• Space Calendar - May 22, 2017 (4/7)

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    Nov 08 - Asteroid 469 Argentina Closest Approach To Earth (2.560 AU)
    Nov 08 - 25th Anniversary (1992), Geotail, 3rd Moon Flyby
    Nov 08 - 35th Anniversary (1982), Wethersfield Meteorite Fall (Hit House)
    Nov 08 - Margaret Rhea Seddon's 70th Birthday (1947)
    Nov 08 - Ben Bova's 85th Birthday (1932)
    Nov 09 - SBIRS GEO-4 Atlas 5 Launch
    Nov 09 - Comet P/2016 G1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.503 AU)
    Nov 09 - Comet 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.105 AU)
    Nov 09 - Asteroid 5392 Parker Closest Approach To Earth (1.512 AU)
    Nov 09 - Apollo Asteroid 6239 Minos Closest Approach To Earth (1.666 AU)
    Nov 09 - Asteroid 3202 Graff Closest Approach To Earth (2.739 AU)
    Nov 09 - 50th Anniversary (1967), 1st Saturn V Launch (Apollo 4)
    Nov 10 - ICESAT 2/ELFIN/IT-SPINS/CHEFsat Delta 2 7420 Launch
    Nov 10 - Asteroid 207563 Toscana Closest Approach To Earth (1.983 AU)
    Nov 10 - Asteroid 10792 Ecuador Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 AU)
    Nov 10 - Asteroid 19482 Harperlee Closest Approach To Earth (2.595 AU)
    Nov 11 - Moon Occults Regulus
    Nov 11 - Comet 183P/Korlevic-Juric Perihelion (3.872 AU)
    Nov 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2005 XB1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
    Nov 11 - Asteroid 3173 McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (1.344 AU)
    Nov 11 - Asteroid 22521 ZZ Top Closest Approach To Earth (1.517 AU)
    Nov 11 - Asteroid 8990 Compassion Closest Approach To Earth (2.428 AU)
    Nov 11 - 35th Anniversary (1982), STS-5 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia)
    Nov 11 - 445th Anniversary (1572), Tycho Brahe's Observation of SN1572
    Nov 12 - Comet C/2015 ER61 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.905 AU)
    Nov 12 - Comet 123P/West-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (2.717 AU)
    Nov 12 - Atira Asteroid 2014 FO47 Closest Approach To Earth (0.419 AU)
    Nov 12 - Asteroid 18235 Lynden-Bell Closest Approach To Earth (1.901 AU)
    Nov 12 - Richard Truly's 80th Birthday (1937)
    Nov 13 - Venus Passes 0.3 Degrees from Jupiter
    Nov 13 - Comet 219P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.902 AU)
    Nov 13 - Comet 73P-AT/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.491 AU)
    Nov 13 - Comet C/2017 C2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.095 AU)
    Nov 13 - Comet 297P/Beshore At Opposition (3.568 AU)
    Nov 13 - Comet 86P/Wild At Opposition (3.768 AU)
    Nov 13 - Apollo Asteroid 326354 (2000 SJ344) Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
    Nov 13 - Asteroid 4589 McDowell Closest Approach To Earth (1.194 AU)
    Nov 13 - Asteroid 2873 Binzel Closest Approach To Earth (1.540 AU)
    Nov 13 - Asteroid 144296 Steviewonder Closest Approach To Earth (1.682 AU)
    Nov 13 - 10th Anniversary (2007), Rosetta, 2nd Earth Flyby
    Nov 14 - Moon Occults Asteroid 21 Lutetia
    Nov 15 - Comet 73P-BF/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.604 AU)
    Nov 15 - Comet C/2014 C1 (TOTAS) At Opposition (2.693 AU)
    Nov 15 - Comet 302P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (3.058 AU)
    Nov 15 - Comet 73P-AJ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.837 AU)
    Nov 15 - Comet 218P/LINEAR At Opposition (4.021 AU)
    Nov 15 - Asteroid 3154 Grant Closest Approach To Earth (1.573 AU)
    Nov 15 - Asteroid 19535 Rowanatkinson Closest Approach To Earth (1.612 AU)
    Nov 15 - Asteroid 228029 MANIAC Closest Approach To Earth (1.813 AU)
    Nov 15 - Kuiper Belt Object 2012 VP113 At Opposition (82.656 AU)
    Nov 16 - Moon Occults Asteroid 4 Vesta
    Nov 16 - Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan Perihelion (1.384 AU)
    Nov 16 - Comet C/2017 E1 (Borisov) At Opposition (2.398 AU)
    Nov 16 - Comet 73P-BD/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.696 AU)
    Nov 16 - Comet P/2015 J3 (NEOWISE) At Opposition (4.175 AU)
    Nov 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2000 UO30 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
    Nov 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2013 TK69 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
    Nov 16 - Asteroid 23638 Nagano Closest Approach To Earth (1.300 AU)
    Nov 16 - Asteroid 24997 Petergabriel Closest Approach To Earth (1.418 AU)
    Nov 16 - Asteroid 1288 Santa Closest Approach To Earth (1.809 AU)
    Nov 16 - Asteroid 2919 Dali Closest Approach To Earth (2.421 AU)
    Nov 16 - 40th Anniversary (1977), "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" Released
    Nov 16 - 165th Anniversary (1852), Hermann Goldschmidt's Discovery of Asteroid 21 Lutetia
    Nov 16 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert's 300th Birthday (1717)
    Nov 17 - 50th Anniversary (1967), 1st Successful Lift-Off from Lunar Surface (Surveyor 6)
    Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
    Nov 17 - Comet 24P/Schaumasse Perihelion (1.206 AU)
    Nov 17 - Comet 73P-BR/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.654 AU)
    Nov 17 - Comet 73P-BG/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.685 AU)
    Nov 17 - Apollo Asteroid 444584 (2006 UK) Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
    * Nov 17 - Aten Asteroid 136818 Selqet Closest Approach To Earth (0.325 AU)
    Nov 17 - Neptune Trojan 2007 VL305 At Opposition (27.240 AU)
    Nov 17 - Plutino 2003 UZ413 At Opposition (42.874 AU)
    Nov 17 - Henry Gellibrand's 420th Birthday (1597)
    Nov 18 - Comet 73P-BB/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.782 AU)
    Nov 18 - Comet 209P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.432 AU)
    Nov 18 - Asteroid 1640 Nemo Closest Approach To Earth (0.946 AU)
    Nov 18 - Asteroid 4922 Leshin Closest Approach To Earth (1.204 AU)
    Nov 18 - Asteroid 484 Pittsburghia Closest Approach To Earth (1.727 AU)
    Nov 18 - Asteroid 4356 Marathon Closest Approach To Earth (2.269 AU)
    Nov 18 - Neptune Trojan 2011 WG157 At Opposition (29.819 AU)
    Nov 18 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 VK201 At Opposition (47.069 AU)
    Nov 18 - Louis Daguerre's 230th Birthday (1787)
    Nov 19 - Comet P/2011 VJ5 (Lemmon) At Opposition (0.965 AU)
    Nov 19 - Comet 5D/Brorsen At Opposition (2.203 AU)
    Nov 19 - Comet 73P-V/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.711 AU)
    Nov 19 - Comet 73P-BA/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.830 AU)
    Nov 19 - Asteroid 63163 Jerusalem Closest Approach To Earth (1.319 AU)
    Nov 19 - Asteroid 184011 Andypuckett Closest Approach To Earth (1.675 AU)
    Nov 19 - Plutino 84719 (2002 VR128) At Opposition (38.566 AU)
    Nov 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 90377 Sedna At Opposition (84.262 AU)
    Nov 19 - 20th Anniversary (1997), STS-87 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia)
    Nov 19 - Eleanor Helin's 85th Birthday (1932)
    Nov 19 - Keith Runcorn's 95th Birthday (1922)
    Nov 20 - Mars Summer Solstice
    Nov 20 - Comet 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU)
    Nov 20 - Comet 236P/LINEAR Perihelion (1.837 AU)
    Nov 20 - Comet 73P-BH/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.841 AU)
    Nov 20 - Comet 73P-BI/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.841 AU)
    Nov 20 - Comet 73P-BM/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.842 AU)
    Nov 20 - Comet 73P-BP/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.842 AU)
    Nov 20 - Comet 73P-BE/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.850 AU)
    Nov 20 - Asteroid 9387 Tweeddledee Closest Approach To Earth (0.944 AU)
    Nov 20 - Asteroid 2579 Spartacus Closest Approach To Earth (1.384 AU)
    Nov 20 - Asteroid 5450 Sokrates Closest Approach To Earth (1.581 AU)
    Nov 20 - Asteroid 8630 Billprady Closest Approach To Earth (1.619 AU)
    Nov 20 - Asteroid 6154 Stevesynnott Closest Approach To Earth (1.700 AU)
    Nov 20 - Apollo Asteroid 3671 Dionysus Closest Approach To Earth (1.781 AU)
    Nov 20 - Asteroid 54439 Topeka Closest Approach To Earth (2.089 AU)
    Nov 20 - Otto von Guericke's 415th Birthday (1602)
    Nov 21 - Aten Asteroid 234145 (2000 EW70) Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)
    Nov 21 - Apollo Asteroid 163696 (2003 EB50) Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
    Nov 21 - Asteroid 84225 Verish Closest Approach To Earth (1.152 AU)
    Nov 21 - Asteroid 16155 Buddy Closest Approach To Earth (1.369 AU)
    Nov 21 - Asteroid 342843 Davidbowie Closest Approach To Earth (1.620 AU)
    Nov 21 - Asteroid 2985 Shakespeare Closest Approach To Earth (1.897 AU)
    Nov 21 - Asteroid 4442 Garcia Closest Approach To Earth (2.501 AU)
    Nov 22 - Comet 24P/Schaumasse Closest Approach To Earth (1.460 AU)
    Nov 22 - Comet 73P-AA/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.963 AU)
    Nov 22 - Comet 302P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS At Opposition (3.066 AU)
    Nov 22 - Comet 282P/2003 BM80 At Opposition (4.039 AU)
    Nov 22 - Aten Asteroid 2016 LO1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
    Nov 22 - Asteroid 8444 Popovich Closest Approach To Earth (1.129 AU)
    Nov 22 - Asteroid 2228 Soyuz-Apollo Closest Approach To Earth (1.576 AU)
    Nov 22 - Asteroid 118945 Rikhill Closest Approach To Earth (2.288 AU)
    Nov 22 - Alan Stern's 60th Birthday (1957)
    Nov 22 - Vladimir Damgov's 70th Birthday (1947)
    Nov 22 - Guy Bluford's 75th Birthday (1942)
    Nov 22 - 110th Anniverseary (1907), Meteorite Fall in Bali, Central African Republic
    Nov 23 - Comet C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy) At Opposition (2.900 AU)
    Nov 23 - Comet C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (5.328 AU)
    Nov 23 - Aten Asteroid 2009 BL71 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
    Nov 23 - Asteroid 35977 Lexington Closest Approach To Earth (1.228 AU)
    Nov 23 - Asteroid 11714 Mikebrown Closest Approach To Earth (1.818 AU)
    Nov 23 - Centaur Object 54598 Bienor At Opposition (13.867 AU)
    Nov 23 - 15th Anniversary (2002), STS-113 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, International Space Station)
    Nov 23 - 40th Anniversary (1977), Meteosat 1 Launch (Europe's 1st Weather Satellite)
    Nov 24 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (22 Degrees)
    Nov 24 - Asteroid 5451 Plato Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)
    Nov 24 - Asteroid 12490 Leiden Closest Approach To Earth (2.546 AU)
    Nov 25 - Comet C/2014 C1 (TOTAS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.677 AU)
    Nov 25 - Asteroid 3043 San Diego Closest Approach To Earth (0.933 AU)
    Nov 25 - Asteroid 5020 Asimov Closest Approach To Earth (1.171 AU)
    Nov 25 - Asteroid 2246 Bowell Closest Approach To Earth (3.108 AU)
    Nov 26 - Comet 145P/Shoemaker-Levy Closest Approach To Earth (1.124 AU)
    Nov 26 - Comet 73P-AW/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.134 AU)
    Nov 26 - Comet 73P-AF/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.165 AU)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 335 Roberta Occults HIP 18724 (3.4 Magnitude Star)
    * Nov 26 - Apollo Asteroid 3361 Orpheus Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 7645 Pons Closest Approach To Earth (1.075 AU)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 9253 Oberth Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU11)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 3297 Hong Kong Closest Approach To Earth (1.642 AU)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 10957 Alps Closest Approach To Earth (1.674 AU)
    Nov 26 - Asteroid 214476 Stephencolbert Closest Approach To Earth (2.311 AU)
    Nov 26 - Boris Yegorov's 80th Birthday (1937)
    Nov 27 - Moon Occults Neptune
    Nov 27 - Comet 317P/WISE At Opposition (3.641 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 3635 Kreutz Closest Approach To Earth (0.728 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 9777 Enterprise Closest Approach To Earth (1.741 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 7919 Prime Closest Approach To Earth (1.814 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 204852 Frankfurt Closest Approach To Earth (1.859 AU)
    Nov 27 - Asteroid 7758 Poulanderson Closest Approach To Earth (1.879 AU)
    Nov 27 - Jim Wetherbee's 65th Birthday (1952)
    Nov 28 - 50th Anniversary (1967), Discovery of 1st Pulsar by Jocelyn Bell & Antony Hewish
    Nov 28 - Mercury Passes 3.0 Degrees From Saturn
    Nov 28 - Comet 73P-AY/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.240 AU)
    Nov 28 - Comet 73P-AZ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.241 AU)
    Nov 28 - Apollo Asteroid 11066 Sigurd Closest Approach To Earth (0.808 AU)
    * Nov 28 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 BD Closest Approach To Earth (1.963 AU)
    Nov 28 - Asteroid 11947 Kimclijsters Closest Approach To Earth (2.369 AU)
    Nov 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 386723 (2009 YE7) At Opposition (49.823 AU)
    Nov 28 - 15th Anniversary (2002), Alsat 1 Launch (1st Algerian Satellite)
    Nov 29 - 50th Anniversary (1967), Wresat 1 Launch (Australia's 1st Satellite)
    Nov 29 - Comet 229P/Gibbs Closest Approach To Earth (1.937 AU)
    Nov 29 - Aten Asteroid 2010 VD139 Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)
    Nov 29 - Apollo Asteroid 1863 Antinous Closest Approach To Earth (2.692 AU)
    Nov 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 145453 (2005 RR43) At Opposition (38.580 AU)
    Nov 30 - Apollo Asteroid 10563 Izhdubar Closest Approach To Earth (1.096 AU)
    Nov 30 - Apollo Asteroid 2013 EC20 Closest Approach To Earth (1.681 AU)
    Nov 30 - Asteroid 242516 Lindseystirling Closest Approach To Earth (1.864 AU)
    Nov 30 - Asteroid 310 Margarita Closest Approach To Earth (1.948 AU)
    Nov 30 - Asteroid 1345 Potomac Closest Approach To Earth (2.460 AU)
    Nov 30 - Asteroid 41488 Sinbad Closeset Approach To Earth (2.462 AU)

    December 2017
    Dec ?? - Crew Space Transportation 100 (CST-100) Atlas 5 Launch (Unmanned)
    Dec ?? - ADM-Aeolus (Earth Explorer 4) Vega Launch
    Dec ?? - INCA/ALBus/CACTUS 1/ExoCube 2/MicroMAS 2b/MiTEE 1/Q-PACE/SurfSat/
    CAPE 3/RadFxSat 2 (Fox 1E)/PICS 1 & 2 LauncherOne Launch
    Dec ?? - Amazonia (SSR-1) Equars VLS-1 Launch
    Dec ?? - Meteor-M N2-1/Baumanets 2/Flock 2/Flying Laptop/Ionosfera 1 & 2/Lemur 2 &3/NorSat 1/
    Scout/SEAM/TechnoSat/WNISAT 1R Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
    Dec ?? - GSAT-20 LVM3 Launch
    Dec ?? - Iridium Next 41-50 Falcon 9 Launch
    * Dec ?? - Kanopus V N3 & N4 Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat-M Launch
    * Dec ?? - BeiDou-3 (M7 & M8) CZ-3C/YZ-1 Launch
    Dec 01 - Asteroid 721 Tabora Occults HIP 98688 (4.5 Magnitude Star)
    Dec 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 2006 QH181 At Opposition (82.823 AU)
    Dec 02 - Comet 14P/Wolf Perihelion (2.741 AU)
    Dec 02 - Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth (2.110 AU)
    Dec 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 229762 (2007 UK126) At Opposition (41.558 AU)
    Dec 02 - 25th Anniversary (1992), STS-53 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, DOD)
    Dec 03 - Super Moon
    Dec 03 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
    Dec 03 - Comet 345P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.813)
    Dec 03 - Comet 221P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.932 AU)
    Dec 03 - Apollo Asteroid 2008 WM61 Near-Earth Flyby (0.010 AU)
    Dec 03 - Asteroid 3313 Mendel Closest Approach To Earth (2.016 AU)
    Dec 03 - Asteroid 12284 Pohl Closest Approach To Earth (2.752 AU)
    Dec 03 - Howard Brewington's 65th Birthday (1952)
    Dec 03 - 100th Anniversary (1917), Strathmore Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Scotland)
    Dec 04 - Comet 90P/Gehrels Closest Approach To Earth (2.246 AU)
    Dec 05 - Comet 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT At Opposition (1.776 AU)
    Dec 05 - Asteroid 5263 Arrius Occults HIP 17049 (6.7 Magnitude Star)
    Dec 05 - Aten Asteroid 2010 TK7 (Earth Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (0.202 AU)
    Dec 05 - Amor Asteroid 1980 Tezcatlipoca Closest Approach To Earth (0.878 AU)
    Dec 05 - Asteroid 3869 Norton Closest Approach To Earth (1.588 AU)
    Dec 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 145451 (2005 RM43) At Opposition (35.741 AU)
    Dec 05 - Mark Showalter's 60th Birthday (1957)
    Dec 05 - Sheldon Glashow's 85th Birthday (1932)
    Dec 06 - Nauka/ERA Proton-M P4 Launch (International Space Station 03R)
    Dec 06 - Mercury Passes 1.3 Degrees from Saturn
    Dec 06 - Comet 79P/du Toit-Hartley At Opposition (1.971 AU)
    Dec 07 - Asteroid 2621 Goto Occults HIP 35842 (6.2 Magnitude Star)
    Dec 07 - Asteroid 2198 Ceplecha Closest Approach To Earth (1.159 AU)
    Dec 07 - Asteroid 6434 Jewitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.360 AU)
    Dec 07 - Asteroid 14220 Alexgibbs Closest Approach To Earth (2.112 AU)
    Dec 07 - 45th Anniversary (1972), Apollo 17 Launch (Last Manned Mission to the Moon)
    Dec 08 - Moon Occults Regulus
    Dec 08 - Comet C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.094 AU)
    Dec 08 - Apollo Asteroid 4450 Pan Closest Approach To Earth (1.275 AU)
    Dec 08 - Centaur Object 8405 Asbolus At Opposition (20.229 AU)
    Dec 08 - Alphonse Borrelly's 175th Birthday (1842)
    Dec 08 - 25th Anniversary (1992), Galileo, 2nd Earth Flyby
    Dec 09 - Comet P/2016 R4 (Gibbs) At Opposition (3.311 AU)
    Dec 10 - Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup At Opposition (2.175 AU)
    Dec 10 - Comet 82P/Gehrels Closest Approach To Earth (2.704 AU)
    Dec 10 - Comet 82P/Gehrels At Opposition (2.704 AU)
    Dec 10 - Comet 345P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.820 AU)
    Dec 10 - Asteroid 4525 Johnbauer Occults HIP 14821 (6.1 Magnitude Star)
    Dec 10 - Asteroid 18610 Arthurdent Closest Approach To Earth (1.053 AU)
    Dec 10 - Apollo Asteroid 136617 (1994 CC) (2 Moons) Closest Approach To Earth (1.747 AU)
    Dec 10 - Asteroid 1002 Olbersia Closest Approach To Earth (1.861 AU)
    Dec 10 - 25th Anniversary (1992), Mihonoseki Meteorite Fall (Fell Through Roof Of A House In Japan)
    Dec 10 - 40th Anniversary (1977), Soyuz 26 Launch (Salyut 6 Space Station)
    Dec 11 - Comet 139P/Vaisala-Oterma Perihelion (3.414 AU)
    Dec 11 - Comet C/2017 F1 (Lemmon) Perihelion (4.449 AU)
    Dec 11 - Asteroid 2451 Dollfus Closest Approach To Earth (2.067 AU)
    Dec 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 2004 XR190 At Opposition (56.305 AU)
    Dec 11 - 5th Anniversary (2012), X-37B OTV-1 F-2 Atlas 5 Launch
    Dec 12 - 50th Anniversary (1967), Pioneer 8 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
    Dec 12 - Asteroid 17768 Tigerlily Closest Approach To Earth (1.783 AU)
    Dec 12 - Asteroid 8353 Megryan Closest Approach To Earth (2.141 AU)
    Dec 12 - Plutino 84922 (2003 VS2) At Opposition (35.664 AU)
    Dec 12 - Plutino 307463 (2002 VU130) At Opposition (39.187 AU)
    Dec 12 - 145th Anniversary (1872), Banbury Meteorite Fall (Hit Wall in England)
    Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
    Dec 13 - Comet 145P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (1.157 AU)
    Dec 13 - Comet 231P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (2.899 AU)
    Dec 13 - Comet C/2017 D5 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.252 AU)
    Dec 13 - Aten Asteroid 2015 YA Near-Earth Flyby (0.060 AU)
    Dec 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 QL8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)
    * Dec 13 - Atira Asteroid 2010 XB11 Closest Approach To Earth (1.173 AU)
    Dec 13 - Asteroid 6223 Dahl Closest Approach To Earth (1.624 AU)
    Dec 13 - Asteroid 1762 Russell Closest Approach To Earth (1.734 AU)
    Dec 13 - 5th Anniversary (2012), Chang'E 2 Flyby of Asteroid 4179 Toutatis
    Dec 13 - 20th Anniversary (1997), Vissannapeta Meteorite Fall (Hit House in India)
    Dec 13 - 45 Years (1972) Since Man Has Walked on the Moon (Apollo 17)
    Dec 13 - Kristian Birkeland's 150th Birthday (1867)
    Dec 14 - Moon Occults Asteroid 4 Vesta
    Dec 14 - Comet 90P/Gehrels At Opposition (2.259 AU)
    Dec 14 - Comet 22P/Kopff At Opposition (3.917 AU)
    Dec 14 - Aten Asteroid 2015 XX169 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
    Dec 14 - Asteroid 5841 Stone Closest Approach To Earth (0.934 AU)
    Dec 14 - Asteroid 1373 Cincinnati Closest Approach To Earth (1.638 AU)
    Dec 14 - 55th Anniversary (1962), Mariner 2, Venus Flyby
    Dec 14 - 210th Anniversary (1807), Weston Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in Connecticut)
    Dec 15 - Mercury Passes 2.2 Degrees From Venus
    Dec 15 - Comet P/2011 VJ5 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (0.895 AU)
    Dec 15 - Comet 217P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.303 AU)
    Dec 15 - Comet 229P/Gibbs At Opposition (1.965 AU)
    Dec 15 - Aten Asteroid 2014 BA3 Closest Approach To Earth (1.745 AU)
    Dec 15 - Asteroid 118401 LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.884 AU)
    Dec 15 - Kuiper Belt Object 19521 Chaos At Opposition (40.358 AU)
    Dec 15 - Henri Becquerel's 165th Birthday (1852)
    Dec 15 - 405th Anniversary (1612), 1st Observation of the Andromeda Galaxy Through a Telescope (Simon Marius)
    Dec 16 - Arthur C. Clarke's 100th Birthday (1917)
    Dec 16 - Bangabandhu-1 Falcon 9 Launch
    Dec 16 - Comet 176P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.885 AU)
    Dec 16 - Apollo Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
    Dec 16 - Asteroid 46977 Krakow Closest Approach To Earth (1.214 AU)
    Dec 16 - Asteroid 215423 Winnecke Closest Approach To Earth (1.467 AU)
    Dec 16 - Asteroid 34419 Corning Closest Approach To Earth (1.911 AU)
    Dec 16 - 20th Anniversary (1997), Galileo, Europa 12 Flyby
    Dec 16 - 55th Anniversary (1962), Explorer 16 Launch (1st Meteroids Mission)
    Dec 16 - 105th Anniversary (1912), 1st Stamp Issued Depicting an Airplane
    Dec 16 - Edward Barnard's 160th Birthday (1857)
    Dec 17 - Comet 208P/McMillan Closest Approach To Earth (2.976 AU)
    Dec 17 - Comet 264P/Larsen At Opposition (3.169 AU)
    Dec 17 - Comet 296P/Garradd At Opposition (4.094 AU)
    Dec 17 - Comet C/2015 V1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (4.266 AU)
    Dec 17 - Asteroid 9998 ISO Closest Approach To Earth (1.096 AU)
    Dec 17 - Asteroid 12426 Racquetball Closest Approach To Earth (1.262 AU)
    Dec 17 - Asteroid 13123 Tyson Closest Approach To Earth (1.731 AU)
    Dec 17 - Centaur Object 154783 (2004 PA44) At Opposition (19.718 AU)
    Dec 17 - 5th Anniversary (2012), GRAIL, Moon Impacts
    Dec 17 - Theodore Dunham's 120th Birthday (1897)
    Dec 18 - Comet 91P/Russell At Opposition (3.983 AU)
    Dec 18 - Amor Asteroid 9950 ESA Closest Approach To Earth (1.207 AU)
    Dec 18 - Asteroid 12608 Aesop Closest Approach To Earth (1.212 AU)
    Dec 18 - Asteroid 780 Armenia Closest Approach To Earth (2.148 AU)
    Dec 18 - Asteroid 54522 Menaechmus Closest Approach To Earth (2.259 AU)
    Dec 19 - Comet P/2010 D1 (WISE) Perihelion (2.690 AU)
    Dec 19 - Comet C/2017 A3 (Elenin) Closest Approach To Earth (3.720 AU)
    Dec 19 - Asteroid 4149 Harrison Occults HIP 29509 (6.5 Magnitude Star)
    Dec 19 - Aten Asteroid 2011 YD29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)
    Dec 19 - Asteroid 67085 Oppenheimer Closest Approach To Earth (0.973 AU)
    Dec 19 - Asteroid 20 Massalia Closest Approach To Earth (1.093 AU)
    Dec 19 - Asteroid 10001 Palermo Closest Approach To Earth (1.189 AU)
    Dec 19 - Asteroid 1816 Liberia Closest Approach To Earth (1.200 AU)
    Dec 19 - Asteroid 27320 Vellinga Closest Approach To Earth (1.617 AU)
    Dec 19 - Asteroid 30826 Coulomb Closest Approach To Earth (1.649 AU)
    Dec 19 - Albert Michelson's 165th Birthday (1852)
    * Dec 20 - Topaz 5 (NROL-47) Delta 4M Launch
    Dec 20 - Comet 231P/LINEAR-NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (2.892 AU)
    Dec 20 - Comet C/2016 X1 (Lemmon) At Opposition (7.181 AU
    Dec 20 - Apollo Asteroid 2006 XY Near-Earth Flyby (0.017 AU)
    Dec 20 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 GF1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
    Dec 20 - Asteroid 31 Euphrosyne Closest Approach To Earth (1.601 AU)
    Dec 20 - Asteroid 11094 Cuba Closest Approach To Earth (2.614 AU)
    Dec 20 - 15th Anniversary (2002), Nozomi, Earth Flyby
    Dec 21 - Winter Solstice, 16:28 UT
    Dec 21 - Comet P/2009 S2 (McNaught) Perihelion (2.214 AU)
    Dec 21 - Comet 188P/LINEAR-Mueller Closest Approach To Earth (2.317 AU)
    Dec 21 - Asteroid 12759 Joule Closest Approach To Earth (2.127 AU)
    Dec 21 - Plutino 55638 (2002 VE95) At Opposition (28.811 AU)
    Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
    Dec 22 - Comet 176P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.891 AU)
    Dec 22 - Comet P/2002 EJ57 (LINEAR) At Opposition (2.014 AU)
    Dec 22 - Comet 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu At Opposition (4.124 AU)
    Dec 22 - Comet C/2010 U3 (Boattini) At Opposition (8.195 AU)
    Dec 22 - Apollo Asteroid 418849 (2008 WM64) Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
    Dec 22 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 YQ1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
    Dec 22 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 HU9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
    Dec 22 - Asteroid 8256 Shenzhou Closest Approach To Earth (0.736 AU)
    Dec 22 - Asteroid 246247 Sheldoncooper Closest Approach To Earth (1.779 AU)
    Dec 22 - Kuiper Belt Object 78799 (2002 XW93) At Opposition (44.607 AU)
    Dec 23 - Comet C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.054 AU)
    Dec 23 - Comet P/2006 F4 At Opposition (2.903 AU)
    Dec 23 - Asteroid 13667 Samthurman Closest Approach To Earth (1.169 AU)
    Dec 23 - Asteroid 5050 Doctorwatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.219 AU)
    Dec 23 - Amor Asteroid 1580 Betulia Closest Approach To Earth (1.580 AU)
    Dec 23 - Karol Bokbo's 80th Birthday (1937)
    Dec 23 - 345th Anniversary (1672), Giovanni Cassini's Discovery of Saturn Moon Rhea
    Dec 24 - Comet C/2017 F1 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (3.643 AU)
    Dec 24 - Comet 278P/McNaught At Opposition (4.113 AU)
    Dec 24 - Asteroid 263251 Pandabear Closest Approach To Earth (1.322 AU)
    Dec 24 - Asteroid 116939 Jonstewart Closest Approach To Earth (1.680 AU)
    Dec 25 - Venus Passes 1.1 Degrees From Saturn
    Dec 25 - Comet C/2017 F1 (Lemmon) At Opposition (3.643 AU)
    Dec 25 - Aten Asteroid 2016 YA1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
    Dec 25 - Asteroid 4690 Strasbourg Closest Approach To Earth (0.826 AU)
    Dec 25 - Asteroid 1381 Danubia Closest Approach To Earth (1.343 AU)
    Dec 25 - Asteroid 1554 Yugoslavia Closest Approach To Earth (1.759 AU)
    Dec 25 - Plutino 2002 XV93 At Opposition (37.786 AU)
    Dec 26 - Comet 79P/du Toit-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (1.912 AU)
    Dec 26 - Comet 341P/Gibbs At Opposition (3.245 AU)
    Dec 26 - Comet P/2007 R3 (Gibbs) At Opposition (3.245 AU)
    Dec 26 - Comet C/2015 XY1 (Lemmon) At Opposition (6.985 AU)
    Dec 26 - Aten Asteroid 2007 AG Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
    Dec 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 AF45 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
    Dec 26 - Asteroid 3989 Odin Closest Approach To Earth (1.134 AU)
    Dec 26 - Asteroid 8625 Simonhelberg Closest Approach To Earth (1.542 AU)
    Dec 26 - Asteroid 8720 Takamizawa Closest Approach To Earth (2.444 AU)
    Dec 26 - Asteroid 334 Chicago Closest Approach To Earth (3.000 AU)
    * Dec 27 - Soyuz MS-7 Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 53S)
    Dec 27 - Comet C/2016 X1 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (7.173 AU)
    Dec 27 - Comet C/2015 XY1 (Lemmon) Closest Approach (6.984 AU)
    Dec 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 RJ11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
    Dec 27 - Asteroid 4149 Harrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.943 AU)
    Dec 27 - Asteroid 5029 Ireland Closest Approach To Earth (2.039 AU)
    Dec 27 - Asteroid 35350 Lespaul Closest Approach To Earth (2.601 AU)
    Dec 28 - HHK-1/ECA/Moonraker PSLV Launch (Moon Lander)
    Dec 28 - Comet 208P/McMillan At Opposition (2.994 AU)
    Dec 28 - Asteroid 2409 Chapman Closest Approach To Earth (1.387 AU)
    Dec 28 - Asteroid 44597 Thoreau Closest Approach To Earth (1.397 AU)
    Dec 28 - Arthur Eddington's 135th Birthday (1882)
    Dec 29 - Comet 246P/NEAT At Opposition (4.031 AU)
    Dec 29 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 EO2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
    Dec 29 - Apollo Asteroid 140158 (2001 SX169) Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
    Dec 29 - Asteroid 8622 Mayimbialik Closest Approach To Earth (2.272 AU)
    Dec 29 - 40th Anniversary (1977), Discovery of ALHA 77005 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
    Dec 29 - 240th Anniversary (1777), Captain James Cook Observes Solar Eclipse
    Dec 30 - Comet C/2015 X5 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (6.802 AU)
    Dec 30 - Aten Asteroid 2015 SY Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)
    Dec 30 - Amor Asteroid 4055 Magellan Closest Approach To Earth (2.156 AU)
    Dec 30 - Asteroid 7755 Haute-Provence Closest Approach To Earth (2.364 AU)
    Dec 30 - Asteroid 1712 Angola Closest Approach To Earth (2.646 AU)
    Dec 31 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
    Dec 31 - Comet 288P Closest Approach To Earth (2.060 AU)
    Dec 31 - Comet P/2006 F4 Closest Approach To Earth (2.892 AU)
    Dec 31 - Comet C/2017 A3 (Elenin) At Opposition (3.747 AU)
    Dec 31 - Comet C/2010 U3 (Boattini) Closest Approach To Earth (8.187 AU)
    Dec 31 - Atira Asteroid 481817 (2008 UL90) Closest Approach To Earth (0.857 AU)
    Dec 31 - Asteroid 3473 Sapporo Closest Approach To Earth (1.346 AU)
    Dec 31 - Asteroid 10204 Turing Closest Approach To Earth (1.613 AU)
    Dec 31 - Asteroid 1217 Maximiliana Closest Approach To Earth (1.641 AU)
    Dec 31 - Asteroid 1282 Utopia Closest Approach To Earth (1.923 AU)
    Dec 31 - 10th Anniversary (2007), Deep Impact (EPOXI), 1st Earth Flyby

    January 2018
    Jan 01 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (23 Degrees)
    Jan 01 - Asteroid 5899 Jedicke Closest Approach To Earth (0.881 AU)
    Jan 01 - Asteroid 1197 Rhodesia Closest Approach To Earth (1.635 AU)
    Jan 01 - Asteroid 7707 Yes Closest Approach To Earth (1.799 AU)
    Jan 01 - Asteroid 11911 Angel Closest Approach To Earth (2.174 AU)
    Jan 02 - Supermoon
    Jan 02 - Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Closest Appraoch To Earth (2.103 AU)
    Jan 02 - Aten Asteroid 2015 RT1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
    Jan 02 - Asteroid 1103 Sequoia Closest Approach To Earth (1.043 AU)
    Jan 02 - Asteroid 5053 Chladni Closest Approach To Earth (1.229 AU)
    Jan 02 - Asteroid 3263 Bligh Closest Approach To Earth (1.274 AU)
    Jan 02 - Asteroid 904 Rockefellia Closest Approach To Earth (1.804 AU)
    Jan 02 - Asteroid 787 Moskva Closest Approach To Earth (1.888 AU)
    Jan 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 WP509 At Opposition (41.569 AU)
    Jan 03 - Earth At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
    Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
    Jan 03 - Comet P/2002 EJ57 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.992 AU)
    Jan 03 - Comet 188P/LINEAR-Mueller At Opposition (2.340 AU)
    Jan 03 - Comet 347P/PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (2.674 AU)
    Jan 03 - Asteroid 1031 Arctica Closest Approach To Earth (2.036 AU)
    Jan 04 - Comet 338P/McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (2.648 AU)
    Jan 04 - Comet 136P/Mueller At Opposition (3.081 AU)
    Jan 04 - Asteroid 2062 Aten Closest Approach To Earth (0.979 AU)
    Jan 04 - Asteroid 19695 Billnye Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU)
    Jan 04 - Asteroid 9446 Cicero Closest Approach To Earth (2.551 AU)
    Jan 04 - Isaac Newton's 375th Birthday (1643)
    Jan 05 - Moon Occults Regulus
    Jan 05 - Comet C/2015 X5 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.909 AU)
    Jan 05 - Comet C/2015 X5 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (5.909 AU)
    Jan 05 - Apollo Asteroid 12711 Tukmit Closest Approach To Earth (0.624 AU)
    Jan 05 - Asteroid 76272 De Jong Closest Approach To Earth (1.136 AU)
    Jan 05 - Asteroid 26715 South Dakota Closest Approach To Earth (1.514 AU)
    Jan 05 - Asteroid 631 Philippina Closeset Approach To Earth (1.684 AU)
    Jan 05 - Asteroid 8952 ODAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.751 AU)
    Jan 05 - Asteroid 129564 Christy Closest Approach To Earth (1.933 AU)
    Jan 05 - Asteroid 9250 Chamberlin Closest Approach To Earth (2.621 AU)
    Jan 05 - Harold Gatty's 115th Birthday (1903)
    Jan 06 - Comet 288P At Opposition (2.066 AU)
    Jan 06 - Comet 279P/La Sagra Closest Approach To Earth (2.890 AU)
    Jan 06 - Aten Asteroid 2015 YG Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
    Jan 06 - Asteroid 3953 Perth Closest Approach To Earth (1.309 AU)
    Jan 06 - Asteroid 3265 Fletcher Closest Approach To Earth (1.441 AU)
    Jan 06 - Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach To Earth (2.316 AU)
    Jan 06 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Lunar Prospector Launch (Moon Orbiter)
    Jan 06 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Surveyor 7 Launch (Moon Lander)
    Jan 07 - Mars Passes 0.2 Degrees From Jupiter
    Jan 07 - Comet 149P/Mueller At Opposition (2.699 AU)
    Jan 07 - Aten Asteroid 2013 AT72 Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
    Jan 07 - Asteroid 5608 Olmos Closest Approach To Earth (1.781 AU)
    Jan 07 - Asteroid 9340 Williamholden Closest Approach To Earth (2.604 AU)
    Jan 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 230965 (2004 XA192) At Opposition (34.608 AU)
    Jan 08 - Asteroid 2398 Jilin Closest Approach To Earth (0.852 AU)
    Jan 08 - Asteroid 1740 Paavo Nurmi Closest Approach To Earth (1.462 AU)
    Jan 08 - Asteroid 243097 Batavia Closest Approach To Earth (1.792 AU)
    Jan 08 - Asteroid 6758 Jesseowens Closest Approach To Earth (1.897 AU)
    Jan 08 - Asteroid 2483 Guinevere Closest Approach To Earth (2.020 AU)
    Jan 08 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Luna 21 Launch (USSR Moon Rover Mission - Lunokhod 2)
    Jan 08 - Sir Frank Dyson's 150th Birthday (1868)
    Jan 09 - Comet 250P/Larson At Opposition (1.254 AU)
    Jan 09 - Comet 128P-A/Shoemaker-Holt Closest Approach To Earth (2.361 AU)
    Jan 09 - Comet 343P/NEAT-LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.643 AU)
    Jan 09 - Asteroid 2614 Torrence Closest Approach To Earth (1.615 AU)
    Jan 09 - Asteroid 6790 Pingouin Closest Approach To Earth (1.860 AU)
    Jan 09 - 225th Anniversary (1793), 1st Successful Balloon Flight in the Americas (Jean Pierre Blanchard)
    Jan 09 - 375th Anniversary (1643), 1st Observation of Ashen Light of Venus (Giovanni Riccioli)
    Jan 10 - Aten Asteroid 2004 FH Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)
    Jan 10 - Apollo Asteroid 1620 Geographos Closest Approach To Earth (1.410 AU)
    Jan 10 - Asteroid 295565 Hannover Closest Approach To Earth (1.682 AU)
    Jan 10 - Apollo Asteroid 3360 Syrinx Closest Approach To Earth (3.240 AU)
    Jan 10 - Joachim Muehlner's 105th Birthday (1913)
    Jan 11 - Atira Asteroid 2007 EB26 Closest Approach To Earth (0.171 AU)
    Jan 11 - Asteroid 6000 United Nations Closest Approach To Earth (1.741 AU)
    Jan 11 - Asteroid 67 Asia Closest Approach To Earth (1.865 AU)
    Jan 11 - Asteroid 11881 Mirstation Closest Approach To Earth (1.983 AU)

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