• Space Calendar - May 22, 2017 (6/7)

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    Mar 25 - Asteroid 9249 Yen Closest Approach To Earth (1.272 AU)
    Mar 25 - Asteroid 274301 Wikipedia Closest Approach To Earth (1.644 AU)
    Mar 25 - Asteroid 1024 Hale Closest Approach To Earth (2.547 AU)
    Mar 25 - Neptune Trojan 316179 (2010 EN65) At Opposition (25.260 AU)
    Mar 25 - Dwarf Planet 136472 Makemake At Opposition (51.640 AU)
    Mar 25 - 35th Anniversary (1983), Michael Jackson's Moonwalk Debut (Pasadena Civic Auditorium)
    Mar 25 - James Lovell's 90th Birthday (1928)
    Mar 25 - Kenneth Franklin's 95th Birthday (1923)
    Mar 25 - Christopher Clavius' 480th Birthtday (1538)
    Mar 26 - Comet 183P/Korlevic-Juric Closest Approach To Earth (2.899 AU)
    Mar 26 - Comet 314P/Montani At Opposition (4.062 AU)
    Mar 26 - Asteroid 19911 Rigaux Closest Approach To Earth (1.195 AU)
    Mar 26 - Asteroid 2625 Jack London Closest Approach To Earth (1.319 AU)
    Mar 26 - Asteroid 3018 Godiva Closest Approach To Earth (1.546 AU)
    Mar 26 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Park Forest Meteorite Shower (Hit Houses in Illinois)
    Mar 26 - Nathaniel Bowditch's 245th Birthday (1773)
    Mar 27 - Comet 300P/Catalina At Opposition (1.661 AU)
    * Mar 27 - Comet 183P/Korlevic-Juric At Opposition (2.899 AU)
    Mar 27 - Comet P/2007 S1 (Zhao) At Opposition (3.932 AU)
    Mar 27 - Comet P/2010 TO20 (LINEAR-Grauer) At Opposition (4.990 AU)
    Mar 27 - Comet C/2016 C1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (8.593 AU)
    Mar 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2004 EU22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.084 AU)
    Mar 27 - Asteroid 96192 Calgary Closest Approach To Earth (1.606 AU)
    Mar 27 - Asteroid 4636 Chile Closest Approach To Earth (2.022 AU)
    Mar 28 - Moon Occults Regulus
    Mar 28 - Comet P/2005 JN (Spacewatch) At Opposition (1.423 AU)
    Mar 28 - Comet P/2012 K3 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (2.848 AU)
    Mar 28 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 SR2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
    Mar 28 - Apollo Asteroid 2013 QM48 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
    Mar 28 - Aten Asteroid 2003 FY6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
    Mar 28 - Asteroid 3130 Hillary Closest Approach To Earth (1.952 AU)
    Mar 28 - Centaur Object 31824 Elatus At Opposition (15.297 AU)
    Mar 29 - Venus Passes 0.7 Degrees From Uranus
    Mar 29 - Comet 50P/Arend At Opposition (4.157 AU)
    Mar 29 - Comet P/2010 TO20 (LINEAR-Grauer) Closest Approach To Earth (4.989 AU)
    Mar 29 - Asteroid 3590 Holst Closest Approach To Earth (1.181 AU)
    Mar 29 - Asteroid 114703 North Dakota Closest Approach To Earth (1.845 AU)
    Mar 29 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 14 Flyby
    Mar 29 - Tullio Levi-Civita's 145th Birthday (1873)
    Mar 30 - Soyuz MS-8 Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 54S)
    Mar 30 - Comet 312P/NEAT At Opposition (3.803 AU)
    Mar 30 - Comet P/2014 U4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.079 AU)
    * Mar 30 - Apollo Asteroid 37655 Illapa Closest Approach To Earth (0.283 AU)
    Mar 30 - Asteroid 9537 Nolan Closest Approach To Earth (1.388 AU)
    Mar 30 - Asteroid 4864 Nimoy Closest Approach To Earth (1.833 AU)
    Mar 30 - Asteroid 3714 Kenrussell Closest Approach To Earth (1.868 AU)
    Mar 30 - Asteroid 1801 Titicaca Closest Approach To Earth (2.076 AU)
    Mar 30 - Asteroid 249521 Truth Closest Approach To Earth (2.371 AU)
    Mar 31 - Comet 105P/Singer Brewster At Opposition (1.276 AU)
    * Mar 31 - Comet C/2017 F2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (6.120 AU)
    Mar 31 - Apollo Asteroid 2001 FA58 Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
    Mar 31 - Aten Asteroid 2010 GD35 Near-Earth Flyby (0.040 AU)
    Mar 31 - Asteroid 4763 Ride Closest Approach To Earth (1.405 AU)
    Mar 31 - Asteroid 784 Pickeringia Closest Approach To Earth (1.712 AU)
    Mar 31 - Asteroid 9133 d'Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (2.082 AU)
    Mar 31 - Asteroid 9252 Goddard Closest Approach To Earth (2.580 AU)
    Mar 31 - 80th Anniversary (1938), Kasamatsu Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Japan)

    April 2018
    Apr ?? - Iridium Next 61-70 Falcon 9 Launch
    * Apr ?? - CRS-15 Falcon 9 Launch
    Apr 01 - Easter Sunday
    Apr 01 - Moon Occults Asteroid 21 Lutetia
    Apr 01 - Apollo Asteroid 2007 RX8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
    Apr 01 - Asteroid 100000 Astronautica Closest Approach To Earth (1.067 AU)
    Apr 01 - Aten Asteroid 3554 Amun Closest Approach To Earth (1.115 AU)
    Apr 01 - Apollo Asteroid 12923 Zephyr Closest Approach To Earth (1.367 AU)
    Apr 01 - Sergey Volkov's 45th Birthday (1973)
    Apr 02 - Mars Passes 1.3 Degrees From Saturn
    Apr 02 - Comet 73P-S/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.178 AU)
    Apr 02 - Comet 316P/LONEOS-Christensen Closest Approach To Earth (3.533 AU)
    * Apr 02 - Comet C/2017 F2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (6.120 AU)
    Apr 02 - Aten Asteroid 2004 FG29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.010 AU)
    Apr 02 - Asteroid 16260 Sputnik Closest Approach To Earth (1.866 AU)
    Apr 02 - 55th Anniversary (1963), Luna 4 Launch (Soviet Moon Flyby Mission)
    Apr 02 - Francesco Grimaldi's 400th Birthday (1618)
    Apr 03 - Moon Occults Asteroid 16 Psyche
    Apr 03 - Asteroid 9995 Alouette Closest Approach To Earth (1.047 AU)
    Apr 03 - Asteroid 391257 Wilwheaton Closest Approach To Earth (1.808 AU)
    Apr 03 - Asteroid 96193 Edmonton Closest Approach To Earth (1.898 AU)
    Apr 03 - Asteroid 4804 Pasteur Closest Approach To Earth (2.025 AU)
    Apr 03 - Asteroid 63800 Richardnorton Closest Approach To Earth (2.106 AU)
    Apr 03 - Asteroid 12432 Usuda Closest Approach To Earth (2.160 AU)
    Apr 03 - Asteroid 1877 Marsden Closest Approach To Earth (3.102 AU)
    Apr 03 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Salyut 2 Launch (USSR's 2nd Space Station)
    Apr 04 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 6 Launch (Last Test Flight of Saturn V)
    Apr 04 - Asteroid 16543 Rosetta Closest Approach To Earth (1.534 AU)
    Apr 04 - Asteroid 2807 Karl Marx Closest Approach To Earth (1.607 AU)
    Apr 04 - 35th Anniversary (1983), STS-6 Launch (Space Shuttle Challenger, 1st EVA)
    Apr 04 - Joseph Ashbrook's 100th Birthday (1918)
    Apr 05 - Comet C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.233 AU)
    Apr 05 - Asteroid 5261 Eureka (Mars Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (0.722 AU)
    * Apr 05 - Atira Asteroid 2015 DR215 Closest Approach To Earth (0.970 AU)
    Apr 05 - Asteroid 4871 Riverside Closest Approach To Earth (1.465 AU)
    Apr 05 - Asteroid 1777 Gehrels Closest Approach To Earth (1.626 AU)
    Apr 05 - Asteroid 1071 Brita Closest Approach To Earth (1.913 AU)
    Apr 05 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Pioneer 11 Launch (Jupiter & Saturn Flyby Mission)
    Apr 06 - Comet 316P/LONEOS-Christensen At Opposition (3.535 AU)
    Apr 06 - Comet P/2006 H1 (McNaught) At Opposition (3.943 AU)
    Apr 06 - Asteroid 35352 Texas Closest Approach To Earth (1.490 AU)
    Apr 06 - Asteroid 12561 Howard Closest Approach To Earth (1.672 AU)
    Apr 06 - Asteroid 2068 Dangreen Closest Approach To Earth (2.007 AU)
    Apr 06 - Asteroid 11945 Amsterdam Closest Approach To Earth (2.280 AU)
    Apr 06 - 10th Anniversary (2008), Berduc Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in Argentina)
    Apr 06 - Franck Marchis' 45th Birthday (1973)
    Apr 07 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Luna 14 Launch (Soviet Moon Orbiter Mission)
    Apr 07 - Comet P/2005 JN (Spacewatch) Closest Approach To Earth (1.410 AU)
    Apr 07 - Comet P/2006 S1 (Christensen) At Opposition (3.437 AU)
    Apr 07 - Asteroid 2511 Patterson Closest Approach To Earth (1.266 AU)
    Apr 07 - Asteroid 163693 Atira Closest Approach To Earth (1.363 AU)
    Apr 07 - 35th Anniversary (1983), 1st Spacewalk from Space Shuttle (Story Musgrave, Don Peterson, STS-6)
    Apr 08 - Comet 143P/Kowal-Mrkos At Opposition (1.542 AU)
    Apr 08 - Comet P/2012 O2 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (2.652 AU)
    Apr 08 - Comet C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.243 AU)
    Apr 08 - Comet C/2016 T1 (Matheny) At Opposition (4.192 AU)
    Apr 08 - Comet 196P/Tichy At Opposition (4.204 AU)
    Apr 08 - Asteroid 1198 Atlantis Closest Approach To Earth (1.845 AU)
    Apr 08 - Apollo Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Closest Approach To Earth (2.817 AU)
    Apr 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 FT71 At Opposition (46.680 AU)
    Apr 08 - 25th Anniversary (1993), STS-56 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, ATLAS-2)
    Apr 08 - Karl Hencke's 225th Birthday (1793)
    Apr 09 - Asteroid 75564 Audubon Closest Approach To Earth (1.063 AU)
    Apr 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 2013 FS28 At Opposition (83.812 AU)
    Apr 10 - Comet 222P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.922 AU)
    Apr 10 - Comet 68P/Klemola At Opposition (3.857 AU)
    Apr 10 - Asteroid 10799 Yucatan Closest Approach To Earth (1.913 AU)
    Apr 11 - Comet 143P/Kowal-Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (1.541 AU)
    Apr 11 - Comet C/2016 A3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.095 AU)
    Apr 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2008 GY21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.026 AU)
    Apr 11 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach To Earth (1.657 AU)
    Apr 11 - Asteroid 1776 Kuiper Closest Approach To Earth (2.095 AU)
    Apr 11 - Asteroid 13330 Dondavis Closest Approach To Earth (2.364 AU)
    Apr 11 - Macedonio Melloni's 220th Birthday (1798)
    Apr 12 - International Day of Human Space Flight
    Apr 12 - Yuri's Night: World Space Party
    Apr 12 - Comet P/2012 T1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.402 AU)
    Apr 12 - Comet 224P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (3.261 AU)
    Apr 12 - Apollo Asteroid 363599 (2004 FG11) Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
    Apr 12 - Asteroid 443 Photographica Closest Approach To Earth (1.142 AU)
    Apr 12 - Asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson Closest Approach To Earth (1.315 AU)
    Apr 12 - Asteroid 17024 Costello Closest Approach To Earth (1.405 AU)
    Apr 12 - Asteroid 166614 Zsazsa Closest Approach To Earth (1.639 AU)
    Apr 12 - Asteroid 9937 Triceratops Closest Approach To Earth (1.908 AU)
    Apr 12 - Asteroid 1537 Transylvania Closest Approach To Earth (2.964 AU)
    Apr 12 - 10th Anniversary (2008), Zunhua Meteorite Fall (Hit Farmhouse in China)
    Apr 12 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Schenectady Meteorite Fall (Hit House in New York)
    Apr 13 - Comet 105P/Singer Brewster Closest Approach To Earth (1.254 AU)
    Apr 13 - Comet P/2007 R2 (Gibbs) At Opposition (4.187 AU)
    Apr 13 - Aten Asteroid 2005 GZ128 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
    Apr 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2013 GF84 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
    Apr 13 - Asteroid 27363 Alvanclark Closest Approach To Earth (1.794 AU)
    Apr 13 - Asteroid 1958 Chandra Closest Approach To Earth (2.167 AU)
    Apr 13 - Thomas Jefferson's 175th Birthday (1843)
    Apr 14 - Comet 186P/Garradd At Opposition (3.634 AU)
    Apr 14 - Comet 158P/Kowal-LINEAR At Opposition (3.892 AU)
    Apr 14 - Aten Asteroid 2014 UR Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)
    Apr 14 - Asteroid 3061 Cook Closest Approach To Earth (2.513 AU)
    Apr 14 - Asteroid 4169 Celsius Closest Approach To Earth (2.974 AU)
    Apr 15 - Comet 30P/Reinmuth Closest Approach To Earth (1.769 AU)
    Apr 15 - Comet P/2017 D1 (Fuls) At Opposition (3.734 AU)
    Apr 15 - Comet 158P/Kowal-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (3.892 AU)
    Apr 15 - Comet C/2016 A3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.097 AU)
    Apr 15 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 GB222 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
    Apr 15 - Asteroid 1997 Leverrier Closest Approach To Earth (1.591 AU)
    Apr 15 - Asteroid 4342 Freud Closest Approach To Earth (1.850 AU)
    Apr 15 - Dwarf Planet 136108 Haumea At Opposition (49.617 AU)
    Apr 15 - Hermann Kohl's 130th Birthday (1888)
    Apr 16 - Progress MS-10 Soyuz-2.1a Launch (International Space Station 71P)
    Apr 16 - Asteroid 2712 Keaton Closest Approach To Earth (1.120 AU)
    Apr 16 - Asteroid 1001 Gaussia Closest Approach To Earth (2.603 AU)
    Apr 17 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia Closest Approach To Earth (1.644 AU)
    Apr 17 - 20th Anniversary (1998), STS-90 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, Spacelab)
    Apr 18 - Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan At Opposition (1.129 AU)
    Apr 18 - Comet 186P/Garradd Closest Approach To Earth (3.632 AU)
    Apr 18 - Asteroid 6312 Robheinlein Closest Approach To Earth (1.272 AU)
    Apr 19 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
    Apr 19 - Comet 160P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.427 AU)
    Apr 19 - Comet P/2015 Q1 (Scotti) At Opposition (3.995 AU)
    Apr 19 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 JG15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
    Apr 19 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 HD10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
    Apr 19 - Asteroid 42776 Casablanca Closest Approach To Earth (2.039 AU)
    Apr 19 - Asteroid 193 Ambrosia Closest Approach To Earth (2.129 AU)
    Apr 19 - 5th Anniversary (2013), Wolcott Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Connecticut)
    Apr 20 - Comet P/2000 R2 (LINEAR) At Opposition (2.634 AU)
    Apr 20 - Comet 162P/Siding Spring At Opposition (3.884 AU)
    Apr 20 - Aten Asteroid 2016 JP Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
    Apr 20 - Apollo Asteroid 2010 JO33 Near-Earth Flyby (0.060 AU)
    Apr 20 - Asteroid 25399 Vonnegut Closest Approach To Earth (1.454 AU)
    Apr 20 - Asteroid 234750 Amymainzer Closest Approach To Earth (2.436 AU)
    Apr 20 - Asteroid 2906 Caltech Closest Approach To Earth (2.645 AU)
    Apr 20 - Kai Seigbahn's 100th Birthday (1918)
    Apr 21 - Comet 24P/Schaumasse Closest Approach To Earth (1.334 AU)
    Apr 21 - Comet P/2008 QP20 (LINEAR-Hill) At Opposition (4.245 AU)
    Apr 21 - Asteroid 4457 van Gogh Closest Approach To Earth (1.416 AU)
    Apr 21 - Asteroid 39415 Janeausten Closest Approach To Earth (2.675 AU)
    Apr 22 - Earth Day
    Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
    Apr 22 - Asteroid 52301 Qumran Closest Approach To Earth (1.839 AU)
    Apr 22 - Asteroid 11246 Orvillewright Closest Approach To Earth (1.882 AU)
    Apr 22 - Asteroid 2097 Galle Closest Approach To Earth (2.674 AU)
    Apr 22 - Miguel Hurtado's 40th Birthday (1978)
    Apr 23 - Comet 300P/Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (1.563 AU)
    Apr 23 - Comet P/2012 O1 (McNaught) At Opposition (2.177 AU)
    Apr 23 - Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu At Opposition (3.301 AU)
    Apr 23 - Aten Asteroid 2012 XL16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.041 AU)
    Apr 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 XF352 Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
    Apr 23 - Asteroid 232 Russia Closest Approach To Earth (1.114 AU)
    Apr 23 - Asteroid 19367 Pink Floyd Closest Approach To Earth (1.842 AU)
    Apr 23 - Asteroid 6001 Thales Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU)
    Apr 23 - Asteroid 5000 IAU Closest Approach To Earth (2.201 AU)
    Apr 23 - Max Planck's 160th Birthday (1858)
    Apr 24 - Moon Occults Regulus
    Apr 24 - Asteroid 7986 Romania Closest Approach To Earth (0.969 AU)
    * Apr 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 42355 Typhon At Opposition (20.615 AU)
    Apr 25 - Comet 169P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.604 AU)
    * Apr 25 - Comet 222P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.885 AU)
    Apr 25 - Comet 33P/Daniel At Opposition (3.393 AU)
    Apr 25 - Comet P/2003 T12 (SOHO) At Opposition (3.582 AU)
    Apr 25 - Comet C/2017 B3 (LINEAR) At Opposition (3.972 AU)
    * Apr 25 - Apollo Asteroid 4581 Asciepius Closest Approach To Earth (0.293 AU)
    Apr 25 - Asteroid 3350 Scobee Closest Approach To Earth (1.441 AU)
    Apr 25 - Asteroid 17023 Abbott Closest Approach To Earth (1.447 AU)
    Apr 25 - Asteroid 6123 Aristoteles Closest Approach To Earth (1.449 AU)
    Apr 25 - Asteroid 268242 Pebble Closest Approach To Earth (1.497 AU)
    Apr 25 - Asteroid 827 Wolfiana Closest Approach To Earth (1.587 AU)
    Apr 25 - Asteroid 21564 Widmanstatten Closest Approach To Earth (2.663 AU)
    Apr 26 - Comet 334P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (3.583 AU)
    Apr 26 - Comet C/2017 E3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.355 AU)
    Apr 26 - Amor Asteroid 450648 (2006 UC63) Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
    Apr 26 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Cassini, Venus Flyby
    Apr 26 - 25th Anniversary (1993), STS-55 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, Spacelab-D2)
    Apr 26 - Anro Penzias' 85th Birthday (1933)
    Apr 26 - 170th Anniversary (1848), Andrew Graham's Discovery of Asteroid 9 Metis
    Apr 26 - 215th Anniversary (1803), L'Aigle Meteorite Shower (Hit House in France)
    Apr 27 - Comet P/2011 CR42 (Catalina) At Opposition (1.539 AU)
    Apr 27 - Comet 313P/Gibbs At Opposition (2.713 AU)
    Apr 27 - Apollo Asteroid 444193 (2005 SE71) Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
    Apr 27 - Amor Asteroid 194126 (2001 SG276) Near-Earth Flyby (0.084 AU)
    Apr 27 - Asteroid 3773 Smithsonian Closest Approach To Earth (1.424 AU)
    Apr 27 - Asteroid 8146 Jimbell Closest Approach To Earth (1.955 AU)
    Apr 27 - Philip Abelson's 105th Birthday (1913)
    Apr 28 - Moon Occults Asteroid 21 Lutetia
    Apr 28 - Comet P/2017 B4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.914 AU)
    Apr 28 - Comet 202P/Scotti At Opposition (3.199 AU)
    Apr 28 - Comet 191P/McNaught At Opposition (3.968 AU)
    Apr 28 - Comet P/2008 WZ96 (LINEAR) At Opposition (4.122 AU)
    Apr 28 - Asteroid 1818 Brahms Closest Approach To Earth (1.252 AU)
    Apr 28 - Asteroid 16481 Thames Closest Approach To Earth (2.134 AU)
    Apr 28 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Launch
    Apr 28 - Eugene Shoemaker's 90th Birthday (1928)
    Apr 28 - Eberhard Rees' 110th Birthday (1908)
    Apr 29 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (27 Degrees)
    Apr 29 - Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakov At Oppositon (3.554 AU)
    Apr 29 - Comet P/2017 D4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.139 AU)
    Apr 29 - Apollo Asteroid 2013 US3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.026 AU)
    Apr 29 - Aten Asteroid 2002 JR100 Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)
    Apr 29 - Asteroid 4659 Roddenberry Closest Approach To Earth (1.877 AU)
    Apr 29 - Asteroid 2700 Baikonur Closest Approach To Earth (1.980 AU)
    Apr 29 - Asteroid 4749 Ledzepplin Closest Approach To Earth (2.313 AU)
    Apr 29 - Asteroid 5870 Baltimore Closest Approach To Earth (2.947 AU)
    Apr 29 - Nikolai Budarin's 65th Birthday (1953)
    Apr 29 - Harold Urey's 125th Birthday (1893)
    Apr 30 - Moon Occults Asteroid 16 Psyche
    Apr 30 - Comet 169P/NEAT Perihelion (0.604 AU)
    Apr 30 - Comet C/2015 XY1 (Lemmon) Perihelion (7.928 AU)
    Apr 30 - Asteroid 42981 Jenniskens Closest Approach To Earth (1.176 AU)
    Apr 30 - Asteroid 2801 Huygens Closest Approach To Earth (2.080 AU)
    Apr 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 FC69 At Opposition (83.812 AU)

    May 2018
    * May ?? - SpX-DM2 Falcon 9 Launch (Internationl Space Station)
    * May ?? - GPS 3A-2 Falcon 9 Launch
    * May ?? - BeiDou-3 (M13 & M14) CZ-3C/YZ-1 Launch
    * May ?? - Edward Cooper's 220th Birthday (1798)
    * May 01 - Comet P/2011 CR42 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (1.537 AU)
    * May 01 - Comet 330P/Catalina At Opposition (4.022 AU)
    * May 01 - Asteroid 4330 Vivaldi Closest Approach To Earth (1.319 AU)
    * May 01 - Asteroid 9885 Linux Closest Approach To Earth (1.448 AU)
    * May 01 - Asteroid 5471 Tunguska Closest Approach To Earth (1.879 AU)
    * May 01 - Asteroid 51828 Ilanramon Closest Approach To Earth (2.010 AU)
    * May 01 - Asteroid 13688 Oklahoma Closest Approach To Earth (2.133 AU)
    * May 01 - Asteroid 9860 Archaeopteryx Closest Approach To Earth (2.144 AU)
    * May 01 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Discovery of Dar al Gani 476 Meteorite in Sahara Desert (Mars Meteorite)
    * May 02 - Comet 169P/NEAT At Opposition (1.609 AU)
    * May 02 - Comet 334P/NEAT At Opposition (3.588 AU)
    * May 02 - Asteroid 4047 Chang'E Closest Approach To Earth (1.851 AU)
    * May 02 - Asteroid 16626 Thumper Closest Approach To Earth (1.927 AU)
    * May 02 - Asteroid 2099 Opik Closest Approach To Earth (2.042 AU)
    * May 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 EK139 At Opposition (35.418 AU)
    * May 02 - Robert Wood's 150th Birthday (1868)
    * May 03 - Comet 164P/Christensen At Opposition (2.700 AU)
    * May 03 - Comet 313P/Gibbs Closest Approach To Earth (2.708 AU)
    * May 03 - Comet C/2017 E3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (5.364 AU)
    * May 03 - Amor Asteroid 2015 JP Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
    * May 03 - Asteroid 10866 Peru Closest Approach To Earth (1.193 AU)
    * May 03 - Asteroid 4122 Ferrari Closest Approach To Earth (1.443 AU)
    * May 03 - Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (1.908 AU)
    * May 03 - Asteroid 3325 TARDIS Closest Approach To Earth (2.176 AU)
    * May 03 - Asteroid 13677 Alvin Closest Approach To Earth (2.371 AU)
    * May 03 - Asteroid 13897 Vesuvius Closest Approach To Earth (2.956 AU)
    * May 03 - Steven Weinberg's 85th Birthday (1933)
    * May 03 - Ernst Hartwig's 95th Birthday (1923)
    * May 04 - Space Day
    * May 04 - Star Wars Day
    * May 04 - Comet 37P/Forbes Perihelion (1.610 AU)
    * May 04 - Comet 30P/Reinmuth At Opposition (1.816 AU)
    * May 04 - Asteroid 8299 Tealeoni Closest Approach To Earth (0.957 AU)
    * May 04 - Asteroid 17898 Scottsheppard Closest Approach To Earth (1.101 AU)
    * May 04 - Jean-Charles de Borda's 285th Birthday (1733)
    * May 04 - Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux's 300th Birthday (1718)
    * May 05 - InSight/Mars Cube One 1 & 2 Atlas 5 Launch (Mars Lander)
    * May 05 - National Astronaut Day
    * May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
    * May 05 - Asteroid 9342 Carygrant Closest Approach To Earth (1.586 AU)
    * May 05 - Asteroid 12846 Fullerton Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)
    * May 05 - Albert Marth's 190th Birthday (1828)
    * May 06 - Comet 107P/Wilson-Harrington Closest Approach To Earth (1.688 AU)
    * May 06 - Comet 304P/Ory At Opposition (3.926 AU)
    * May 06 - Apollo Asteroid 1685 Toro Closest Approach To Earth (0.972 AU)
    * May 06 - Asteroid 4433 Goldstone Closest Approach To Earth (1.499 AU)
    * May 06 - Asteroid 8283 Edinburgh Closest Approach To Earth (2.035 AU)
    * May 06 - Asteroid 2476 Andersen Closest Approach To Earth (2.210 AU)
    * May 06 - Carl Hergenrother's 45th Birthday (1973)
    * May 06 - Grove Gilbert's 175th Birthday (1843)
    * May 07 - Comet 143P/Kowal-Mrkos Perihelion (2.532 AU)
    * May 07 - Comet P/2000 R2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.591 AU)
    * May 07 - Comet 350P/McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (2.753 AU)
    * May 07 - Comet 350P/McNaught At Opposition (2.753 AU)
    * May 07 - Comet C/2016 S1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.266 AU)
    * May 07 - Comet C/2017 A1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.787 AU)
    * May 07 - Apollo Asteroid 1999 FN19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
    * May 07 - Apollo Asteroid 11311 Peleus Closest Approach To Earth (1.743 AU)
    * May 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 FX86 At Opposition (45.160 AU)
    * May 08 - Comet 253P/PANSTARRS Perihelion (2.037 AU)
    * May 08 - Comet 254P/McNaught At Opposition (4.181 AU)
    * May 08 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 JQ5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.016 AU)
    * May 08 - Asteroid 2709 Sagan Closest Approach To Earth (1.064 AU)
    * May 08 - Asteroid 16857 Goodall Closest Approach To Earth (1.622 AU)
    * May 08 - Apollo Asteroid 3103 Eger Closest Approach To Earth (1.753 AU)
    * May 08 - Centaur Object 144908 (2004 YH32) At Opposition (11.685 AU)
    * May 09 - Jupiter At Opposition
    * May 09 - Comet C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.602 AU)
    * May 09 - Comet 348P/PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (2.870 AU)
    * May 09 - Comet P/1999 RO28 (LONEOS) At Opposition (2.929 AU)
    * May 09 - Apollo Asteroid 388945 (2008 TZ3) Near-Earth Flyby (0.017 AU)
    * May 09 - Asteroid 12397 Peterbrown Closest Approach To Earth (1.951 AU)
    * May 09 - Asteroid 19155 Lifeson Closest Approach To Earth (2.024 AU)
    * May 09 - Asteroid 12760 Maxwell Closest Approach To Earth (2.136 AU)
    * May 09 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Hayabusa Launch (Japan Asteroid Sample Return Mission)
    * May 10 - Comet P/2017 B4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.933 AU)
    * May 10 - Comet 260P/McNaught At Opposition (3.169 AU)
    * May 10 - Comet 230P/LINEAR At Opposition (4.175 AU)
    * May 10 - Asteroid 1501 Baade Closest Appraoch To Earth (2.112 AU)
    * May 10 - Asteroid 9357 Venezuela Closest Approach To Earth (2.100 AU)
    * May 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 90568 (2004 GV9) At Opposition (38.560 AU)
    * May 10 - Augustin-Jean Frensel's 230th Birthday (1788)
    * May 11 - Comet 255P/Levy Closest Approach To Earth (2.658 AU)
    * May 11 - Richard Feynman's 100th Birthday (1918)
    * May 12 - Mercury Passes 2.4 Degrees From Uranus
    * May 12 - Comet 168P/Hergenrother At Opposition (3.043 AU)
    * May 12 - Comet 322P/SOHO At Opposition (3.605 AU)
    * May 12 - Asteroid 128523 Johnmuir Closest Approach To Earth (1.774 AU)
    * May 12 - Asteroid 15495 Bogie Closest Approach To Earth (2.117 AU)
    * May 12 - John Hind's 195th Birthday (1823)
    * May 13 - Asteroid 2874 Jim Young Closest Approach To Earth (1.531 AU)
    * May 13 - Asteroid 6336 Dodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.674 AU)
    * May 13 - Asteroid 16 Psyche Closest Approach To Earth (2.234 AU)
    * May 13 - Alexis-Claude Clairaut's 305th Birthday (1713)
    * May 14 - Comet 227P/Catalina-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.152 AU)
    * May 14 - Comet 348P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (2.874 AU)
    * May 14 - Comet 113P/Spitaler At Opposition (4.203 AU)
    * May 14 - Asteroid 4017 Disneya Closest Approach To Earth (1.663 AU)
    * May 14 - Asteroid 4255 Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (2.417 AU)
    * May 14 - Asteroid 580 Selene Closest Approach To Earth (2.470 AU)
    * May 14 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Skylab Launch
    * May 15 - Comet P/2012 O1 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (2.111 AU)
    * May 15 - Comet C/2013 C2 (Tenagra) Closest Approach To Earth (8.818 AU)
    * May 15 - Aten Asteroid 1999 LK1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU)
    * May 15 - Apollo Asteroid 101955 Bennu Closest Approach To Earth (0.352 AU)
    * May 15 - Asteroid 42998 Malinafrank Closest Approach To Earth (1.226 AU)
    * May 15 - Asteroid 5535 Annefrank Closest Approach To Earth (1.237 AU)
    * May 15 - Asteroid 2045 Peking Closest Approach To Earth (1.255 AU)
    * May 15 - Asteroid 90388 Philchristensen Closest Approach To Earth (1.717 AU) * May 15 - Asteroid 203 Pompeja Closest Approach To Earth (1.886 AU)
    * May 15 - Asteroid 5281 Lindstrom Closest Approach To Earth (2.319 AU)
    * May 15 - Neptune Trojan 2010 TS191 At Opposition (29.677 AU)
    * May 15 - 55th Anniversary (1963), Mercury 9 Launch (Gordon Cooper)
    * May 15 - Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille's 305th Birthtday (1713)
    * May 16 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
    * May 16 - Comet 331P/Gibbs At Opposition (2.113 AU)
    * May 16 - Comet 240P/NEAT Perihelion (2.134 AU)
    * May 16 - Comet 43P/Wolf-Harrington At Opposition (3.589 AU)
    * May 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 KJ19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
    * May 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2012 WS3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
    * May 16 - Asteroid 70713 Sethmacfarlane Closest Approach To Earth (1.654 AU)
    * May 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 65407 (2002 RP120) At Opposition (29.547 AU)
    * May 17 - Comet 263P/Gibbs Closest Approach To Earth (1.658 AU)
    * May 17 - Comet 331P/Gibbs Closest Approach To Earth (2.113 AU)
    * May 17 - Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR At Opposition (4.129 AU)
    * May 17 - Asteroid 439 Ohio Closest Approach To Earth (2.325 AU)
    * May 18 - Comet 66P/du Toit Closest Approach To Earth (0.896 AU)
    * May 18 - Comet P/2000 S4 (LINEAR-Spacewatch) At Opposition (3.748 AU)
    * May 18 - Asteroid 4221 Picasso Closest Approach To Earth (1.330 AU)
    * May 18 - Asteroid 6714 Montreal Closest Approach To Earth (1.655 AU)
    * May 18 - Asteroid 3780 Maury Closest Approach To Earth (1.823 AU)
    * May 18 - Asteroid 7749 Jackschmitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.833 AU)
    * May 18 - Asteroid 2169 Taiwan Closest Approach To Earth (1.909 AU)
    * May 18 - Asteroid 78453 Bullock Closest Approach To Earth (2.049 AU)
    * May 18 - Kuiper Belt Object 2015 KH162 At Opposition (58.714 AU)
    * May 18 - 30th Anniversary (1988), Torino Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in Italy)
    * May 18 - 65th Anniveray (1953), Jacqueline Cochran Becomes 1st Woman to Break Sound Barrier
    * May 18 - Richard Tousey's 110th Birthday (1908)
    * May 18 - Omar Khayyam's 970th Birthday (1048)
    * May 19 - Comet 66P/du Toit Perihelion (1.290 AU)
    * May 19 - Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales) Closest Approach To Earth (2.256 AU)
    * May 19 - Comet P/2014 U2 (Kowalski) At Opposition (3.028 AU)
    * May 19 - Comet 120P/Mueller At Opposition (4.235 AU)
    * May 19 - Comet C/2013 C2 (Tenagra) At Opposition (8.820 AU)
    * May 19 - Asteroid 128036 Rafaelnadal Closest Approach To Earth (0.885 AU)
    * May 19 - Asteroid 6469 Armstrong Closest Approach To Earth (1.055 AU)
    * May 19 - Asteroid 224693 Morganfreeman Closest Approach To Earth (1.818 AU)
    * May 19 - Asteroid 2104 Toronto Closest Approach To Earth (1.929 AU)
    * May 19 - Asteroid 10377 Kilimanjaro Closest Approach To Earth (2.621 AU)
    * May 19 - John Hayford's 150th Birthday (1868)
    * May 20 - Comet 118P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (3.363 AU)
    * May 20 - Comet 84P/Giclas At Opposition (3.775 AU)
    * May 20 - Apollo Asteroid 24761 Ahau Closest Approach To Earth (0.867 AU)
    * May 20 - Asteroid 15318 Innsbrook Closest Approach To Earth (1.156 AU)
    * May 20 - Asteroid 472 Roma Closest Approach To Earth (1.821 AU)
    * May 20 - Asteroid 3623 Chaplin Closest Approach To Earth (1.934 AU)
    * May 20 - Asteroid 8657 Cedrus Closest Approach To Earth (2.023 AU)
    * May 20 - 30th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 1 Launch
    * May 21 - Asteroid 4104 Alu Closest Approach To Earth (1.367 AU)
    * May 21 - Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (1.975 AU)
    * May 21 - Glenn Curtiss' 140th Birthday (1878)
    * May 22 - Mars Autumnal Equinox
    * May 22 - Comet 215P/NEAT At Opposition (3.056 AU)
    * May 22 - Asteroid 9949 Brontosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.230 AU)
    * May 22 - Asteroid 16682 Donati Closest Approach To Earth (1.325 AU)
    * May 22 - Asteroid 1541 Estonia Closest Approach To Earth (1.623 AU)
    * May 22 - David Levy's 70th Birthday (1948)
    * May 22 - 110th Anniversary (1808), Stannern Meteorite Fall in Czechoslovakia * May 23 - Comet 24P/Schaumasse At Opposition (1.454 AU)
    * May 23 - Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales) At Opposition (2.259 AU)
    * May 23 - Comet 159P/LONEOS Perihelion (3.625 AU)
    * May 23 - Comet 104P/Kowal At Opposition (4.057 AU)
    * May 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 WL7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
    * May 23 - Asteroid 1284 Latvia Closest Approach To Earth (2.104 AU)
    * May 23 - Thomas Reiter's 60th Birthday (1958)
    * May 24 - Comet 107P/Wilson-Harrington Perihelion (0.970 AU)
    * May 24 - Asteroid 30444 Shemp Closest Approach To Earth (1.845 AU)
    * May 25 - Towel Day - Annual Tribute to Douglas Adams
    * May 25 - Comet 5D/Brorsen Closest Approach To Earth (2.295 AU)
    * May 25 - Comet 187P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.888 AU)
    * May 25 - Comet P/2012 SB6 (Lemmon) At Opposition (3.601 AU)
    * May 25 - Comet P/2011 U2 (Bressi) At Opposition (4.583 AU)
    * May 25 - Asteroid 17059 Elvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.553 AU)
    * May 25 - Asteroid 157064 Sedona Closest Approach To Earth (2.104 AU)
    * May 25 - 10th Anniversary (2008), Phoenix, Mars Landing
    * May 26 - Comet 234P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.354 AU)
    * May 26 - Comet 187P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.888 AU)
    * May 26 - Comet P/2011 U2 (Bressi) Closest Approach To Earth (4.583 AU)
    * May 26 - Asteroid 5738 Billpickering Closest Approach To Earth (2.119 AU)
    * May 26 - Plutino 2006 HJ123 At Opposition (33.096 AU)
    * May 27 - Moon Occults Asteroid 16 Psyche
    * May 27 - Comet 255P/Levy At Opposition (2.698 AU)
    * May 27 - Comet P/2017 G2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.954 AU)
    * May 27 - Comet 315P/LONEOS At Opposition (3.368 AU)
    * May 27 - Aten Asteroid 66391 (1999 KW4) Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
    * May 27 - Asteroid 11335 Santiago Closest Approach To Earth (1.456 AU)
    * May 27 - Asteroid 2197 Shanghai Closest Approach To Earth (2.302 AU)
    * May 27 - Plutino 38628 Huya At Opposition (27.633 AU)
    * May 27 - Alexander Volkov's 70th Birthday (1948)
    * May 28 - Comet P/1999 RO28 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.877 AU)
    * May 28 - Comet C/2015 VL62 Closest Approach To Earth (2.895 AU)
    * May 28 - Comet 215P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (3.051 AU)
    * May 28 - Comet 187P/LINEAR Perihelion (3.880 AU)
    * May 28 - Comet 157P/Tritton At Opposition (3.884 AU)
    * May 28 - Asteroid 17744 Jodiefoster Closest Approach To Earth (1.376 AU)
    * May 28 - Asteroid 6117 Brevardastro Closest Approach To Earth (1.478 AU)
    * May 28 - Asteroid 4099 Wiggins Closest Approach To Earth (1.803 AU)
    * May 28 - Asteroid 2044 Wirt Closest Approach To Earth (1.997 AU)
    * May 28 - Asteroid 1042 Amazone Closest Approach To Earth (2.273 AU)
    * May 29 - Aten Asteroid 68347 (2001 KB67) Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)
    * May 29 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 WG365 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
    * May 29 - Asteroid 3131 Mason-Dixon Closest Approach To Earth (1.832 AU)
    * May 30 - Soyuz MS-9 Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 55S)
    * May 30 - Comet P/2008 T4 (Hill) Perihelion (2.527 AU)
    * May 30 - Comet C/2017 B3 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.873 AU)
    * May 30 - Comet 144P/Kushida At Opposition (3.888 AU)
    * May 30 - Asteroid 12325 Bogota Closest Approach To Earth (1.353 AU)
    * May 30 - Neptune Trojan 2010 TT191 At Opposition (33.184 AU)
    * May 30 - Michael Lopez-Alegria's 60th Birthday (1958)
    * May 30 - Hannes Alfven's 100th Birthday (1908)
    * May 30 - Raymond Dugan's 140th Birthday (1878)

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