• Space Calendar - April 22, 2017 (2/6)

    From baalke@earthlink.net@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 22 17:18:27 2017
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    Jun 23 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Epimetheus, Daphnis & Pandora
    Jun 23 - Comet P/2009 SK280 (Spacewatch-Hill) Closest Approach To Earth (3.771 AU)
    Jun 23 - Asteroid 6459 Hidesan Occults HIP 91117 (3.8 Magnitude Star)
    * Jun 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2102 Tantalus Closest Approach To Earth (0.332 AU)
    Jun 23 - Asteroid 7086 Bopp Closest Approach To Earth (1.089 AU)
    Jun 23 - Asteroid 9769 Nautilus Closest Approach To Earth (1.232 AU)
    Jun 23 - Asteroid 878 Mildred Closest Approach To Earth (1.315 AU)
    Jun 24 - Aten Asteroid 441987 (2010 NY65) Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
    Jun 24 - Asteroid 3656 Hemingway Closest Approach To Earth (0.891 AU)
    Jun 24 - Asteroid 8209 Toscanelli Closest Approach To Earth (1.174 AU)
    Jun 24 - Apollo Asteroid 4257 Ubasti Closest Approach To Earth (1.759 AU)
    Jun 24 - Asteroid 5703 Hevelius Closest Approach To Earth (1.908 AU)
    Jun 24 - Asteroid 588 Achilles (Jupiter Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (4.964 AU)
    Jun 24 - Martin Perl's 90th Birthday (1927)
    Jun 25 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
    Jun 25 - Comet 73P-Q/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.963 AU)
    Jun 25 - Comet 243P/NEAT At Opposition (2.484 AU)
    Jun 25 - Comet P/2000 S1 (Skiff) Perihelion (2.536 AU)
    Jun 25 - Comet 131P/Mueller At Opposition (2.893 AU)
    Jun 25 - Asteroid 50240 Cortina Closest Approach To Earth (1.647 AU)
    Jun 25 - 20th Anniversary (1997), Galileo, Callisto 9 Flyby
    Jun 25 - 25th Anniversary (1992), STS-50 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, Spacelab)
    Jun 26 - Comet P/2011 A2 (Scotti) At Opposition (2.263 AU)
    Jun 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2005 LW3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.084 AU)
    Jun 26 - Apollo Asteroid 10563 Izhdubar Closest Approach To Earth (0.690 AU) * Jun 26 - Aten Asteroid 398188 Agni Closest Approach To Earth (0.894 AU)
    Jun 26 - Asteroid 6 Hebe Closest Approach To Earth (1.539 AU)
    Jun 26 - Asteroid 1539 Borrelly Closest Approach To Earth (2.375 AU)
    Jun 26 - Brian Roman's 55th Bithday (1962)
    Jun 27 - Comet 335P/Gibbs At Opposition (3.407 AU)
    Jun 27 - Comet 342P/SOHO At Opposition (3.408 AU)
    Jun 27 - Comet C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.517 AU)
    * Jun 27 - Asteroid 3356 Resnik Closest Approach To Earth (0.930 AU)
    * Jun 27 - Asteroid 5961 Watt Closest Approach To Earth (1.486 AU)
    * Jun 27 - Asteroid 2875 Lagerkvist Closest Approach To Earth (1.950 AU)
    Jun 27 - 15th Anniversary (1997), NEAR, Asteroid Mathilde Flyby
    Jun 27 - 35th Anniversary (1982), STS-4 launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, DOD)
    Jun 27 - Alexis Bouvard's 250th Birthday (1767)
    * Jun 28 - Inmarsat S-Band/Hellas-Sat 3/GSAT 17/EuropaSat Ariane 5 Launch
    Jun 28 - Mercury Passes 0.8 Degrees From Mars
    Jun 28 - Moon Occults Regulus
    Jun 28 - Comet 129P/Shoemaker-Levy Closest Approach To Earth (3.544 AU)
    Jun 28 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults 2UCAC 30236948 (12.8 Magnitude Star)
    Jun 28 - Centaur Object 10370 Hylonome At Opposition (22.688 AU)
    Jun 29 - Kanopus-V-IK 1/AISSat 3/CICERO 1/Corvus-BC 1 & 2/Perseus-O 1-4/MKA-N 1 & 2/Mayak Soyuz-2-1a Fregat-M Launch
    Jun 29 - Moon Occults Asteroid 16 Psyche
    Jun 29 - Comet 336P/McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (1.951 AU)
    Jun 29 - Asteroid 990 Yerkes Closest Approach To Earth (1.583 AU)
    * Jun 29 - Asteroid 2244 Tesla Closest Approach To Earth (2.071 AU)
    Jun 30 - Asteroid Day
    Jun 30 - Chinasat 9A CZ-3B/E Launch (China)
    Jun 30 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pan, Daphnis, Prometheus & Janus
    Jun 30 - Comet 73P-Q/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (0.110 AU)
    Jun 30 - Comet 71P/Clark Perihelion (1.586 AU)
    Jun 30 - Comet P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) Closest Approach To Earth (2.859 AU)
    Jun 30 - Comet 129P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (3.545 AU)
    * Jun 30 - Atira Asteroid 2007 EB26 Closest Approach To Earth (0.893 AU)
    Jun 30 - Asteroid 39882 Edgarmitchell Closest Approach To Earth (1.383 AU)
    Jun 30 - Asteroid 4783 Wasson Closest Approach To Earth (2.055 AU)
    Jun 30 - Asteroid 16529 Dangoldin Closest Approach To Earth (2.140 AU)
    Jun 30 - Neptune Trojan 2008 LC18 At Opposition (31.442 AU)
    Jun 30 - 45th Anniversary (1972), 1st Leap Second
    Jun 30 - Robert Ballard's 75th Birthday (1942)

    July 2017
    * Jul ?? - Amazonas 5 Proton-M/Briz-M
    Jul ?? - 215th Anniversary (1802), William Wollaston's Discovery of Palladium
    Jul 01 - Comet 114P/Wiseman-Skiff At Opposition (4.263 AU)
    Jul 01 - Asteroid 3769 Arthurmiller Closest Approach To Earth (1.508 AU)
    Jul 01 - Asteroid 13681 Monty Python Closest Approach To Earth (1.807 AU)
    Jul 01 - Apollo Asteroid 306367 Nut Closest Approach To Earth (2.456 AU)
    Jul 01 - Centaur Object 55576 Amycus At Opposition (19.290 AU)
    Jul 01 - 20th Anniversary (1997), STS-94 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, Spacelab)
    Jul 01 - Matthew Holman's 50th Birthday (1967)
    Jul 01 - Kennedy Space Center's 55th Birthday (1962)
    Jul 01 - Louis Bleriot's 145th Birthday (1872)
    Jul 01 - 170th Anniversary (1847), Karl Hencke's Discovery of Asteroid 6 Hebe
    Jul 02 - Comet 81P/Wild Closest Approach To Earth (2.290 AU)
    Jul 02 - Comet 111P/Helin-Roman-Crockett Closest Approach To Earth (3.553 AU)
    Jul 02 - Comet 111P/Helin-Roman-Crockett At Opposition (3.553 AU)
    Jul 02 - Comet 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura At Opposition (4.024 AU)
    Jul 02 - Apollo Asteroid 4034 Vishnu Closest Approach To Earth (1.582 AU)
    * Jul 02 - Asteroid 73769 Delphi Closest Approach To Earth (2.648 AU)
    Jul 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 307261 (2002 MS4) At Opposition (45.759 AU)
    Jul 02 - Lutz Schmadel's 75th Birthday (1942)
    Jul 03 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
    Jul 03 - Comet 332P-F/Ikeya-Murakami Closest Approach To Earth (2.710 AU)
    Jul 03 - Comet P/2006 F1 (Kowalski) At Opposition (3.174 AU)
    Jul 03 - Asteroid 5382 McKay Closest Approach To Earth (1.681 AU)
    Jul 03 - Asteroid 4523 MIT Closest Approach To Earth (1.834 AU)
    Jul 03 - Asteroid 767 Bondia Closest Approach To Earth (1.842 AU)
    Jul 03 - Asteroid 6592 Goya Closest Approach To Earth (2.049 AU)
    * Jul 03 - Asteroid 6677 Renoir Closest Approach To Earth (2.121 AU)
    Jul 03 - Asteroid 582 Olympia Closest Approach To Earth (2.301 AU)
    Jul 03 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo At Opposition (14.651 AU)
    Jul 03 - 25th Anniversary (1992), SAMPEX Launch
    Jul 04 - Asteroid 1279 Uganda Closest Approach To Earth (0.865 AU)
    * Jul 04 - Asteroid 9617 Grahamchapman Closest Approach To Earth (1.458 AU)
    Jul 04 - Asteroid 3106 Morabito Closest Approach To Earth (2.571 AU)
    Jul 04 - 20th Anniversary (1997), Mars Pathfinder, Mars Landing
    Jul 05 - Comet 332P-I/Ikeya-Murakami Closest Approach To Earth (2.681 AU)
    Jul 05 - Comet 332P-B/Ikeya-Murakami Closest Approach To Earth (2.682 AU)
    Jul 05 - Comet 332P-D/Ikeya-Murakami Closest Approach To Earth (2.683 AU)
    Jul 05 - Comet 332P-H/Ikeya-Murakami Closest Approach To Earth (2.683 AU)
    Jul 05 - Comet 332P-A/Ikeya-Murakami Closest Approach To Earth (2.684 AU)
    Jul 05 - Comet 332P-E/Ikeya-Murakami Closest Approach To Earth (2.685 AU)
    Jul 05 - Comet 332P-C/Ikeya-Murakami Closest Approach To Earth (2.686 AU)
    Jul 05 - Comet P/2006 F1 (Kowalski) Closest Approach To Earth (3.174 AU)
    Jul 05 - Comet 131P/Mueller Closest Approach To Earth (2.877 AU)
    Jul 05 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 BM31 Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)
    Jul 05 - Asteroid 4536 Drewpinsky Closest Approach To Earth (1.183 AU)
    * Jul 05 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.227 AU)
    Jul 05 - Binary Apollo Asteroid 69230 Hermes Closest Approach To Earth (1.528 AU)
    * Jul 05 - Asteroid 14702 Benclark Closest Approach To earth (1.721 AU)
    Jul 05 - Asteroid 11356 Chuckjones Closest Approach To Earth (2.178 AU)
    Jul 05 - Andrew Douglass' 150th Birthday (1867)
    Jul 05 - 330th Anniversary (1687), Isaac Newton's Principia Published
    Jul 06 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Daphnis & Pan
    Jul 06 - Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak At Opposition (0.513 AU)
    Jul 06 - Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami Closest Approach To Earth (2.695 AU)
    Jul 06 - Comet 180P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (2.983 AU)
    Jul 06 - Comet 46P/Wirtanen At Opposition (3.269 AU)
    Jul 06 - Asteroid 5676 Voltaire Closest Approach To Earth (1.353 AU)
    Jul 06 - Asteroid 11341 Babbage Closest Approach To Earth (1.494 AU)
    Jul 06 - Asteroid 7495 Feynman Closest Approach To Earth (2.167 AU)
    Jul 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 PN70 At Opposition (42.980 AU)
    Jul 06 - 10th Anniversary (2007), Cali Meteorite Fall (Hit Houses in Columbia)
    Jul 07 - Comet 253P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (1.930 AU)
    Jul 07 - Comet 243P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (2.463 AU)
    Jul 07 - Asteroid 336698 Melbourne Closest Approach To Earth (2.069 AU)
    * Jul 07 - Asteroid 10552 Stockholm Closest Approach To Earth (2.719 AU)
    Jul 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 At Opposition (42.275 AU)
    Jul 07 - Robert Heinlein's 110th Birthday (1907)
    Jul 08 - Comet 213P/Van Ness At Opposition (1.064 AU)
    Jul 08 - Comet 213P-B/Van Ness At Opposition (1.065 AU)
    Jul 08 - Comet 336P/McNaught At Opposition (1.962 AU)
    Jul 08 - Comet 332P-G/Ikeya-Murakami Closest Approach To Earth (2.685 AU)
    Jul 08 - Apollo Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (1.005 AU)
    Jul 08 - Asteroid 757 Portlandia Closest Approach To Earth (1.568 AU)
    * Jul 08 - Asteroid 624 Hektor (Jupiter Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (4.339 AU)
    Jul 08 - 25th Anniversary (1992), Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.0008 AU), Comet Breakup
    Jul 09 - Apollo Asteroid 37655 Illapa Closest Approach To Earth (1.447 AU)
    Jul 09 - Asteroid 3156 Ellington Closest Approach To Earth (2.415 AU)
    Jul 10 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
    Jul 10 - Asteroid 434 Hungaria Closest Approach To Earth (0.938 AU)
    Jul 10 - Asteroid 365159 Garching Closest Approach To Earth (1.343 AU)
    Jul 10 - Asteroid 10806 Mexico Closest Approach To Earth (2.276 AU)
    Jul 10 - Dwarf Planet 134340 Pluto At Opposition (32.347 AU)
    Jul 10 - 25th Anniversary (1992), Giotto, Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Flyby
    Jul 10 - 55th Anniversary (1962), Telstar 1 Launch
    Jul 10 - Paolo Holvorcem's 50th Birthday (1967)
    Jul 10 - Alvan Clark's 180th Birthday (1832)
    Jul 10 - Roger Cotes' 335th Birthday (1682)
    Jul 11 - Comet 311P/PANSTARRS Perihelion (1.936 AU)
    * Jul 11 - Aten Asteroid 136818 Selqet Closest Approach To Earth (0.273 AU)
    Jul 11 - Asteroid 5748 Davebrin Closest Approach To Earth (1.908 AU)
    Jul 11 - Ted Maiman's 90th Birthday (1927)
    Jul 11 - Jerome Lalande's 285th Birthday (1732)
    Jul 12 - Comet 73P-AL/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.961 AU)
    Jul 12 - Comet P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.659 AU)
    Jul 12 - Apollo Asteroid 2008 HU4 Closest Approach To Earth (0.840 AU)
    Jul 12 - Apollo Asteroid 5011 Ptah Closest Approach To Earth (1.812 AU)
    Jul 12 - Asteroid 18725 Atacama Closest Approach To Earth (2.082 AU)
    Jul 12 - Asteroid 3162 Nostalgia Closest Approach To Earth (2.588 AU)
    Jul 12 - 40th Anniversary (1977), High Engery Astronomical Observatory (HEAO-1) Launch
    Jul 12 - Rick Husband's 60th Birthday (1957)
    Jul 13 - Langley Research Center's 100th Birthday (1917)
    Jul 13 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Ephimetheus, Pandora, Atlas & Prometheus
    Jul 13 - Moon Occults Neptune
    Jul 13 - Comet P/2008 O2 (McNaught) At Opposition (3.096 AU)
    Jul 13 - Asteroid 7079 Baghdad Closest Approach To Earth (0.702 AU)
    Jul 13 - Asteroid 4355 Memphis Closest Approach To Earth (1.522 AU)
    Jul 13 - Asteroid 247553 Berndpauli Closest Approach To Earth (2.727 AU)
    Jul 13 - Neptune Trojan 2011 HM102 At Opposition (27.140 AU)
    Jul 13 - Heinrich Kreutz's 110th Birthday (1907)
    Jul 13 - Mary Lea Heger's 120th Birthday (1897)
    Jul 13 - John Dee's 490th Birthday (1527)
    Jul 14 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 UV115 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
    Jul 14 - Asteroid 14880 Moa Closest Approach To Earth (1.621 AU)
    Jul 14 - Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (1.783 AU)
    Jul 14 - Amor Asteroid 153591 (2001 SN263) (2 Moons) Closest Approach To Earth (1.768 AU)
    Jul 14 - Asteroid 5223 McSween Closest Approach To Earth (2.012 AU)
    Jul 14 - 70th Anniversary (1847), Braunau Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Czechoslovakia)
    Jul 15 - International Observe The Moon Night
    Jul 15 - ORS 5 Minotaur 4 Launch
    * Jul 15 - Comet C/2017 D2 (Barros) Perihelion (2.481 AU)
    Jul 15 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 BS6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
    Jul 15 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 XZ378 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
    Jul 15 - 45th Anniversary (1972), Pioneer 10 Becomes 1st Spacecraft to Enter Main Asteroid Belt
    Jul 16 - Comet 332P-F/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (2.734 AU)
    Jul 16 - Comet P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR) At Opposition (3.662 AU)
    Jul 16 - Asteroid 91287 Simon-Garfunkel Closest Approach To Earth (1.344 AU) * Jul 16 - Amor Asteroid 1915 Quetzalcoatl Closest Approach To Earth (1.984 AU)
    Jul 16 - Asteroid 132904 Notkin Closest Approach To Earth (2.442 AU)
    Jul 16 - Apollo Asteroid 5731 Zeus Closest Approach To Earth (2.454 AU)
    Jul 17 - Comet 189P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (0.360 AU)
    Jul 17 - Comet 217P/LINEAR Perihelion (1.235 AU)
    Jul 17 - Comet 217P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.430 AU)
    Jul 17 - Comet 251P/LINEAR Perihelion (1.733 AU)
    Jul 17 - Comet 180P/NEAT At Opposition (2.999 AU)
    Jul 17 - Asteroid 2701 Cherson Occults HIP 98351 (6.3 Magnitude Star)
    Jul 17 - Asteroid 2247 Hiroshima Closest Approach To Earth (1.490 AU)
    Jul 17 - Asteroid 5277 Brisbane Closest Approach To Earth (1.604 AU)
    Jul 17 - Asteroid 7016 Conandoyle Closest Approach To Earth (1.617 AU)
    Jul 17 - Asteroid 7273 Garyhuss Closest Approach To Earth (1.655 AU)
    Jul 17 - Asteroid 7934 Sinatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.909 AU)
    Jul 17 - 50th Anniversary (1967), Denver Meteorite Fall (Hit Warehouse in Colorado)
    Jul 18 - Comet 213P/Van Ness Closest Approach To Earth (1.053 AU)
    Jul 18 - Comet 213P-B/Van Ness Closest Approach To Earth (1.055 AU)
    Jul 18 - Comet 332P-I/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (2.705 AU)
    Jul 18 - Comet 332P-B/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (2.706 AU)
    Jul 18 - Comet 332P-D/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (2.706 AU)
    Jul 18 - Comet 332P-H/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (2.707 AU)
    Jul 18 - Comet 332P-A/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (2.708 AU)
    Jul 18 - Comet 332P-E/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (2.709 AU)
    Jul 18 - Comet 332P-C/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (2.711 AU)
    Jul 18 - Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (2.717 AU)
    Jul 18 - Atira Asteroid 2015 DR215 Closest Approach To Earth (0.580 AU)
    Jul 19 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Atlas & Janus
    Jul 19 - Atira Asteroid 2010 XB11 Closest Approach To Earth (0.735 AU)
    Jul 19 - Asteroid 365756 ISON Closest Approach To Earth (7.659 AU)
    Jul 19 - 50th Anniversary (1967), Explorer 35 Launch (Moon Orbiter)
    Jul 19 - 105th Anniversary (1912), Holbrook Meteorite Shower (Hit Train Station in Arizona)
    Jul 20 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
    Jul 20 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 BD Closest Approach To Earth (0.520 AU)
    Jul 20 - Asteroid 10183 Ampere Closest Approach To Earth (1.415 AU)
    Jul 20 - Asteroid 3688 Navajo Closest Approach To Earth (3.180 AU)
    Jul 21 - Comet 185P/Petriew Closest Approach To Earth (1.606 AU)
    Jul 21 - Comet 81P/Wild At Opposition (2.338 AU)
    Jul 21 - Comet 332P-G/Ikeya-Murakami At Opposition (2.709 AU)
    Jul 21 - Asteroid 17640 Mount Stromlo Closest Approach To Earth (1.179 AU)
    Jul 21 - Asteroid 5649 Donnashirley Closest Approach To Earth (1.796 AU)
    Jul 21 - Asteroid 6318 Cronkite Closest Approach To Earth (2.340 AU)
    Jul 21 - 15th Anniversary (2002), Thuathe Meteorite Fall (Hit Houses in Lesotho)
    Jul 22 - FORMOSAT 5/Sherpa Falcon 9 Launch
    Jul 22 - Comet 253P/PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (1.899 AU)
    Jul 22 - Asteroid 19631 Greensleeves Closest Approach To Earth (1.817 AU)
    Jul 22 - Asteroid 336694 Fey Closest Approach To Earth (1.987 AU)
    Jul 22 - Asteroid 3534 Sax Closest Approach To Earth (2.187 AU)
    Jul 22 - 45th Anniversary (1972), Venera 8, Venus Landing
    Jul 22 - 45th Anniversary (1972), Landsat 1 Launch
    Jul 23 - Comet 266P/Christensen At Opposition (3.618 AU)
    Jul 23 - Comet C/2015 W1 (Gibbs) At Opposition (4.230 AU)
    Jul 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 BS5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.008 AU)
    Jul 23 - Atira Asteroid 418265 (2008 EA32) Closest Approach To Earth (0.593 AU)
    Jul 23 - Asteroid 3252 Johnny Closest Approach To Earth (1.961 AU)
    Jul 23 - Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth (2.220 AU)
    Jul 23 - Apollo Asteroid 7092 Cadmus Closest Approach To Earth (2.854 AU)
    Jul 24 - Comet 73P-BC/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.961 AU)
    Jul 24 - Comet 293P/LINEAR At Opposition (4.153 AU)
    Jul 24 - Asteroid 11247 Wilburwright Closest Approach To Earth (1.803 AU)
    Jul 24 - 25th Anniversary (1992), Geotail Launch
    Jul 24 - Amelia Earhart's 120th Birthday (1897)
    Jul 25 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan & Pan
    Jul 25 - Moon Occults Mercury
    Jul 25 - Comet P/2009 S2 (McNaught) At Opposition (1.480 AU)
    Jul 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 WW202 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
    Jul 25 - Apollo Asteroid 480858 (2001 PT9) Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
    Jul 25 - Asteroid 128 Nemesis Closest Approach To Earth (1.644 AU)
    Jul 25 - Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (1.937 AU)
    Jul 26 - Comet 259P/Garradd At Opposition (0.872 AU)
    Jul 26 - Asteroid 1332 Marconia Occults HIP 104204 (6.7 Magnitude Star)
    Jul 26 - Apollo Asteroid 4660 Nereus Closest Approach To Earth (0.996 AU)
    Jul 26 - Asteroid 90125 Chrissquire Closest Approach To Earth (1.731 AU)
    Jul 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2135 Aristaeus Closest Approach To Earth (1.771 AU)
    Jul 26 - Asteroid 5805 Glasgow Closest Approach To Earth (1.805 AU)
    Jul 26 - Asteroid 12820 Robinwilliams Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)
    Jul 27 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
    Jul 27 - Moon Occults Asteroid 16 Psyche
    Jul 27 - Comet 259P/Garradd Closest Approach To Earth (0.872 AU)
    Jul 27 - Asteroid 3125 Hay Closest Approach To Earth (2.108 AU)
    Jul 27 - Asteroid 1154 Astronomia Closest Approach To Earth (2.150 AU)
    Jul 27 - Wilhelm Brandes' 240th Birthday (1777)
    Jul 28 - Soyuz MS-5 Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 51S)
    Jul 28 - Comet 198P/ODAS At Opposition (2.803 AU)
    Jul 28 - Comet 333P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.573 AU)
    Jul 28 - Asteroid 10101 Fourier Closest Approach To Earth (1.333 AU)
    Jul 28 - Asteroid 6111 Davemckay Closest Approach To Earth (1.489 AU)
    Jul 28 - Asteroid 5036 Tuttle Closest Approach To Earth (2.570 AU)
    Jul 28 - Charles Perrine's 150th Birthday (1867)
    Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
    Jul 29 - Comet 164P/Christensen At Opposition (2.080 AU)
    * Jul 29 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 FQ64 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
    Jul 29 - Centaur Object 83982 Crantor At Opposition (17.417)
    Jul 29 - 35th Anniversary (1982), Burnup of Salyut 6 Space Station (USSR)
    Jul 30 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)
    Jul 30 - Asteroid 1094 Siberia Closest Approach To Earth (1.837 AU)
    Jul 30 - Vladimir Dezhurov's 55th Birthday (1962)
    Jul 31 - Asteroid 19398 Creedence Closest Approach To Earth (0.962 AU)
    Jul 31 - Asteroid 2161 Grissom Closest Approach To Earth (1.535 AU)
    Jul 31 - Asteroid 12410 Donald Duck Closest Approach To Earth (1.815 AU)
    Jul 31 - 25th Anniversary (1992), STS-46 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, EURECA)

    August 2017
    Aug ?? - Optsat 3000/Venus/Samson 1-3 Vega Launch
    * Aug ?? - ICON (Helio-EX 1) Pegasus XL Launch
    Aug 01 - 50th Anniversary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 5 Launch
    Aug 01 - CRS-12/ASTERIA/LAICE/RBLE/AOSAT 1/OPAL/OSIRIS-3U/Overview 1A Falcon 9 Launch
    Aug 01 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Prometheus, Pandora & Pan
    Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
    Aug 01 - Comet 77P/Longmore Closest Approach To Earth (2.573 AU)
    Aug 01 - Comet P/2001 H5 (NEAT) At Opposition (4.188 AU)
    Aug 01 - Asteroid 3140 Stellafane Closest Approach To Earth (1.830 AU)
    Aug 01 - Asteroid 22739 Sikhote-Alin Closest Approach To Earth (2.034 AU)
    Aug 01 - Asteroid 29132 Bradpitt Closest Approach to Earth (2.169 AU)
    Aug 01 - Asteroid 1125 China Closest Approach To Earth (2.736 AU)
    Aug 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 2013 AT183 At Opposition (63.416 AU)
    Aug 02 - Comet 163P/NEAT At Opposition (3.638 AU)
    Aug 02 - Asteroid 20488 Pic-du-Midi Closest Approach To Earth (1.365 AU)
    Aug 02 - Asteroid 30441 Curly Closest Approach To Earth (1.644 AU)
    Aug 02 - Asteroid 9997 COBE Closest Approach To Earth (1.646 AU)
    Aug 02 - Peter Jenniskens' 55th Birthday (1962)
    Aug 03 - TDRS M Atlas 5 Launch
    Aug 03 - Comet 73P-AS/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.960 AU)
    Aug 03 - Comet C/2015 H2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.618 AU)
    Aug 03 - Asteroid 281 Lucretia Closest Approach To Earth (1.203 AU)
    Aug 03 - Asteroid 6377 Cagney Closest Approach To Earth (1.451 AU)
    Aug 03 - Centaur Object 52872 Okyrhoe At Opposition (9.587 AU)
    Aug 04 - Comet 2P/Encke At Opposition (1.288 AU)
    Aug 04 - Asteroid 12485 Jenniferharris Closest Approach To Earth (1.219 AU)
    Aug 04 - Asteroid 4970 Druyan Closest Approach To Earth (1.486 AU)
    Aug 04 - Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.672 AU)
    Aug 04 - Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (2.627 AU)
    Aug 04 - 10th Anniversary (2007), Phoenix Launch (Mars Lander)
    Aug 05 - GRACE-FO 1 & 2 Dnepr-1 Launch
    Aug 05 - Comet 339P/Gibbs Closest Approach To Earth (2.688 AU)
    Aug 05 - Comet 116P/Wild Closest Approach To Earth (2.866 AU)
    Aug 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 2008 OG19 At Opposition (37.654 AU)
    Aug 05 - 5th Anniversary (2012), Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Mars Landing
    Aug 05 - Brian Marsden's 80th Birthday (1937)
    Aug 05 - Niels Abel's 215th Birthday (1802)
    Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
    Aug 06 - Comet 189P/NEAT Perihelion (1.213 AU)
    Aug 06 - Comet P/2009 S2 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (1.461 AU)
    Aug 06 - Comet 259P/Garradd Perihelion (1.809 AU)
    Aug 06 - Comet 171P/Spahr At Opposition (3.037 AU)
    Aug 06 - Asteroid 5247 Krylov Occults HIP 104172 (6.1 Magnitude Star)
    Aug 06 - Asteroid 3351 Smith Closest Approach To Earth (1.530 AU)
    Aug 06 - Asteroid 1258 Sicilia Closest Approach To Earth (2.109 AU)
    Aug 06 - Sylvain Arend's 115th Birthday (1902)
    Aug 06 - Johann Bernoulli's 350th Birthday (1667)
    Aug 07 - Partial Lunar Eclipse
    Aug 07 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Janus, Atlas & Epimetheus
    Aug 07 - Comet 236P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.118 AU)
    Aug 07 - Comet C/2017 D2 (Barros) Closest Approach To Earth (1.501 AU)
    Aug 07 - Apollo Asteroid 1991 VG Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU)
    Aug 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2007 PS9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
    Aug 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 YR Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
    Aug 07 - Asteroid 3672 Stevedberg Closest Approach To Earth (1.173 AU)
    Aug 07 - Asteroid 8664 Grigorijrichters Closest Approach To Earth (1.279 AU)
    Aug 07 - Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (2.218 AU)
    Aug 07 - 20th Anniversary (1997), STS-85 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, CRISTA-SPAS)
    Aug 08 - Apollo Asteroid 2003 OT13 Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
    Aug 08 - Aten Asteroid 153415 (2001 QP153) Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
    Aug 08 - Asteroid 25924 Douglasadams Closest Approach To Earth (1.162 AU)
    Aug 08 - Asteroid 3673 Levy Closest Approach To Earth (1.408 AU)
    Aug 08 - 10th Anniversary (2007), STS-118 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, International Space Station)
    Aug 08 - 40th Anniversary (1977), Salyut 5 Space Station Burnup
    Aug 08 - Ferdinand Quenisset's 145th Birthday (1872)
    Aug 09 - Moon Occults Neptune
    Aug 09 - Comet 198P/ODAS Closest Approach To Earth (2.783 AU)
    Aug 09 - Asteroid 12477 Haiku Closest Approach To Earth (1.413 AU)
    Aug 09 - Asteroid 6227 Alanrubin Closest Approach To Earth (1.811 AU)
    Aug 09 - 135th Anniversary (1872), 1st Photo of the Spectrum of a Star (Vega) by Henry Draper
    Aug 10 - Comet 73P-AL/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (0.277 AU)
    Aug 10 - Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma At Opposition (3.978 AU)
    Aug 10 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 XO128 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
    Aug 10 - Asteroid 945 Barcelona Closest Approach To Earth (2.030 AU)
    Aug 10 - Asteroid 17062 Bardot Closest Approach To Earth (2.057 AU)
    Aug 10 - 25th Anniversary (1992), TOPEX/Poseidon Launch
    Aug 10 - 25th Anniversary (1992), Kitsat A Launch (1st South Korean Satellite)
    Aug 10 - 45th Anniversary (1972), Daylight Fireball (Utah, Canada)
    Aug 10 - 85th Anniversary (1932), Archie Meteorite Fall (Near-Miss From Hitting Man in Missouri)
    Aug 11 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
    Aug 11 - Comet 73P-AP/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.959 AU)
    Aug 11 - Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (4.813 AU)
    Aug 11 - Asteroid 1587 Kahrstedt Occults HIP 32311 (5.4 Magnitude Star)
    Aug 11 - Asteroid 18024 Dobson Closest Approach To Earth (2.185 AU)
    Aug 11 - 55th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 3 Launch
    Aug 11 - 140th Anniversary (1877), Asaph Hall's Discovery of Mars Moon Deimos
    Aug 12 - Comet P/2012 T1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.714 AU)
    Aug 12 - Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (4.813 AU) * Aug 12 - Aten Asteroid 2013 ND15 (Venus Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (1.160 AU)
    Aug 12 - Asteroid 13212 Jayleno Closest Approach To Earth (1.299 AU)
    Aug 12 - Apollo Asteroid 5143 Heracles Closest Approach To Earth (1.634 AU)
    Aug 12 - Asteroid 8991 Solidarity Closest Approach To Earth (1.663 AU)
    Aug 12 - 40th Anniversary (1977), HEAO 1 Launch
    Aug 12 - 55th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 4 Launch
    Aug 12 - Otto Struve's 120th Birthday (1897)
    Aug 13 - Comet C/2017 D2 (Barros) At Opposition (1.505 AU)
    Aug 13 - Comet 214P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.401 AU)
    Aug 13 - Comet 203P/Korlevic At Opposition (4.122 AU)
    Aug 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 OA339 Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)
    Aug 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2003 MJ4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
    Aug 13 - Asteroid 4147 Lennon Closest Approach To Earth (1.346 AU)
    Aug 13 - Asteroid 3895 Earhart Closest Approach To Earth (1.739 AU)
    Aug 13 - Asteroid 447 Valentine Closest Approach To Earth (1.936 AU)
    Aug 13 - Asteroid 284996 Rosaparks Closest Approach To Earth (2.050 AU)
    Aug 13 - Asteroid 656 Beagle Closest Approach To Earth (2.544 AU)
    Aug 13 - Heinrich d'Arrest's 195th Birthday (1822)
    Aug 13 - 345th Anniversary (1672), Christiaan Huygens' Discovery of Mars' South Polar Cap
    * Aug 14 - NROL-42/Trumpet Atlas 5 Launch
    Aug 14 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Atlas & Prometheus
    Aug 14 - Comet P/2007 V1 (Larson) At Opposition (3.222 AU)
    Aug 14 - Asteroid 930 Westphalia Occults HIP 34358 (5.9 Magnitude Star)
    Aug 14 - Asteroid 13609 Lewicki Closest Approach To Earth (1.293 AU)
    Aug 14 - 25th Anniversary (1992), Mbale Meteorite Fall (Hit Boy in Uganda)
    Aug 15 - Comet 116P/Wild At Opposition (2.882 AU)
    Aug 15 - Comet P/2010 B2 (WISE) At Opposition (3.450 AU)
    Aug 15 - Comet P/2009 WX51 (Catalina) At Opposition (4.198 AU)
    Aug 15 - Comet 95P/Chiron Occults 2UCAC 32806659 (14.3 Magnitude Star)
    Aug 15 - Apollo Asteroid 414990 (2011 EM51) Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
    Aug 15 - Asteroid 3933 Portugal Closest Approach To Earth (1.967 AU)
    Aug 15 - Louis de Broglie's 125th Birthday (1892)
    * Aug 16 - Zhangheng 1/Fengmaniu 1 CZ-2D Launch
    Aug 16 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
    Aug 16 - Comet 77P/Longmore At Opposition (2.601 AU)
    Aug 16 - Comet 3D/Biela At Opposition (2.887 AU)
    Aug 16 - Asteroid 37582 Faraday Closest Approach To Earth (0.952 AU)
    Aug 16 - Asteroid 2713 Luxemburg Closest Approach To Earth (1.799 AU)
    Aug 17 - Comet 69P/Taylor At Opposition (3.139 AU)
    Aug 17 - Comet C/2015 H2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.644 AU)
    Aug 17 - Apollo Asteroid 2002 CY58 Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
    Aug 17 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 CD137 Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
    Aug 17 - Atira Asteroid 2015 ME131 Closest Approach To Earth (0.415 AU)
    Aug 17 - Asteroid 5107 Laurenbacall Closest Approach To Earth (2.271 AU)
    Aug 17 - Kathyrn Thornton's 65th Birthday (1952)
    Aug 17 - 140th Anniversary (1877), Asaph Hall's Discovery of Mars Moon Phobos
    Aug 17 - 260th Anniversary (1757), The Opening of the Macfarlane Observatory
    Aug 18 - Comet P/2010 P4 (WISE) Perihelion (1.861 AU)
    Aug 18 - Comet 164P/Christensen Closest Approach To Earth (2.026 AU)
    Aug 18 - Apollo Asteroid 2012 BD14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)
    Aug 18 - Asteroid 13208 Fraschetti Closest Approach To Earth (0.966 AU)
    Aug 19 - Comet P/2012 T1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.707 AU)
    Aug 19 - Comet 30P/Reinmuth Perihelion (1.877 AU)
    Aug 19 - Asteroid 3654 AAS Closest Approach To Earth (0.982 AU)
    Aug 19 - Asteroid 1132 Hollandia Closest Approach To Earth (1.016 AU)
    Aug 19 - 20th Anniversary (1997), Mabuhay 1 Launch (1st Philippine Satellite)
    Aug 20 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pandora, Pan & Daphnis
    Aug 20 - Asteroid 3852 Glennford Closest Approach To Earth (1.708 AU)
    Aug 20 - Asteroid 78577 JPL Closest Approach To Earth (2.003 AU)
    Aug 20 - Asteroid 48575 Hawaii Closest Approach To Earth (2.299 AU)
    Aug 20 - Asteroid 249516 Aretha Closest Approach To Earth (2.325 AU)
    Aug 20 - Asteroid 5335 Damocles (Burnt Out Comet) At Opposition (19.683 AU)
    Aug 20 - 40th Anniversary (1977), Voyager 2 Launch
    Aug 21 - Total Solar Eclipse (Visible from United States)
    Aug 21 - Comet C/2015 VL62 Closest Approach To Earth (1.742 AU)
    Aug 21 - Comet C/2015 VL62 At Opposition (1.742 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 5540 Smirnova Closest Approach To Earth (0.824 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 1850 Kohoutek Closest Approach To Earth (1.135 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 1814 Bach Closest Approach To Earth (1.339 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 15332 CERN Closest Approach To Earth (1.566 AU)
    Aug 21 - Asteroid 6639 Marchis Closest Approach To Earth (1.841 AU)
    Aug 21 - 45th Anniversary (1972), Copernicus Launch
    Aug 22 - Comet 5D/Brorsen Closest Approach To Earth (1.120 AU)
    Aug 22 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults 2UCAC 28762234 (12.4 Magnitude Star)
    Aug 22 - Asteroid 2865 Laurel Closest Approach To Earth (1.498 AU)
    Aug 22 - Asteroid 804 Hispania Closest Approach To Earth (1.439 AU)
    Aug 22 - Asteroid 1791 Patsayev Closest Approach To Earth (1.511 AU)
    Aug 22 - Asteroid 8423 Macao Closest Approach To Earth (1.627 AU)
    Aug 22 - Asteroid 289586 Shackleton Closest Approach To Earth (1.644 AU)
    Aug 22 - Raymonde de Laroche's 135th Birthday (1882)
    Aug 23 - Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux At Opposition (2.273 AU)
    Aug 23 - Comet 247P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.161 AU)
    Aug 23 - Comet P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.283 AU)
    Aug 23 - Lubor Kresak's 90th Birthday (1927)
    Aug 24 - SpX-DM2 Falcon 9 Launch (Internationl Space Station)
    Aug 24 - Iridium Next 21-30 Falcon 9 Launch
    Aug 24 - Comet 73P-BC/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (0.441 AU)
    Aug 24 - Comet 339P/Gibbs At Opposition (2.742 AU)
    Aug 24 - Comet P/2011 W2 (Rinner) At Opposition (3.115 AU)
    Aug 24 - Comet 252P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.308 AU)
    Aug 24 - Comet P/2016 A7 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.550 AU)
    Aug 24 - Apollo Asteroid 54509 YORP Closest Approach To Earth (0.652 AU)
    Aug 24 - Asteroid 2531 Cambridge Closest Approach To Earth (2.176 AU)
    Aug 24 - Asteroid 88705 Potato Closest Approach To Earth (2.213 AU)
    Aug 24 - Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark Closest Approach To Earth (2.309 AU)
    Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
    Aug 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2005 QQ87 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
    Aug 25 - Asteroid 2598 Merlin Closest Approach To Earth (1.651 AU)
    Aug 25 - Asteroid 2305 King Closest Approach To Earth (1.732 AU)
    Aug 25 - Asteroid 2742 Gibson Closest Approach To Earth (1.851 AU)
    Aug 25 - Asteroid 18728 Grammier Closest Approach To Earth (2.123 AU)
    Aug 25 - 20th Anniversary (1997), Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) Launch
    Aug 26 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
    Aug 27 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Janus, Daphnis, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Pandora & Pan
    Aug 27 - Comet C/2016 P4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.316 AU)
    Aug 27 - Amor Asteroid 2202 Pele Closest Approach To Earth (0.670 AU)
    Aug 27 - Asteroid 5945 Roachapproach Closest Approach To Earth (0.909 AU)

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