star)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 19204 Joshuatree Closest Approach To Earth (1.836 AU)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 15550 Sydney Closest Approach To Earth (2.188 AU)
Jan 06 - Partial Solar Eclipse (Visiable in Eastern Asia & Northern Pacific Ocean)
Jan 06 - Venus At Its Greatest Western Elongation (47 Degrees)
Jan 06 - Asteroid 19482 Harperlee Closest Approach To Earth (2.734 AU)
Jan 07 - Comet C/2016 N6 PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.414 AU)
Jan 07 - Comet 236P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.675 AU)
Jan 07 - Comet 139P/Vaisala-Oterma Closest Approach To Earth (2.852 AU)
Jan 07 - Comet C/2017 U5 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.164 AU)
* Jan 07 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults TYC 3329-2004-1 (10.4 Magnitude Star)
Jan 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 AZ8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.030 AU)
Jan 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 MZ Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
* Jan 08 - Comet C/2018 L2 (ATLAS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.356 AU)
Jan 07 - Asteroid 3594 Scotti Closest Approach To Earth (1.528 AU)
Jan 08 - Asteroid 2575 Bulgaria Closest Approach To Earth (1.474 AU)
Jan 08 - Asteroid 3174 Alcock Closest Approach To Earth (1.680 AU)
Jan 09 - Comet 361P/Spacewatch At Opposition (2.117 AU)
Jan 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2013 YM2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)
Jan 09 - Asteroid 10389 Robmanning Closest Approach To Earth (1.405 AU)
Jan 09 - Asteroid 214772 UNICEF Closest Approach To Earth (2.016 AU)
Jan 09 - Asteroid 6487 Tonyspear Closest Approach To Earth (2.180 AU)
Jan 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 230965 (2004 XA192) At Opposition (34.594 AU)
Jan 09 - 180th Anniversary (1839), Thomas Henderson Publishes 1st Stellar Parallax Measurements
Jan 10 - 50th Anniversary (1969), Venera 6 Launch (USSR Venus Atmospheric Probe)
* Jan 10 - Comet P/2007 T2 (Kowalski) Closest Approach To Earth (1.568 AU)
Jan 10 - Comet 239P/LINEAR Perihelion (1.649 AU)
Jan 10 - Comet P/2001 T3 (NEAT) At Opposition (2.123 AU)
Jan 10 - Comet C/2018 A3 (ATLAS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.606 AU)
Jan 10 - Comet C/2018 A3 (ATLAS) At Opposition (2.606 AU)
Jan 10 - Aten Asteroid 2008 CH70 Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)
Jan 10 - Chris Lewicki's 45th Birthday (1974)
Jan 11 - Comet 59P/Kearns-Kwee Closest Approach To Earth (1.551 AU)
Jan 11 - Comet P/2017 S5 (ATLAS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.550 AU)
Jan 11 - Comet 296P/Garradd At Opposition (3.308 AU)
Jan 11 - Comet C/2016 X1 (Lemmon) At Opposition (6.653 AU)
* Jan 11 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults TYC 2887-946-1 (10.4 Magnitude Star)
Jan 11 - Asteroid 8621 Jimparsons Closest Approach To Earth (2.650 AU)
Jan 12 - Comet 356P/WISE At Opposition (2.534 AU)
Jan 12 - Comet P/2007 V1 (Larson) Perihelion (2.677 AU)
Jan 12 - Comet 219P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.247 AU)
Jan 12 - Comet C/2018 A3 (ATLAS) Perihelion (3.277 AU)
Jan 12 - Comet C/2017 K6 (Jacques) At Opposition (3.760 AU)
Jan 12 - Asteroid 1159 Granada Closest Approach To Earth (1.562 AU)
Jan 12 - Asteroid 56678 Alicewessen Closest Approach To Earth (2.090 AU)
Jan 12 - Asteroid 3202 Graff Closest Approach To Earth (2.527 AU)
Jan 13 - Mercury Passes 1.7 Degrees From Saturn
Jan 13 - Comet 139P/Vaisala-Oterma At Opposition (2.856 AU)
Jan 13 - Comet C/2016 X1 (Lemmon) Closest Approach TO Earth (6.653 AU)
* Jan 13 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults UCAC4 656-21932 (10.2 Magnitude Star)
Jan 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 AN2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 18458 Caesar Closest Approach To Earth (1.375 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 12790 Cernan Closest Approach To Earth (1.527 AU)
Jan 13 - Vasily Fesenkov's 130th Birthday (1889)
Jan 13 - Wilhelm Wien's 155th Birthday (1864)
Jan 14 - Comet 171P/Spahr Perihelion (1.772 AU)
Jan 14 - Aten Asteroid 2340 Hathor Closest Approach To Earth (0.144 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 2598 Merlin Closest Approach To Earth (1.456 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 160105 Gobi Closest Approach To Earth (1.477 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 3354 McNair Closest Approach To Earth (1.566 AU)
Jan 14 - 10th Anniversary (2009), Stardust-NEXT, Earth Flyby
* Jan 15 - Comet C/2018 M1 (Catalina) At Opposition (2.140 AU)
Jan 15 - Aten Asteroid2016 DL Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU)
Jan 15 - Amor Asteroid 433 Eros Closest Approach To Earth (0.209 AU)
Jan 15 - Asteroid 4970 Druyan Closest Approach To Earth (1.184 AU)
Jan 15 - Asteroid 9523 Torino Closest Approach To Earth (1.253 AU)
Jan 15 - Asteroid 7079 Baghdad Closest Approach To Earth (1.861 AU)

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