• Space Calendar - July 22, 2018 (5/6)

    From baalke@earthlink.net@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 22 18:45:52 2018
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    Mar 21 - Supermoon
    Mar 21 - Comet P/2014 C1 (TOTAS) At Opposition (0.701 AU)
    Mar 21 - Comet 324P/La Sagra Closest Approach To Earth (2.589 AU)
    Mar 21 - Comet 115P/Maury At Opposition (3.086 AU)
    * Mar 21 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults UCAC5 510-053447 (12.0 Magnitude Star)
    Mar 21 - Asteroid 7755 Haute-Provence Closest Approach To Earth (1.874 AU)
    Mar 21 - Asteroid 1554 Yugoslavia Closest Approach To Earth (2.156 AU)
    Mar 21 - Asteroid 5029 Ireland Closest Approach To Earth (2.233 AU)
    Mar 21 - George Birkhoff's 135th Birthday (1884)
    Mar 21 - 335th Anniversary (1684), Giovanni Cassini's Discovery of Saturn Moon Tethys & Dione
    Mar 22 - Mercury Passes 3.4 Degrees From Neptune
    Mar 22 - Comet 264P/Larsen Closest Approach To Earth (1.718 AU)
    Mar 22 - Comet 238P/Read At Opposition (2.914 AU)
    Mar 22 - Comet P/2003 L1 (Scotti) Closest Approach To Earth (4.347 AU)
    * Mar 22 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults UCAC5 506-009319 (12.4 Magnitude Star)
    Mar 22 - Apollo Asteroid 4581 Asciepius Closest Approach To Earth (0.138 AU)
    Mar 22 - Asteroid 2074 Shoemaker Closest Approach To Earth (0.950 AU)
    Mar 22 - Amor Asteroid 3199 Nefertiti Closest Approach To Earth (1.062 AU)
    Mar 22 - Apollo Asteroid 1685 Toro Closest Approach To Earth (1.265 AU)
    Mar 22 - Asteroid 13123 Tyson Closest Approach To Earth (1.964 AU)
    Mar 22 - Asteroid 35165 Quebec Closest Approach To Earth (2.211 AU)
    Mar 22 - Friedrich Argelander's 220th Birthday (1799)
    Mar 22 - Ulugh Beg's 625th Birthday (1394)
    Mar 23 - Mars Spring Equinox
    Mar 23 - Comet P/2006 F4 (Spacewatch) Closest Approach To Earth (1.502 AU)
    Mar 23 - Comet P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (3.144 AU)
    Mar 23 - Comet 326P/Hill At Opposition (4.258 AU)
    Mar 23 - Apollo Asteroid 1864 Daedalus Closest Approach To Earth (1.017 AU)
    Mar 23 - Asteroid 7758 Poulanderson Closest Approach To Earth (1.332 AU)
    Mar 23 - Asteroid 8080 Intel Closest Approach To Earth (2.690 AU)
    Mar 23 - Asteroid 37452 Spirit Closest Approach To Earth (3.573 AU)
    Mar 23 - Norman Pogson's 190th Birthday (1829)
    Mar 23 - Pierre Simon Laplace's 270th Birthday (1749)
    Mar 24 - Comet C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.289 AU)
    Mar 24 - Apollo Asteroid 2005 FC3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
    Mar 24 - Asteroid 16155 Buddy Closest Approach To Earth (1.812 AU)
    Mar 24 - Asteroid 246247 Sheldoncooper Closest Approach To Earth (2.006 AU)
    Mar 24 - Asteroid 12542 Laver Closest Approach To Earth (2.540 AU)
    Mar 25 - Comet 128P-B/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (3.777 AU)
    Mar 25 - Comet 128P/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (3.778 AU)
    Mar 25 - Aten Asteroid 3554 Amun Closest Approach To Earth (1.281 AU)
    Mar 25 - Asteroid 9250 Chamberlin Closest Approach To Earth (1.719 AU)
    Mar 25 - Asteroid 19034 Santorini Closest Approach To Earth (3.568 AU)
    Mar 26 - Dwarf Planet 136472 Makemake At Opposition (51.671 AU)
    Mar 26 - Charles Juels' 75th Birthday (1944)
    Mar 27 - 50th Anniverary (1969), Mariner 7 Launch (Mars Flyby Mission)
    Mar 27 - Comet P/2014 C1 (TOTAS) Closest Approach To Earth (0.697 AU)
    Mar 27 - Comet 185P/Petriew At Opposition (2.967 AU)
    Mar 27 - Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos At Opposition (4.251 AU)
    Mar 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 TL Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU)
    Mar 27 - Aten Asteroid 2004 BY1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
    Mar 27 - Asteroid 8003 Kelvin Closest Approach To Earth (1.494 AU)
    Mar 27 - Amor Asteroid 3908 Nyx Closest Approach To Earth (1.706 AU)
    Mar 28 - Comet P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) At Opposition (3.148 AU)
    Mar 28 - Asteroid 5020 Asimov Closest Approach To Earth (1.509 AU)
    Mar 28 - Neptune Trojan 316179 (2010 EN65) At Opposition (25.989 AU)
    Mar 28 - 70th Anniversary (1949), Fred Hoyle Coins the Term "Big Bang"
    Mar 29 - Moon Occults Saturn
    Mar 29 - Moon Occults Dwarf Planet Pluto
    Mar 29 - Comet 138P/Shoemaker-Levy Closest Approach To Earth (2.693 AU)
    Mar 29 - Asteroid 4825 Ventura Closest Approach To Earth (1.629 AU)
    Mar 29 - Amor Asteroid 2202 Pele Closest Approach To Earth (2.340 AU)
    Mar 29 - 45th Anniversary (1974), Mariner 10, 1st Mercury Flyby
    Mar 30 - Comet 169P/NEAT At Opposition (2.529 AU)
    Mar 30 - Comet 193P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (3.695 AU)
    Mar 30 - Asteroid 7175 Janegoodall Closest Approach To Earth (1.945 AU)
    Mar 30 - Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier's 265th Birthday (1754)
    Mar 31 - European Summer Time - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (European Union)
    Mar 31 - Moon Occults Asteroid 21 Lutetia
    Mar 31 - Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (5.763 AU)
    * Mar 31 - Asteroid 211 Isolda Occults HIP 54910 (6.8 Magnitude Star)
    Mar 31 - Apollo Asteroid 163081 (2002 AG29) Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
    Mar 31 - Asteroid 46610 Besixdouz Closest Approach To Earth (1.665 AU)
    Mar 31 - Asteroid 11881 Mirstation Closest Approach To Earth (2.036 AU)

    April 2019
    Apr ?? - Progress MS-12 Soyuz-2.1a Launch (International Space Station 73P)
    Apr ?? - Cygnus CRS OA-11 Antares 230 Launch (International Space Station)
    Apr ?? - NicaSat-1 (LSTSAT-1) CZ-3B/E Launch
    Apr 01 - Comet P/2018 A5 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.671 AU)
    * Apr 01 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 0707-00569-1 (11.7 Magnitude Star)
    Apr 01 - Aten Asteroid 2014 FK38 Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU)
    Apr 01 - Asteroid 6735 Madhatter Closest Approach To Earth (1.235 AU)
    Apr 01 - Aten Asteroid 326290 Akhenaten Closest Approach To Earth (1.298 AU)
    Apr 01 - Asteroid 2041 Lancelot Closest Approach To Earth (2.621 AU)
    Apr 01 - Asteroid 2866 Hardy Closest Approach To Earth (2.432 AU)
    Apr 01 - Centaur Object 31824 Elatus At Opposition (15.293 AU)
    Apr 02 - Mercury Passes 0.4 Degrees From Neptune
    Apr 02 - Asteroid 5049 Sherlock Closest Approach To Earth (1.554 AU)
    Apr 02 - Asteroid 2198 Ceplecha Closest Approach To Earth (2.003 AU)
    Apr 02 - Asteroid 17078 Sellers Closest Approach To Earth (2.358 AU)
    Apr 02 - 55th Anniversary (1964), Zond 1 Launch (USSR Venus Flyby Mission)
    Apr 02 - 60th Anniversary (1959), Selection Of The Mercury 7 Astronauts
    Apr 03 - Comet 149P/Mueller Closest Approach To Earth (1.792 AU)
    Apr 03 - Comet 78P/Gehrels Perihelion (2.014 AU)
    Apr 03 - Comet C/2017 K1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (6.714 AU)
    Apr 03 - Aten Asteroid 2011 FK1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
    Apr 03 - Asteroid 4416 Ramses Closest Approach To Earth (1.526 AU)
    Apr 03 - Asteroid 3905 Doppler Closest Approach To Earth (1.837 AU)
    Apr 04 - Comet P/2002 EJ57 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.500 AU)
    Apr 04 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 GE1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.010 AU)
    Apr 04 - Shing-Tung Yau's 70th Birthday (1949)
    * Apr 05 - Soyuz MS-12 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 58S)
    Apr 05 - Comet 149P/Mueller At Opposition (1.792 AU)
    * Apr 05 - Comet C/2018 N1 (NEOWISE) At Opposition (2.564 AU)
    Apr 05 - Comet 284P/McNaught At Opposition (3.732 AU)
    Apr 05 - Asteroid 342431 Hilo Closest Approach To Earth (2.344 AU)
    Apr 05 - Judith Resnick's 70th Birthday (1949)
    Apr 05 - Larry Bell's 125th Birthday (1894)
    Apr 06 - Comet C/2018 K1 (Weiland) At Opposition (3.389 AU)
    Apr 06 - Comet 127P/Holt-Olmstead At Opposition (3.682 AU)
    * Apr 06 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults TYC 4855-25-1 (10.3 Magnitude Star)
    * Apr 06 - Atira Asteroid 164294 (2004 XZ130) Closest Approach To Earth (0.656 AU)
    Apr 06 - Asteroid 43844 Rowling Closest Approach To Earth (2.230 AU)
    Apr 06 - 35th Anniversary (1984), STS-41-C Launch (Space Shuttle Challenger, LDEF)
    Apr 07 - Comet 232P/Hill Perihelion (2.985 AU)
    Apr 07 - Asteroid 8630 Billprady Closest Approach To Earth (1.024 AU)
    Apr 07 - Asteroid 144296 Steviewonder Closest Approach To Earth (1.052 AU)
    Apr 07 - Asteroid 34419 Corning Closest Approach To Earth (1.300 AU)
    Apr 07 - Asteroid 159814 Saguaro Closest Approach To Earth (1.767 AU)
    Apr 07 - Asteroid 904 Rockefellia Closest Approach To Earth (2.054 AU)
    Apr 07 - Asteroid 793 Arizona Closest Approach To Earth (2.102 AU)
    Apr 07 - Asteroid 495181 Rogerwaters Closest Approach To Earth (2.380 AU)
    Apr 07 - 60th Anniversary (1959), Radar Bounced Off Sun by Lincoln Laboratories
    Apr 07 - James Glaisher's 210th Birthday (1809)
    Apr 08 - Comet C/2017 K1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (6.719 AU)
    Apr 08 - Asteroid 787 Moskva Closest Approach To Earth (1.653 AU)
    Apr 08 - Asteroid 1031 Arctica Closest Approach To Earth (1.906 AU)
    Apr 08 - Asteroid 31 Euphrosyne Closest Approach To Earth (2.241 AU)
    Apr 08 - 55th Anniversary (1964), Gemini 1 Launch (Unmanned)
    Apr 09 - Comet P/2005 GF8 (LONEOS) At Opposition (2.100 AU)
    Apr 09 - Aten Asteroid 2016 GW221 Near-Earth Flyby (0.026 AU)
    Apr 09 - Aten Asteroid 2014 UR Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
    Apr 09 - Apollo Asteroid 410777 (2009 FD) Closest Approach To Earth (0.230 AU)
    Apr 09 - Asteroid 8625 Simonhelberg Closest Approach To Earth (1.816 AU)
    Apr 09 - Asteroid 1381 Danubia Closest Approach To Earth (1.939 AU)
    Apr 09 - Asteroid 4321 Zero Closest Approach To Earth (2.936 AU)
    Apr 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 FT71 At Opposition (46.585 AU)
    Apr 09 - 25th Anniversary (1994), STS-59 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, Spacelab)
    Apr 09 - Mel Apt's 95th Birthday (1924)
    Apr 09 - 100th Anniversary (1919), Cumberland Falls Meteorite Fall in Kentucky
    Apr 09 - James McDonnell's 120th Birthday (1899)
    Apr 10 - Venus Passes 0.3 Degrees From Neptune
    Apr 10 - Comet P/2011 W2 (Rinner) Perihelion (2.313 AU)
    * Apr 10 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults UCAC5 542-051155 (9.9 Magnitude Star)
    Apr 10 - Asteroid 163693 Atira Closest Approach To Earth (0.589 AU)
    Apr 10 - Atira Asteroid 2014 FO47 Closest Approach To Earth (1.262 AU)
    Apr 10 - Asteroid 85197 Ginkgo Closest Approach To Earth (1.526 AU)
    Apr 10 - Asteroid 11814 Schwamb Closest Approach To Earth (2.219 AU)
    Apr 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 2013 FS28 At Opposition (83.178 AU)
    Apr 10 - John Houbolt's 100th Birthday (1919)
    Apr 10 - Scott Forbush's 115th Birthday (1904)
    Apr 11 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (28 Degrees)
    * Apr 11 - Asteroid 16 Psyche Occults TYC 6331-01554-1 (10.6 Magnitude Star)
    Apr 11 - Asteroid 10204 Turing Closest Approach To Earth (1.929 AU)
    Apr 11 - Asteroid 21811 Burroughs Closest Approach To Earth (2.203 AU)
    Apr 11 - Asteroid 184784 Bettiepage Closest Approach To Earth (2.304 AU)
    Apr 11 - Bernhard Schmidt's 140th Birthday (1879)
    Apr 12 - International Day of Human Space Flight
    Apr 12 - Yuri's Night: World Space Party
    Apr 12 - Comet P/2015 X1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.160 AU)
    Apr 12 - Asteroid 295565 Hannover Closest Approach To Earth (1.953 AU)
    Apr 12 - Asteroid 23469 Neilpeart Closest Approach To Earth (2.185 AU)
    Apr 12 - 170th Anniversary (1849), Annibale de Gasparis' Discovery of Asteroid 10 Hygiea
    Apr 13 - Comet P/2014 C1 (TOTAS) Perihelion (1.684 AU)
    Apr 13 - Comet 103P/Hartley At Opposition (4.239 AU)
    Apr 13 - Asteroid 6000 United Nations Closest Approach To Earth (2.084 AU)
    Apr 14 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 FW13 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
    Apr 14 - Asteroid 11998 Fermilab Closest Approach To Earth (2.612 AU)
    Apr 14 - Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (2.623 AU)
    Apr 14 - Christiaan Huygens' 390th Birthday (1629)
    Apr 15 - Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux At Opposition (2.014 AU)
    Apr 15 - Comet C/2018 F4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.319 AU)
    Apr 15 - Comet 61P/Shajn-Schaldach At Opposition (4.245 AU)
    Apr 15 - Comet C/2017 F2 (PANSTARRS)Closest Approach To Earth (6.675 AU)
    * Apr 15 - Asteroid 8861 Jenskandler Occults HIP 81724 (4.5 Magnitude Star)
    Apr 15 - Asteroid 215423 Winnecke Closest Approach To Earth (1.371 AU)
    Apr 15 - Asteroid 4149 Harrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.387 AU)
    Apr 15 - Asteroid 30857 Parsec Closest Approach To Earth (1.435 AU)
    Apr 15 - Asteroid 46977 Krakow Closest Approach To Earth (2.050 AU)
    Apr 15 - Johannes Stark's 145th Birthday (1874)
    Apr 16 - Asteroid 1584 Fuji Closest Approach To Earth (1.390 AU)
    Apr 16 - Asteroid 129564 Christy Closest Approach To Earth (1.553 AU)
    Apr 16 - Asteroid 2023 Asaph Closest Approach To Earth (2.586 AU)
    Apr 16 - Asteroid 3693 Barringer Closest Approach To Earth (2.731 AU)
    Apr 16 - Dwarf Planet 136108 Haumea At Opposition (49.539 AU)
    Apr 17 - Comet 257P/Catalina At Opposition (2.869 AU)
    Apr 17 - Comet P/2005 Y2 (McNaught) At Opposition (3.766 AU)
    Apr 17 - Asteroid 2579 Spartacus Closest Approach To Earth (1.107 AU)
    Apr 17 - Asteroid 2614 Torrence Closest Approach To Earth (1.526 AU)
    Apr 17 - Asteroid 1740 Paavo Nurmi Closest Approach To Earth (1.926 AU)
    Apr 17 - Asteroid 6824 Mallory Closest Approach To Earth (2.700 AU)
    Apr 17 - 5th Anniversay (2014), LADEE, Moon Impact
    Apr 17 - 55th Anniversary (1964), Jerrie Mock Becomes 1st Woman To Fly Solo Around The World
    Apr 17 - Giovanni Domenico Maraldi's 310th Birthday (1709)
    Apr 18 - Aten Asteroid 2012 XO134 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
    Apr 18 - Asteroid 14764 Kilauea Closest Approach To Earth (0.907 AU)
    Apr 18 - Asteroid 26715 South Dakota Closest Approach To Earth (1.952 AU)
    Apr 19 - Comet P/2017 S8 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.299 AU)
    Apr 19 - Comet C/2017 X1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.248 AU)
    Apr 19 - Aten Asteroid 2016 JP Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
    Apr 19 - Asteroid 2999 Dante Closest Approach To Earth (1.274 AU)
    Apr 19 - Asteroid 2409 Chapman Closest Approach To Earth (1.588 AU)
    Apr 19 - Asteroid 1489 Attila Closest Approach To Earth (1.776 AU)
    Apr 19 - Asteroid 7000 Curie Closest Approach To Earth (2.063 AU)
    Apr 19 - Gertrude Bacon's 145th Birthday (1874)
    Apr 20 - Comet P/2005 GF8 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.083 AU)
    Apr 20 - Comet P/2002 EJ57 (LINEAR) At Opposition (2.535 AU)
    Apr 20 - Comet P/2007 Q2 (Gilmore) At Opposition (4.062 AU)
    * Apr 20 - Apollo Asteroid 469219 (2016 HO3) Closest Approach To Earth</a> (0.151 AU)
    Apr 20 - Apollo Asteroid 14827 Hypnos Closest Approach To Earth (1.222 AU)
    Apr 20 - Asteroid 23638 Nagano Closest Approach To Earth (1.323 AU)
    Apr 20 - Asteroid 1913 Sekanina Closest Approach To Earth (2.098 AU)
    Apr 20 - Asteroid 8889 Mockturtle Closest Approach To Earth (2.478 AU)
    Apr 20 - Asteroid 2848 ASP Closest Approach To Earth (2.820 AU)
    Apr 20 - Vincenzo Cerulli's 160th Birthday (1859)
    Apr 21 - Easter Sunday
    Apr 21 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 WQ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
    Apr 21 - Asteroid 5608 Olmos Closest Approach To Earth (1.625 AU)
    Apr 21 - Asteroid 243097 Batavia Closest Approach To Earth (1.688 AU)
    Apr 21 - Asteroid 13667 Samthurman Closest Approach To Earth (1.787 AU)
    Apr 21 - Jean-Bapiste Biot's 245th Birthday (1774)
    Apr 21 - Jan van Riebeeck's 400th Birthday (1619)
    Apr 22 - Earth Day
    Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
    Apr 22 - Comet 17P/Holmes At Opposition (3.400 AU)
    Apr 22 - Comet P/2017 U3 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (4.444 AU)
    * Apr 22 - Atira Asteroid 2015 DR215 Closest Approach To Earth (1.305 AU)
    Apr 22 - Asteroid 67 Asia Closest Approach To Earth (1.452 AU)
    Apr 22 - Asteroid 11836 Eileen Closest Approach To Earth (2.127 AU)
    Apr 22 - Immanuel Kant's 295th Birthday (1724)
    Apr 23 - Comet P/2010 TO20 (LINEAR-Grauer) At Opposition (4.846 AU)
    Apr 23 - Comet C/2017 F2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (6.684 AU)
    Apr 23 - Apollo Asteroid 478784 (2012 UV136) Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
    Apr 23 - Asteroid 4352 Kyoto Closest Approach To Earth (2.240 AU)
    Apr 24 - Asteroid 3192 A'Hearn Closest Approach To Earth (1.177 AU)
    Apr 24 - Asteroid 69263 Big Ben Closest Approach To Earth (1.427 AU)
    Apr 24 - Asteroid 10001 Palermo Closest Approach To Earth (1.688 AU)
    Apr 24 - Asteroid 76272 De Jong Closest Approach To Earth (2.290 AU)
    Apr 24 - Asteroid 1832 Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (2.586 AU)
    Apr 25 - Moon Occults Saturn
    Apr 25 - Moon Occults Dwarf Planet Pluto
    Apr 25 - Comet P/2007 S1 (Zhao) At Opposition (4.087 AU)
    Apr 25 - Comet P/2010 TO20 (LINEAR-Grauer) Closest Approach To Earth (4.846 AU)
    Apr 25 - Asteroid 3414 Champollion Closest Approach To Earth (1.313 AU)
    Apr 25 - Asteroid 12608 Aesop Closest Approach To Earth (1.582 AU)
    Apr 25 - Asteroid 9879 Mammuthus Closest Approach To Earth (1.694 AU)
    Apr 25 - Asteroid 3265 Fletcher Closest Approach To Earth (1.725 AU)
    Apr 25 - Asteroid 24750 Ohm Closest Approach To Earth (1.984 AU)
    Apr 25 - Asteroid 10168 Stony Ridge Closest Approach To Earth (2.001 AU)
    Apr 25 - Asteroid 25000 Astrometria Closest Approach To Earth (2.036 AU)
    Apr 25 - Asteroid 1140 Crimea Closest Approach To Earth (2.091 AU)
    Apr 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2101 Adonis Closest Approach To Earth (2.301 AU)
    Apr 25 - 50th Anniversary (1969), Bovedy Meteorite Fall (Hit Store in Ireland)
    Apr 25 - Guglielmo Marconi's 145th Birthday (1874)
    Apr 26 - Asteroid 263251 Pandabear Closest Approach To Earth (1.486 AU)
    Apr 26 - Asteroid 1008 La Paz Closest Approach To Earth (2.327 AU)
    Apr 26 - Asteroid 99905 Jeffgrossman Closest Approach To Earth (2.684 AU)
    Apr 26 - Owen Richardson's 140th Birthday (1879)
    Apr 27 - Apollo Asteroid 3103 Eger Closest Approach To Earth (1.013 AU)
    Apr 27 - Asteroid 12426 Racquetball Closest Approach To Earth (1.526 AU)
    Apr 27 - Asteroid 5050 Doctorwatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.678 AU)
    Apr 27 - Asteroid 2636 Lassell Closest Approach To Earth (1.832 AU)
    Apr 27 - Patrick Wiggins' 70th Birthday (1949)
    Apr 28 - Comet P/2014 U4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.353 AU)
    Apr 28 - Asteroid 10958 Mont Blanc Closest Approach To Earth (1.125 AU)
    Apr 28 - Asteroid 8627 Kunalnayyar Closest Approach To Earth (1.607 AU)
    Apr 28 - Asteroid 3989 Odin Closest Approach To Earth (1.656 AU)
    Apr 28 - Asteroid 9619 Terrygilliam Closest Approach To Earth (1.694 AU)
    Apr 28 - Asteroid 19019 Sunflower Closest Approach To Earth (1.975 AU)
    Apr 28 - Asteroid 4999 MPC Closest Approach To Earth (1.997 AU)
    Apr 28 - Asteroid 6216 San Jose Closest Approach To Earth (2.006 AU)
    Apr 28 - Francis Baily's 245th Birthday (1774)
    Apr 29 - Comet P/2017 S8 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.314 AU)
    Apr 29 - Comet C/2016 X1 (Lemmon) Perihelion (7.564 AU)
    Apr 29 - Aten Asteroid 2008 GL20 Near-Earth Flyby (0.084 AU)
    Apr 29 - Asteroid 8952 ODAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.452 AU)
    Apr 29 - Asteroid 239672 SOFIA Closest Approach To Earth (1.824 AU)
    Apr 29 - Asteroid 1940 Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (2.188 AU)
    Apr 29 - Asteroid 60186 Las Cruces Closest Approach To Earth (2.369 AU)
    Apr 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 42355 Typhon At Opposition (21.207 AU)
    Apr 30 - Comet 250P/Larson Closest Approach To Earth (2.618 AU)
    Apr 30 - Comet 257P/Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (2.843 AU)
    Apr 30 - Comet C/2017 X1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.264 AU)
    Apr 30 - Asteroid 12524 Conscience Closest Approach To Earth (1.498 AU)
    Apr 30 - Asteroid 1157 Arabia Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 AU)
    Apr 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 FC69 At Opposition (83.997 AU)

    May 2019
    May ?? - Soyuz MS-13 Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 59S)
    May ?? - Dragon CRS-18 (SpX 18)/GEDI Falcon 9 Launch (International Space Station)
    May ?? - GPS 3A-3 Delta 4 M+ Launch
    * May 01 - Atira Asteroid 2013 JX28 Closest Approach To Earth (0.541 AU)
    May 01 - Asteroid 3953 Perth Closest Approach To Earth (1.610 AU)
    May 01 - Asteroid 631 Philippina Closest Approach To Earth (1.722 AU)
    May 01 - Asteroid 10195 Nebraska Closest Approach To Earth (2.285 AU)
    May 01 - 15th Anniversary (2004), Genesis, Earth Flyby
    May 01 - 60th Anniversary (1959), Goddard Space Flight Center Established
    May 01 - 70th Anniversary (1949), Gerard Kuiper's Discovery of Neptune Moon Nereid
    May 02 - Moon Occults Asteroid 4 Vesta
    May 02 - Asteroid 6790 Pingouin Closest Approach To Earth (1.200 AU)
    May 02 - Amor Asteroid 3122 Florence Closest Approach To Earth (1.378 AU)
    May 02 - Asteroid 3487 Edgeworth Closest Approach To Earth (1.563 AU)
    May 02 - Asteroid 2160 Spitzer Closest Approach To Earth (2.037 AU)
    May 02 - R. Scott Dunbar's 65th Birthday (1952)
    May 03 - Comet 138P/Shoemaker-Levy Perihelion (1.703 AU)
    May 03 - Amor Asteroid 4957 Brucemurray Closest Approach To Earth (1.066 AU)
    May 03 - James Hey's 110th Birthday (1909)
    May 04 - Star Wars Day
    May 04 - Comet 306P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.827 AU)
    May 04 - Comet 3D/Biela Closest Approach To Earth (2.294 AU)
    May 04 - Asteroid 4103 Chahine Closest Approach To Earth (1.635 AU)
    May 04 - Asteroid 160512 Franck-Hertz Closest Approach To Earth (2.027 AU)
    May 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 EK139 At Opposition (35.085 AU)
    May 04 - 30th Anniversary (1989), Magellan Launch (Venus Orbiter)
    May 04 - Fritz von Opel's 120th Birthday (1899)
    May 05 - Space Day
    May 05 - National Astronaut Day
    May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
    May 05 - Comet 102P/Shoemaker At Opposition (3.461 AU)
    May 05 - Comet 186P/Garradd Perihelion (4.389 AU)
    May 05 - Amor Asteroid 2016 GF216 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
    May 05 - Amor Asteroid 1980 Tezcatlipoca Closest Approach To Earth (1.244 AU)
    May 05 - Asteroid 84225 Verish Closest Approach To Earth (1.477 AU)
    May 05 - 20th Anniversary (1999), Galileo, Callisto 20 Flyby
    May 06 - Comet P/2012 O2 (McNaught) Perihelion (1.692 AU)
    May 06 - Amor Asteroid 2009 MN8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
    May 06 - Apollo Asteroid 1865 Cerberus Closest Approach To Earth (0.369 AU)
    May 06 - Asteroid 18610 Arthurdent Closest Approach To Earth (1.823 AU)
    May 07 - Comet 222P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.281 AU)
    May 07 - Comet 312P/NEAT At Opposition (2.832 AU)
    May 07 - Comet 184P/Lovas At Opposition (3.245 AU)
    * May 07 - Comet C/2018 F4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.257 AU)
    May 07 - Asteroid 6758 Jesseowens Closest Approach To Earth (1.299 AU)
    May 08 - Mercury Passes 1.4 Degrees From Uranus
    May 08 - Comet 142P/Ge-Wang At Opposition (4.156 AU)
    May 08 - Amor Asteroid 2014 KQ84 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
    May 08 - Asteroid 6128 Lasorda Closest Approach To Earth (1.292 AU)
    May 08 - Asteroid 7645 Pons Closest Approach To Earth (1.560 AU)
    May 09 - Comet P/2017 W3 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (3.676 AU)
    May 09 - Amor Asteroid 2008 HS3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.037 AU)
    May 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 RC Near-Earth Flyby (0.037 AU)
    May 09 - Asteroid 2001 Einstein Closest Approach To Earth (0.860 AU)
    May 09 - Asteroid 7707 Yes Closest Approach To Earth (1.347 AU)
    May 09 - Asteroid 4738 Jimihendrix Closest Approach To Earth (1.706 AU)
    May 09 - Centaur Object 144908 (2004 YH32) At Opposition (11.457 AU)
    May 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 FX86 At Opposition (45.104 AU)
    May 09 - Oleg Atkov's 70th Birthday (1949)
    May 10 - Asteroid 7169 Linda Closest Approach To Earth (1.304 AU)
    May 10 - Asteroid 6594 Tasman Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU)
    May 10 - Asteroid 64070 NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.997 AU)
    May 10 - Asteroid 3264 Bounty Closest Approach To Earth (2.067 AU)
    May 10 - Asteroid 31000 Rockchic Closest Approach To Earth (2.088 AU)
    May 10 - 140th Anniversary (1879), Estherville Meteorite Shower in Iowa
    May 11 - Comet P/2005 T2 (Christensen) At Opposition (2.165 AU)
    May 11 - Comet C/2017 T3 (ATLAS) At Opposition (3.244 AU)
    May 11 - Apollo Asteroid 468005 (2012 XD112) Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
    May 11 - Asteroid 2867 Steins Closest Approach To Earth (1.262 AU)
    May 11 - Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Closest Approach To Earth (1.470 AU)
    May 11 - Asteroid 12818 Tomhanks Closest Approach To Earth (1.689 AU)
    May 11 - Asteroid 3255 Tholen Closest Approach To Earth (2.312 AU)
    May 11 - 10th Anniversary (2008), STS-125 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, Last Hubble Space Telecope Servicing)
    May 11 - Antony Hewish's 95th Birthday (1924)
    May 12 - Comet 250P/Larson At Opposition (2.640 AU)
    May 12 - Comet 138P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (2.706 AU)
    May 12 - Aten Asteroid 2009 FU23 Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
    * May 12 - Asteroid Aten Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom Closest Approach To Earth (0.474 AU)
    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 C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.003 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 - Atira Asteroid 434326 (2004 JG6) Closest Approach To Earth (0.991 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 - Amor Asteroid 153591 (2001 SN263) (2 Moons) Closest Approach To Earth (1.268 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 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Occults UCAC5 363-073920 (11.5 Magnitude Star)
    * May 21 - Apollo Asteroid 217628 Lugh Closest Approach To Earth (1.388 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 322P/SOHO At Opposition (1.128 AU)
    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 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Occults UCAC5 362-071809 (12.1 Magnitude Star)
    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)


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