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

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    Jun 28 - Asteroid 1071 Brita Closest Approach To Earth (2.084 AU)
    Jun 29 - Comet 311P/PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (1.382 AU)
    Jun 29 - Comet 348P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (3.121 AU)
    Jun 29 - Asteroid 5841 Stone Closest Approach To Earth (1.102 AU)
    Jun 29 - Apollo Asteroid 3361 Orpheus Closest Approach To Earth (1.343 AU)
    * Jun 29 - Asteroid 4636 Chile Closest Approach To Earth (1.720 AU)
    Jun 29 - Asteroid 163800 Richardnorton Closest Approach To Earth (1.809 AU)
    Jun 29 - Asteroid 5870 Baltimore Closest Approach To Earth (2.903 AU)
    Jun 29 - Carlyle Beals' 120th Birthday (1899)
    Jun 30 - Asteroid Day
    Jun 30 - Asteroid 2912 Lapalma Closest Approach To Earth (1.276 AU)
    Jun 30 - 15th Anniversary (2004), Cassini, Saturn Orbit Insertion
    Jun 30 - 35th Anniversary (1984), Aomori Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in Japan)

    July 2019
    Jul ?? - HTV-8 H-2B Launch (International Space Station)
    Jul ?? - 755th Anniversary (1264), 1st Observation of the Great Comet of 1264
    Jul 01 - Comet P/1999 RO28 (LONEOS) Perihelion (1.123 AU)
    Jul 01 - Comet 84P/Giclas At Opposition (2.181 AU)
    Jul 01 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 XC352 Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
    Jul 01 - Asteroid 2200 Pasadena Closest Approach To Earth (1.326 AU)
    * Jul 01 - Asteroid 6701 Warhol Closest Approach To Earth (1.462 AU)
    Jul 01 - Asteroid 2068 Dangreen Closest Approach To Earth (1.951 AU)
    Jul 01 - 20th Anniversary (1999), Giotto, Earth Flyby
    Jul 02 - Total Solar Eclipse (Visible from Central Chile, Central Argentina)
    Jul 02 - Asteroid 193 Ambrosia Closest Approach To Earth (2.273 AU)
    Jul 02 - 5th Anniversary (2014), Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) Launch
    Jul 02 - Pedro Paulet's 145th Birthday (1874)
    Jul 03 - Comet 350P/McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (2.968 AU)
    Jul 03 - Comet C/2017 K5 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (6.945 AU)
    Jul 03 - Asteroid 3061 Cook Closest Approach To Earth (1.745 AU)
    Jul 03 - Asteroid 39415 Janeausten Closest Approach To Earth (2.122 AU)
    Jul 03 - Asteroid 1776 Kuiper Closest Approach To Earth (2.150 AU)
    Jul 03 - Asteroid 2807 Karl Marx Closest Approach To Earth (2.260 AU)
    Jul 04 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
    Jul 04 - Moon Occults Mars
    Jul 04 - Comet 160P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.268 AU)
    Jul 04 - Asteroid 2281 Biela Closest Approach To Earth (0.908 AU)
    Jul 04 - Asteroid 4690 Strasbourg Closest Approach To Earth (1.036 AU)
    * Jul 04 - Asteroid 8120 Kobe Closest Approach To Earth (1.196 AU)
    Jul 04 - Asteroid 8749 Beatles Closest Approach To Earth (1.649 AU)
    Jul 04 - Asteroid 13897 Vesuvius Closest Approach To Earth (2.508 AU)
    Jul 04 - Neptune Trojan 2008 LC18 At Opposition (31.407 AU)
    Jul 04 - 965th Anniversary (1054), The Crab Nebula Supernova
    Jul 05 - Comet P/2012 K3 (Gibbs) At Opposition (1.108 AU)
    Jul 05 - Comet 350P/McNaught At Opposition (2.969 AU)
    Jul 05 - Asteroid 11945 Amsterdam Closest Approach To Earth (1.774 AU)
    Jul 05 - Centaur Object 10370 Hylonome At Opposition (23.332 AU)
    Jul 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 307261 (2002 MS4) At Opposition (45.615 AU)
    Jul 06 - Apollo Asteroid 10145 (1994 CK1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
    * Jul 06 - Asteroid 9133 d'Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (1.504 AU)
    Jul 06 - Asteroid 84566 VIMS Closest Approach To Earth (2.174 AU)
    Jul 06 - 95th Anniversary (1924), Johnstown Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Colorado)
    Jul 06 - Robert White's 95th Birthday (1924)
    Jul 07 - Mercury Passes 3.8 Degrees from Mars
    Jul 07 - Comet 254P/McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (2.977 AU)
    Jul 07 - Comet P/2013 O2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.519 AU)
    Jul 07 - Comet 24P/Schaumasse At Opposition (4.028 AU)
    Jul 07 - Comet C/2017 K5 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (6.943 AU)
    Jul 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 NO56 Near-Earth Flyby (0.009 AU)
    Jul 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 OF Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
    Jul 07 - Aten Asteroid 2013 ND15 (Venus Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (0.482 AU)
    Jul 07 - Asteroid 4804 Pasteur Closest Approach To Earth (1.664 AU)
    Jul 08 - Apollo Asteroid 85585 Mjolnir Closest Approach To Earth (0.744 AU)
    Jul 08 - Aten Asteroid 398188 Agni Closest Approach To Earth (1.018 AU)
    Jul 08 - Asteroid 2843 Yeti Closest Approach To Earth (1.483 AU)
    Jul 08 - Asteroid 96193 Edmonton Closest Approach To Earth (1.706 AU)
    Jul 08 - Asteroid 21564 Widmanstatten Closest Approach To Earth (2.137 AU)
    Jul 08 - 25th Anniversary (1994), STS-65 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour - Shuttle Radar Laboratory)
    Jul 09 - Saturn At Opposition
    * Jul 09 - Apollo Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Closest Approach To Earth (0.810 AU)
    Jul 09 - Asteroid 15402 Suzaku Closest Approach To Earth (0.966 AU)
    Jul 09 - Asteroid 5899 Jedicke Closest Approach To Earth (1.014 AU)
    Jul 09 - Asteroid 7434 Osaka Closest Approach To Earth (1.400 AU)
    Jul 09 - Asteroid 13330 Dondavis Closest Approach To Earth (1.656 AU)
    Jul 09 - Asteroid 16481 Thames Closest Approach To Earth (2.425 AU)
    Jul 09 - 40th Anniversary (1979), Voyager 2, Jupiter Flyby
    Jul 10 - Comet 209P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (0.668 AU)
    Jul 10 - Comet P/2012 K3 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (1.105 AU)
    Jul 10 - Comet 313P/Gibbs At Opposition (1.783 AU)
    Jul 10 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia Occults 4665-01189-1 (10.8 Magnitude Star)
    * Jul 10 - Asteroid 371 Bohemia Closest Approach To Earth (1.546 AU)
    Jul 10 - Asteroid 8146 Jimbell Closest Approach To Earth (2.409 AU)
    Jul 10 - Centaur Object 55576 Amycus At Opposition (20.375 AU)
    Jul 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 486958 (2014 MU69) At Opposition (42.199 AU)
    Jul 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 PN70 At Opposition (42.883 AU)
    * Jul 11 - Asteroid 2187 La Silla Closest Approach To Earth (1.398 AU)
    Jul 11 - Asteroid 2097 Galle Closest Approach To Earth (1.667 AU)
    Jul 11 - Asteroid 42776 Casablanca Closest Approach To Earth (2.141 AU)
    Jul 11 - 40th Anniversary (1979), Skylab Re-Enters Into Earth's Atmosphere
    Jul 12 - Comet 143P/Kowal-Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (2.700 AU)
    Jul 12 - Amor Asteroid 2016 NJ33 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
    Jul 12 - Asteroid 3850 Peltier Closest Approach To Earth (0.944 AU)
    Jul 12 - Apollo Asteroid 4034 Vishnu Closest Approach To Earth (1.180 AU)
    Jul 12 - Asteroid 101383 Karloff Closest Approach To Earth (1.208 AU)
    Jul 13 - Comet 68P/Klemola Closest Approach To Earth (1.246 AU)
    Jul 13 - Comet P/2006 W1 (Gibbs) At Opposition (2.153 AU)
    Jul 13 - Comet 210P/Christensen At Opposition (2.372 AU)
    Jul 13 - Comet C/2018 F1 (Grauer) Closest Approach To Earth (2.946 AU)
    Jul 13 - Comet P/2012 TK8 (Tenagra) At Opposition (3.552 AU)
    Jul 13 - Comet 227P/Catalina-LINEAR At Opposition (3.750 AU)
    * Jul 13 - Asteroid 114703 North Dakota Closest Approach To Earth (1.708 AU)
    Jul 13 - Aristarkh Belopolsky's 165th Birthday (1854)
    Jul 14 - Comet P/2002 S7 (SOHO) At Oppositoin (2.218 AU)
    Jul 14 - Comet 178P/Hug-Bell At Opposition (2.301 AU)
    Jul 14 - Comet C/2018 A6 (Gibbs) Perihelion (3.019 AU)
    Jul 14 - Aten Asteroid 2018 BF5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
    Jul 15 - Asteroid 12561 Howard Closest Approach To Earth (2.089 AU)
    Jul 15 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo At Opposition (15.188 AU)
    Jul 15 - Dwarf Planet 134340 Pluto At Opposition (32.823 AU)
    Jul 15 - 10th Anniversary (2009), STS-127 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour - JEM Exposed Facility)
    Jul 15 - William Birt's 215th Birthday (1804)
    Jul 16 - 50th Anniversary (1969), Apollo 11 Launch (1st Manned Moon Landing)
    Jul 16 - Partial Lunar Eclipse
    Jul 16 - Moon Occults Saturn
    Jul 16 - Moon Occults Dwarf Planet Pluto
    Jul 16 - Comet P/2012 SB6 (Lemmon) At Opposition (2.201 AU)
    Jul 16 - Asteroid 1103 Sequoia Closest Approach To Earth (0.815 AU)
    Jul 16 - Samuel Molyneux's 330th Birthday (1689)
    Jul 16-22 - 25th Anniversary (1994), Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impacts on Jupiter
    Jul 17 - Dwarf Planet Pluto Occults UCAC5 340-173206 (12.9 Magnitude Star)
    Jul 17 - Asteroid 9965 GNU Closest Approach To Earth (1.160 AU)
    Jul 17 - Asteroid 12464 Manhattan Closest Approach To Earth (1.415 AU)
    Jul 17 - Asteroid 4749 Ledzepplin Closest Approach To Earth (1.955 AU)
    * Jul 17 - Asteroid 9537 Nolan Closest Approach To Earth (1.988 AU)
    Jul 17 - Asteroid 3325 TARDIS Closest Approach To Earth (2.315 AU)
    Jul 17 - Georges Lemaitre's 125th Birthday (1894)
    Jul 18 - Comet 313P/Gibbs Closest Approach To Earth (1.775 AU)
    Jul 18 - Comet 187P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (3.108 AU)
    Jul 18 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 MJ6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.091 AU)
    * Jul 18 - Asteroid 10221 Kubrick Closest Approach To Earth (1.515 AU)
    * Jul 18 - Asteroid 15000 CCD Closest Approach To Earth (1.644 AU)
    Jul 18 - Asteroid 234750 Amymainzer Closest Approach To Earth (1.692 AU)
    Jul 18 - Neptune Trojan 2011 HM102 At Opposition (27.273 AU)
    Jul 19 - Asteroid 13677 Alvin Closest Approach To Earth (2.081 AU)
    Jul 20 - 50th Anniversary (1969), 1st Man On The Moon (Apollo 11)
    Jul 20 - Comet 84P/Giclas Closest Approach To Earth (2.134 AU)
    Jul 20 - Asteroid 8553 Bradsmith Closest Approach To Earth (0.959 AU)
    Jul 20 - Apollo Asteroid 4257 Ubasti Closest Approach To Earth (1.539 AU)
    Jul 20 - Asteroid 580 Selene Closest Approach To Earth (2.420 AU)
    Jul 20 - 20th Anniversary (1999), Retrieval Of Liberty Bell 7 Capsule From Ocean Floor
    Jul 21 - Comet P/2008 Y12 (SOHO) At Opposition (0.852 AU)
    Jul 21 - Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales) Closest Approach To Earth (2.987 AU)
    Jul 21 - Aten Asteroid 2016 KO Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
    Jul 21 - Asteroid 4255 Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (2.511 AU)
    Jul 21 - 105th Anniversary (1914), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Sinope
    Jul 22 - Comet 187P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.110 AU)
    Jul 22 - Apollo Asteroid 3752 Camillo Closest Approach To Earth (1.504 AU)
    * Jul 22 - Asteroid 19911 Rigaux Closest Approach To Earth (2.272 AU)
    Jul 22 - Asteroid 5738 Billpickering Closest Approach To Earth (3.099 AU)
    Jul 22 - Friedrich Bessel's 235th Birthday (1784)
    Jul 23 - Moon Occults Asteroid 21 Lutetia
    Jul 23 - Comet 215P/NEAT At Opposition (2.634 AU)
    Jul 23 - Comet P/2009 Q4 (Boattini) At Opposition (3.067 AU)
    Jul 23 - Comet 365P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (3.086 AU)
    Jul 23 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults UCAC5 543-052634 (12.5 Magnitude Star)
    Jul 23 - Asteroid 149 Medusa Closest Approach To Earth (1.206 AU)
    * Jul 23 - Asteroid 1495 Helsinki Closest Approach To Earth (1.268 AU)
    Jul 23 - Asteroid 45 Eugenia (2 Moons) Closest Approach To Earth (1.600 AU)
    Jul 23 - Asteroid 51828 Ilanramon Closest Approach To Earth (2.066 AU)
    Jul 23 - 20th Anniversary (1999), Chandra X-Ray Observatory Launch (STS-93, Space Shuttle Columbia)
    Jul 23 - 35th Anniversary (1984), Discovery of Neptune's Rings
    Jul 24 - Mercury Passes 5.7 Degrees From Venus
    Jul 24 - Comet P/2006 S1 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth (0.890 AU)
    Jul 24 - Comet P/2007 T4 (Gibbs) Perihleion (2.005 AU)
    Jul 24 - Comet 277P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.092 AU)
    Jul 24 - Comet 263P/Gibbs At Opposition (3.472 AU)
    Jul 24 - Comet 182P/LONEOS At Opposition (3.887 AU)
    Jul 24 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 HM10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
    * Jul 24 - Asteroid 3130 Hillary Closest Approach To Earth (1.136 AU)
    Jul 25 - Comet 215P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (2.634 AU)
    Jul 25 - Apollo Asteroid 4341 Poseidon Closest Approach To Earth (1.552 AU)
    Jul 25 - Asteroid 1958 Chandra Closest Approach To Earth (1.588 AU)
    Jul 25 - 35th Anniversary (1984), 1st Woman Spacewalk (Svetlana Savitskaya)
    Jul 26 - Comet 143P/Kowal-Mrkos At Opposition (2.727 AU)
    Jul 26 - Comet 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (3.426 AU)
    Jul 26 - Aten Asteroid 2010 PK9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.021 AU)
    Jul 26 - Asteroid 341 California Closest Approach To Earth (0.791 AU)
    * Jul 26 - Asteroid 9963 Sandage Closest Approach To Earth (0.923 AU)
    Jul 26 - Asteroid 1777 Gehrels Closest Approach To Earth (1.657 AU)
    Jul 27 - Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales) At Opposition (2.993 AU)
    * Jul 27 - Asteroid 2675 Tolkien Closest Approach To Earth (1.095 AU)
    Jul 27 - Asteroid 2700 Baikonur Closest Approach To Earth (1.992 AU)
    Jul 28 - Asteroid 12397 Peterbrown Closest Approach To Earth (2.404 AU)
    Jul 28 - 30th Anniversary (1989), Stephen Synnott's Discovery of Neptune Moons Despina & Galatea
    Jul 28 - 55th Anniversary (1964), Ranger 7 Launch (Moon Impact Mission)
    Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
    Jul 29 - Comet 160P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.205 AU)
    Jul 29 - Comet 200P/Larsen Perihelion (3.297 AU)
    Jul 29 - Comet 211P/Hill At Opposition (3.743 AU)
    Jul 29 - Apollo Asteroid 5011 Ptah Closest Approach To Earth (1.799 AU)
    Jul 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 2017 OF69 At Opposition (42.626 AU)
    Jul 29 - 20th Anniversary (1999), Deep Space 1, Asteroid Braille Flyby
    Jul 29 - Theodor Brorsen's 200th Birthday (1819)
    Jul 30 - Comet 178P/Hug-Bell Closest Approach To Earth (2.263 AU)
    Jul 30 - Asteroid 27363 Alvanclark Closest Approach To Earth (1.629 AU)
    Jul 30 - Asteroid 378214 Sauron Closest Approach To Earth (1.946 AU)
    Jul 31 - Comet P/2012 SB6 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (2.173 AU)
    Jul 31 - Comet 75D/Kohoutek At Opposition (3.211 AU)
    * Jul 31 - Asteroid 1430 Somalia Closest Approach To Earth (1.047 AU)
    Jul 31 - Asteroid 16260 Sputnik Closest Approach To Earth (1.135 AU)
    Jul 31 - Asteroid 248750 Asteroidday Closest Approach To Earth (1.566 AU)
    Jul 31 - Apollo Asteroid 2135 Aristaeus Closest Approach To Earth (1.751 AU)
    Jul 31 - Asteroid 9860 Archaeopteryx Closest Approach To Earth (1.923 AU)
    Jul 31 - Asteroid 16626 Thumper Closest Approach To Earth (1.964 AU)
    Jul 31 - Asteroid 10377 Kilimanjaro Closest Approach To Earth (2.037 AU)
    Jul 31 - Jupiter Trojan Asteroid 5254 Ulysses Closest Approach To Earth (4.442 AU)
    Jul 31 - 20th Anniversary (1999), Lunar Prospector, Moon Impact
    Jul 31 - 50th Anniversary (1969), Mariner 6, Mars Flyby

    August 2019
    * Aug ?? - Progress MS-13 Soyuz-2.1a Launch (International Space Station 74P)
    * Aug ?? - OneWeb 11-20 Soyuz-STB Fregat-MT Launch
    * Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
    * Aug 01 - Comet 234P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.262 AU)
    * Aug 01 - Comet C/2017 U7 At Opposition (5.493 AU)
    * Aug 01 - Apollo Asteroid 2012 DT32 Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU)
    * Aug 01 - Asteroid 3306 Byron Closest Approach To Earth (0.957 AU)
    * Aug 01 - Asteroid 5000 IAU Closest Approach To Earth (1.295 AU)
    * Aug 01 - Asteroid 9395 Saint Michel Closest Approach To Earth (1.654 AU)
    * Aug 01 - Asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson Closest Approach To Earth (1.803 AU)
    * Aug 01 - Asteroid 12846 Fullerton Closest Approach To Earth (1.946 AU)
    * Aug 01 - Yury Romanenko's 75th Birthday (1944)
    * Aug 02 - Comet C/2017 U7 Closest Approach To Earth (5.493 AU)
    * Aug 02 - Asteroid 1877 Marsden Occults TYC 7840-01158-1 (10.5 Magnitude Star) * Aug 02 - Asteroid 166614 Zsazsa Closest Approach To Earth (1.653 AU)
    * Aug 02 - Asteroid 4763 Ride Closest Approach To Earth (1.780 AU)
    * Aug 02 - Asteroid 2791 Paradise Closest Approach To Earth (1.826 AU)
    * Aug 02 - Apollo Asteroid 4197 Morpheus Closest Approach To Earth (3.075 AU)
    * Aug 03 - Comet 366P/Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (2.234 AU)
    * Aug 03 - Comet P/2006 F4 (Spacewatch) Perihelion (2.334 AU)
    * Aug 03 - Asteroid 2476 Andersen Closest Approach To Earth (1.743 AU)
    * Aug 03 - Asteroid 439 Ohio Closest Approach To Earth (2.335 AU)
    * Aug 03 - Asteroid 2197 Shanghai Closest Approach To Earth (2.538 AU)
    * Aug 03 - Asteroid 17427 Poe Closest Approach To Earth (2.658 AU)
    * Aug 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 2013 AT183 At Opposition (64.078 AU)
    * Aug 03 - 15th Anniversary (2004), MESSENGER Delta 2 Launch
    * Aug 04 - Comet 168P/Hergenrother Perihelion (1.359 AU)
    * Aug 04 - Comet 110P/Hartley At Opposition (3.330 AU)
    * Aug 04 - Comet P/2018 H2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.414 AU)
    * Aug 04 - Apollo Asteroid 5786 Talos Closest Approach To Earth (0.324 AU)
    * Aug 04 - Asteroid 16543 Rosetta Closest Approach To Earth (1.374 AU)
    * Aug 04 - Asteroid 2104 Toronto Closest Approach To Earth (2.463 AU)
    * Aug 05 - 50th Anniversary (1969), Mariner 7 Mars Flyby
    * Aug 05 - Comet 163P/NEAT Perihelion (2.067 AU)
    * Aug 05 - Comet 264P/Larsen Perihelion (2.438 AU)
    * Aug 05 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 AG12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU)
    * Aug 05 - Aten Asteroid 136818 Selqet Closest Approach To Earth (0.749 AU)
    * Aug 05 - Asteroid 12258 Oscarwilde Closest Approach To Earth (1.452 AU)
    * Aug 06 - 5th Anniversary (2014), Rosetta, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Orbit Insertion
    * Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
    * Aug 06 - Asteroid 6001 Thales Closest Approach To Earth (1.691 AU)
    * Aug 06 - Asteroid 5281 Lindstrom Closest Approach To Earth (1.859 AU)
    * Aug 07 - Comet 210P/Christensen Closest Approach To Earth (2.280 AU)
    * Aug 07 - Apollo Asteroid 37655 Illapa Closest Approach To Earth (0.926 AU)
    * Aug 07 - Asteroid 4342 Freud Closest Approach To Earth (1.500 AU)
    * Aug 07 - Asteroid 15495 Bogie Closest Approach To Earth (1.845 AU)
    * Aug 07 - Centaur Object 83982 Crantor At Opposition (18.241)
    * Aug 07 - 50th Anniversary (1969), Andreevka Meteorite Fall (Hit House in USSR)
    * Aug 08 - Asteroid 13688 Oklahoma Closest Approach To Earth (1.665 AU)
    * Aug 08 - Asteroid 8283 Edinburgh Closest Approach To Earth (1.722 AU)
    * Aug 08 - Asteroid 9357 Venezuela Closest Approach To Earth (1.825 AU)
    * Aug 08 - Asteroid 284891 Kona Closest Approach To Earth (2.492 AU)
    * Aug 08 - Asteroid 3709 Polypoites Closest Approach To Earth (4.423 AU)
    * Aug 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 2008 OG19 At Opposition (37.763 AU)
    * Aug 08 - 30th Anniversary (1989), STS-28 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, DOD Mission)
    * Aug 08 - 50th Anniversary (1969), Zond 7 Launch (Soviet Moon Mission)
    * Aug 09 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (19 Degrees)
    * Aug 09 - Comet P/2006 W1 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (2.053 AU)
    * Aug 09 - Comet C/2018 EN4 (NEOWISE) At Opposition (4.050 AU)
    * Aug 09 - Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (1.805 AU)
    * Aug 09 - Asteroid 5471 Tunguska Closest Approach To Earth (1.826 AU)
    * Aug 09 - Asteroid 2069 Hubble Closest Approach To Earth (2.708 AU)
    * Aug 09 - Asteroid 10063 Erinleeryan Closest Approach To Earth (3.065 AU)
    * Aug 09 - 15th Anniversary (2004), Franck Marchis, et al's Discovery of Remus, Moon of Asteroid 87 Sylvia
    * Aug 09 - Jose De Queiroz's 65th Birthday (1954)
    * Aug 10 - Aten Asteroid 2006 QQ23 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
    * Aug 10 - Apollo Asteroid 2005 CL7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
    * Aug 10 - Asteroid 1278 Kenya Closest Approach To Earth (0.789 AU)
    * Aug 10 - Jupiter Trojan Asteroid 1143 Odysseus Closest Approach To Earth (4.586 AU)
    * Aug 10 - 5th Anniversary (2014), ISEE-3, Earth Flyby, Successful
    * Aug 11 - Comet 331P/Gibbs Closest Approach To Earth (1.991 AU)
    * Aug 11 - Comet 331P/Gibbs At Opposition (1.991 AU)
    * Aug 11 - Comet 367P/Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (2.320 AU)
    * Aug 11 - Asteroid 3761 Romanskaya Occults HIP 92984 (6.6 Magnitude Star)
    * Aug 11 - Asteroid 16 Psyche Closest Approach To Earth (1.701 AU)
    * Aug 11 - Asteroid 12760 Maxwell Closest Approach To Earth (1.778 AU)
    * Aug 12 - Moon Occults Saturn
    * Aug 12 - Moon Occults Dwarf Planet Pluto
    * Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
    * Aug 12 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia Occults UCAC5 449-000914 (11.1 Magnitude Star)
    * Aug 12 - Apollo Asteroid 454094 (2013 BZ45) Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
    * Aug 12 - Asteroid 1855 Korolev Closest Approach To Earth (1.375 AU)
    * Aug 12 - Asteroid 4457 van Gogh Closest Approach To Earth (1.964 AU)
    * Aug 13 - Comet P/2002 S7 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (2.081 AU)
    * Aug 13 - Aten Asteroid 2017 QK18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
    * Aug 13 - Apollo Asteroid 5143 Heracles Closest Approach To Earth (0.673 AU)
    * Aug 13 - Asteroid 10799 Yucatan Closest Approach To Earth (1.080 AU)
    * Aug 13 - Aten Asteroid 5381 Sekmet Closest Approach To Earth (1.292 AU)
    * Aug 13 - Asteroid 19367 Pink Floyd Closest Approach To Earth (1.319 AU)
    * Aug 13 - Anders Angstrom's 205th Birthday (1814)
    * Aug 14 - Asteroid 4864 Nimoy Closest Approach To Earth (1.034 AU)
    * Aug 14 - Asteroid 278141 Tatooine Closest Approach To Earth (1.623 AU)
    * Aug 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 2015 UH87 At Opposition (80.619 AU)
    * Aug 14 - 20th Anniversary (1999), Galileo, Callisto 22 Flyby
    * Aug 15 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Occults UCAC5 344-074929 (12.2 Magnitude Star)
    * Aug 15 - Atira Asteroid 481817 (2008 UL90) Closest Approach To Earth (0.579 AU)
    * Aug 15 - Asteroid 9937 Triceratops Closest Approach To Earth (0.996 AU)
    * Aug 15 - 30th Anniversary (1989), Sixiangkou Meteorite Fall (Hit House in China)
    * Aug 16 - Comet 79P/du Toit-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (2.322 AU)
    * Aug 16 - Amor Asteroid 3757 Anagolay Closest Approach To Earth (1.237 AU)
    * Aug 16 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach To Earth (1.312 AU)
    * Aug 16 - Asteroid 365756 ISON Closest Approach To Earth (7.598 AU)
    * Aug 16 - Valeri Ryumin's 80th Birthday (1939)
    * Aug 16 - Pierre Mechain's 275th Birthday (1744)
    * Aug 17 - Comet 112P/Urata-Niijima At Opposition (1.394 AU)
    * Aug 17 - Comet P/2012 K3 (Gibbs) Perihelion (2.089 AU)
    * Aug 17 - Comet 366P/Spacewatch At Opposition (2.259 AU)
    * Aug 17 - Comet 25D/Neujmin Closest Approach To Earth (2.275 AU)
    * Aug 17 - Apollo Asteroid 141593 (2002 HK12) Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
    * Aug 17 - Asteroid 17023 Abbott Closest Approach To Earth (1.660 AU)
    * Aug 18 - Comet 25D/Neujmin Perihelion (1.291 AU)
    * Aug 18 - Asteroid 2801 Huygens Closest Approach To Earth (1.366 AU)
    * Aug 18 - Asteroid 1815 Beethoven Closest Approach To Earth (2.605 AU)
    * Aug 18 - 20th Anniversary (1999), Cassini, Earth Flyby
    * Aug 18 - 45th Anniversary (1974), Naragh Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in Iran)
    * Aug 19 - Moon Occults Asteroid 21 Lutetia
    * Aug 19 - Comet C/2018 F1 (Grauer) At Opposition (3.074 AU)
    * Aug 19 - Comet C/2018 C2 (Lemmon) At Opposition (4.285 AU)
    * Aug 19 - Asteroid 4125 Lew Allen Closest Approach To Earth (0.806 AU)
    * Aug 19 - Asteroid 4871 Riverside Closest Approach To Earth (1.198 AU)
    * Aug 19 - Asteroid 16857 Goodall Closest Approach To Earth (1.677 AU)
    * Aug 19 - Asteroid 8657 Cedrus Closest Approach To Earth (1.837 AU)
    * Aug 19 - Asteroid 157064 Sedona Closest Approach To Earth (2.152 AU
    * Aug 19 - Asteroid 588 Achilles (Jupiter Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (4.573 AU)
    * Aug 19 - Asteroid 5335 Damocles (Burnt Out Comet) At Opposition (18.610 AU)
    * Aug 20 - Comet P/2015 X6 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.836 AU)
    * Aug 20 - Comet C/2017 B3 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.480 AU)
    * Aug 20 - Asteroid 10093 Diesel Closest Approach To Earth (1.194 AU)
    * Aug 20 - Asteroid 2044 Wirt Closest Approach To Earth (2.033 AU)
    * Aug 20 - Asteroid 2191 Uppsala Closest Approach To Earth (2.065 AU)
    * Aug 21 - Comet P/2008 Y12 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (0.620 AU)
    * Aug 21 - Comet 36P/Whipple At Opposition (2.330 AU)
    * Aug 21 - Asteroid 675 Ludmilla Occults HIP 13209 (4.0 Magnitude Star)
    * Aug 21 - Aten Asteroid 2008 PR9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
    * Aug 21 - Asteroid 3590 Holst Closest Approach To Earth (1.406 AU)
    * Aug 21 - Asteroid 589 Croatia Closest Approach To Earth (2.101 AU)
    * Aug 21 - Apollo Asteroid 2201 Oljato Closest Approach To Earth (2.393 AU)
    * Aug 21 - Centaur Object 52872 Okyrhoe At Opposition (9.895 AU)
    * Aug 21 - 20th Anniversary (1999), Discovery of Dar al Gani 975 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite) in Libya
    * Aug 21 - Michael Van Ness' 45th Birthday (1974)
    * Aug 21 - Augustin-Louis Cauchy's 230th Birthday (1789)
    * Aug 22 - Comet 367P/Catalina At Opposition (2.336 AU)
    * Aug 22 - Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell At Opposition (4.069 AU)
    * Aug 22 - Asteroid 78453 Bullock Closest Approach To Earth (1.798 AU)
    * Aug 22 - Asteroid 1042 Amazone Closest Approach To Earth (2.054 AU)
    * Aug 22 - 35th Anniversary (1984), Tomiya Meteorite Fall (Hit Houses in Japan) * Aug 22 - Samuel Langley's 185th Birthday (1834)
    * Aug 23 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia Occults UCAC5 447-000892 (12.0 Magnitude Star)
    * Aug 23 - Asteroid 3635 Kreutz Closest Approach To Earth (1.032 AU)
    * Aug 23 - Asteroid 3494 Purple Mountain Closest Approach To Earth (1.066 AU)
    * Aug 23 - Asteroid 25399 Vonnegut Closest Approach To Earth (1.820 AU)
    * Aug 23 - Asteroid 70713 Sethmacfarlane Closest Approach To Earth (1.912 AU)
    * Aug 24 - Venus Passes 0.3 Degrees from Mars
    * Aug 24 - Comet P/2013 TL117 At Opposition (3.404 AU)
    * Aug 24 - Comet 94P/Russell At Opposition (3.716 AU)
    * Aug 24 - Apollo Asteroid 162173 Ryugu Closest Approach To Earth (1.566 AU)
    * Aug 24 - Asteroid 1284 Latvia Closest Approach To Earth (1.574 AU)
    * Aug 24 - Asteroid 203 Pompeja Closest Approach To Earth (1.684 AU)
    * Aug 24 - Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (1.783 AU)
    * Aug 24 - Anna Lee Fisher's 70th Birthday (1949)
    * Aug 24 - Greg Jarvis' 75th Birthday (1944)
    * Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
    * Aug 25 - Comet P/2015 X6 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.833 AU)
    * Aug 25 - Comet 180P/NEAT At Opposition (3.957 AU)
    * Aug 25 - Aten Asteroid 2003 YG136 Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)
    * Aug 25 - Aten Asteroid 66146 (1998 TU3) Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
    * Aug 25 - 30th Anniversary (1989), Voyager 2, Neptune Flyby
    * Aug 25 - Vincenzo Silvano Casulli's 75th Birthday (1944)
    * Aug 25 - Ron Greeley's 80th Birthday (1939)
    * Aug 25 - Chris Hadfield's 60th Birthday (1959)
    * Aug 26 - Amor Asteroid 2016 PD1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
    * Aug 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 TY237 Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)
    * Aug 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2005 QQ87 Near-Earth Flyby (0.091 AU)
    * Aug 26 - Atira Asteroid 413563 (2005 TG45) Closest Approach To Earth (0.822 AU)
    * Aug 26 - Asteroid 21459 Chrisrussell Closest Approach To Earth (1.048 AU)
    * Aug 26 - Asteroid 11246 Orvillewright Closest Approach To Earth (1.082 AU)
    * Aug 26 - Asteroid 224693 Morganfreeman Closest Approach To Earth (1.935 AU)
    * Aug 27 - Comet 322P/SOHO Closest Approach To Earth (0.883 AU)
    * Aug 27 - Comet 36P/Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (2.325 AU)
    * Aug 27 - Aten Asteroid 2002 JR100 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
    * Aug 27 - Apollo Asteroid 153814 (2001 WN5) Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
    * Aug 27 - Asteroid 274301 Wikipedia Closest Approach To Earth (1.031 AU)
    * Aug 27 - Asteroid 13010 Germantitov Closest Approach To Earth (2.216 AU)
    * Aug 27 - 20th Anniversary (1999), Discovery of Salty Water in Monahans Meteorite
    * Aug 28 - Comet 105P/Singer Brewster Closest Approach To Earth (2.284 AU)
    * Aug 28 - Apollo Asteroid 54509 YORP Closest Approach To Earth (0.755 AU)
    * Aug 28 - Asteroid 20403 Attenborough Closest Approach To Earth (1.972 AU)
    * Aug 28 - Amor Asteroid 1915 Quetzalcoatl Closest Approach To Earth (2.980 AU) * Aug 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 225088 (2007 OR10) At Opposition (87.294 AU)
    * Aug 28 - 10th Anniversary (2009), STS-128 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo)
    * Aug 28 - 230th Anniversary (1789), William Herschel's Discovery of Saturn Moon Enceladus
    * Aug 29 - Apollo Asteroid 2008 SJ82 Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
    * Aug 29 - Asteroid 52301 Qumran Closest Approach To Earth (0.981 AU)
    * Aug 29 - Asteroid 2169 Taiwan Closest Approach To Earth (1.789 AU)
    * Aug 29 - Chris Hadfield's 60th Birthday (1959)
    * Aug 30 - Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Closest Approach To Earth (2.402 AU)
    * Aug 30 - Asteroid 1501 Baade Closest Approach To Earth (1.162 AU)
    * Aug 30 - Asteroid 75564 Audubon Closest Approach To Earth (1.616 AU)
    * Aug 30 - Asteroid 3131 Mason-Dixon Closest Approach To Earth (2.018 AU)
    * Aug 30 - Asteroid 8373 Stephengould Closest Approach To Earth (4.177 AU)
    * Aug 30 - 35th Anniversary (1984), STS-41-D Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery)
    * Aug 30 - 40th Anniversary (1979), 1st Obvservation of a Comet Collision with the Sun (Comet Howard-Koomen-Michels with SOLWIND I)
    * Aug 31 - Asteroid 130 Elektra (2 Moons) Closest Approach To Earth (1.615 AU)

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