• Space Calendar - May 22, 2017 (2/7)

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    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 18 - Asteroid 7273 Garyhuss Closest Approach To Earth (1.652 AU)
    Jul 19 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Atlas & Janus
    * Jul 19 - Asteroid 10183 Ampere Closest Approach To Earth (1.415 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 - Atira Asteroid 2010 XB11 Closest Approach To Earth (0.735 AU)
    Jul 20 - Asteroid 3688 Navajo Closest Approach To Earth (3.179 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 (1.177 AU)
    Jul 21 - Asteroid 5649 Donnashirley Closest Approach To Earth (1.795 AU)
    Jul 21 - Asteroid 6318 Cronkite Closest Approach To Earth (2.339 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 (1.815 AU)
    Jul 22 - Asteroid 336694 Fey Closest Approach To Earth (1.985 AU)
    Jul 22 - Asteroid 3534 Sax Closest Approach To Earth (2.186 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 (1.959 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 (1.801 AU)
    * Jul 24 - Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth (2.219 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 (1.642 AU)
    Jul 25 - Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (1.935 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 27 - Asteroid 90125 Chrissquire Closest Approach To Earth (1.729 AU)
    Jul 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2135 Aristaeus Closest Approach To Earth (1.771 AU)
    Jul 26 - Asteroid 5805 Glasgow Closest Approach To Earth (1.804 AU)
    Jul 26 - Asteroid 12820 Robinwilliams Closest Approach To Earth (1.868 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 90125 Chrissquire Closest Approach To Earth (1.729 AU)
    Jul 27 - Asteroid 3125 Hay Closest Approach To Earth (2.106 AU)
    Jul 27 - Asteroid 1154 Astronomia Closest Approach To Earth (2.149 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 (1.332 AU)
    Jul 28 - Asteroid 6111 Davemckay Closest Approach To Earth (1.487 AU)
    Jul 28 - Asteroid 5036 Tuttle Closest Approach To Earth (2.569 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 (1.836 AU)
    Jul 30 - Vladimir Dezhurov's 55th Birthday (1962)
    Jul 31 - Asteroid 19398 Creedence Closest Approach To Earth (0.959 AU)
    Jul 31 - Asteroid 12410 Donald Duck Closest Approach To Earth (1.814 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 ?? - Sentinel 5P Rokot/Briz-KM 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 2161 Grissom Closest Approach To Earth (1.533 AU)
    Aug 01 - Asteroid 3140 Stellafane Closest Approach To Earth (1.829 AU)
    Aug 01 - Asteroid 22739 Sikhote-Alin Closest Approach To Earth (2.033 AU)
    Aug 01 - Asteroid 29132 Bradpitt Closest Approach to Earth (2.168 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 (1.504 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 (1.508 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 - Apollo Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (1.109 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 (CSES 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 - Apollo Asteroid 54509 YORP Closest Approach To Earth (0.652 AU)
    Aug 23 - Lubor Kresak's 90th Birthday (1927)
    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 - 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)
    Aug 27 - Asteroid 51824 Mikeanderson Closest Approach To Earth (1.661 AU)
    Aug 27 - Asteroid 2710 Veverka Closest Approach To Earth (1.703 AU)
    Aug 27 - Asteroid 9025 Polansky Closest Approach To Earth (1.757 AU)
    Aug 27 - Asteroid 508 Princetonia Closest Approach To Earth (2.188 AU)
    Aug 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 225088 (2007 OR10) At Opposition (86.829 AU)
    Aug 27 - 55th Anniversary (1962), Mariner 2 Launch
    Aug 28 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
    Aug 28 - Comet 349P/Lemmon Perihelion (2.496 AU)
    Aug 28 - Comet C/2015 VL62 Perihelion (2.720 AU)
    Aug 28 - Amor Asteroid 2015 RQ35 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
    Aug 28 - Apollo Asteroid 3752 Camillo Closest Approach To Earth (0.558 AU)
    Aug 28 - Asteroid 29470 Higgs Closest Approach To Earth (1.575 AU)
    Aug 28 - Asteroid 293 Brasilia Closest Approach To Earth (2.207 AU)
    Aug 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 2004 NT33 At Opposition (38.173 AU)
    Aug 28 - George Alcock's 105th Birthday (1912)
    Aug 29 - Comet 236P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.074 AU)
    Aug 29 - Asteroid 14094 Garneau Closest Approach To Earth (1.765 AU)
    Aug 29 - Centaur Object 7066 Nessus At Opposition (26.750 AU)
    Aug 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 307982 (2004 PG115) At Opposition (37.184 AU)
    Aug 30 - Comet 145P/Shoemaker-Levy Perihelion (1.897 AU)
    * Aug 30 - Aten Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom Closest Approach To Earth (1.211 AU)
    Aug 30 - Asteroid 87 Sylvia (2 Moons) Closest Approach To Earth (2.176 AU)
    Aug 30 - 25th Anniversary (1992), David Jewitt's & Jane Luu's Discovery of the 1st Kuiper Belt Object (1992 QB1)
    Aug 31 - Comet P/2008 T4 (Hill) At Opposition (2.126 AU)
    Aug 31 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Occults TYC 1910-00447-1 (7.9 Magnitude Star)
    Aug 31 - Asteroid 5040 Rabinowitz Closest Approach To Earth (0.891 AU)
    Aug 31 - Asteroid 2575 Bulgaria Closest Approach To Earth (1.215 AU)
    Aug 31 - Asteroid 1159 Granada Closest Approach To Earth (1.262 AU)
    Aug 31 - Asteroid 2864 Soderblom Closest Approach To Earth (2.137 AU)
    Aug 31 - Centaur Object 944 Hidalgo At Opposition (3.287 AU)
    Aug 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 2003 QX113 At Opposition (59.043 AU)
    Aug 31 - 25th Anniversary (1992), Theodore Von Karman Stamp Release
    Aug 31 - 55th Anniversary (1962), John F. Kennedy Signs Communications Satellite Act
    Aug 31 - 85th Anniversary (1932), 1st Photo Showing Moon's Shadow on the Earth during Solar Ecipse Taken By Capt Albert Stevens
    Aug 31 - 175th Anniverdary (1842), US Naval Observatory Authorized by Act of Congress
    Aug 31 - Edouard Stephan's 180th Birthday (1837)
    Aug 31 - James Ferguson's 220th Birthday (1797)

    September 2017
    Sep ?? - GPS 3-1 Delta 4 Launch
    Sep ?? - AngoSat 1/Energia 100 Angara-A5/DM-03 Launch
    Sep ?? - SkySat 8-13/COPPER 2/CPOD A & B/MinXSS 2/RANGE A & B Minotaur-C-XL-3210 Launch
    * Sep ?? - GSAT-6A GSLV Mk II Launch
    * Sep ?? - BeiDou-3 (M3 & M4) CZ-3C/YZ-1 Launch
    Sep 01 - Comet 73P-BL/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.044 AU)
    Sep 01 - Comet 100P/Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (2.846 AU)
    Sep 01 - Amor Asteroid 3122 Florence Near-Earth Flyby (0.047 AU)
    Sep 01 - Asteroid 7507 Israel Closest Approach To Earth (0.890 AU)
    Sep 01 - Plutino 175113 (2004 PF115) At Opposition (40.557 AU)
    Sep 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 120178 (2003 OP32) At Opposition (41.265 AU)
    Sep 01 - 20th Anniversary (1997), Worden Meteorite (Hit Garage & Car in Michigan)
    Sep 01 - 35th Anniversary (1982), Founding of the United States Air Force Space Command
    Sep 01 - Dirk Brouwer's 115th Birthday (1902)
    Sep 01 - 135th Anniversary (1882), Discovery of the Great Comet of 1882
    Sep 01 - Francis Aston's 140th Birthday (1877)
    Sep 01 - Rado von Kovesligethy's 155th Birthday (1862)
    Sep 02 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Daphnis & Atlas
    Sep 02 - Mercury Passes 4.1 Degrees from Mars
    Sep 02 - Comet 73P-AS/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (0.596 AU)
    * Sep 02 - Apollo Asteroid 101955 Bennu Closest Approach To Earth (0.336 AU)
    Sep 02 - Asteroid 55555 DNA Closest Approach To Earth (1.285 AU)
    Sep 02 - Asteroid 5190 Fry Closest Approach To Earth (2.411 AU)
    Sep 02 - 50th Anniversary (1967), Wiluna Meteorite Shower in Australia
    Sep 02 - Frederick Soddy's 140th Birthday (1877)
    Sep 02 - 265th Anniversary (1752), British Empire Adopts Gregorian Calendar
    Sep 03 - Comet P/2001 T3 (NEAT) At Opposition (2.437 AU)
    Sep 03 - Asteroid 9258 Johnpauljones Closest Approach To Earth (0.900 AU)
    Sep 03 - Asteroid 241 Germania Closest Approach To Earth (1.740 AU)
    Sep 03 - Asteroid 218998 Navi Closest Approach To Earth (1.747 AU)
    Sep 03 - Asteroid 73511 Lovas Closest Approach To Earth (1.983 AU)
    Sep 03 - Apollo Asteroid 217628 Lugh Closest Approach To Earth (2.875 AU)
    Sep 03 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Discovery of J002E3 (Apollo 12 Rocket Stage)
    Sep 03 - Gerry Neugebauer's 85th Birthday (1932)
    Sep 03 - Ralph Copeland's 180th Birthday (1837)
    Sep 04 - Asteroid 3354 McNair Closest Approach To Earth (1.187 AU)
    Sep 04 - Apollo Asteroid 11885 Summanus Closest Approach To Earth (1.440 AU)
    Sep 04 - Asteroid 8958 Stargazer Closest Approach To Earth (1.492 AU)
    Sep 04 - Asteroid 12382 Niagara Falls Closest Approach To Earth (1.699 AU)
    Sep 04 - 5th Anniversary (2012), Dawn, Vesta Departure
    Sep 04 - 55th Anniversary (1962), 1st Rocket Maneuver in Deep Space (Mariner 2)
    Sep 04 - Oscar Monnig's 115th Birthday (1902)
    Sep 05 - Neptune At Opposition
    Sep 05 - Comet C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy) Closest Approach To Earth (2.298 AU)
    Sep 05 - Comet 3D/Biela Closest Approach To Earth (2.824 AU)
    Sep 05 - Apollo Asteroid 5786 Talos Closest Approach To Earth (0.956 AU)
    Sep 05 - Asteroid 1095 Tulipa Closest Approach To Earth (2.085 AU)
    Sep 05 - 40th Anniversary (1977), Voyager 1 Launch
    Sep 06 - Moon Occults Neptune
    Sep 06 - Comet P/2016 J1-A (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.181 AU)
    Sep 06 - Comet P/2016 J1-B (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.181 AU)
    Sep 06 - Comet C/2016 T3 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.650 AU)
    Sep 06 - Comet C/2016 P4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (5.330 AU)
    Sep 06 - Asteroid 18125 Brianwilson Closest Approach To Earth (1.723 AU)
    Sep 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 145452 (2005 RN43) At Opposition (39.622 AU)
    Sep 06 - Edward Appleton's 125th Birthday (1892)
    Sep 07 - Comet 298P/Christensen At Opposition (3.936 AU)
    Sep 07 - Asteroid 3259 Brownlee Closest Approach To Earth (2.532 AU)
    Sep 07 - Centaur Object 37117 Narcissus At Opposition (3.561 AU)
    Sep 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 RF43 At Opposition (52.546 AU)
    Sep 07 - 10th Anniversary (2007), Guadalajara Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Mexico)
    Sep 08 - Comet 73P-AQ/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.138 AU)
    Sep 08 - Comet 14P/Wolf At Opposition (1.864 AU)
    Sep 08 - Comet C/2014 B1 (Schwartz) Perihelion (9.558 AU)
    Sep 08 - Asteroid 3594 Scotti Closest Approach To Earth (1.598 AU)
    Sep 08 - Asteroid 270553 Loureed Closest Approach To Earth (1.740 AU)
    Sep 08 - Asteroid 296907 Alexander Closest Approach To Earth (1.919 AU)
    Sep 08 - 25th Anniversary (1992), Geotail, Moon Flyby
    Sep 08 - 50th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 5 Launch (Moon Lander)
    Sep 08 - Arthur Wahl's 100th Birthday (1917)
    Sep 08 - Hans Fichtner's 100th Birthday (1917)
    Sep 09 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Daphnis, Atlas & Prometheus
    Sep 09 - Comet 73P-AR/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.150 AU)
    Sep 09 - Comet 73P-AG/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.152 AU)
    Sep 09 - Asteroid 6925 Susumu Occults HIP 21673 (5.1 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 09 - Asteroid 904 Rockefellia Occults HIP 30602 (6.4 Magnitude Star)
    Sep 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 FO124 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
    Sep 09 - Asteroid 19383 Rolling Stones Closest Approach To Earth (0.965 AU)
    Sep 09 - Asteroid 727 Nipponia Closest Approach To Earth (1.430 AU)
    Sep 09 - Asteroid 876 Scott Closest Approach To Earth (1.674 AU)
    Sep 09 - Asteroid 1604 Tombaugh Closest Approach To Earth (1.718 AU)
    Sep 09 - 35th Anniversary (1982), Conestoga I Launch (1st Private Rocket)
    Sep 09 - 125th Anniversary (1892), Edward Barnard's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Amalthea
    Sep 09 - John Poynting's 165th Birthday (1852)
    Sep 09 - 210th Anniversary (1807), Parisi's Discovery of The Great Comet of 1807
    Sep 10 - Comet 73P-AP/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (0.730 AU)
    Sep 10 - Comet P/2013 EW90 (Tenagra) At Opposition (3.829 AU)
    Sep 10 - Asteroid 3124 Kansas Closest Approach To Earth (1.532 AU)
    * Sep 10 - Asteroid 8629 Chucklorre Closest Approach To Earth (1.629 AU)
    Sep 10 - Asteroid 3728 IRAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.693 AU)
    Sep 10 - Asteroid 8103 Fermi Closest Approach To Earth (1.985 AU)
    Sep 10 - Arthur Compton's 125th Birthday (1892)
    Sep 10 - James Keeler's 160th Birthday (1857)
    Sep 11 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
    Sep 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 RC Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
    Sep 11 - Asteroid 21619 Johnhopkins Closest Approach To Earth (1.390 AU)
    Sep 11 - Asteroid 7225 Huntress Closest Approach To Earth (1.622 AU)
    Sep 11 - 20th Anniversary (1997), Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Orbit Insertion
    Sep 11 - Robert Crippen's 80th Birthday (1937)
    Sep 11 - James Jeans' 140th Birthday (1877)
    * Sep 12 - Cygnus CRS OA-8E Antares 230 Launch (International Space Station)
    Sep 12 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (18 Degrees)
    Sep 12 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
    Sep 12 - Comet 73P-P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.198 AU)
    Sep 12 - Comet 240P/NEAT At Opposition (1.925 AU)
    Sep 12 - Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux Closest Approach To Earth (2.216 AU)
    Sep 12 - Comet 14P/Wolf Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU)
    Sep 12 - Asteroid 2653 Principia Closest Approach To Earth (1.624 AU)
    Sep 12 - 25th Anniversary (1992), STS-47 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, Spacelab-J)
    Sep 12 - 25th Anniversary (1992), 1st African-American Woman in Space (Mae Jemison)
    Sep 12 - 55th Anniversary (1962), John F. Kennedy's Moon Speech
    Sep 12 - Robert Farquhar's 85th Birthday (1932)
    * Sep 13 - Soyuz MS-6 Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 52S)
    Sep 13 - Comet P/2008 T4 (Hill) Closest Approach To Earth (2.104 AU)
    Sep 13 - Comet 239P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.321 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 39566 Carllewis Closest Approach To Earth (0.829 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 28078 Mauricehilleman Closest Approach To Earth (1.136 AU)
    Sep 13 - Asteroid 11020 Orwell Closest Approach To Earth (1.838 AU)
    Sep 13 - 10th Anniversary (2007), Kaguya (Selene 1) Launch (Japan Moon Orbiter)
    Sep 13 - Horace Babcock's 105th Birthday (1912)
    Sep 14 - Apollo Asteroid 310560 (2001 QL142) Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
    Sep 14 - Asteroid 6032 Nobel Closest Approach To Earth (0.871 AU)
    Sep 14 - Asteroid 14764 Kilauea Closest Approach To Earth (1.102 AU)
    Sep 15 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Janus, Pan, Pandora & Epimetheus
    Sep 15 - Cassini, Saturn Impact
    Sep 15 - Comet 73P-AC/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.251 AU)
    Sep 15 - Comet P/2016 J1-A (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.192 AU)
    Sep 15 - Comet P/2016 J1-B (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.192 AU)
    Sep 15 - Comet 100P/Hartley At Opposition (2.874 AU)
    Sep 15 - Asteroid 6030 Zolensky Closest Approach To Earth (1.966 AU)
    Sep 15 - Asteroid 16522 Tell Closest Approach To Earth (2.088 AU)
    Sep 15 - 10th Anniversary (2007), Carancas Meteorite Fall in Peru (Created Crater)
    Sep 16 - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
    Sep 16 - Mercury Passes 0.05 Degrees from Mars
    Sep 16 - Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales) Perihelion (3.097 AU)
    Sep 16 - Aten Asteroid 2014 RX22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
    Sep 16 - Asteroid 7336 Saunders Closest Approach To Earth (0.237 AU)
    Sep 17 - Asteroid 18458 Caesar Closest Approach To Earth (1.535 AU)
    Sep 17 - Asteroid 449 Hamburga Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU)
    Sep 17 - Asteroid 15614 Pillinger Closest Approach To Earth (1.910 AU)
    Sep 17 - 20th Anniversary (1997), Galileo, Callisto 10 Flyby
    Sep 17 - Petr Pravec's 50th Birthday (1967)
    Sep 17 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's 160th Birthday (1857)
    Sep 18 - Moon Occults Venus
    Sep 18 - Moon Occults Mercury
    Sep 18 - Moon Occults Mars
    Sep 18 - Moon Occults Regulus
    Sep 18 - Comet 60P/Tsuchinshan At Opposition (2.766 AU)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 3917 Franz Schubert Closest Approach To Earth (1.346 AU)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 12790 Cernan Closest Approach To Earth (1.485 AU)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 19204 Joshuatree Closest Approach To Earth (1.526 AU)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 73079 Davidbaltimore Closest Approach To Earth (1.530 AU)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 9523 Torino Closest Approach To Earth (1.764 AU)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 2688 Halley Closest Approach To Earth (2.009 AU)
    Sep 18 - Asteroid 15417 Babylon Closest Approach To Earth (2.918 AU)
    Sep 18 - Edwin McMillan's 110th Birthday (1907)
    Sep 18 - Adrien-Marie Legendre's 265th Birthday (1752)
    Sep 19 - Comet 5D/Brorsen Perihelion (0.529 AU)
    Sep 19 - Comet 95P/Chiron At Opposition (17.579 AU)
    Sep 19 - Asteroid 4444 Escher Closest Approach To Earth (1.142 AU)
    Sep 19 - Asteroid 3763 Quianxuesen Closest Approach To Earth (1.478 AU)
    Sep 19 - Asteroid 4037 Ikeya Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU)
    Sep 19 - Yoshio Kushida's 60th Birthday (1957)
    Sep 19 - Guy Consolmagno's 65th Birthday (1952)
    Sep 20 - Comet C/2016 N4 (MASTER) Perihelion (3.228 AU)
    Sep 20 - Apollo Asteroid 2008 CK70 Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
    Sep 20 - Asteroid 1134 Kepler Closest Approach To Earth (0.506 AU)
    Sep 20 - Asteroid 3341 Hartmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.335 AU)
    Sep 20 - Asteroid 4148 McCartney Closest Approach To Earth (1.462 AU)
    Sep 20 - Asteroid 31319 Vespucci Closest Approach To Earth (2.394 AU)
    * Sep 21 - Joint Polar Satellite System 1 (JPSS 1)/Buccaneer RMM/MiRaTA/EagleSat/CP 7 (DAVE)/Fox 1B (RadFxSat)/MakerSat 0 Delta 2 Launch
    Sep 21 - Comet 73P-X/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.375 AU)

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