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

August 2018
Aug ?? - OKW-2 Kuaizhou 11 Launch
Aug ?? - Es'hail 2 Falcon 9 Launch
Aug ?? - BlackSky Global 1/Centauri I PSLV Launch
* Aug ?? - OVS 2B-2H CZ-11 Launch
* Aug ?? - Zhuhai-1 05 & 06 CZ-11 Launch
* Aug 22 - ADM-Aeolus (Earth Explorer 4) Vega Launch
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 - Comet C/2018 P5 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.734 AU)
* Aug 22 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 PK9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 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 - Aten Asteroid 2018 PU23 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
* Aug 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 PW7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 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 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 PR9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 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 - BeiDou-3 (M11 & M12) CZ-3C/YZ-1 Launch
* Aug 25 - Telstar 18V/APStar 5C Falcon 9 Launch
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 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 PQ10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 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 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 PH21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 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 C/2018 O1 (ATLAS) Perihelion (1.558 AU)
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 ?? - 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 2018 QA Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)
Sep 03 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 DQ35 Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 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 - 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 - Azerspace 2 (Intelsat 38)/Horizons 3e Ariane 5 Launch
Sep 07 - Neptune At Opposition
Sep 07 - Asteroid 633 Zelima Occults HIP 109139 (4.3 Magnitude Star)
* Sep 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2008 PW4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU)
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 - 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 - ICESAT 2/ELFIN/IT-SPINS/SurfSat/ARC 2/CP 7 (DAVE) Delta 2 7420 Launch
* Sep 15 - NovaSAR-S/SSTL-S1/Flock-3r/Hiber 1/Reaktor Hello World PSLV Launch
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 - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
* Sep 16 - Comet P/2018 P4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.674 AU)
* Sep 16 - Comet P/2018 P4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.674 AU)
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 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 PK24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 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 - Comet P/2018 P3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (0.785 AU)
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 21 - Asteroid 2875 Lagerkvist Closest Approach To Earth (2.046 AU)
Sep 21 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Galileo, Jupiter Impact
* Sep 22 - Comet P/2018 P3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (0.784 AU)
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)
Sep 24 - Asteroid 1704 Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.413 AU)
Sep 24 - Asteroid 1322 Coppernicus Closest Approach To Earth (1.620 AU)
Sep 24 - Asteroid 93 Minerva Closest Approach To Earth (1.683 AU)
Sep 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 RE64 At Opposition (50.896 AU)
Sep 24 - Charlotte Moore Sitterly's 120th Birthday (1898)
Sep 25 - Comet C/2017 U4 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (7.724 AU)
Sep 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2007 TV18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
Sep 25 - Asteroid 5062 Glennmiller Closest Approach To Earth (0.932 AU)
Sep 25 - Asteroid 82332 Las Vegas Closest Approach To Earth (1.568 AU)
Sep 25 - Asteroid 132904 Notkin Closest Approach To Earth (2.440 AU)
Sep 25 - Holger Thiele's 140th Birthday (1878)
Sep 26 - KH-11 17 (Crystal 17, NROL-71) Delta 4H Launch
Sep 26 - Comet 131P/Mueller Closest Approach To Earth (1.544 AU)
Sep 26 - Comet 77P/Longmore At Opposition (3.564 AU)
Sep 26 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults HIP 17681 (7.1 Magnitude Star)
Sep 26 - Apollo Asteroid 1865 Cerberus Closest Approach To Earth (0.611 AU)
Sep 26 - Amor Asteroid 2013 US8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
Sep 26 - Asteroid 2933 Amber Closest Approach To Earth (1.503 AU)
Sep 26 - Asteroid 5036 Tuttle Closest Approach To Earth (2.670 AU)
Sep 26 - Kuiper Belt Object 120347 Salacia At Opposition (43.898 AU)
Sep 26 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 17 Flyby
Sep 27 - Comet 257P/Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (2.699 AU)
Sep 27 - Comet C/2017 P2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.015 AU)
Sep 27 - Atira Asteroid 434326 (2004 JG6) Closest Approach To Earth (0.699 AU)
Sep 27 - Asteroid 2925 Beatty Closest Approach To Earth (1.656 AU)
Sep 27 - Asteroid 336698 Melbourne Closest Approach To Earth (2.180 AU)
Sep 27 - 10th Anniversary (2008), First Chinese Spacewalk
Sep 27 - 15th Anniversary (2003), SMART-1 Launch (ESA Moon Orbiter)
Sep 27 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Kendrapara Meteorite Fall (Hit Houses in India)
Sep 27 - Martin Ryle's 100th Birthday (1918)
* Sep 28 - SAOCOM 1A/ITASAT 1 Falcon 9 Launch
Sep 28 - Comet 364P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (0.632 AU)
Sep 28 - Comet 66P/du Toit At Opposition (1.106 AU)
Sep 28 - Comet 73P-T/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.606 AU)
Sep 28 - Comet 197P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.863 AU)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults 2UCAC 33692420 (12.4 Magntiude Star)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 21388198 (11.6 Magnitude Star)
* Sep 28 - Asteroid 1006 Lagrangea Closest Approach To Earth (1.076 AU)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 78905 Seanokeefe Closest Approach To Earth (1.889 AU)
Sep 28 - 160th Anniversary (1858), 1st Photograph of a Comet (Donati's Comet by William Usherwood)
* Sep 29 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults 4U 675-23281 (10.9 Magnitude Star)
Sep 29 - Aten Asteroid 2015 SO2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
Sep 29 - Asteroid 4783 Wasson Closest Approach To Earth (1.653 AU)
Sep 29 - 30th Anniversary (1988), STS-26 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, TDRS)
Sep 29 - 80th Anniversary (1938), Benld Meteorite Fall (Hit Car in Illinois)
Sep 30 - Comet 203P/Korlevic Closest Approach To Earth (3.122 AU)
Sep 30 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults 2UCAC 25885060 (12.2 Magnitude Star)
* Sep 30 - Asteroid 85047 Krakatau Closest Approach To Earth (0.797 AU)
Sep 30 - Asteroid 10387 Bepicolombo Closest Approach To Earth (1.346 AU)
Sep 30 - Asteroid 1772 Gagarin Closest Approach To Earth (1.797 AU)
* Sep 30 - Asteroid 8249 Gershwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.816 AU)
Sep 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 308933 (2006 SQ372) At Opposition (27.468 AU)
Sep 30 - Plutino 469372 (2001 QF298) At Opposition (42.486 AU)

October 2018
Oct ?? - GLONASS-M 761 Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
Oct ?? - Gonets M14-M16/BLITS-M1 & M2/Radio 2017 Rokot-KM Launch
Oct ?? - BlackSky Global 3 PSLV Launch
Oct ?? - GOSAT 2/KhalifaSat H-2A Launch
Oct ?? - DSX/FORMOSAT 7A-77F/GPIM/OTB/FalconSat 6/NPSat 1/Oculus-ASR/Prox 1/LightSail-B/
Nanosat 7/SSTE 4/SET 1/ARMADILLO/Falconsat 7 (Peregrinne)/TBEx A & B/Prometheus 2-1 - 2-8/
TEPCE 1 & 2/CP 9 StangSat Falcon Heavy Launch
Oct ?? - GLONASS-M 760 Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
Oct ?? - Iridium Next 66-75 Falcon 9 Launch
* Oct ?? - INCA/CACTUS 1/ExoCube 2/MicroMAS 2b/MiTEE 1/PolarCube/Q-PACE/
CAPE 3/RadFxSat 2 (Fox 1E)/PICS 1 & 2 LauncherOne Launch
* Oct ?? - GSAT-29 GSLV Mk III Launch
Oct ?? - 40th Anniversary (1978), Walnut Hill Meteorite Fall (Hit Chicken Coup in Maine)
Oct ?? - Edward Troughton's 265th Birthday (1753)
Oct 01 - Atira Asteroid 2017 XA1 Closest Approach To Earth (1.216 AU)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 293934 MPIA Closest Approach To Earth (1.231 AU)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 12757 Yangtze Closest Approach To Earth (1.724 AU)
Oct 01 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Formation of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Oct 01 - NASA's 60th Birthday (1958)
Oct 01 - 150th Anniversary (1868), Lodran Meteorite Fall in Pakistan
Oct 02 - Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Perihelion (1.082 AU)
Oct 02 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults UCAC4-322-160263 (11.6 Magnitude Star)
Oct 02 - Atira Asteroid 2012 VE46 Closest Approach To Earth (0.277 AU)
* Oct 02 - Asteroid 4523 MIT Closest Approach To Earth (2.030 AU)
Oct 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 2015 RR245 At Opposition (61.998 AU)
Oct 03 - Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels At Opposition (0.484 AU)
Oct 03 - Amor Asteroid 2009 TK Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
Oct 03 - Apollo Asteroid 469219 (2016 HO3) Closest Approach To Earth (0.155 AU)
Oct 03 - Asteroid 13681 Monty Python Closest Approach To Earth (2.032 AU)
Oct 03 - Alexander Macmillan's 200th Birthday (1818)
Oct 04 - Comet P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) Perihelion (2.191 AU)
Oct 04 - Comet P/2007 T4 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (2.375 AU)
Oct 04 - Asteroid 10867 Lima Closest Approach To Earth (1.638 AU)
* Oct 04 - Asteroid 6677 Renoir Closest Approach To Earth (1.970 AU)
Oct 05 - AEHF 4 Atlas 5 Launch
Oct 05 - Comet C/2018 N2 (ASASSN) At Opposition (4.220 AU)
Oct 05 - Asteroid 7394 Xanthomalitia Occults HIP 31277 (5.6 Magnitude Star)
Oct 05 - Binary Apollo Asteroid 69230 Hermes Closest Approach To Earth (0.529 AU)
Oct 05 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Closest Approach To Earth (0.836 AU)
* Oct 05 - Asteroid 50240 Cortina Closest Approach To Earth (1.871 AU)
Oct 05 - Neil deGrasse Tyson's 60th Birthday (1958)
Oct 05 - 95th Anniversary (1923), Edwin Hubble's Discovery of Cepheid Variable Star V1
Oct 06 - Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Closest Approach To Earth (2.032 AU)
Oct 06 - Comet 163P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU
Oct 06 - Comet 362P At Opposition (3.372 AU)
Oct 06 - Asteroid 91007 Ianfleming Closest Approach To Earth (0.923 AU)
Oct 06 - Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (2.456 AU)
Oct 06 - 10th Anniversary (2008), MESSENGER, 2nd Mercury Flyby
Oct 06 - Liu Yang's 40th Birthday (1978)
Oct 06 - Meghnad Saha's 125th Birthday (1893)
Oct 07 - Comet 73P-Y/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.179 AU)
Oct 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2006 HE2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
* Oct 07 - Asteroid 3153 Lincoln Closest Approach To Earth (1.123 AU)
Oct 07 - Asteroid 184064 Miner Closest Approach To Earth (1.157 AU)
Oct 07 - Asteroid 12373 Lancearmstrong Closest Approach To Earth (1.529 AU)
Oct 07 - 10th Anniversary (2008), Asteroid 2008 TC3 Impacts Earth (Almahata Sitta Meteorite)
* Oct 08 - Comet P/2018 P3 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (1.759 AU)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 21399267 (12.1 Magnitude Star)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 21399542 (12.2 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 08 - Asteroid 1225 Ariane Closest Approach To Earth (1.252 AU)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 11356 Chuckjones Closest Approach To Earth (1.744 AU)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.761 AU)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 1125 China Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)
Oct 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 2008 ST291 At Opposition (60.017 AU)
Oct 08 - Ejnar Hertzsprung's 145th Birthday (1873)
Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 09 - Comet 298P/Christensen At Opposition (3.299 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 6861-01335-1 (9.7 Magnitude Star)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 5382 McKay Closest Approach To Earth (1.871 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (2.109 AU)
Oct 09 - 5th Anniversary (2013), Juno, Earth Flyby
* Oct 10 - Asteroid 1224 Fantasia Closest Approach To Earth (0.870 AU)
Oct 10 - 35th Anniversary (1983), Venera 15, Venus Orbit Insertion
Oct 10 - John Grunsfeld's 60th Birthday (1958)
Oct 11 - Soyuz MS-10 Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 56S)
Oct 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 HG182 Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)
Oct 11 - Asteroid 165347 Philplait Closest Approach To Earth (1.609 AU)
Oct 11 - Asteroid 1154 Astronomia Closest Approach To Earth (2.399 AU)
Oct 11 - 25th Anniversary (1983), IRAS' Discovery of Asteroid 3200 Phaethon
Oct 11 - 35th Anniversary (1983), Venera 16, Venus Orbit Insertion
Oct 11 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 7 Launch (1st Manned Apollo Mission)
Oct 11 - Heinrich Olbers' 260th Birthday (1758)
Oct 12 - Asteroid 9007 James Bond Closest Approach To Earth (1.099 AU)
* Oct 13 - Astronomy Day
Oct 13 - Comet P/2005 J1 Perihelion (1.533 AU)
Oct 13 - Comet 251P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.736 AU)
Oct 13 - Comet P/2013 EW90 (Tenagra) At Opposition (3.504 AU)
Oct 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 303775 (2005 QU182) At Opposition (51.857 AU)
Oct 13 - 180th Anniversary (1838), Cold Bokkeveld Meteorite Fall in South Africa
Oct 14 - Mercury Passes 6.8 Degrees From Venus
Oct 14 - Comet P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) Closest Approach To Earth (1.240 AU)
Oct 14 - Apollo Asteroid 2012 CU Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
Oct 14 - Aten Asteroid 2016 TH10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
Oct 14 - Apollo Asteroid 4450 Pan Closest Approach To Earth (0.862 AU)
Oct 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 19308 (1996 TO66) At Opposition (46.447 AU)
Oct 14 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Shenzhou V Launch (1st Chinese Manned Space Mission)
Oct 14 - Edward Sabine's 230th Birthday (1788)
* Oct 15 - Comet P/2010 A1 (Hill) Perihelion (1.957 AU)
Oct 15 - Asteroid 5961 Watt Closest Approach To Earth (1.679 AU)
Oct 15 - Asteroid 2830 Greenwich Closest Approach To Earth (1.902 AU)
* Oct 15 - Asteroid 3834 Zappafrank Closest Approach To Earth (2.005 AU)
Oct 15 - Centaur Object 2015 JH1 At Opposition (6.532 AU)
Oct 15 - Johan Tralles' 255th Birthday (1763)
Oct 15 - Evangelista Torricelli's 410th Birthday (1608)
Oct 16 - Mars Winter Solstice
Oct 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 UO41 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 7784 Watterson Closest Approach To Earth (0.932 AU)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 38237 Roche Closest Approach To Earth (1.734 AU)
* Oct 16 - Asteroid 14702 Benclark Closest Approach To Earth (1.905 AU)
Oct 16 - Cyril Ponnamperuma's 95th Birthday (1923)
Oct 17 - Comet 243P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.496 AU)
Oct 17 - Comet C/2017 K4 (ATLAS) At Opposition (2.857 AU)
Oct 17 - Aten Asteroid 2014 US7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.008 AU)
Oct 17 - Asteroid 17033 Rusty Closest Approach To Earth (1.304 AU)
Oct 17 - Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth (1.873 AU)
Oct 17 - Asteroid 336694 Fey Closest Approach To Earth (2.100 AU)
Oct 17 - Asteroid 656 Beagle Closest Approach To Earth (2.415 AU)
Oct 17 - Bill Anders' 85th Birthday (1933)
Oct 18 - Comet P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) At Opposition (1.241 AU)
Oct 18 - Comet 100P/Hartley At Opposition (3.719 AU)
Oct 18 - Comet C/2016 Q4 (Kowalski) Closest Approach To Earth (6.216 AU)
Oct 18 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 GC221 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
Oct 18 - Aten Asteroid 2013 UG1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
Oct 18 - Asteroid 4116 Elachi Closest Approach To Earth (0.968 AU)
Oct 18 - Apollo Asteroid 5143 Heracles Closest Approach To Earth (1.881 AU)
Oct 18 - Dwarf Planet 136199 Eris At Opposition (95.121 AU)
Oct 18 - 25th Anniversary (1993), STS-58 Launch (Space Shuttle Colubmia, Spacelab)
* Oct 19 - BepiColumbo Ariane 5 Launch (Mercury Orbiter)
Oct 19 - Comet P/2015 M2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.729 AU)
Oct 19 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 UC19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
* Oct 19 - Asteroid 2244 Tesla Closest Approach To Earth (1.345 AU)
Oct 19 - Asteroid 6592 Goya Closest Approach To Earth (1.379 AU)
Oct 19 - Asteroid 18725 Atacama Closest Approach To Earth (1.540 AU)
Oct 19 - Asteroid 7934 Sinatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.705 AU)
Oct 19 - Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (2.124 AU)

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