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SPACE CALENDAR
February 21, 2016
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.
February 2016
Feb ?? - Yamal 601 Proton M / Briz M P4 Launch
Feb ?? - FORMOSAT 5/Arkyd-6/EcAMSat/CNUSail 1/ISARA/KAUSAT 5/SIGMA (KHUSAT 3)/Canyval-X 1 & 2/STEP 1
Falcon 9 Launch
Feb ?? - 40th Anniversary (1976), Discovery of the Old Woman Meteorite in California
Feb 21 - Comet 73P-AA/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.446 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 2852 Declercq Occults HIP 46232 (6.3 Magnitude Star)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 14764 Kilauea Closest Approach To Earth (0.894 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 19204 Joshuatree Closest Approach To Earth (1.381 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 25924 Douglasadams Closest Approach To Earth (1.536 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 78756 Sloan Closest Approach To Earth (2.134 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 10044 Squyres Closest Approach To Earth (2.380 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 4226 Damiaan Closest Approach To Earth (2.594 AU)
Feb 21 - Apollo Asteroid 2329 Orthos Closest Approach To Earth (2.924 AU)
Feb 22 - Comet C/2013 G9 (Tenagra) At Opposition (5.279 AU)
Feb 22 - Aten Asteroid 2010 WD1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)
Feb 22 - Asteroid 163693 Atira Closest Approach To Earth (1.361 AU)
Feb 22 - Asteroid 9499 Excalibur Closest Approach To Earth (1.936 AU)
Feb 22 - Asteroid 100007 Peters Closest Approach To Earth (2.191 AU)
Feb 22 - 20th Anniversary (1996), STS-75 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia)
Feb 22 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Sweden's 1st Satellite Launch (Viking)
Feb 22 - 60th Anniversary (1966), Kosmos 110 Launch (Carried Two Dogs: Veterok & Ugolyok)
Feb 22 - 110th Anniversary (1906), Max Wolf's Discovery of the 1st Trojan Asteroid (588 Achilles)
* Feb 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 CY30 Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
* Feb 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 CO246 Near-Earth Flyby (0.041 AU)
Feb 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 DZ Near-Earth Flyby (0.084 AU)
Feb 23 - Asteroid 5277 Brisbane Closest Approach To Earth (1.031 AU)
Feb 23 - Asteroid 4115 Peternorton Closest Approach To Earth (1.911 AU)
Feb 23 - 55th Anniversary (1961) Ras Tanura Meteorite Fall (Hit Loading Dock in Saudi Arabia)
Feb 23 - 75th Anniversary (1941), Discovery of Plutonium
Feb 23 - 80th Anniversary (1936), 1st US Rocket Airmail Launch (1936)
Feb 23 - Ruth Rowland Nichols' 115th Birthday (1901)
* Feb 24 - SES-9 Falcon 9 Launch
Feb 24 - Comet 113P/Spitaler At Opposition (2.028 AU)
Feb 24 - Comet 73P-AT/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.182 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults UCAC4-518-045085 (12.0 Magnitude Star) * Feb 24 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 CK248 Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)
* Feb 24 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 CB31 Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
Feb 24 - Aten Asteroid 326290 Akhenaten Closest Approach To Earth (0.225 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 2575 Bulgaria Closest Approach To Earth (1.261 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 3066 McFadden Closest Approach To Earth (1.828 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 7079 Baghdad Closest Approach To Earth (1.963 AU)
Feb 24 - 5th Anniversary (2011), STS-133 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, International Space Station)
Feb 24 - Pyotr Lebedev's 150th Birthday (1866)
Feb 25 - Comet 102P/Shoemaker At Opposition (4.129 AU)
Feb 25 - Comet P/2000 R2 (LINEAR) At Opposition (4.313 AU)
* Feb 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 CE32 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
Feb 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2011 OJ45 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
Feb 25 - Aten Asteroid 2012 BF86 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
Feb 25 - Asteroid 7042 Carver Closest Approach To Earth (1.016 AU)
Feb 25 - Asteroid 2952 Lilliputia Closest Approach To Earth (1.451 AU)
Feb 25 - Asteroid 10389 Robmanning Closest Approach To Earth (1.688 AU)
Feb 26 - Kanopus V N2/Landmapper BC 1 & 2/AISSat 3/Flock 2/SatByul/Corvus BC 1 & 2/Lemur+/Tyvak Rokot KM Launch
Feb 26 - Comet P/2013 T2 (Schwartz) At Opposition (4.152 AU)
Feb 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2008 CE119 Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 5382 McKay Closest Approach To Earth (1.416 AU)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 477 Italia Closest Approach To Earth (1.882 AU)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 3581 Alvarez Closest Approach To Earth (3.035 AU)
Feb 26 - Plutino 90482 Orcus At Opposition (47.116 AU)
Feb 26 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Apollo CSM-009 Saturn 1B Launch (Unmanned)
Feb 26 - 120th Anniversary (1896), Henri Becquerel's Radioactivity Discovery
Feb 26 - Francois Arago's 230th Birthday (1786)
Feb 26 - Niccolo Cabeo's 430th Birthday (1586)
Feb 27 - Comet C/2014 S2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.829 AU)
* Feb 27 - Comet C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (7.168 AU)
Feb 27 - Comet C/2015 T5 (Sheppard-Tholen) Perihelion (9.321 AU)
Feb 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2008 DL5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
Feb 27 - Apollo Asteroid 3838 Epona Closest Approach To Earth (0.656 AU)
Feb 27 - Asteroid 3992 Wagner Closest Approach To Earth (2.267 AU)
* Feb 27 - Plutino 90482 Orcus At Opposition (47.127 AU)
Feb 27 - 190th Anniversary (1826), Wilhelm von Biela Confirms Biela's Comet is a Periodic Comet
Feb 27 - 405th Anniversary (1611), 1st Observation of a Sunspot by Johannes Fabricius
Feb 28 - Comet 73P-BF/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.022 AU)
Feb 28 - Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu Perihelion (2.746 AU)
Feb 28 - Comet 305P/Skiff At Opposition (3.429 AU)
Feb 28 - Comet 222P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.604 AU)
Feb 28 - Comet C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (7.167 AU)
* Feb 28 - Amor Asteroid 2016 CX246 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
Feb 28 - Asteroid 13070 Seanconnery Closest Approach To Earth (2.121 AU)
Feb 28 - 115th Anniversary (1901), Percy Molesworth's Discovery of the South Tropical Distrubance on Jupiter
Feb 29 - Comet 191P/McNaught At Opposition (3.286 AU)
* Feb 29 - Amor Asteroid 2016 CJ30 Near-Earth Flyby (0.064 AU)
* Feb 29 - Amor Asteroid 2016 CO195 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
Feb 29 - Asteroid 12477 Haiku Closest Approach To Earth (1.307 AU)
Feb 29 - Asteroid 10867 Lima Closest Approach To Earth (1.636 AU)
Feb 29 - Asteroid 2309 Mr. Spock Closest Approach To Earth (2.010 AU)
Feb 29 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Original Gemini 9 Crew Killed in Plane Crash
Feb 29 - 60th Anniversary (1956), Centerville Meteorite Fall (Hit Shed in South Dakota)
Feb 29 - Jack Lousma's 80th Birthday (1936)
March 2016
Mar ?? - Luna 25 (Luna Glob Orbiter) Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat Launch
Mar ?? - Spektr-RG Zenit-3F Launch
Mar ?? - Cosmos (GLONASS 760, Uragan-M N50) Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
Mar ?? - Cosmos Soyuz-2.1v Launch
Mar ?? - 15th Anniversary (2001), Discovery of NWA 1950 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Mar ?? - 15th Anniversary (2001), Discovery of NWA 856 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Mar 01 - Soyuz TMA-18M Return to Earth (International Space Station)
Mar 01 - Comet 73P-AJ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.255 AU)
Mar 01 - Comet 309P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.723 AU)
Mar 01 - Comet P/2007 R2 (Gibbs) At Opposition (3.994 AU)
Mar 01 - Aten Asteroid 2011 EH17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)
Mar 01 - Asteroid 2001 Einstein Closest Approach To Earth (0.872 AU)
Mar 01 - Asteroid 5790 Nagasaki Closest Approach To Earth (1.902 AU)
Mar 01 - Asteroid 3768 Monroe Closest Approach To Earth (2.668 AU)
Mar 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 2013 FZ27 At Opposition (47.770 AU)
Mar 01 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Venera 3, Venus Impact (USSR)
Mar 02 - Comet 194P/LINEAR Perihelion (1.698 AU)
Mar 02 - Comet 73P-BR/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.956 AU)
Mar 02 - Comet 323P/SOHO Closest Approach To Earth (2.718 AU)
Mar 02 - Comet C/2014 G3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.572 AU)
Mar 02 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults UCAC4-520-044748 (12.2 Magnitude Star) * Mar 02 - Amor Asteroid 2016 CB138 Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)
Mar 02 - Atira Asteroid 2015 DR215 Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
Mar 02 - Asteroid 4523 MIT Closest Approach To Earth (1.337 AU)
Mar 02 - Asteroid 44016 Jimmypage Closest Approach To Earth (1.441 AU)
Mar 02 - Asteroid 13212 Jayleno Closest Approach To Earth (1.471 AU)
Mar 02 - Asteroid 11334 Rio de Janeiro Closest Approach To Earth (2.026 AU)
Mar 03 - Comet 73P-BD/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.865 AU)
Mar 03 - Comet 73P-BG/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.901 AU)
Mar 03 - Comet 215P/NEAT At Opposition (4.095 AU)
Mar 04 - InSight/Mars Cube One 1 & 2 Atlas 5 Launch (Mars Lander)
Mar 04 - Comet 73P-V/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.916 AU)
Mar 04 - Asteroid 2245 Hekatostos Occults HIP 70319 (6.4 Magnitude Star)
Mar 04 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 TJ1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.060 AU)
Mar 04 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 WH2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
Mar 04 - Richard Tolman's 135th Birthday (1881)
* Mar 05 - Comet C/2016 C1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (7.644 AU)
* Mar 05 - Comet C/2016 C1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (7.644 AU)
Mar 05 - Asteroid 1612 Hirose Occults HIP 59791 (6.8 Magnitude Star)
Mar 05 - Asteroid 6377 Cagney Closest Approach To Earth (1.510 AU)
Mar 05 - Asteroid 4305 Clapton Closest Approach To Earth (1.720 AU)
Mar 06 - Comet 141P-D/Machholz At Opposition (1.534 AU)
Mar 06 - Comet C/2015 YG1 (NEOWISE) At Opposition (1.763 AU)
Mar 06 - Comet P/2015 TO19 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.926 AU)
Mar 06 - Comet 269P/Jedicke Closest Approach To Earth (3.880 AU)
Mar 06 - Comet 181P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (4.190 AU)
* Mar 06 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 CZ193 Near-Earth Flyby (0.084 AU)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 4147 Lennon Closest Approach To Earth (1.293 AU)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 4355 Memphis Closest Approach To Earth (1.543 AU)
Mar 06 - Amor Asteroid 3552 Don Quixote Closest Approach To Earth (4.949 AU)
Mar 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 2013 FY27 At Opposition (79.177 AU)
Mar 06 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Vega 1, Comet Halley Flyby
Mar 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2007 DM41 Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU)
Mar 07 - Asteroid 5945 Roachapproach Closest Approach To Earth (1.521 AU)
Mar 07 - Asteroid 6487 Tonyspear Closest Approach To Earth (1.641 AU)
Mar 08 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
Mar 08 - Jupiter At Opposition
Mar 08 - Comet 141P/Machholz At Opposition (1.630 AU)
Mar 08 - Comet 141P-A/Machholz At Opposition (1.631 AU)
Mar 08 - Comet 19P/Borrelly Closest Approach To Earth (2.298 AU)
Mar 08 - Comet 259P/Garradd At Opposition (2.346 AU)
Mar 08 - Comet 48P/Johnson At Opposition (3.791 AU)
* Mar 08 - Apollo Asteroid 2013 TX68 Near-Earth Flyby (0.03 AU)
Mar 08 - Asteroid 9258 Johnpauljones Closest Approach To Earth (1.394 AU)
Mar 08 - Asteroid 34901 Mauna Loa Closest Approach To Earth (2.140 AU)
Mar 08 - 15th Anniversary (2001), STS-102 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, International Space Station)
Mar 08 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Suisei, Comet Halley Flyby
Mar 08 - 40th Anniversary (1976), Jilin Meteorite Fall in China
Mar 09 - Total Solar Eclipse (Visible in South Pacific)
Mar 09 - Eutelsat 65 West A Ariane 5 Launch
Mar 09 - Comet 73P-BB/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.714 AU)
Mar 09 - Comet P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.880 AU)
Mar 09 - Comet 130P/McNaught-Hughes At Opposition (3.381 AU)
Mar 09 - Asteroid 115561 Frankherbert Closest Approach To Earth (1.769 AU)
Mar 09 - Asteroid 878 Mildred Closest Approach To Earth (1.880 AU)
Mar 09 - 5th Anniversary (2011), Space Shuttle Discovery Makes Its Final Landing (STS-133)
Mar 09 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Vega 2, Comet Halley Flyby
Mar 09 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Sputnik 9 Launch (Carried Dog Named Chernushka)
Mar 09 - 55th Anniversary (1961), 1st Dummy Launched Into Space on Sputnik 9
Mar 09 - Steve Ostro's 70th Birthday (1946)
* Mar 10 - IRNSS-1F PSLV-XL Launch
Mar 10 - Mercury Passes 1.5 Degrees from Neptune
Mar 10 - Comet 73P-AW/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (0.938 AU)
Mar 10 - Comet C/2014 W2 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.670 AU)
Mar 10 - Comet P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.880 AU)
Mar 10 - Comet C/2013 W2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.190 AU)
Mar 10 - Comet C/2014 G3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.585 AU)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 8084 Dallas Closest Approach To Earth (1.418 AU)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 14967 Madrid Closest Approach To Earth (1.924 AU)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 22903 Georgeclooney Closest Approach To Earth (2.026 AU)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 274020 Skywalker Closest Approach To Earth (2.726 AU)
Mar 10 - 10th Anniversary (2006), Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Orbit Insertion
Mar 10 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Sakigake, Comet Halley Flyby
Mar 10 - Laurel Clark's 55th Birthday (1961)
Mar 11 - Moon Occults Asteroid 21 Lutetia
Mar 11 - Comet 16P/Brooks At Opposition (3.540 AU)
Mar 11 - Curt Brown's 60th Birthday (1956)
Mar 11 - Urbain Le Verrier's 205th Birthday (1811)
* Mar 12 - Resurs-P N3 Soyuz-2.1b Launch
Mar 12 - Comet P/2003 T12 (SOHO) Perihelion (0.577 AU)
Mar 12 - Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko At Opposition (1.573 AU)
Mar 12 - Comet 65P/Gunn At Opposition (2.898 AU)
Mar 12 - Asteroid 3895 Earhart Closest Approach To Earth (0.986 AU)
Mar 12 - Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (1.427 AU)
Mar 12 - Asteroid 2875 Lagerkvist Closest Approach To Earth (1.527 AU)
Mar 12 - Asteroid 7507 Israel Closest Approach To Earth (1.711 AU)
Mar 12 - Asteroid 231307 Peterfalk Closest Approach To Earth (2.075 AU)
Mar 12 - Frederick Leonard's 120th Birthday (1896)
Mar 13 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (United States)
* Mar 13 - International Day of Planetaria
Mar 13 - Comet 321P/SOHO Closest Approach To Earth (0.160 AU)
Mar 13 - Comet 73P-BM/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.607 AU)
Mar 13 - Comet 73P-BH/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.608 AU)
Mar 13 - Comet 73P-BA/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.621 AU)
Mar 13 - Comet P/2015 X6 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.297 AU)
Mar 13 - Comet 267P/LONEOS At Opposition (4.097 AU)
Mar 13 - Asteroid 757 Portlandia Closest Approach To Earth (1.437 AU)
Mar 13 - 10th Anniversary (2006), Google Mars Goes Live
Mar 13 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Giotto, Comet Halley Flyby
Mar 13 - Albert Stevens' 130th Birthday (1886)
Mar 13 - 235th Anniversary (1781), William Herschel's Discovery of Uranus
Mar 14 - ExoMars 2016 Proton Launch (ESA/Russian Mars Orbiter/Lander)
Mar 14 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Mar 14 - Comet 73P-BE/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.587 AU)
Mar 14 - Comet 73P-BP/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.605 AU)
Mar 14 - Comet 73P-BI/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.606 AU)
Mar 14 - Comet P/2006 G1 (McNaught) At Opposition (2.558 AU)
Mar 14 - Comet 269P/Jedicke At Opposition (3.891 AU)
Mar 14 - Asteroid 582 Olympia Closest Approach To Earth (1.450 AU)
Mar 14 - Asteroid 6546 Kaye Closest Approach To Earth (1.944 AU)
Mar 14 - 80th Anniversary (1936), Red Bank Meteorite Fall in New Jersey (Hit Shed)
Mar 14 - 85th Anniversary (1931), 1st Liquid Rocket Launch in Europe by Johannes Winkler
Mar 15 - Comet 73P-AF/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (0.813 AU)
Mar 15 - Comet 252P/LINEAR Perihelion (0.996 AU)
* Mar 15 - Comet P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (1.009 AU)
Mar 15 - Comet 9P/Tempel At Opposition (1.062 AU)
Mar 15 - Apollo Asteroid 2010 FR Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
Mar 15 - Asteroid 6 Hebe Closest Approach To Earth (1.893 AU)
Mar 15 - Asteroid 1756 Giacobini Closest Approach To Earth (1.999 AU)
Mar 15 - Asteroid 4513 Louvre Closest Approach To Earth (2.145 AU)
Mar 15 - 210th Anniversary (1806), Alais Meteorite Fall in France (1st Carbonaceous Chondrite)
Mar 16 - Comet 132P/Helin-Roman-Alu At Opposition (3.777 AU)
* Mar 16 - Comet C/2015 ER61 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.326 AU)
Mar 16 - Asteroid 10101 Fourier Closest Approach To Earth (1.335 AU)
Mar 16 - Asteroid 4783 Wasson Closest Approach To Earth (1.408 AU)
Mar 16 - Asteroid 15058 Billcooke Closest Approach To Earth (2.394 AU)
Mar 16 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 8 Launch (Neil Armstrong & David Scott)
Mar 16 - 90th Anniversary (1926), 1st Liquid Fuel Rocket Launch By Robert Goddard
* Mar 17 - Comet P/2010 V1 (Ikeya-Murakami) Perihelion (1.573 AU)
Mar 17 - Comet 127P/Holt-Olmstead Perihelion (2.206 AU)
Mar 17 - Atira Asteroid 2014 FO47 Closest Approach To Earth (0.106 AU)
Mar 17 - Asteroid 241418 Darmstadt Closest Approach To Earth (2.564 AU)
Mar 17 - 5th Anniversary (2011), MESSENGER, Mercury Orbit Insertion
Mar 17 - Ken Mattingly's 80th Birthday (1936)
* Mar 18 - Soyuz TMA-20M Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 47S)
Mar 18 - Comet 259P/Garradd Closest Approach To Earth (2.332 AU)
Mar 18 - Comet 309P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.768 AU)
Mar 18 - Asteroid 27500 Mandelbrot Closest Approach To Earth (2.790 AU)
Mar 18 - Reginald Daly's 145th Birthday (1871)
Mar 19 - Comet 119P/Parker-Hartley At Opposition (3.439 AU)
Mar 19 - Comet C/2013 W2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.201 AU)
Mar 19 - Apollo Asteroid 2010 FX9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.018 AU)
* Mar 19 - Amor Asteroid 2016 CX30 Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 73079 Davidbaltimore Closest Approach To Earth (1.168 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 281 Lucretia Closest Approach To Earth (1.370 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 13208 Fraschetti Closest Approach To Earth (1.801 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 12757 Yangtze Closest Approach To Earth (2.121 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 4559 Strauss Closest Approach To Earth (2.359 AU)
Mar 19 - Neptune Trojan 2010 EN65 At Opposition (24.888 AU)
* Mar 20 - Cygnus CRS-6 (OA-6)/KickSat 2 Atlas 5 Launch
Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox, 04:30 UT
Mar 20 - Venus Passes 0.5 Degrees from Neptune
Mar 20 - Comet 65P/Gunn Closest Approach To Earth (2.888 AU)
Mar 20 - Comet 304P/Ory At Opposition (3.293 AU)
Mar 20 - Asteroid 37582 Faraday Closest Approach To Earth (1.615 AU)
Mar 20 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Pioneer 7 Distant Flyby of Halley's Comet
Mar 21 - Comet 252P/LINEAR Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
Mar 21 - Comet 172P/Yeung At Opposition (2.658 AU)
Mar 21 - Asteroid 3354 McNair Closest Approach To Earth (1.392 AU)
Mar 21 - Asteroid 5676 Voltaire Closest Approach To Earth (1.937 AU)
Mar 21 - Asteroid 1132 Hollandia Closest Approach To Earth (1.995 AU)
Mar 21 - Antonia Maury's 150th Birthday (1866)
* Mar 22 - Comet P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)
Mar 22 - Comet 104P/Kowal Closest Approach To Earth (1.780 AU)
Mar 22 - Comet 107P/Wilson-Harrington At Opposition (3.299 AU)
Mar 22 - Asteroid 51915 (2001 QF71) Occults HIP 29434 (4.9 Magnitude Star)
* Mar 22 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 BA14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)
Mar 22 - Asteroid 5040 Rabinowitz Closest Approach To Earth (1.846 AU)
Mar 22 - Asteroid 2127 Tanya Closest Approach To Earth (2.282 AU)
Mar 22 - Dwarf Planet 136472 Makemake At Opposition (51.568 AU)
Mar 22 - 20th Anniversary (1996), STS-76 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, Mir Space Station)
Mar 22 - Rich Terrile's 65th Birthday (1951)
Mar 22 - Musa Manarov's 65th Birthday (1951)
Mar 23 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
* Mar 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 CY135</a>, Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
Mar 23 - Asteroid 7934 Sinatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.296 AU)
Mar 23 - Asteroid 3672 Stevedberg Closest Approach To Earth (1.394 AU)
Mar 23 - Gary Kronk's 60th Birthday (1956)
Mar 24 - Comet 201P/LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.902 AU)
Mar 24 - Comet 206P/Barnard-Boattini At Opposition (3.529 AU)
Mar 24 - Comet C/2014 R3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (7.181 AU)
Mar 24 - 5th Anniversary (2011), Stardust Depletion Burn - End of Mission
Mar 24 - Daniel Fahrenheit's 330th Birthday (1686)
Mar 25 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #444 (OTM-444)
Mar 25 - Comet 104P/Kowal Perihelion (1.179 AU)
Mar 25 - Comet 148P/Anderson-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.009 AU)
Mar 25 - Comet 213P/Van Ness At Opposition (2.836 AU)
Mar 25 - Comet 213P-B/Van Ness At Opposition (2.838 AU)
Mar 25 - Apollo Asteroid 1994 UG Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
* Mar 25 - Amor Asteroid 2016 CB30 Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
Mar 25 - Asteroid 6032 Nobel Closest Approach To Earth (1.845 AU)
Mar 25 - Asteroid 13681 Monty Python Closest Approach To Earth (1.968 AU)
Mar 25 - Asteroid 397 Vienna Closest Approach To Earth (2.303 AU)
Mar 25 - 20th Anniversary (1996), Comet Hyakutake Near-Earth Flyby (0.10 AU)
Mar 25 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Sputnik 10 Launch (Carried Dog Named Zvezdochka)
Mar 25 - 205th Anniversary (1811), Honore Flaugergues Discovers The Great Comet of 1811
Mar 25 - Giovanni Amici's 230th Birthday (1786)
Mar 26 - Comet 73P-AA/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.313 AU)
Mar 26 - Comet P/2014 U2 (Kowalski) At Opposition (3.102 AU)
Mar 26 - Comet 108P/Ciffreo At Opposition (3.184 AU)
Mar 26 - Asteroid 5805 Glasgow Closest Approach To Earth (1.344 AU)
Mar 26 - Asteroid 4758 Hermitage Closest Approach To Earth (2.738 AU)
Mar 26 - 25th Anniversary (1991), Tahara Meteorite Fall (Hit Car Carrier in Japan)
Mar 27 - Easter Sunday
Mar 27 - European Summer Time - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (European Union)
Mar 27 - Comet P/2011 U2 (Bressi) Closest Approach To Earth (4.534 AU)
Mar 27 - Comet P/2011 U2 (Bressi) At Opposition (4.534 AU)
Mar 27 - Aten Asteroid 325102 (2008 EY5) Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
Mar 27 - Apollo Asteroid 1863 Antinous Closest Approach To Earth (0.237 AU)
Mar 27 - Asteroid 16529 Dangoldin Closest Approach To Earth (1.421 AU)
Mar 27 - Asteroid 8991 Solidarity Closest Approach To Earth (1.471 AU)
Mar 27 - Asteroid 2247 Hiroshima Closest Approach To Earth (1.678 AU)
Mar 27 - Asteroid 14880 Moa Closest Approach To Earth (1.718 AU)
Mar 28 - Comet P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (1.195 AU)
Mar 28 - Comet P/2013 YG46 (Spacewatch) At Opposition (1.930 AU)
Mar 28 - Comet 172P/Yeung Closest Approach To Earth (2.652 AU)
Mar 28 - Comet 291P/NEAT At Opposition (4.175 AU)
Mar 28 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo Occults 2UCAC 17591365 (14.0 Magnitude
Star)
Mar 28 - Asteroid 19383 Rolling Stones Closest Approach To Earth (1.591 AU)
Mar 28 - 30th Anniversary (1986), ICE, Comet Halley Distant Flyby
Mar 29 - Comet P/2006 G1 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (2.528 AU)
Mar 29 - Comet 4P/Faye At Opposition (3.827 AU)
Mar 29 - Comet 120P/Mueller At Opposition (4.276 AU)
* Mar 29 - Aten Asteroid 2016 BC14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
Mar 29 - Asteroid 4444 Escher Closest Approach To Earth (1.457 AU)
Mar 29 - Apollo Asteroid 2101 Adonis Closest Approach To Earth (1.981 AU)
Mar 29 - Joseph Taylor's 75th Birthday (1941)
Mar 30 - Cygnus CRS Orb-5 Antares Launch (International Space Station)
Mar 30 - Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR At Opposition (3.323 AU)
Mar 30 - Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR At Opposition (3.865 AU)
Mar 30 - Aten Asteroid 2010 GD35 Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
Mar 30 - Aten Asteroid 2008 BX2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
Mar 30 - Asteroid 289586 Shackleton Closest Approach To Earth (1.064 AU)
Mar 30 - Asteroid 5703 Hevelius Closest Approach To Earth (1.912 AU)
Mar 30 - Robert Bunsen's 205th Birthday (1811)
Mar 31 - Progress MS-2 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 63P)
Mar 31 - Mercury Passes 0.6 Degrees From Uranus
Mar 31 - Asteroid 19398 Creedence Closest Approach To Earth (1.927 AU)
Mar 31 - Asteroid 990 Yerkes Closest Approach To Earth (2.244 AU)
Mar 31 - Asteroid 7336 Saunders Closest Approach To Earth (2.363 AU)
Mar 31 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Luna 10 Launch (USSR Moon Orbiter)
Mar 31 - Rene Descartes' 420th Birthday (1596)
April 2016
* Apr ?? - Dragon CRS-9/IDA 2 Falcon 9 Launch (International Space Station)
Apr ?? - Sentinel 5P Rokot/Briz-KM Launch
Apr ?? - Iridium NEXT 1 & 2 Dnepr-1 Launch
* Apr ?? - Eutelsat 117 West B/ABS-2A Falcon 9 Launch
* Apr ?? - JCSat 14 Falcon 9 Launch
* Apr ?? - Shijian 10 CZ-2D Launch
Apr ?? - 30th Anniversary (1986), Sayama Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Japan)
Apr ?? - Egnatio Danti's 480th Birthday (1536)
* Apr 01 - CRS-8/BEAM/AggieSat 4/Bevo 2/Flock-2D 1-8/LONESTAR 2 Falcon 9 Launch
(International Space Station)
Apr 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #445 (OTM-445)
Apr 01 - Comet 233P/La Sagra Closest Approach To Earth (1.762 AU)
Apr 01 - Comet 110P/Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (2.567 AU)
Apr 01 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 4991-00651-1 (11.9 Magnitude Star)
Apr 01 - Asteroid 1159 Granada Closest Approach To Earth (1.429 AU)
Apr 01 - Asteroid 7495 Feynman Closest Approach To Earth (1.520 AU)
Apr 01 - Asteroid 39566 Carllewis Closest Approach To Earth (1.769 AU)
Apr 01 - Asteroid 14702 Benclark Closest Approach To Earth (2.111 AU)
Apr 02 - Comet 100P/Hartley Perihelion (2.011 AU)
Apr 02 - Comet 106P/Schuster At Opposition (3.716 AU)
Apr 02 - Comet 84P/Giclas At Opposition (4.249 AU)
Apr 02 - Asteroid 18458 Caesar Closest Approach To Earth (1.003 AU)
Apr 02 - Asteroid 2046 Leningrad Closest Approach To Earth (2.706 AU)
Apr 02 - 80th Anniversary (1936), Yurtuk Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Ukraine)
Apr 02 - Clement Ader's 175th Birthday (1841)
Apr 03 - Comet P/2009 Q4 (Boattini) Closest Approach To Earth (2.071 AU)
Apr 03 - Aten Asteroid 2008 FX6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
Apr 03 - Asteroid 13609 Lewicki Closest Approach To Earth (1.600 AU)
Apr 03 - Gus Grissom's 90th Birthday (1926)
Apr 03 - Hermann Vogel's 175th Birthday (1841)
Apr 04 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Apr 04 - Comet P/2007 VA85 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.115 AU)
Apr 04 - Asteroid 5748 Davebrin Closest Approach To Earth (1.698 AU)
Apr 04 - Asteroid 886 Washingtonia Closest Approach To Earth (3.035 AU)
Apr 05 - Comet P/2003 T12 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (1.347 AU)
Apr 05 - Comet C/2015 B1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.045 AU)
Apr 05 - Asteroid 29470 Higgs Closest Approach To Earth (1.413 AU)
Apr 06 - Moon Occults Venus
Apr 06 - Comet 73P-AY/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (0.438 AU)
* Apr 06 - Comet P/2016 A7 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (1.985 AU)
Apr 06 - Comet 213P/Van Ness Closest Approach To Earth (2.815 AU)
Apr 06 - Comet 213P-B/Van Ness Closest Approach To Earth (2.817 AU)
Apr 06 - Comet C/2015 B1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (5.045 AU)
Apr 06 - Asteroid 12410 Donald Duck Closest Approach To Earth (1.273 AU)
Apr 06 - Asteroid 2865 Laurel Closest Approach To Earth (1.494 AU)
Apr 06 - Asteroid 3062 Wren Closest Approach To Earth (2.385 AU)
Apr 06 - Asteroid 9012 Benner Closest Approach To Earth (2.775 AU)
Apr 07 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #446 (OTM-446)
Apr 07 - Comet 73P-AZ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (0.429 AU)
Apr 07 - Comet 19P/Borrelly At Opposition (2.395 AU)
Apr 07 - Comet 201P/LONEOS At Opposition (2.934 AU)
* Apr 07 - Asteroid 3635 Kreutz Closest Approach To Earth (0.785 AU)
* Apr 07 - Asteroid 9387 Tweeddledee Closest Approach To Earth (1.180 AU)
Apr 07 - Asteroid 4487 Pocahontas Closest Approach To Earth (1.241 AU)
* Apr 07 - Asteroid 4511 Rembrandt Closest Approach To Earth (1.494 AU)
* Apr 07 - Asteroid 1134 Kepler Closest Approach To Earth (2.514 AU)
Apr 07 - 125th Anniversary (1891), Indarch Meteorite Fall in Azerbaijan
Apr 07 - Erik Fredholm's 150th Birthday (1866)
Apr 08 - Comet 190P/Mueller Perihelion (2.033 AU)
Apr 08 - Asteroid 3043 San Diego Closest Approach To Earth (1.163 AU)
Apr 08 - Asteroid 3654 AAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.714 AU)
Apr 08 - Asteroid 8564 Anomalocaris Closest Approach To Earth (2.557 AU)
Apr 08 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Wethersfield Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Connecticut)
Apr 09 - Moon Occults Asteroid 4 Vesta
Apr 09 - Comet 77P/Longmore At Opposition (1.349 AU)
Apr 09 - Asteroid 36800 Katarinawitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.407 AU)
Apr 09 - Asteroid 13752 Grantstokes Closest Approach To Earth (1.634 AU)
Apr 09 - Charles-Eugene Delaunay's 200th Birthday (1816)
* Apr 10 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Apr 10 - Comet 321P/SOHO Perihelion (0.046 AU)
Apr 10 - Comet P/1999 R1 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (2.345 AU)
Apr 10 - Atira Asteroid 2013 JX28 Closest Approach To Earth (0.733 AU)
Apr 10 - Apollo Asteroid 406952 (2009 KJ) Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
Apr 10 - Asteroid 3173 McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (1.261 AU)
* Apr 10 - Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake Closest Approach To Earth (2.850 AU)
Apr 10 - John McClusky's 55th Birthday (1961)
Apr 10 - John Leslie's 250th Birthday (1766)
Apr 11 - Comet 268P/Bernardi Closest Approach To Earth (2.519 AU)
Apr 11 - Comet 110P/Hartley At Opposition (2.580 AU)
Apr 11 - Comet C/2015 H1 (Bressi) At Opposition (3.676 AU)
Apr 11 - Comet P/2015 D6 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.760 AU)
Apr 11 - Comet P/2012 TK8 (Tenagra) At Opposition (3.959 AU)
Apr 11 - Apollo Asteroid 363599 (2004 FG11) Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
Apr 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 BC11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
* Apr 11 - Asteroid 1791 Patsayev Closest Approach To Earth (1.613 AU)
Apr 11 - Asteroid 1065 Amundsenia Closest Approach To Earth (1.682 AU)
Apr 11 - Asteroid 134346 Pinatubo Closest Approach To Earth (1.771 AU)
Apr 11 - Asteroid 42355 Typhon Closest Approach To Earth (19.494 AU)
Apr 11 - Donald Menzel's 115th Birthday (1901)
Apr 12 - Yuri's Night: World Space Party
* Apr 12 - Sentinel 1B/NORSAT 1/MICROSCOPE Soyuz-STA Fregat-M Launch
Apr 12 - Comet 148P/Anderson-LINEAR At Opposition (2.056 AU)
Apr 12 - Asteroid 1814 Bach Closest Approach To Earth (1.338 AU)
Apr 12 - Asteroid 15332 CERN Closest Approach To Earth (1.430 AU)
Apr 12 - Asteroid 3252 Johnny Closest Approach To Earth (1.609 AU)
Apr 12 - Asteroid 12485 Jenniferharris Closest Approach To Earth (1.898 AU)
* Apr 12 - Asteroid 336698 Melbourne Closest Approach To Earth (2.041 AU)
* Apr 12 - Asteroid 5540 Smirnova Closest Approach To Earth (2.216 AU)
Apr 12 - Dwarf Planet 136108 Haumea At Opposition (49.764 AU)
Apr 12 - Yuri Ivashchenko's 55th Birthday (1961)
Apr 12 - 115th Anniversary (1901), Viscara's Discovery of the Great Comet of 1901
Apr 12 - Edward Maunder's 165th Birthday (1851)
Apr 13 - Comet 9P/Tempel Closest Approach To Earth (0.979 AU)
Apr 13 - Comet 77P/Longmore Closest Approach To Earth (1.347 AU)
Apr 13 - Aten Asteroid 2005 GR33 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
* Apr 13 - Asteroid 1862 Apollo Closest Approach To Earth (0.587 AU)
* Apr 13 - Asteroid 3763 Quianxuesen Closest Approach To Earth (1.017 AU)
* Apr 13 - Apollo Asteroid 11066 Sigurd Closest Approach To Earth (1.846 AU)
Apr 13 - Asteroid 20488 Pic-du-Midi Closest Approach To Earth (2.029 AU)
Apr 13 - Daniel du Toit's 145th Birthday (1871)
Apr 13 - Alexander Forbes' 145th Birthday (1871)
* Apr 14 - Comet C/2016 B1 (NEOWISE) At Opposition (3.064 AU)
Apr 14 - Comet C/2014 W11 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.126 AU)
Apr 14 - Comet 178P/Hug-Bell At Opposition (4.224 AU)
Apr 14 - Comet 36P/Whipple At Opposition (4.243 AU)
Apr 14 - Asteroid 35978 Arlington Closest Approach To Earth (1.102 AU)
* Apr 14 - Asteroid 3156 Ellington Closest Approach To Earth (1.697 AU)
Apr 14 - Asteroid 6592 Goya Closest Approach To Earth (2.110 AU)
Apr 14 - 85th Anniversary (1931), Pontlyfni Meteorite Fall in Wales
Apr 15 - Comet P/2013 YG46 (Spacewatch) Closest Approach To Earth (1.886 AU)
Apr 15 - Comet P/2015 D6 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.762 AU)
Apr 15 - Apollo Asteroid 4769 Castalia Closest Approach To Earth (0.223 AU)
Apr 15 - Asteroid 2710 Veverka Closest Approach To Earth (1.135 AU)
Apr 15 - Asteroid 2244 Tesla Closest Approach To Earth (2.291 AU)
Apr 16 - Comet 237P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.433 AU)
Apr 16 - Comet 233P/La Sagra At Opposition (1.792 AU)
Apr 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2008 HU4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)
Apr 16 - Asteroid 4970 Druyan Closest Approach To Earth (1.674 AU)
Apr 16 - Asteroid 5649 Donnashirley Closest Approach To Earth (1.861 AU)
Apr 16 - Asteroid 10806 Mexico Closest Approach To Earth (1.884 AU)
Apr 16 - Asteroid 767 Bondia Closest Approach To Earth (2.546 AU)
* Apr 16 - Asteroid 1691 Oort Closest Approach To Earth (2.663 AU)
Apr 16 - David Brown's 60th Birthday (1956)
* Apr 17 - Aten Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom Closest Approach To Earth (0.508 AU)
Apr 17 - Asteroid 5020 Asimov Closest Approach To Earth (1.370 AU)
Apr 17 - Asteroid 1640 Nemo Closest Approach To Earth (1.868 AU)
* Apr 17 - Asteroid 7273 Garyhuss Closest Approach To Earth (2.186 AU)
Apr 17 - Harold Johnson's 95th Birthday (1921)
Apr 18 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (20 Degrees)
Apr 18 - Comet C/2013 C2 (Tenagra) Closest Approach To Earth (8.201 AU)
Apr 18 - Comet C/2013 C2 (Tenagra) At Opposition (8.201 AU)
Apr 18 - Aten Asteroid 3554 Amun Closest Approach To Earth (0.748 AU)
Apr 18 - Asteroid 5841 Stone Closest Approach To Earth (1.183 AU)
Apr 18 - Asteroid 9781 Jubjubbird Closest Approach To Earth (1.489 AU)
Apr 18 - Asteroid 1094 Siberia Closest Approach To Earth (1.676 AU)
Apr 18 - Asteroid 51823 Rickhusband Closest Approach To Earth (2.787 AU)
Apr 18 - Michel Ory's 50th Birthday (1966)
Apr 18 - Charles Gifford's 155th Birthday (1861)
* Apr 19 - Comet C/2016 C2 (NEOWISE) Perihelion (1.567 AU)
Apr 19 - Asteroid 28078 Mauricehilleman Closest Approach To Earth (1.322 AU)
Apr 19 - Asteroid 3125 Hay Closest Approach To Earth (1.483 AU)
Apr 19 - Asteroid 3673 Levy Closest Approach To Earth (1.710 AU)
Apr 19 - Asteroid 55555 DNA Closest Approach To Earth (1.736 AU)
Apr 19 - Asteroid 18725 Atacama Closest Approach To Earth (1.958 AU)
Apr 19 - 15th Anniversary (2001), STS-100 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, International Space Station)
Apr 19 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Salyut 1 Launch (1st Space Station)
Apr 19 - Brett Gladman's 50th Birthday (1966)
Apr 20 - Comet P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs) At Opposition (1.256 AU)
Apr 20 - Comet C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (1.314 AU)
Apr 20 - Comet P/2013 O2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.935 AU)
Apr 20 - Asteroid 4148 McCartney Closest Approach To Earth (1.053 AU)
Apr 20 - Asteroid 12790 Cernan Closest Approach To Earth (1.222 AU)
Apr 20 - Asteroid 3783 Morris Closest Approach To Earth (1.390 AU)
Apr 20 - Asteroid 8208 Volta Closest Approach To Earth (1.696 AU)
Apr 20 - Asteroid 6111 Davemckay Closest Approach To Earth (1.914 AU)
* Apr 20 - Asteroid 4969 Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (2.531 AU)
Apr 20 - Asteroid 1006 Lagrangea Closest Approach To Earth (3.265 AU)
* Apr 21 - Comet C/2016 C2 (NEOWISE) Closest Approach To Earth (0.867 AU)
Apr 21 - Asteroid 8992 Magnanimity Closest Approach To Earth (1.530 AU)
Apr 21 - Asteroid 17640 Mount Stromlo Closest Approach To Earth (2.237 AU)
* Apr 21 - Asteroid 6677 Renoir Closest Approach To Earth (2.457 AU)
Apr 21 - Michael Freedman's 65th Birthday (1951)
Apr 21 - 85th Anniversary (1931), 1st Rocket Mail Launch by Friedrich Schmiedl
Apr 21 - Richard Lines' 100th Birthday (1916)
Apr 22 - Earth Day
Apr 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #447 (OTM-447)
Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
Apr 22 - Venus Passes 0.9 Degrees from Uranus
Apr 22 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar Occults UCAC4-373-110044 (13.9 Magnitude Star)
Apr 22 - Asteroid 21619 Johnhopkins Closest Approach To Earth (1.228 AU)
Apr 22 - Asteroid 4416 Ramses Closest Approach To Earth (1.498 AU)
* Apr 22 - Asteroid 8444 Popovich Closest Approach To Earth (1.593 AU)
Apr 22 - Asteroid 9997 COBE Closest Approach To Earth (1.774 AU)
Apr 22 - Harold Jeffreys' 125th Birthday (1891)
Apr 23 - Intelsat 31 Proton-M Briz-M P4 Launch
Apr 23 - Comet P/2009 Q4 (Boattini) At Opposition (2.128 AU)
Apr 23 - Aten Asteroid 2014 UR Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
* Apr 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 BU13 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
Apr 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2006 HF6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
Apr 23 - Asteroid 218998 Navi Closest Approach To Earth (1.239 AU)
Apr 23 - Asteroid 128 Nemesis Closest Approach To Earth (2.089 AU)
Apr 24 - Comet C/2015 LC2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.454 AU)
Apr 24 - Comet 180P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.668 AU)
Apr 24 - Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (1.954 AU)
Apr 24 - Amor Asteroid 9950 ESA Closest Approach To Earth (2.368 AU)
Apr 24 - Asteroid 1539 Borrelly Closest Approach To Earth (2.735 AU)
Apr 24 - Stephen Synnott's 70th Birthday (1946)
* Apr 25 - MVL-300 (Mikhailo Lomonosov)/AIST 2/Kontact-Nanosputnik/SamSat 218 Soyuz-2.1a/Volga Launch
Apr 25 - Comet 169P/NEAT At Opposition (3.600 AU)
Apr 25 - Comet P/2014 A3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.223 AU)
Apr 25 - Comet C/2015 F3 (SWAN) At Opposition (4.386 AU)
Apr 25 - Aten Asteroid 2003 KO2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
Apr 25 - Asteroid 316020 Linshuhow Closest Approach To Earth (1.020 AU)
Apr 25 - Asteroid 763 Cupido Closest Approach To Earth (1.596 AU)
Apr 25 - Asteroid 11356 Chuckjones Closest Approach To Earth (2.380 AU)
* Apr 25 - Asteroid 1941 Wild Closest Approach To Earth (3.872 AU)
Apr 26 - Comet C/2014 X1 (Elenin) At Opposition (3.575 AU)
* Apr 26 - Asteroid 14965 Bonk Closest Approach To Earth (1.034 AU)
Apr 26 - Asteroid 6735 Madhatter Closest Approach To Earth (1.287 AU)
Apr 26 - Amor Asteroid 2202 Pele Closest Approach To Earth (2.449 AU)
Apr 26 - Asteroid 1268 Libya Closest Approach To Earth (3.050 AU)
Apr 27 - Comet 268P/Bernardi At Opposition (2.553 AU)
Apr 27 - Comet C/2014 W11 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.149 AU)
Apr 27 - Asteroid 136 Austria Closest Approach To Earth (1.321 AU)
* Apr 27 - Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (1.385 AU)
Apr 27 - Asteroid 12820 Robinwilliams Closest Approach To Earth (2.057 AU)
Apr 27 - Asteroid 2161 Grissom Closest Approach To Earth (2.166 AU)
* Apr 27 - Asteroid 5223 McSween Closest Approach To Earth (2.661 AU)
Apr 28 - Comet P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) At Opposition (3.755 AU)
Apr 28 - Comet C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (8.151 AU)
Apr 28 - Aten Asteroid 2013 KJ6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
Apr 28 - Asteroid 804 Hispania Closest Approach To Earth (1.995 AU)
Apr 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 EK139 At Opposition (36.115 AU)
Apr 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 FC69 At Opposition (83.270 AU)
Apr 28 - 25th Anniversary (1991), STS-39 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, DOD)
Apr 28 - Bart Bok's 110th Birthday (1906)
Apr 29 - Comet 53P/Van Biesbroeck Perihelion (2.427 AU)
Apr 29 - Aten Apollo Asteroid 2002 CX58 Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 10797 Guatemala Closest Approach To Earth (1.027 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 7041 Nantucket Closest Approach To Earth (1.487 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 22739 Sikhote-Alin Closest Approach To Earth (1.780 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 19631 Greensleeves Closest Approach To Earth (2.251 AU)
Apr 29 - Aleksander Wolszczan's 70th Birthday (1946)
Apr 30 - NuNat 1 (Aleph-1 1)/Nusat 2 (Aleph-1 2) CZ-3B Launch
Apr 30 - Comet P/1999 R1 (SOHO) At Opposition (2.416 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 2008 PR9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 5256 Farquhar Closest Approach To Earth (1.503 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 6227 Alanrubin Closest Approach To Earth (1.965 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 30441 Curly Closest Approach To Earth (2.255 AU)
Apr 30 - 1010th Anniversary (1006 AD), Appearance of Supernova 1006
May 2016
May ?? - Progress M-UM Soyuz-2.1b Launch (International Space Station 06R)
May ?? - Shenzhou 11 CZ 2F/G Launch
May ?? - Echostar 18/BRIsat Ariane 5 Launch
* May ?? - Amos 6 Falcon 9 Launch
* May ?? - SCATSAT 1 PSLV-CA Launch
May ?? - John Birmingham's 200th Birthday (1816)
May 01 - Comet 180P/NEAT At Opposition (1.674 AU)
May 01 - Comet 302P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS Perihelion (3.303 AU)
May 01 - Comet C/2015 LC2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (5.462 AU)
May 01 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 US115 Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)
May 01 - Apollo Asteroid 3752 Camillo Closest Approach To Earth (1.598 AU)
May 01 - 20th Anniversary (1996), Ulysses Crosses Comet Hyakutake's Tail
May 02 - Comet C/2015 B2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.830 AU)
May 02 - Asteroid 3917 Franz Schubert Closest Approach To Earth (1.394 AU)
May 02 - Asteroid 29132 Bradpitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.523 AU)
May 02 - Asteroid 916 America Closest Approach To Earth (1.851 AU)
May 02 - Asteroid 10552 Stockholm Closest Approach To Earth (2.214 AU)
May 02 - Asteroid 11247 Wilburwright Closest Approach To Earth (2.490 AU)
* May 02 - Asteroid 3709 Polypoites Closest Approach To Earth (4.526 AU)
May 03 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #448 (OTM-448)
May 03 - Comet 89P/Russell At Opposition (1.719 AU)
May 03 - Apollo Asteroid 444584 (2006 UK) Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
May 03 - Asteroid 5899 Jedicke Closest Approach To Earth (1.293 AU)
May 03 - Asteroid 5049 Sherlock Closest Approach To Earth (1.474 AU)
May 03 - Asteroid 1578 Kirkwood Closest Approach To Earth (3.654 AU)
May 04 - Comet 237P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.395 AU)
May 04 - Comet C/2014 Y1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.646 AU)
May 04 - Comet 140P/Bowell-Skiff Closest Approach To Earth (2.283 AU)
May 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 FX86 At Opposition (45.281 AU)
May 05 - MUOS 5 Atlas 5 Launch
May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
May 05 - Apollo Asteroid 388945 (2008 TZ3) Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU)
May 05 - Asteroid 8003 Kelvin Closest Approach To Earth (1.403 AU)
May 05 - Centaur Object 144908 (2004 YH32) At Opposition (11.747 AU)
May 05 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Freedom 7 Launch (Alan Shepard, 1st US Man in Space)
May 05 - John Draper's 205th Birthday (1811)
May 06 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
May 06 - Space Day
May 06 - Comet C/2015 B2 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (3.371 AU)
May 06 - Comet 121P/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (3.890 AU)
May 06 - Atira Asteroid 434326 (2004 JG6) Closest Approach To Earth (0.825 AU)
May 06 - Asteroid 3688 Navajo Closest Approach To Earth (1.359 AU)
May 06 - Robert Dicke's 100th Birthday (1916)
May 06 - 120th Anniversary (1896), 1st Successful Flight of a Large Unmanned Heavier-Than-Air Craft
(Langley Aerodrome No. 5)
May 07 - Comet C/2014 M1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.871 AU)
May 07 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults TYC 1125-00398-1 (11.9 Magnitude Star)
May 07 - Asteroid 2713 Luxemburg Closest Approach To Earth (1.803 AU)
May 07 - Asteroid 3534 Sax Closest Approach To Earth (2.117 AU)
May 07 - Asteroid 3106 Morabito Closest Approach To Earth (2.921 AU)
May 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 90568 (2004 GV9) At Opposition (38.458 AU)
May 07 - Raymond Lyttlteon's 105th Birthday (1911)
* May 08 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
May 08 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 JG55 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
May 08 - Apollo Asteroid 2010 KP10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
May 08 - Apollo Asteroid 2063 Bacchus Closest Approach To Earth (0.877 AU)
May 08 - Asteroid 284996 Rosaparks Closest Approach To Earth (1.756 AU)
May 08 - Asteroid 1154 Astronomia Closest Approach To Earth (2.256 AU)
May 09 - Mercury Transits The Sun
May 09 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #449 (OTM-449)
May 09 - Comet 100P/Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (1.043 AU)
May 09 - Comet 116P/Wild Closest Approach To Earth (1.340 AU)
* May 09 - Comet C/2016 B1 (NEOWISE) Closest Approach To Earth (2.986 AU)
May 09 - Comet P/2015 C1 (TOTAS-Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (2.999 AU)
May 09 - Asteroid 4690 Strasbourg Closest Approach To Earth (1.208 AU)
May 09 - Asteroid 3140 Stellafane Closest Approach To Earth (2.284 AU)
May 09 - Asteroid 8958 Stargazer Closest Approach To Earth (1.759 AU)
May 09 - Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth (2.322 AU)
May 09 - Asteroid 3162 Nostalgia Closest Approach To Earth (2.590 AU)
May 09 - Asteroid 3351 Smith Closest Approach To Earth (2.611 AU)
May 09 - Vance Brand's 85th Birthday (1931)
May 09-15 - Astronomy Week
May 10 - Comet 243P/NEAT At Opposition (3.645 AU)
May 10 - Asteroid 9725 Wainscoat Closest Approach To Earth (1.082 AU)
May 10 - Asteroid 85197 Ginkgo Closest Approach To Earth (1.498 AU)
May 10 - Asteroid 4825 Ventura Closest Approach To Earth (1.530 AU)
May 11 - Comet P/2010 P4 (WISE) At Opposition (2.853 AU)
May 11 - Asteroid 3749 Balam Closest Approach To Earth (1.348 AU)
May 11 - Asteroid 73769 Delphi Closest Approach To Earth (3.522 AU)
May 11 - Asteroid 5254 Ulysses Closest Approach To Earth (4.865 AU)
May 11 - Jacqueline Cochran's 110th Birthday (1906)
May 11 - Theodore Von Karman's 135th Birthday (1881)
May 12 - NROL-37 Delta 4 Launch
May 12 - Comet 253P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (3.365 AU)
May 12 - Comet P/2009 S2 (McNaught) At Opposition (3.464 AU)
May 12 - Comet C/2014 M1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.876 AU)
May 12 - Asteroid 3594 Scotti Closest Approach To Earth (1.564 AU)
May 12 - Asteroid 6639 Marchis Closest Approach To Earth (1.915 AU)
May 12 - Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Closest Approach To Earth (2.453 AU)
May 13 - Mercury Passes 0.4 Degrees From Venus
May 13 - Comet 100P/Hartley At Opposition (1.045 AU)
May 13 - Comet 77P/Longmore Perihelion (2.336 AU)
May 13 - Comet 236P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.190 AU)
May 13 - Comet P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) At Opposition (4.272 AU)
May 13 - Asteroid 22824 von Neumann Closest Approach To Earth (1.526 AU)
May 13 - Asteroid 7328 Casanova Closest Approach To Earth (1.709 AU)
May 13 - Asteroid 5036 Tuttle Closest Approach To Earth (1.885 AU)
May 13 - Asteroid 945 Barcelona Closest Approach To Earth (1.982 AU)
May 13 - Asteroid 1143 Odysseus Closest Approach To Earth (4.552 AU)
May 13 - 35th Anniversary (1981), Salem Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Oregon)
May 13 - Aleksandr Kaleri's 60th Birthday (1956)
May 13 - 155th Anniversary (1861), John Tebbutt's Discovery of the Great Comet of 1861
May 14 - Astronomy Day
May 14 - Comet P/2006 F1 (Kowalski) At Opposition (3.564 AU)
May 14 - Comet 185P/Petriew At Opposition (3.727 AU)
May 14 - Comet P/2009 SK280 (Spacewatch-Hill) At Opposition (4.092 AU)
May 14 - Asteroid 1103 Sequoia Closest Approach To Earth (1.040 AU)
May 14 - Asteroid 2653 Principia Closest Approach To Earth (1.402 AU)
May 14 - Asteroid 32096 Puckett Closest Approach To Earth (1.460 AU)
May 14 - Apollo Asteroid 1866 Sisyphus Closest Approach To Earth (1.577 AU)
May 14 - Asteroid 2305 King Closest Approach To Earth (1.852 AU)
May 15 - Comet C/2015 Y1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.514 AU)
May 15 - Comet 129P/Shoemaker-Levy Closest Approach To Earth (3.313 AU)
May 15 - Asteroid 18024 Dobson Closest Approach To Earth (1.973 AU)
May 15 - Asteroid 132904 Notkin Closest Approach To Earth (2.953 AU)
May 15 - 180th Anniversary (1836), Francis Baily Observation of 'Baily's Beads'
During Annular Solar Eclipse
* May 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 BX14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
May 16 - Asteroid 3124 Kansas Closest Appraoch To Earth (1.764 AU)
May 16 - Asteroid 17062 Bardot Closest Approach To Earth (2.062 AU)
May 16 - 5th Anniversary (2011), STS-134 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, International Space Station)
May 16 - 150th Anniversary (1866), Norman Pogson's Discovery of Asteroid 87 Sylvia
May 17 - Comet 89P/Russell Closest Approach To Earth (1.691 AU)
May 17 - Comet C/2015 W1 (Gibbs) Perihelion (2.232 AU)
May 17 - Comet 129P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (3.313 AU)
May 17 - Comet 32P/Comas Sola At Opposition (3.554 AU)
May 17 - Comet 131P/Mueller At Opposition (3.736 AU)
May 17 - Comet P/2009 SK280 (Spacewatch-Hill) Closest Approach To Earth (4.091 AU)
May 17 - Aten Asteroid 5381 Sekmet Closest Approach To Earth (0.489 AU)
May 17 - Atira Asteroid 164294 (2004 XZ130) Closest Approach To Earth (0.667 AU)
May 17 - Asteroid 12382 Niagara Falls Closest Approach To Earth (1.713 AU)
May 17 - Asteroid 51824 Mikeanderson Closest Approach To Earth (2.040 AU)
May 17 - Asteroid 3933 Portugal Closest Approach To Earth (2.063 AU)
May 17 - Kuiper Belt Object 65407 (2002 RP120) At Opposition (26.911 AU)
May 18 - Comet 116P/Wild At Opposition (1.350 AU)
May 18 - Comet 214P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.521 AU)
May 18 - Comet P/2015 Q2 (Pimentel) Closest Approach To Earth (2.210 AU)
May 18 - Comet 217P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.094 AU)
May 18 - Asteroid 447 Valentine Closest Approach To Earth (2.096 AU)
May 18 - Roger Boscovich's 305th Birthday (1711)
May 19 - Comet P/2010 N1 (WISE) At Opposition (0.772 AU)
May 19 - Comet P/2006 F1 (Kowalski) Closest Approach To Earth (3.561 AU)
May 19 - Asteroid 6434 Jewitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.458 AU)
May 19 - Asteroid 1258 Sicilia Closest Approach To Earth (2.288 AU)
May 19 - 20th Anniversary (1996), STS-77 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, SPACEHAB)
May 19 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Mars 2 Launch (USSR Mars Orbiter/Lander)
May 19 - 1,155th Anniversary (861 AD) Meteorite Hit Shrine in Nogata, Japan
May 20 - Comet 78P/Gehrels At Opposition (4.282 AU)
May 20 - Asteroid 2873 Binzel Closest Approach To Earth (0.936 AU)
May 20 - Asteroid 9025 Polansky Closest Approach To Earth (2.067 AU)
May 20 - Asteroid 247553 Berndpauli Closest Approach To Earth (3.263 AU)
* May 21 - Comet P/2016 A7 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.006 AU)
May 21 - Comet 111P/Helin-Roman-Crockett Closest Approach To Earth (3.490 AU)
May 21 - Asteroid 30857 Parsec Closest Approach To Earth (1.551 AU)
May 21 - Plutino 38628 Huya At Opposition (27.569 AU)
May 21 - Plutino 2006 HJ123 At Opposition (33.726 AU)
May 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #450 (OTM-450)
May 22 - Mars At Opposition
May 22 - Comet P/2001 H5 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.045 AU)
May 22 - Comet 111P/Helin-Roman-Crockett At Opposition (3.490 AU)
May 22 - Asteroid 71885 Denning Closest Approach To Earth (1.501 AU)
May 22 - Asteroid 727 Nipponia Closest Approach To Earth (1.868 AU)
* May 23 - Comet P/2016 A7 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.007 AU)
May 23 - Comet 289P/Blanpain At Opposition (3.672 AU)
May 23 - Comet C/2014 OE4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (5.765 AU)
May 23 - Asteroid 14094 Garneau Closest Approach To Earth (1.949 AU)
May 24 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 DL46 Near-Earth Flyby (0.016 AU)
May 24 - Daniel Fahrenheit's 330th Birthday (1686)
May 25 - Comet 224P/LINEAR-NEAT Perihelion (1.993 AU)
May 25 - Comet P/2015 C1 (TOTAS-Gibbs) At Opposition (3.034 AU)
May 25 - Apollo Asteroid 38086 Beowolf Closest Approach To Earth (0.437 AU)
May 25 - Asteroid 432971 Loving Closest Approach To Earth (1.455 AU)
May 25 - Asteroid 4589 McDowell Closest Approach To Earth (1.536 AU)
May 25 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Galileo, Callisto 30 Flyby
May 25 - 55th Anniversary (1961), John F. Kennedy's Moon Goal Speech
May 26 - Comet P/2012 T1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.632 AU)
May 26 - Comet P/2008 O2 (McNaught) At Opposition (3.608 AU)
May 26 - Asteroid 270553 Loureed Closest Approach To Earth (1.775 AU)
May 26 - Asteroid 6318 Cronkite Closest Approach To Earth (2.561 AU)
May 26 - Sally Ride's 65th Birthday (1951)
May 26 - Richard Carrington's 190th Birthday (1826)
May 27 - Comet P/2007 R3 (Gibbs) Perihelion (2.521 AU)
May 27 - Comet P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.184 AU)
May 27 - Comet C/2011 KP36 (Spacewatch) Perihelion (4.882 AU)
May 27 - 85th Anniversary (1931), 1st US Full Scale Wind Tunnel Opened at
Langley Field Research Center
May 28 - Pluto Stamps Dedicated
May 28 - Comet 140P/Bowell-Skiff At Opposition (2.358 AU)
May 28 - Comet P/2010 P4 (WISE) Closest Approach To Earth (2.813 AU)
May 28 - Comet P/2000 S1 (Skiff) At Opposition (3.005 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 9523 Torino Closest Approach To Earth (1.372 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 3414 Champollion Closest Approach To Earth (1.387 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 11020 Orwell Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 88705 Potato Closest Approach To Earth (1.895 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 2742 Gibson Closest Approach To Earth (2.087 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (2.217 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 588 Achilles (Jupiter Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (4.896 AU)
May 28 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Mars 3 Launch (USSR Mars Orbiter/Lander)
May 28 - Alfred Nier's 105th Birthday (1911)
May 28 - Placidus Fixlmillner's 295th Birthday (1721)
May 29 - Comet P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR) At Opposition (3.185 AU)
May 29 - Asteroid 4125 Lew Allen Closest Approach To Earth (0.866 AU)
May 29 - Asteroid 3852 Glennford Closest Approach To Earth (2.490 AU)
May 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 2007 JH43 At Opposition (39.549 AU)
May 30 - Comet P/2014 W2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.631 AU)
May 30 - Comet 210P/Christensen At Opposition (4.259 AU)
May 30 - Asteroid 9253 Oberth Closest Approach To Earth (1.356 AU)
May 30 - Asteroid 7225 Huntress Closest Approach To Earth (1.604 AU)
May 30 - Asteroid 14061 Nagincox Closest Approach To Earth (1.701 AU)
May 30 - Asteroid 241 Germania Closest Approach To Earth (2.090 AU)
May 30 - Asteroid 2598 Merlin Closest Approach To Earth (2.359 AU)
May 30 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Mariner 9 Launch (USA Mars Orbiter)
May 30 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Surveyor 1 Launch (USA Moon Lander)
May 30 - Joseph Kennedy's 100th Birthday (1916)
May 31 - CRS-5 (OA-5) Antares-230 Launch (International Space Station)
* May 31 - Juno, Trajectory Correction Maneuver
May 31 - Comet C/2014 Y1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.727 AU)
May 31 - Comet 216P/LINEAR Perihelion (2.150 AU)
May 31 - Comet 136P/Mueller Perihelion (2.979 AU)
May 31 - Comet P/2008 O2 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (3.605 AU)
May 31 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 YU1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)
May 31 - Apollo Asteroid 37655 Illapa Closest Approach To Earth (1.017 AU)
May 31 - Asteroid 13606 Bean Closest Approach To Earth (1.170 AU)
May 31 - Asteroid 327695 Yokoono Closest Approach To Earth (1.365 AU)
May 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 278361 (2007 JJ43) At Opposition (40.132 AU)
June 2016
Jun ?? - IRNSS-1G PSLV-XL Launch
Jun ?? - Microscope Ariane 5 Launch
Jun ?? - Uragan-M Soyuz-21b/Fregat-M Launch
Jun 01 - Comet P/2015 Q2 (Pimentel) At Opposition (2.260 AU)
Jun 01 - Comet P/2012 T1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.626 AU)
Jun 01 - Asteroid 24997 Petergabriel Closest Approach To Earth (1.225 AU)
Jun 01 - Asteroid 73520 Boslough Closest Approach To Earth (2.217 AU)
Jun 01 - Asteroid 8423 Macao Closest Approach To Earth (2.642 AU)
Jun 01 - 5th Anniversary (2011), Final Landing of Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-134)
Jun 02 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Surveyor 1, Moon Landing
Jun 02 - Comet C/2014 OE4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.755 AU)
Jun 02 - Asteroid 73511 Lovas Closest Approach To Earth (1.923 AU)
* Jun 03 - Moon Occults Mercury
Jun 03 - Saturn At Opposition
Jun 03 - Comet P/1999 J6 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (2.744 AU)
Jun 03 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 9 Launch (Thomas Stafford & Eugene Cernan)
Jun 03 - Asteroid 228029 MANIAC Closest Approach To Earth (0.940 AU)
Jun 03 - Asteroid 7644 Cslewis Closest Approach To Earth (1.663 AU)
Jun 03 - Asteroid 73520 Boslough Closest Approach To Earth (1.810 AU)
Jun 03 - Asteroid 293 Brasilia Closest Approach To Earth (1.916 AU)
Jun 03 - Asteroid 1604 Tombaugh Closest Approach To Earth (2.041 AU)
Jun 03 - Asteroid 656 Beagle Closest Approach To Earth (2.159 AU)
Jun 03 - Asteroid 624 Hektor (Jupiter Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (4.290 AU)
Jun 03 - James Hutton's 290th Birthday (1726)
Jun 04 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #451 (OTM-451)
Jun 04 - Comet 14P/Wolf At Opposition (3.123 AU)
Jun 04 - Comet 70P/Kojima At Opposition (3.170 AU)
Jun 04 - Asteroid 90022 Apache Point Closest Approach To Earth (1.537 AU)
Jun 04 - Asteroid 508 Princetonia Closest Approach To Earth (2.134 AU)
Jun 04 - Asteroid 18125 Brianwilson Closest Approach To Earth (2.183 AU)
Jun 04 - Asteroid 1125 China Closest Approach To Earth (2.647 AU)
Jun 04 - 70th Anniversary (1946), Great Eruptive Prominence of 1946
Jun 05 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (24 Degrees)
Jun 05 - Comet 157P/Tritton Closest Approach To Earth (2.363 AU)
Jun 05 - Comet P/2015 A3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.031 AU)
Jun 05 - Asteroid 87 Sylvia Occults 2UCAC 21818498 (12.3 Magnitude Star)
Jun 05 - Apollo Asteroid 3360 Syrinx Closest Approach To Earth (0.293 AU)
Jun 05 - Asteroid 9777 Enterprise Closest Approach To Earth (0.946 AU)
Jun 05 - Asteroid 6560 Pravdo Closest Approach To Earth (1.156 AU)
Jun 05 - Asteroid 876 Scott Closest Approach To Earth (2.121 AU)
Jun 05 - Asteroid 5107 Laurenbacall Closest Approach To Earth (2.384 AU)
Jun 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 KZ39 At Opposition (45.124 AU)
Jun 05 - 25th Anniversary (1991), STS-40 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, Spacelab)
Jun 06 - Aten Asteroid 2006 JF42 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
Jun 06 - Asteroid 9325 Stonehenge Closest Approach To Earth (1.449 AU)
Jun 06 - Asteroid 2531 Cambridge Closest Approach To Earth (2.077 AU)
Jun 06 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Soyuz 11 Launch
Jun 06 - Thomas Russell Wilkins' 125th Birthday (1891)
Jun 06 - Regiomontanus' 580th Birthday (1436)
Jun 07 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Jun 07 - Comet 73P-AY/Schwassmann-Wachmann Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
Jun 07 - Comet 73P-AZ/Schwassmann-Wachmann Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
Jun 07 - Comet P/2010 N1 (WISE) Closest Approach To Earth (0.741 AU)
Jun 07 - Comet P/2004 T1 (LINEAR-NEAT) At Opposition (2.870 AU)
Jun 07 - Asteroid 13123 Tyson Closest Approach To Earth (1.025 AU)
Jun 07 - Apollo Asteroid 65803 Didymos Closest Approach To Earth (1.742 AU)
Jun 07 - Asteroid 2864 Soderblom Closest Approach To Earth (1.854 AU)
Jun 07 - Asteroid 8103 Fermi Closest Approach To Earth (1.857 AU)
Jun 07 - Asteroid 18728 Grammier Closest Approach To Earth (2.029 AU)
Jun 07 - 60th Anniversary (1956), Dogs Albina & Kozyavka Launched Into Space
Jun 08 - Asteroid 8629 Chucklorre Closest Approach To Earth (2.297 AU)
Jun 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 174567 Varda At Opposition (46.017 AU)
Jun 08 - Joe Veverka's 75th Birthday (1941)
Jun 09 - Comet P/2001 H5 (NEAT) At Opposition (2.088 AU)
Jun 09 - Aten Asteroid 2009 KR4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
Jun 09 - Asteroid 2579 Spartacus Closest Approach To Earth (1.031 AU)
Jun 09 - Asteroid 2688 Halley Closest Approach To Earth (1.743 AU)
Jun 09 - Asteroid 249516 Aretha Closest Approach To Earth (2.273 AU)
Jun 09 - Asteroid 3341 Hartmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.319 AU)
Jun 09 - Asteroid 48575 Hawaii Closest Approach To Earth (2.353 AU)
Jun 09 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Venus Flytrap Meteorite Launch
Jun 09 - 150th Anniversary (1866), Knyahinya Meteorite Shower in Russia
Jun 10 - Dragon CRS-10/SAGE 3 Falcon 9 Launch
Jun 10 - Comet 252P/LINEAR At Opposition (0.548 AU)
Jun 10 - Comet 157P/Tritton Perihelion (1.358 AU)
Jun 10 - Comet 214P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.578 AU)
Jun 10 - Comet 202P/Scotti Perihelion (2.518 AU)
Jun 10 - Asteroid 9998 ISO Closest Approach To Earth (1.245 AU)
Jun 10 - Asteroid 10111 Frensel Closest Approach To Earth (1.569 AU)
Jun 10 - Yanga Fernandez's 45th Birthday (1971)
Jun 10 - Antonin Becvar's 115th Birthday (1901)
Jun 10 - John Dollond's 310th Birthday (1706)
Jun 11 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #452 (OTM-452)
Jun 11 - Asteroid 3353 Jarvis Closest Approach To Earth (0.709 AU)
Jun 11 - Asteroid 1095 Tulipa Closest Approach To Earth (2.044 AU)
Jun 11 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Google Earth Released
Jun 12 - Aten Asteroid 2002 LY1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU))
Jun 12 - Asteroid 3989 Odin Closest Approach To Earth (1.422 AU)
Jun 12 - Asteroid 4922 Leshin Closest Approach To Earth (1.730 AU)
Jun 12 - Asteroid 11836 Eileen Closest Approach To Earth (2.191 AU)
Jun 12 - Hermann Ganswindt's 160th Birthday (1856)
Jun 12 - Oliver Lodge's 165th Birthday (1851)
Jun 13 - Comet 46P/Wirtanen At Opposition (4.085 AU)
Jun 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 XZ378 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
Jun 13 - Asteroid 2409 Chapman Closest Approach To Earth (1.201 AU)
Jun 13 - Apollo Asteroid 9162 Kwiila Closest Approach To Earth (1.238 AU)
Jun 13 - Asteroid 15614 Pillinger Closest Approach To Earth (1.874 AU)
Jun 13 - Asteroid 296907 Alexander Closest Approach To Earth (2.133 AU)
Jun 13 - Luis Alvarez's 105th Birthday (1911)
Jun 13 - Erwin Muller's 105th Birthday (1911)
Jun 13 - James Maxwell's 185th Birthday (1831)
Jun 14 - Comet P/2011 A2 (Scotti) Perihelion (1.553 AU)
Jun 14 - Asteroid 22521 ZZ Top Closest Approach To Earth (1.111 AU)
Jun 14 - Asteroid 19535 Rowanatkinson Closest Approach To Earth (1.309 AU)
Jun 14 - Asteroid 2999 Dante Closest Approach To Earth (1.458 AU)
Jun 14 - Asteroid 87 Sylvia Closest Approach To Earth (2.363 AU)
Jun 14 - Charles-Augustin Coulomb's 280th Birthday (1736)
Jun 15 - Apollo Asteroid 382758 (2003 GY) Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
Jun 15 - Asteroid 6154 Stevesynnott Closest Approach To Earth (1.008 AU)
Jun 15 - Asteroid 6135 Billowen Closest Approach To Earth (1.257 AU)
Jun 15 - Amor Asteroid 3757 Anagolay Closest Approach To Earth (1.625 AU)
Jun 15 - Asteroid 17058 Rocknroll Closest Approach To Earth (1.783 AU)
Jun 15 - Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark Closest Approach To Earth (2.453 AU)
Jun 15 - Plutino 28978 Ixion At Opposition (38.939 AU)
Jun 15 - 195th Anniversary (1821), Juvinas Meteorite Fall in France (Eucrite)
Jun 16 - Comet P/2005 W4 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (0.781 AU)
Jun 16 - Comet 118P/Shoemaker-Levy Perihelion (1.980 AU)
Jun 16 - Aten Asteroid 2002 LT38 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
Jun 16 - Asteroid 1677 Tycho Brahe Closest Approach To Earth (1.340 AU)
Jun 16 - Asteroid 3728 IRAS Closest Approach To Earth (2.307 AU)
Jun 16 - Robert Burnham, Jr.'s 85th Birthday (1931)
Jun 16 - 105th Anniversary (1911), Kilbourn Meteorite Fall (Hit Barn in Wisconsin)
Jun 16 - Julius Plucker's 215th Birthday (1801)
Jun 17 - Comet P/2010 B2 (WISE) Closest Approach To Earth (2.248 AU)
Jun 17 - Comet 164P/Christensen At Opposition (3.793 AU)
Jun 17 - Apollo Asteroid 7092 Cadmus Closest Approach To Earth (0.906 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid 8256 Shenzhou Closest Approach To Earth (1.684 AU)
Jun 17 - Binary Asteroid 90 Antiope Closest Approach To Earth (1.775 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid 449 Hamburga Closest Approach To Earth (1.818 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid 15550 Sydney Closest Approach To Earth (1.856 AU)
Jun 17 - Centaur Object 5145 Pholus At Opposition (25.904 AU)
Jun 18 - Comet C/2015 T4 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.296 AU)
Jun 18 - Comet P/2000 S1 (Skiff) Closest Approach To Earth (2.948 AU)
Jun 18 - Asteroid 11714 Mikebrown Closest Approach To Earth (1.167 AU)
Jun 18 - Allan Sandage's 90th Birthday (1926)
Jun 18 - Denison Olmstead's 225th Birthday (1791)
Jun 19 - Comet 73P-AY/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (1.026 AU)
Jun 19 - Comet 73P-AZ/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (1.027 AU)
Jun 19 - Comet 266P/Christensen At Opposition (3.637 AU)
Jun 19 - Asteroid 10958 Mont Blanc Closest Approach To Earth (1.335 AU)
Jun 19 - Apollo Asteroid 4034 Vishnu Closest Approach To Earth (1.351 AU)
Jun 19 - Asteroid 69263 Big Ben Closest Approach To Earth (1.697 AU)
Jun 19 - Asteroid 8626 Melissarauch Closest Approach To Earth (1.897 AU)
Jun 19 - 40th Anniversary (1976), Viking 1, Mars Orbit Insertion
Jun 20 - Summer Solstice, 22:34 UT
Jun 20 - Comet 219P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.825 AU)
Jun 20 - Comet 103P/Hartley At Opposition (2.314 AU)
Jun 20 - Comet C/2015 H2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.200 AU)
Jun 20 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 CV Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)
Jun 20 - Asteroid 224 Oceana Closest Appraoch To Earth (1.525 AU)
Jun 20 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar At Opposition (41.947 AU)
Jun 20 - 20th Anniversary (1996), STS-78 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, Spacelab)
Jun 21 - Soyuz MS-1 Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 47S)
Jun 21 - Comet P/2004 T1 (LINEAR-NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.843 AU)
Jun 21 - Comet 198P/ODAS At Opposition (3.894 AU)
Jun 21 - Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell At Opposition (4.250 AU)
Jun 21 - Aten Asteroid 2013 ND15 (Venus Trojan) Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
Jun 21 - Asteroid 3953 Perth Closest Approach To Earth (1.273 AU)
Jun 21 - Asteroid 264020 Stuttgart Closest Approach To Earth (1.677 AU)
Jun 21 - Asteroid 293909 Matterhorn Closest Approach To Earth (1.701 AU)
Jun 21 - Asteroid 171381 Taipei Closest Approach To Earth (1.872 AU)
Jun 21 - Herbert Friedman's 100th Birthday (1916)
Jun 22 - Comet C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (0.640 AU)
Jun 22 - Asteroid 87 Sylvia Occults TYC 6815-03609-1 (11.7 Magnitude Star)
Jun 22 - Apollo Asteroid 10563 Izhdubar Closest Approach To Earth (0.642 AU)
Jun 22 - Asteroid 263251 Pandabear Closest Approach To Earth (1.187 AU)
Jun 22 - Asteroid 16522 Tell Closest Approach To Earth (2.037 AU)
Jun 22 - Asteroid 3259 Brownlee Closest Approach To Earth (2.044 AU)
Jun 22 - Asteroid 6030 Zolensky Closest Approach To Earth (2.191 AU)
Jun 22 - 40th Anniversary (1976), Salyut 5 Launch (USSR Space Station)
Jun 23 - Asteroid 215423 Winnecke Closest Approach To Earth (1.033 AU)
Jun 23 - Amor Asteroid 3199 Nefertiti Closest Approach To Earth (1.850 AU)
Jun 23 - Asteroid 4701 Milani Closest Approach To Earth (1.869 AU)
Jun 24 - NROL-61 Atlas 5 Launch
Jun 24 - Aten Asteroid 441987 (2010 NY65) Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
Jun 24 - Aten Asteroid 2014 OL339 Closest Approach To Earth (0.277 AU)
Jun 24 - Apollo Asteroid 85585 Mjolnir Closest Approach To Earth (0.747 AU)
Jun 24 - Apollo Asteroid 5731 Zeus Closest Approach To Earth (1.273 AU)
Jun 24 - Asteroid 4037 Ikeya Closest Approach To Earth (2.215 AU)
Jun 24 - Centaur Object 10370 Hylonome At Opposition (22.364 AU)
Jun 24 - Ellison Onizuka's 70th Birthday (1946)
Jun 24 - Robert Sharp's 105th Birthday (1911)
Jun 24 - 135th Anniversary (1881) - William Huggins Makes 1st Photographic Spectrum of a Comet (1881 III)
Jun 25 - Echostar 21 Proton Launch
Jun 25 - Comet P/1999 J6 (SOHO) At Opposition (2.824 AU)
Jun 26 - Moon Occults Neptune
Jun 26 - Comet C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (0.659 AU)
Jun 26 - Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova At Opposition (1.665 AU)
Jun 26 - Comet C/2014 W5 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.066 AU)
Jun 26 - Comet 293P/Spacewatch At Opposition (3.828 AU)
Jun 26 - Comet C/2015 H2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.196 AU)
Jun 26 - Asteroid 15371 Steward Closest Approach To Earth (1.684 AU)
Jun 26 - Centaur Object 55576 Amycus At Opposition (18.752 AU)
Jun 26 - 10th Anniversary (2006), Scott Sheppard et al's Discovery of Saturn Moons Surtur, Jarnsaxa, Greip & Loge
Jun 27 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo At Opposition (14.377 AU)
Jun 27 - 5th Anniversary (2011), Artemis P1, Moon Orbit Insertion
Jun 27 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Discovery of SAU 060 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Jun 27 - 20th Anniversary (1996), Galileo, Ganymede 1 Flyby
Jun 27 - 85th Anniversary (1931), Tatahouine Meteorite Shower in Tunisia
Jun 27 - Merle Tuve's 115th Birthday (1901)
Jun 28 - Comet 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT At Opposition (1.979 AU)
Jun 28 - Asteroid 19620 Auckland Closest Approach To Earth (2.082 AU)
Jun 28 - Neptune Trojan 2008 LC18 At Opposition (31.444 AU)
Jun 28 - 5th Anniversary (2011), Mark Showalter's et al's Discovery of Pluto Moon Kerberos
Jun 28 - Elon Musk's 45th Birthday (1971)
Jun 28 - 105th Anniversary (1911), Nakhla Meteorite Fall in Egypt (Mars Meteorite, Hit Dog)
Jun 29 - Asteroid 13667 Samthurman Closest Approach To Earth (1.486 AU)
Jun 29 - Asteroid 9766 Bradbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.631 AU)
Jun 29 - Asteroid 4547 Massachusetts Closest Approach To Earth (1.762 AU)
Jun 29 - Ludmila Pajdusakova's 100th Birthday (1916)
Jun 30 - Dawn, End of Primary Mission
Jun 30 - EKS N2/Tundra 12L Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
Jun 30 - Comet 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR Perihelion (1.430 AU)
Jun 30 - Asteroid 12608 Aesop Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU)
Jun 30 - Apollo Asteroid 4257 Ubasti Closest Approach To Earth (1.758 AU)
Jun 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 307261 (2002 MS4) At Opposition (45.827 AU)
Jun 30 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Death of 3 Cosmonauts in Soyuz 11
July 2016
Jul ?? - Progress 62 Reentry into Earth's Atmosphere
Jul ?? - Perusat 1/SkySat 4-7 Vega Launch
Jul ?? - Sentinel 2B Rokot-KM Launch
Jul ?? - Quantum Science Satellite (QSS) CZ-2D Launch
Jul ?? - Tansat CZ-2D Launch
Jul 01 - Comet 207P/NEAT Perihelion (0.937 AU)
Jul 01 - Asteroid 12773 Lyman Closest Approach To Earth (1.743 AU)
Jul 01 - Asteroid 5720 Halweaver Closest Approach To Earth (1.979 AU)
Jul 01 - Asteroid 8624 Kaleycuoco Closest Approach To Earth (2.099 AU)
Jul 01 - Iosif Shklovsky's 100th Birthday (1916)
* Jul 02 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Jul 02 - Comet P/2005 W4 (SOHO) Perihelion (0.053 AU)
Jul 02 - Comet 208P/McMillan Perihelion (2.545 AU)
Jul 02 - Hans Bethe's 110th Birthday (1906)
Jul 03 - Comet 219P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.804 AU)
Jul 03 - Comet P/2010 B2 (WISE) At Opposition (2.282 AU)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 35977 Lexington Closest Approach To Earth (1.752 AU)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 3905 Doppler Closest Approach To Earth (2.156 AU)
Jul 03 - Robert Haag's 60th Birthday (1956)
Jul 04 - Juno, Jupiter Orbit Insertion
Jul 04 - Progress MS-3 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 64P)
Jul 04 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
Jul 04 - Mars Autumnal Equinox
Jul 04 - Comet P/2013 W1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.206 AU)
Jul 04 - Asteroid 7919 Prime Closest Approach To Earth (1.153 AU)
Jul 04 - Asteroid 56678 Alicewessen Closest Approach To Earth (2.070 AU)
Jul 04 - Asteroid 15783 Briancox Closest Approach To Earth (2.308 AU)
Jul 04 - Asteroid 365756 ISON Closest Approach To Earth (7.240 AU)
Jul 04 - 10th Anniversary (2006), STS-121 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, International Space Station)
Jul 04 - Richard Garriot's 55th Birthday (1961)
Jul 05 - Comet 207P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.934 AU)
Jul 05 - Comet C/2014 W5 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.090 AU)
Jul 05 - Comet 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson At Opposition (2.391 AU)
Jul 05 - Comet 145P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (2.760 AU)
Jul 05 - Comet P/2009 WX51 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (2.864 AU)
Jul 05 - Asteroid 230975 Rogerfederer Closest Approach To Earth (1.820 AU)
Jul 05 - Asteroid 12574 LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (1.909 AU)
Jul 05 - Asteroid 31319 Vespucci Closest Approach To Earth (2.255 AU)
Jul 05 - Asteroid 5190 Fry Closest Approach To Earth (2.793 AU)
Jul 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 At Opposition (42.313 AU)
Jul 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 PN70 At Opposition (43.028 AU)
Jul 06 - Comet P/2008 T4 (Hill) At Opposition (3.692 AU)
Jul 06 - Asteroid 31664 Randiiwessen Closest Approach To Earth (1.483 AU)
Jul 06 - Asteroid 3430 Bradfield Closest Approach To Earth (1.529 AU)
Jul 07 - Comet P/2010 D1 (WISE) At Opposition (2.944 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults 2UCAC 36922360 (12.5 Magnitude Star)
Jul 07 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo Occults UCAC4-279-186300 (12.9 Magnitude Star)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 736 Harvard Closest Approach To Earth (0.950 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 8630 Billprady Closest Approach To Earth (1.055 AU)
Jul 07 - Atira Asteroid 413563 (2005 TG45) Closest Approach To Earth (1.186 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 23638 Nagano Closest Approach To Earth (1.491 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 7100 Martin Luther Closest Approach To Earth (1.630 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 30439 Moe Closest Approach To Earth (1.643 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 1618 Dawn Closest Approach To Earth (1.777 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 3255 Tholen Closest Approach To Earth (1.962 AU)
Jul 07 - Lou Friedman's 75th Birthday (1941)
Jul 07 - Rudolf Wolf's 200th Birthday (1816)
Jul 08 - Dwarf Planet 134340 Pluto At Opposition (32.115 AU)
Jul 08 - Comet 96P/Machholz At Opposition (3.982 AU)
Jul 08 - Comet 171P/Spahr At Opposition (4.082 AU)
Jul 08 - Asteroid 3869 Norton Closest Approach To Earth (1.174 AU)
Jul 08 - Asteroid 10001 Palermo Closest Approach To Earth (1.475 AU)
Jul 08 - Apollo Asteroid 11885 Summanus Closest Approach To Earth (1.558 AU)
Jul 08 - 5th Anniversary (2011), STS-135 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space Station, Final Space Shuttle Launch)
Jul 09 - Moon Occults Jupiter
Jul 09 - Comet 73P-AF/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (1.027 AU)
Jul 09 - Asteroid 4923 Clarke Closest Approach To Earth (0.718 AU)
Jul 09 - Apollo Asteroid 101955 Bennu Closest Approach To Earth (1.375 AU)
Jul 09 - Asteroid 5725 Nordlingen Closest Approach To Earth (1.886 AU)
Jul 09 - Asteroid 51825 Davidbrown Closest Approach To Earth (2.100 AU)
Jul 09 - John Wheeler's 105th Birthday (1911)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 4768 Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (1.784 AU)
Jul 10 - Nikola Tesla's 160th Birthday (1856)
Jul 11 - Comet C/2015 J2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.046 AU)
Jul 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2010 WT8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
Jul 11 - Asteroid 300221 Brucebills Closest Approach To Earth (2.331 AU)
Jul 12 - Comet 240P/NEAT At Opposition (3.521 AU)
Jul 12 - Asteroid 1381 Danubia Closest Approach To Earth (1.454 AU)
Jul 12 - Asteroid 7028 Tachikawa Closest Approach To Earth (1.705 AU)
Jul 12 - Asteroid 2198 Ceplecha Closest Approach To Earth (1.754 AU)
Jul 12 - Asteroid 3174 Alcock Closest Approach To Earth (2.572 AU)
Jul 12 - 15th Anniversary (2001), STS-104 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space Station)
Jul 13 - Comet 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.948 AU)
Jul 13 - Asteroid 1584 Fuji Closest Approach To Earth (1.779 AU)
Jul 14 - Comet P/2010 N1 (WISE) Perihelion (1.655 AU)
Jul 14 - Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (4.907 AU)
Jul 14 - Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (4.907 AU)
Jul 14 - 10th Anniversary (2006), Moss Meteorite Fall (Hit Cabin in Norway)
Jul 15 - Comet 279P/La Sagra Perihelion (2.159 AU)
Jul 15 - Comet 103P/Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (2.232 AU)
Jul 15 - Apollo Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.655 AU)
Jul 15 - Asteroid 12426 Racquetball Closest Approach To Earth (1.383 AU)
Jul 15 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu Leaves Jupiter
Orbit
Jul 15 - Donna Shirley's 75th Birthday (1941)
Jul 16 - Mercury Passes 0.5 Degrees From Venus
Jul 16 - Comet 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson Closest Approach To Earth (2.376 AU)
Jul 16 - Comet 69P/Taylor At Opposition (4.115 AU)
Jul 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 BD Closest Approach To Earth (0.442 AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 6042 Chesirecat Closest Approach To Earth (1.520 AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 84225 Verish Closest Approach To Earth (1.698 AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 7645 Pons Closest Approach To Earth (1.725 AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 63163 Jerusalem Closest Approach To Earth (1.729 AU)
Jul 16 - Amor Asteroid 153591 (2001 SN263) Closest Approach To Earth (1.972 AU)
Jul 16 - 5th Anniversary (2011), Dawn, Asteroid Vesta Orbit Insertion
Jul 16 - Giuseppe Piazzi's 270th Birthday (1746)
Jul 17 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #453 (OTM-453)
Jul 17 - Asteroid 5050 Doctorwatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.459 AU)
Jul 17 - 5th Anniversary (2011), Artemis P2, Moon Orbit Insertion
Jul 18 - Comet P/2005 W4 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (0.739 AU)
Jul 18 - Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham Perihelion (2.508 AU)
Jul 18 - Comet P/2010 D1 (WISE) Closest Approach To Earth (2.928 AU)
Jul 18 - Comet P/2011 W2 (Rinner) At Opposition (4.045 AU)
Jul 18 - Asteroid 184011 Andypuckett Closest Approach To Earth (1.281 AU)
Jul 18 - Asteroid 67085 Oppenheimer Closest Approach To Earth (1.669 AU)
Jul 18 - Asteroid 2597 Arthur Closest Approach To Earth (2.023 AU)
Jul 18 - Asteroid 1655 Comas Sola Closest Approach To Earth (2.220 AU)
Jul 18 - 5th Anniversary (2011), Tissint Meterite Fall in Morocco (Mars Meteorite)
Jul 19 - Comet 73P-AW/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (1.024 AU)
Jul 19 - Asteroid 7169 Linda Closest Approach To Earth (0.849 AU)
Jul 19 - Asteroid 3192 A'Hearn Closest Approach To Earth (1.697 AU)
Jul 19 - Asteroid 671 Carnegia Closest Approach To Earth (2.276 AU)
Jul 19 - Asteroid 2266 Tchaikovsky Closest Approach To Earth (2.845 AU)
Jul 19 - Edward Pickering's 170th Birthday (1846)
Jul 20 - Comet 81P/Wild Perihelion (1.592 AU)
Jul 20 - Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux At Opposition (3.976 AU)
Jul 20 - Asteroid 12927 Pinocchio Closest Approach To Earth (1.306 AU)
Jul 20 - 60th Anniversary (1956), Frederick Reines' & Clyde Cowan's Discovery
of Neutrinos
Jul 20 - Vladimir Lyakhov's 75th Birthday (1941)
Jul 21 - GSSAP-3/GSSAP-4 (AFSPC 6) Delta 4 Launch
Jul 21 - Comet C/2015 T4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.416 AU)
Jul 21 - Aten Asteroid 2014 BT8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
Jul 21 - Asteroid 5905 Johnson Closest Approach To Earth (0.895 AU)
Jul 21 - Asteroid 1740 Paavo Nurmi Closest Approach To Earth (1.307 AU)
Jul 21 - 5th Anniversary (2011), Space Shuttle Atlantis Makes Its Final Landing (STS-135)
Jul 21 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Mercury 4 Launch (Gus Grissom, Liberty Bell
7)
Jul 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #454 (OTM-454)
Jul 22 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults TYC 1133-00151-1 (11.3 Magnitude Star)
Jul 22 - Amor Asteroid 154244 (2002 KL6) Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
Jul 22 - Asteroid 484 Pittsburghia Closest Approach To Earth (1.508 AU)
Jul 22 - 65th Anniversary (1951), Launch of the 1st Dogs Into Space (Dezik & Tsygan)
Jul 23 - Moon Occults Neptune
Jul 23 - Comet 145P/Shoemaker-Levy Closest Approach To Earth (2.718 AU)
Jul 23 - Comet P/2009 WX51 (Catalina) At Opposition (2.913 AU)
Jul 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 5000 Quaoar Occults 2UCAC 26273214 (14.5 Magnitude Star)
Jul 23 - Apollo Asteroid 4660 Nereus Closest Approach To Earth (1.958 AU)
Jul 23 - Asteroid 15417 Babylon Closest Approach To Earth (2.739 AU)
Jul 23 - Arthur Brown's 130th Birthday (1886)
Jul 24 - Comet P/2009 K1 (Gibbs) Perihelion (1.340 AU)
Jul 24 - Apollo Asteroid 162173 Ryugu Closest Approach To Earth (0.396 AU) (Hayabusa 2 Target)
Jul 24 - Asteroid 7000 Curie Closest Approach To Earth (1.135 AU)
Jul 24 - Asteroid 342843 Davidbowie Closest Approach To Earth (1.610 AU)
Jul 24 - Centaur Object 52872 Okyrhoe At Opposition (9.275 AU)
Jul 24 - Centaur Object 83982 Crantor At Opposition (16.999)
Jul 25 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Jul 25 - Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos At Opposition (1.651 AU)
Jul 25 - Comet 150P/LONEOS Perihelion (1.760 AU)
Jul 25 - Asteroid 4716 Urey Closest Approach To Earth (2.616 AU)
Jul 25 - 40th Anniversary (1976), Viking 1 Image of Cydonia Regon ("Face" on Mars)
Jul 26 - Comet 73P-AJ/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.957 AU)
Jul 26 - Comet 157P/Tritton At Opposition (2.469 AU)
Jul 26 - Asteroid 3265 Fletcher Closest Approach To Earth (1.258 AU)
Jul 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2135 Aristaeus Closest Approach To Earth (1.506 AU)
Jul 26 - Asteroid 52422 LPL Closest Approach To Earth (2.594 AU)
Jul 26 - Apollo Asteroid 217628 Lugh Closest Approach To Earth (3.261 AU)
Jul 26 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Apollo 15 Launch (4th Manned Moon Landing)
Jul 27 - SBIRS GEO 3 Atlas 5 Launch
Jul 27 - Comet 53P/Van Biesbroeck Closest Approach To Earth (1.529 AU)
Jul 27 - Comet P/2008 T1 (Boattini) At Opposition (2.103 AU)
Jul 27 - Comet C/2015 J2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.079 AU)
Jul 27 - Asteroid 12524 Conscience Closest Approach To Earth (0.914 AU)
Jul 27 - Asteroid 2614 Torrence Closest Approach To Earth (0.978 AU)
Jul 27 - Asteroid 342431 Hilo Closest Approach To Earth (1.293 AU)
Jul 27 - Centaur Object 944 Hidalgo At Opposition (5.450 AU)
Jul 27 - George Airy's 215th Birthday (1801)
Jul 28 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #455 (OTM-455)
Jul 28 - Comet 311P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (1.269 AU)
Jul 28 - Asteroid 6470 Aldrin Closest Approach To Earth (1.213 AU)
Jul 28 - Asteroid 16046 Gregnorman Closest Approach To Earth (2.269 AU)
* Jul 29 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Jul 29 - Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Closest Approach To Earth (1.526 AU)
Jul 29 - Comet C/2015 X7 (ATLAS) Perihelion (3.685 AU)
Jul 29 - Asteroid 7758 Poulanderson Closest Approach To Earth (1.166 AU)
Jul 29 - Asteroid 1554 Yugoslavia Closest Approach To Earth (1.236 AU)
Jul 29 - Asteroid 5451 Plato Closest Approach To Earth (1.243 AU)
Jul 29 - Apollo Asteroid 5011 Ptah Closest Approach To Earth (1.430 AU)
Jul 29 - Asteroid 144296 Steviewonder Closest Approach To Earth (1.520 AU)
Jul 29 - Asteroid 991 McDonalda Closest Approach To Earth (1.640 AU)
Jul 29 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Kokubunji Meteorite Fall (Hit Houses, Roads
in Japan)
Jul 30 - Comet P/2008 T1 (Boattini) Closest Approach To Earth (2.102 AU)
Jul 30 - Asteroid 564 Dudu Occults HIP 22850 (6.4 Magnitude Star)
Jul 30 - Asteroid 3767 DiMaggio Closest Approach To Earth (1.703 AU)
Jul 30 - 15th Anniversary (2001), WMAP, Moon Flyby
Jul 30 - 100th Anniversary (1916), Grigory Neujmin's Discovery of Asteroid 951 Gaspra
Jul 31 - Comet C/2015 M3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.671 AU)
Jul 31 - Atira Asteroid 2010 XB11 Closest Approach To Earth (0.741 AU)
Jul 31 - Asteroid 16155 Buddy Closest Approach To Earth (1.965 AU)
Jul 31 - Asteroid 15092 Beegees Closest Approach To Earth (2.095 AU)
Jul 31 - Asteroid 4772 Frankdrake Closest Approach To Earth (2.162 AU)
Jul 31 - 10th Anniversary (2006), Jodiya Meteorite Fall (Hit Houses in India)
Jul 31 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Dave Scott Becomes Person To Drive Vehicle on Moon (Apollo 15)
August 2016
Aug ?? - Iridium NEXT 3-12 Falcon 9 Launch
* Aug ?? - Insat 3DR GSLV Launch
Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 01 - Comet 73P-AF/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (0.277 AU)
Aug 01 - Comet 311P/PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (1.267 AU)
Aug 01 - Comet 59P/Kearns-Kwee At Opposition (4.085 AU)
Aug 01 - Asteroid 1373 Cincinnati Closest Approach To Earth (2.142 AU)
Aug 01 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Apollo 15 Astronauts Find Genesis Rock on Moon
Aug 01 - 105th Anniversary (1911), 1st American Woman Receives Pilot's License (Harriet Quimby)
Aug 02 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #456 (OTM-456)
Aug 02 - Comet 9P/Tempel Perihelion (1.542 AU)
Aug 02 - Amor Asteroid 433 Eros Occults HIP 110426 (9.0 Magnitude Star)
Aug 02 - Apollo Asteroid 3103 Eger Closest Approach To Earth (0.189 AU)
Aug 02 - Asteroid 4446 Carolyn Closest Approach To Earth (1.866 AU)
Aug 02 - Asteroid 8623 Johnnygalecki Closest Approach To Earth (2.314 AU)
Aug 02 - 25th Anniversary (1991), STS-43 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, TDRS)
Aug 02 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Havero Meteorite Fall (Hit Farm Building in
Finland)
Aug 03 - Comet 229P/Gibbs At Opposition (2.092 AU)
Aug 03 - Amor Asteroid 2005 OH3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU)
Aug 03 - Asteroid 8621 Jimparsons Closest Approach To Earth (1.641 AU)
Aug 03 - Asteroid 20 Massalia Closest Approach To Earth (1.690 AU)
Aug 03 - Asteroid 1288 Santa Closest Approach To Earth (1.730 AU)
Aug 03 - Asteroid 3524 Schulz Closest Approach To Earth (1.938 AU)
Aug 03 - Asteroid 8489 Boulder Closest Approach To Earth (1.981 AU)
Aug 03 - Asteroid 3975 Verdi Closest Approach To Earth (2.004 AU)
Aug 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 2008 OG19 At Opposition (37.613 AU)
Aug 03 - 420th Anniversary (1596), David Fabricius' Discovery of the First Perioidic Variable Star (Mira)
* Aug 04 - Moon Occults Mercury
Aug 04 - Comet 40P/Vaisala At Opposition (4.059 AU)
Aug 04 - Asteroid 3154 Grant Closest Approach To Earth (2.099 AU)
Aug 05 - Asteroid 15845 Bambi Closest Approach To Earth (1.157 AU)
Aug 05 - Asteroid 32605 Lucy Closest Approach To Earth (1.588 AU)
Aug 05 - Asteroid 18610 Arthurdent Closest Approach To Earth (1.962 AU)
Aug 05 - Centaur Object 37117 Narcissus At Opposition (5.228 AU)
Aug 05 - 5th Anniversary (2011), Juno Atlas 5 Launch (Jupiter Orbiter)
Aug 05 - Leonid Kizim's 75th Birthday (1941)
Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 06 - Moon Occults Jupiter
Aug 06 - Asteroid 10792 Ecuador Closest Approach To Earth (1.787 AU)
Aug 06 - Asteroid 2398 Jilin Closest Approach To Earth (1.823 AU)
Aug 06 - Asteroid 5661 Hildebrand Closest Approach To Earth (2.026 AU)
Aug 06 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Galileo, Io 31 Flyby
Aug 06 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Vostok 2 Launch (Gherman Titov - 2nd Man in
Space)
Aug 06 - William Wollaston's 250th Birthday (1766)
Aug 06 - 835th Anniversary (1181), Discovery of Supernova Cassiopeia
Aug 07 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #457 (OTM-457)
Aug 07 - Comet 53P/Van Biesbroeck At Opposition (1.544)
Aug 07 - Comet C/2014 R3 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (7.276 AU)
Aug 07 - Asteroid 6223 Dahl Closest Approach To Earth (1.522 AU)
Aug 07 - Kent Rominger's 60th Birthday (1956)
Aug 07 - 20th Anniversary (1996), Announcement of Possible Microfossils Found
in ALH84001 Martian Meteorite
Aug 07 - 40th Anniversary (1976), Viking 2, Mars Orbit Insertion
Aug 07 - Andrew Common's 175th Birthday (1841)
Aug 08 - Comet 5D/Brorsen At Opposition (3.283 AU)
Aug 08 - Asteroid 1002 Olbersia Closest Approach To Earth (1.382 AU)
Aug 08 - Asteroid 30440 Larry Closest Approach To Earth (1.748 AU)
Aug 08 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Genesis Launch (Solar Particle Sample Return)
Aug 09 - Comet 298P/Christensen At Opposition (3.843 AU)
Aug 09 - Atira Asteroid 418265 (2008 EA32) Closest Approach To Earth (0.599 AU)
Aug 09 - Asteroid 64070 NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.336 AU)
Aug 09 - Asteroid 5392 Parker Closest Approach To Earth (2.211 AU)
Aug 09 - 40th Anniversary (1976), Luna 24 Launch (USSR Moon Sample Return)
Aug 09 - Roman Romanenko's 45th Birthday (1971)
Aug 09 - William Fowler's 105th Birthday (1911)
Aug 10 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Aug 10 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Lunar Orbiter 1 Launch
Aug 10 - Apollo Asteroid 306367 Nut Closest Approach To Earth (1.658 AU)
Aug 10 - 15th Anniversary (2001), STS-105 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, International Space Station)
Aug 10 - Leonid Elenin's 35th Birthday (1981)
Aug 11 - Comet P/2015 K5 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.214 AU)
Aug 11 - Asteroid 54439 Topeka Closest Approach To Earth (1.360 AU)
Aug 11 - Asteroid 3001 Michelangelo Closest Approach To Earth (1.414 AU)
Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 12 - Asteroid 2985 Shakespeare Closest Approach To Earth (1.709 AU)
Aug 12 - Asteroid 1816 Liberia Closest Approach To Earth (1.845 AU)
Aug 12 - Asteroid 3297 Hong Kong Closest Approach To Earth (1.996 AU)
Aug 12 - Asteroid 294727 Dennisritchie Closest Approach To Earth (2.717 AU)
Aug 13 - Comet P/2013 EW90 (Tenagra) At Opposition (3.916 AU)
Aug 13 - Asteroid 9879 Mammuthus Closest Approach To Earth (0.812 AU)
Aug 13 - Asteroid 76272 De Jong Closest Approach To Earth (1.938 AU)
Aug 13 - Asteroid 5450 Sokrates Closest Approach To Earth (2.065 AU)
Aug 13 - Centaur Object 2015 JH1 At Opposition (3.115 AU)
Aug 13 - Herbert Turner's 155th Birthday (1861)
Aug 14 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #458 (OTM-458)
Aug 14 - Comet 73P-AW/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (0.417 AU)
Aug 14 - Comet C/2012 LP26 (Palomar) Closest Approach To Earth (5.972 AU)
Aug 14 - Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth (1.287 AU)
Aug 14 - Asteroid 3263 Bligh Closest Approach To Earth (1.507 AU)
Aug 14 - Asteroid 10957 Alps Closest Approach To Earth (1.915 AU)
Aug 14 - Asteroid 17627 Humptydumpty Closest Approach To Earth (2.512 AU)
* Aug 15 - CRS-11/NICER/CREAM Falcon 9 Launch
Aug 15 - 65th Anniversary (1951), Dogs Mishka & Chizhik Launched Into Space
Aug 16 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degress)
Aug 16 - Comet 229P/Gibbs Closest Approach To Earth (2.071 AU)
Aug 16 - Asteroid 87 Sylvia Occults TYC 6817-01360-1 (12.3 Magnitude Star)
Aug 16 - Asteroid 1631 Kopff Closest Approach To Earth (0.765 AU)
Aug 16 - Asteroid 4356 Marathon Closest Approach To Earth (1.480 AU)
Aug 16 - Asteroid 26858 Misterrogers Closest Approach To Earth (1.871 AU)
Aug 16 - Asteroid 227 Philosophia Closest Approach To Earth (2.106 AU)
Aug 16 - Asteroid 2228 Soyuz-Apollo Closest Approach To Earth (2.197 AU)
Aug 16 - Asteroid 5335 Damocles (Burnt Out Comet) At Opposition (20.102 AU)
Aug 16 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Explorer 12 Launch
Aug 17 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Pioneer 7 Launch
Aug 17 - Comet 225P/LINEAR Perihelion (1.325 AU)
Aug 17 - Comet C/2015 M3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.719 AU)
Aug 17 - Comet 60P/Tsuchinshan At Opposition (4.040 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 9619 Terrygilliam Closest Approach To Earth (0.796 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 2322 Kitt Peak Closest Approach To Earth (1.235 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 8749 Beatles Closest Approach To Earth (1.439 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 8625 Simonhelberg Closest Approach To Earth (1.478 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 46977 Krakow Closest Approach To Earth (2.036 AU)
Aug 17 - Elinor Smith's 105th Birthday (1911)
Aug 17 - Pierre de Fermat's 415th Birthday (1601)
Aug 18 - Comet 299P/Catalina-PANSTARRS At Opposition (3.035 AU)
Aug 18 - Comet P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) At Opposition (3.071 AU)
Aug 18 - Asteroid 100000 Astronautica Closest Approach To Earth (0.907 AU)
Aug 18 - Milton Humason's 125th Birthday (1891)
Aug 19 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #459 (OTM-459)
Aug 19 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
Aug 19 - Moon Occults Neptune
Aug 19 - Asteroid 6000 United Nations Closest Approach To Earth (1.268 AU)
Aug 19 - Asteroid 2039 Payne-Gaposchkin Closest Approach To Earth (2.584 AU)
Aug 19 - Charles Bolden's 70th Birthday (1946)
Aug 19 - Orville Wright's 145th Birthday (1871)
Aug 19 - John Flamsteed's 370th Birthday (1646)
Aug 20 - Comet 43P/Wolf-Harrington Perihelion (1.358 AU)
Aug 20 - Asteroid 164 Eva Occults HIP 64792 (5.3 Magnitude Star)
Aug 20 - Amor Asteroid 2014 RW22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
Aug 20 - Apollo Asteroid 54509 YORP Closest Approach To Earth (0.596 AU)
Aug 20 - Apollo Asteroid 1863 Antinous Closest Approach To Earth (0.767 AU)
Aug 21 - Comet 255P/Levy At Opposition (1.919 AU)
Aug 21 - Comet C/2015 W1 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (2.769 AU)
Aug 21 - Asteroid 2 Pallas At Opposition (8.7 Magnitude)
Aug 21 - Asteroid 295565 Hannover Closest Approach To Earth (1.248 AU)
Aug 21 - Asteroid 10379 Lake Placid Closest Approach To Earth (2.560 AU)
Aug 21 - Apollo Asteroid 4197 Morpheus Closest Approach To Earth (2.841 AU)
Aug 22 - Comet P/2007 VA85 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.482 AU)
Aug 22 - Comet 33P/Daniel Perihelion (2.160 AU)
Aug 22 - Comet C/2012 LP26 (Palomar) At Opposition (5.982 AU)
Aug 22 - Apollo Asteroid 3361 Orpheus Closest Approach To Earth (1.647 AU)
Aug 22 - Asteroid 30826 Coulomb Closest Approach To Earth (1.751 AU)
Aug 22 - Karl Kustner's 160th Birthday (1856)
Aug 23 - 50th Anniversary (1966), 1st Photo of Earth from Moon (Lunar Orbiter
1)
Aug 23 - Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (1.563 AU)
Aug 23 - Comet P/2015 F1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.602 AU)
Aug 24 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Luna 11 Launch (USSR Moon Orbiter)
Aug 24 - Comet P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.066 AU)
Aug 24 - Aten Asteroid 326290 Akhenaten Closest Approach To Earth (0.494 AU)
Aug 24 - Asteroid 44597 Thoreau Closest Approach To Earth (1.355 AU)
Aug 24 - Asteroid 4337 Arecibo Closest Approach To Earth (2.340 AU)
Aug 24 - 10th Anniversary (2006), Pluto Demoted As A Planet
* Aug 25 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Aug 25 - Mars Passes 4.4 Degrees from Saturn
Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 25 - Comet 73P-AJ/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (0.479 AU)
Aug 25 - Comet 176P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.725 AU)
Aug 25 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 1343-01188-1 (9.5 Magnitude Star)
Aug 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2005 QQ87 Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
Aug 25 - Asteroid 149 Medusa Closest Approach To Earth (1.129 AU)
Aug 25 - Asteroid 3313 Mendel Closest Approach To Earth (1.567 AU)
Aug 25 - Asteroid 242516 Lindseystirling Closest Approach To Earth (1.745 AU)
Aug 25 - Asteroid 2919 Dali Closest Approach To Earth (1.797 AU)
Aug 25 - Kuiper Belt Object 2004 NT33 At Opposition (38.053 AU)
Aug 26 - Comet C/2015 V4 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (5.465 AU)
Aug 26 - Amor Asteroid 433 Eros Closest Approach To Earth (0.725 AU)
Aug 26 - Atira Asteroid 2007 EB26 Closest Approach To Earth (0.882 AU)
Aug 26 - Asteroid 19019 Sunflower Closest Approach To Earth (1.223 AU)
Aug 26 - Asteroid 2451 Dollfus Closest Approach To Earth (1.377 AU)
Aug 26 - Asteroid 7554 Johnspencer Closest Approach To Earth (2.949 AU)
Aug 26 - Kuiper Belt Object 225088 (2007 OR10) At Opposition (86.591 AU)
Aug 26 - 35th Anniversary (1981), Voyager 2, Saturn Flyby
Aug 27 - Mercury Passes 5.3 Degrees From Venus
Aug 27 - Venus Passes 0.1 Degrees from Jupiter
Aug 27 - Comet C/2015 TQ209 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.413 AU)
Aug 27 - Asteroid 2281 Biela Closest Approach To Earth (0.879 AU)
Aug 27 - Asteroid 1762 Russell Closest Approach To Earth (1.744 AU)
Aug 27 - Centaur Object 7066 Nessus At Opposition (26.173 AU)
Aug 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 307982 (2004 PG115) At Opposition (36.953 AU)
Aug 28 - Comet 93P/Lovas At Opposition (1.460 AU)
Aug 28 - Comet 139P/Vaisala-Oterma At Opposition (2.969 AU)
Aug 28 - Comet 159P/LONEOS At Opposition (3.957 AU)
Aug 28 - Asteroid 14220 Alexgibbs Closest Approach To Earth (1.466 AU)
Aug 28 - Asteroid 11947 Kimclijsters Closest Approach To Earth (1.550 AU)
Aug 28 - Asteroid 10378 Ingmarbergman Closest Approach To Earth (1.829 AU)
Aug 28 - Asteroid 204852 Frankfurt Closest Approach To Earth (1.866 AU)
Aug 29 - Comet 176P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.723 AU)
Aug 29 - Comet P/2015 M2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.007 AU)
Aug 29 - Asteroid 118401 LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.722 AU)
Aug 29 - Asteroid 8721 AMOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.786 AU)
Aug 29 - Johann Holetschek's 160th Birthday (1846)
Aug 30 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
* Aug 30 - Comet C/2016 A8 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.895 AU)
Aug 30 - Comet C/2015 TQ209 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.405 AU)
Aug 30 - Comet 330P/Catalina Perihelion (2.953 AU)
Aug 30 - Binary Apollo Asteroid 69230 Hermes Closest Approach To Earth (1.197
AU)
Aug 30 - Plutino 175113 (2004 PF115) At Opposition (40.541 AU)
Aug 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 2003 QX113 At Opposition (58.936 AU)
Aug 30 - 25th Anniversary (1991), Yohkoh Launch
Aug 30 - Jack Swigert's 85th Birthday (1931)
Aug 30 - Ernest Rutherford's 145th Birthday (1871)
Aug 30 - Carl Runge's 160th Birthday (1856)
Aug 31 - Comet 73P-AA/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (1.022 AU)
Aug 31 - Comet 144P/Kushida Perihelion (1.431 AU)
Aug 31 - Comet 25D/Neujmin At Opposition (3.853 AU)
Aug 31 - Comet 232P/Hill At Opposition (4.169 AU)
Aug 31 - Asteroid 8080 Intel Closest Approach To Earth (1.107 AU)
Aug 31 - Asteroid 4352 Kyoto Closest Approach To Earth (1.627 AU)
Aug 31 - Apollo Asteroid 2201 Oljato Closest Approach To Earth (2.607 AU)
Aug 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 120178 (2003 OP32) At Opposition (41.166 AU)
Aug 31 - 25th Anniversary (1991), Noblesville Meteorite Fall in Indiana
Aug 31 - Robert Hanbury Brown's 100th Birthday (1916)
Aug 31 - William Usherwood's 195th Birthday (1821)
September 2016
Sep ?? - InSight, Mars Landing
Sep ?? - Rosetta, Crash Landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
* Sep ?? - Cartosat 2C/IMS 1B/NEMO-AM/SRE 2/GHGSat-D/Max Valier Sat/Swayam PSLV
Launch
Sep ?? - CSES 1 CZ-2C Launch
Sep ?? - SkySat 8-13/CPOD A & B/MinXSS 2 Minotaur-C-XL-3210 Launch
Sep 01 - Annular Solar Eclipse (Visible from Central Africa)
* Sep 01 - Comet C/2016 A8 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.052 AU)
Sep 01 - Comet P/2015 M2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (5.009 AU)
Sep 01 - Asteroid 4149 Harrison Occults HIP 5594 (5.9 Magnitude Star)
Sep 01 - Apollo Asteroid 357024 (1999 YR14) Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
Sep 01 - Asteroid 2912 Lapalma Closest Approach To Earth (1.438 AU)
Sep 01 - Asteroid 9548 Fortran Closest Approach To Earth (1.504 AU)
Sep 01 - Asteroid 27320 Vellinga Closest Approach To Earth (1.517 AU)
Sep 01 - 130th Anniversary (1886), 1st Photo Taken of Ring Nebula by Eugene von Gothard
Sep 02 - Moon Occults Jupiter
* Sep 02 - Comet C/2016 A8 (LINEAR) At Opposition (1.053 AU)
Sep 02 - Comet P/2015 F1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.616 AU)
Sep 02 - Asteroid 4103 Chahine Closest Approach To Earth (1.079 AU)
Sep 02 - Apollo Asteroid 25143 Itokawa Closest Approach To Earth (1.102 AU)
Sep 02 - Asteroid 7470 Jabberwock Closest Approach To Earth (1.377 AU)
Sep 02 - Asteroid 26715 South Dakota Closest Approach To Earth (1.632 AU)
Sep 03 - OSIRIS-REx Atlas 5 Launch (Asteroid Sample Return Mission)
Sep 03 - Moon Occults Venus
Sep 03 - Neptune At Opposition
Sep 03 - Comet 139P/Vaisala-Oterma Closest Approach To Earth (2.964 AU)
Sep 03 - 10th Anniversary (2006), SMART-1, Moon Impact
Sep 03 - 40th Anniversary (1976), Viking 2, Mars Landing
Sep 04 - Comet 188P/LINEAR-Mueller At Opposition (1.796 AU)
Sep 04 - Comet P/2011 VJ5 (Lemmon) At Opposition (3.259 AU)
Sep 04 - Asteroid 6790 Pingouin Closest Approach To Earth (0.988 AU)
Sep 04 - Asteroid 9618 Johncleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.043 AU)
Sep 04 - Asteroid 2867 Steins Closest Approach To Earth (1.100 AU)
Sep 04 - Asteroid 3155 Lee Closest Approach To Earth (1.273 AU)
Sep 04 - Asteroid 2843 Yeti Closest Approach To Earth (1.590 AU)
Sep 04 - Asteroid 8990 Compassion Closest Approach To Earth (2.399 AU)
Sep 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 145452 (2005 RN43) At Opposition (39.628 AU)
Sep 04 - 130th Anniversary (1886), Novo-Urei (Urelite) Meteorite Fall in Russia
Sep 05 - Comet 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski Perihelion (1.776 AU)
Sep 05 - Comet C/2015 V3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.217 AU)
Sep 05 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults 2UCAC 34202202 (12.2 Magnitude Star)
Sep 05 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 ES Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
Sep 05 - Asteroid 7434 Osaka Closest Approach To Earth (1.168 AU)
Sep 05 - Asteroid 246247 Sheldoncooper Closest Approach To Earth (1.646 AU)
Sep 05 - Asteroid 5053 Chladni Closest Approach To Earth (1.795 AU)
Sep 05 - Asteroid 17768 Tigerlily Closest Approach To Earth (1.943 AU)
Sep 05 - Kyongae Chang's 70th Birthday (1946)
Sep 06 - Comet 90P/Gehrels At Opposition (2.565 AU)
Sep 06 - Asteroid 67 Asia Closest Approach To Earth (1.045 AU)
Sep 06 - Asteroid 787 Moskva Closest Approach To Earth (1.258 AU)
Sep 06 - Asteroid 25275 Jocelynbell Closest Approach To Earth (1.285 AU)
Sep 06 - Asteroid 310 Margarita Closest Approach To Earth (2.027 AU)
Sep 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 RF43 At Opposition (52.371 AU)
Sep 06 - 20th Anniversary (1996), Galileo, Ganymede 2 Encounter
Sep 06 - Yrjo Vaisala's 125th Birthday (1891)
Sep 06 - James Gilliss' 205th Birthday (1811)
Sep 07 - Comet C/2013 P3 (Palomar) Closest Approach To Earth (8.609 AU)
Sep 07 - Apollo Asteroid 250458 (2004 BO41) Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)
Sep 07 - 60th Anniversary (1956), 1st Man to Reach 100,000 Feet Altitude (Kinch Kincheloe)
Sep 08 - 50th Anniversary (1966), 1st Star Trek Episode on TV
Sep 08 - Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan At Opposition (2.833 AU)
Sep 08 - Asteroid 224 Oceana Occults HIP 86404 (6.9 Magnitude Star)
Sep 08 - Asteroid 214476 Stephencolbert Closest Approach To Earth (2.016 AU)
Sep 08 - Asteroid 469 Argentina Closest Approach To Earth (2.659 AU)
Sep 09 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults TYC 0539-01038-1 (10.7 Magnitude Star)
Sep 09 - Asteroid 3473 Sapporo Closest Approach To Earth (1.705 AU)
Sep 09 - Asteroid 118945 Rikhill Closest Approach To Earth (2.337 AU)
Sep 09 - 10th Anniversary (2006), STS-115 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space Station)
Sep 09 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Bells Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in Texas)
* Sep 10 - Comet 288P At Opposition (1.449 AU)
Sep 10 - Comet 212P/NEAT Perihelion (1.645 AU)
Sep 10 - Aten Asteroid 2015 KE Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
Sep 10 - 5th Anniversary (2011), GRAIL Launch (Moon Orbiter)
Sep 11 - Comet 288P Closest Approach To Earth (1.449 AU)
Sep 11 - Comet P/2003 SQ215 (NEAT-LONEOS) At Opposition (1.572 AU)
Sep 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2009 BK2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
Sep 11 - Asteroid 23469 Neilpeart Closest Approach To Earth (1.167 AU)
Sep 11 - Asteroid 11881 Mirstation Closest Approach To Earth (1.202 AU)
Sep 11 - Asteroid 10204 Turing Closest Approach To Earth (1.776 AU)
Sep 11 - Alexandre Pingre's 305th Birthday (1711)
Sep 12 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 11 Launch (Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon)
Sep 12 - Asteroid 971 Alsatia Occults HIP 39077 (6.9 Magnitude Star)
Sep 12 - Apollo Asteroid 161989 Cacus Closest Approach To Earth (0.243 AU)
Sep 12 - Asteroid 34419 Corning Closest Approach To Earth (1.648 AU)
Sep 12 - Asteroid 780 Armenia Closest Approach To Earth (1.825 AU)
Sep 12 - 25th Anniversary (1991), STS-48 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, UARS)
Sep 12 - Anousheh Ansari's 50th Birthday (1966)
Sep 13 - Comet 188P/LINEAR-Mueller Closest Approach To Earth (1.786 AU)
Sep 13 - Comet 228P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.831 AU)
Sep 13 - Comet C/2015 H2 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (4.967 AU)
Sep 13 - Comet 95P/Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (17.399 AU)
Sep 13 - Asteroid 1217 Maximiliana Closest Approach To Earth (1.466 AU)
Sep 14 - Comet 302P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (2.360 AU)
Sep 14 - Asteroid 116939 Jonstewart Closest Approach To Earth (1.628 AU)
Sep 14 - 180th Anniversary (1836), Aubres Meteorite Fall in France
Sep 15 - WorldView 4 (GeoEye 2) Atlas 5 Launch
Sep 15 - Moon Occults Neptune
Sep 15 - Comet 124P/Mrkos At Opposition (3.852 AU)
Sep 15 - Comet 95P/Chiron At Opposition (17.400 AU)
Sep 15 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults 2UCAC 33492853 (12.3 Magnitude Star)
Sep 15 - Apollo Asteroid 2011 BT15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)
Sep 15 - Asteroid 71000 Hughdowns Closest Approach To Earth (1.439 AU)
Sep 15 - 25th Anniversary (1991), UARS Launch from Space Shuttle Discovery
Sep 15 - Jean-Sylvain Bailly's 280th Birthday (1736)
Sep 16 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 16 - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Sep 16 - Comet 255P/Levy Closest Approach To Earth (1.831 AU)
Sep 16 - Centaur Object 2015 KJ153 At Opposition (2.981 AU)
Sep 16 - 20th Anniversary (1996), STS-79 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, Mir Space Station)
Sep 16 - Seth Chandler's 170th Birthday (1846)
Sep 17 - Comet C/2013 P3 (Palomar) At Opposition (8.624 AU)
Sep 17 - Asteroid 1282 Utopia Closest Approach To Earth (1.852 AU)
Sep 17 - 60th Anniversary (1956), Inauguration of Stockert Radio Telescope
Sep 17 - Bernhard Riemann's 190th Birthday (1826)
Sep 18 - Comet P/2008 J3 (McNaught) At Opposition (1.360 AU)
Sep 18 - Comet 302P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS At Opposition (2.363 AU)
Sep 18 - Comet 90P/Gehrels Closest Approach To Earth (2.546 AU)
Sep 18 - Comet 325P/Yang-Gao Closest Approach To Earth (2.748 AU)
Sep 18 - Comet C/2015 B2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.959 AU)
Sep 18 - Comet 258P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (4.221 AU)
Sep 18 - Asteroid 3202 Graff Closest Approach To Earth (3.130 AU)
Sep 19 - Asteroid 12464 Manhattan Closest Approach To Earth (1.349 AU)
Sep 20 - Apollo Asteroid 5786 Talos Closest Approach To Earth (0.939 AU)
Sep 20 - Asteroid 2675 Tolkien Closest Approach To Earth (0.986 AU)
Sep 20 - Asteroid 24101 Cassini Closest Approach To Earth (1.331 AU)
Sep 20 - Asteroid 31 Euphrosyne Closest Approach To Earth (2.258 AU)
Sep 20 - Asteroid 4442 Garcia Closest Approach To Earth (2.749 AU)
Sep 20 - 65th Anniversary (1951), Aerobee Missile Launch (Yorik the Monkey & Mice - 1st Animals to Survive Rocket Flight)
* Sep 21 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Sep 21 - Comet 73P-AY/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (0.623 AU)
Sep 21 - Comet 73P-AZ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (0.623 AU)
Sep 21 - Comet 93P/Lovas Closest Approach To Earth (1.389 AU)
Sep 21 - Asteroid 11911 Angel Closest Approach To Earth (1.721 AU)
Sep 21 - H.G. Wells' 150th Birthday (1866)
Sep 22 - Autumnal Equinox, 14:21 UT
Sep 22 - Comet 135P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (3.147 AU)
Sep 22 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 DS53 Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
Sep 22 - Asteroid 5029 Ireland Closest Approach To Earth (1.680 AU)
Sep 22 - Asteroid 8353 Megryan Closest Approach To Earth (2.027 AU)
Sep 22 - Asteroid 12490 Leiden Closest Approach To Earth (2.515 AU)
Sep 22 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 RE64 At Opposition (51.635 AU)
Sep 22 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Deep Space 1, Comet Borrelly Flyby
Sep 22 - Peter Pallas' 175th Birthday (1741)
Sep 22 - Michael Faraday's 225th Birthday (1791)
Sep 22 - Thomas Wright's 305th Birthday (1711)
Sep 23 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #460 (OTM-460)
Sep 23 - Comet 73P-AA/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.081 AU)
Sep 23 - Comet P/2008 J3 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU)
Sep 23 - Comet 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.703 AU)
Sep 23 - Comet 294P/LINEAR At Opposition (4.100 AU)
Sep 23 - Asteroid 43844 Rowling Closest Approach To Earth (1.282 AU)
Sep 23 - Asteroid 9951 Tyrannosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.346 AU)
Sep 23 - Asteroid 6216 San Jose Closest Approach To Earth (1.586 AU)
Sep 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 308933 (2006 SQ372) At Opposition (26.253 AU)
Sep 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 120347 Salacia At Opposition (43.735 AU)
Sep 23 - Willie McCool's 55th Birthday (1961)
Sep 23 - 170th Anniversary (1846), Johann Galle's Discovery of Neptune
Sep 23 - Johann Encke's 225th Birthday (1791)
Sep 24 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Polydeuces
Sep 24 - Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan Closest Approach To Earth (2.797 AU)
Sep 24 - Asteroid 441 Bathilde Occults HIP 38092 (6.9 Magnitude Star)
Sep 24 - Asteroid 5608 Olmos Closest Approach To Earth (1.588 AU)
Sep 24 - Asteroid 8952 ODAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.645 AU)
Sep 24 - Asteroid 2200 Pasadena Closest Approach To Earth (1.749 AU)
Sep 24 - 5th Anniversary (2011), UARS Reenters Earth's Atmosphere
Sep 24 - Pols Swings' 110th Birthday (1906)
Sep 25 - Comet 73P-BE/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (1.006 AU)
Sep 25 - Comet P/2003 SQ215 (NEAT-LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.547 AU)
Sep 25 - Comet 24P/Schaumasse At Opposition (3.121 AU)
Sep 25 - Comet 123P/West-Hartley At Opposition (4.027 AU)
Sep 25 - Apollo Asteroid 363831 (2005 PY16) Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU)
Sep 25 - Asteroid 3850 Peltier Closest Approach To Earth (0.931 AU)
Sep 26 - Comet 86P/Wild Closest Approach To Earth (2.868 AU)
Sep 26 - Comet C/2011 KP36 (Spacewatch) Closest Approach To Earth (3.971 AU)
Sep 26 - Asteroid 8622 Mayimbialik Closest Approach To Earth (1.578 AU)
Sep 27 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Sep 27 - Comet 73P-BH/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (1.005 AU)
Sep 27 - Comet 73P-BI/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (1.005 AU)
Sep 27 - Comet 73P-BM/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (1.005 AU)
Sep 27 - Comet 73P-BP/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (1.005 AU)
Sep 27 - Comet 175P/Hergenrother At Opposition (3.906 AU)
Sep 27 - Comet C/2015 V3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.275 AU)
Sep 27 - Asteroid 10168 Stony Ridge Closest Approach To Earth (1.581 AU)
Sep 27 - Asteroid 243097 Batavia Closest Approach To Earth (1.640 AU)
Sep 27 - Asteroid 54522 Menaechmus Closest Approach To Earth (1.944 AU)
Sep 27 - Plutino 2001 QF298 At Opposition (42.401 AU)
Sep 27 - Stephanie Wilson's 50th Birthday (1966)
Sep 27 - Alberto Conti's 50th Birthday (1966)
Sep 27 - 60th Anniversary (1956), 1st Man to Reach Mach 3 (Mel Apt)
Sep 28 - Wideband Gapfiller Satellite 8 (WGS-8) Delta 4M Launch
Sep 28 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (18 Degrees)
Sep 28 - Comet 73P-BA/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (1.005 AU)
Sep 28 - Comet 250P/Larson At Opposition (2.778 AU)
Sep 28 - Apollo Asteroid 6239 Minos Closest Approach To Earth (0.946 AU)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 2041 Lancelot Closest Approach To Earth (1.661 AU)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 2791 Paradise Closest Approach To Earth (1.700 AU)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 4149 Harrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.903 AU)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 904 Rockefellia Closest Approach To Earth (1.958 AU)
Sep 28 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Luna 19 Launch (USSR Moon Orbiter)
Sep 28 - 65th Anniversary (1951), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Ananke
* Sep 29 - Moon Occults Mercury
Sep 29 - Comet 263P/Gibbs At Opposition (2.413 AU)
Sep 29 - Asteroid 11 Parthenope At Opposition (8.9 Magnitude)
Sep 29 - Asteroid 705 Erminia Occults HIP 44331 (6.5 Magnitude Star)
Sep 29 - Apollo Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Closest Approach To Earth (0.402 AU)
Sep 29 - Asteroid 8553 Bradsmith Closest Approach To Earth (1.181 AU)
Sep 29 - Asteroid 1855 Korolev Closest Approach To Earth (1.434 AU)
Sep 29 - Apollo Asteroid 4183 Cuno Closest Approach To Earth (2.144 AU)
Sep 29 - Asteroid 41488 Sinbad Closest Approach To Earth (2.939 AU)
Sep 29 - Enrico Fermi's 115th Birthday (1901)
Sep 30 - Soyuz MS-2 Soyuz-2.1a Launch (International Space Station 48S)
Sep 30 - Kepler, End of Extended Mission
Sep 30 - Swift, End of Extended Mission
Sep 30 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #461 (OTM-461)
Sep 30 - Moon Occults Jupiter
Sep 30 - Comet 208P/McMillan Closest Approach To Earth (1.618 AU)
Sep 30 - Aten Asteroid 2009 UG Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)
Sep 30 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 SO2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
Sep 30 - Asteroid 341 California Closest Approach To Earth (0.889 AU)
October 2016
Oct ?? - ExoMars 2016, Mars Arrival
Oct ?? - MoonRise Atlas 5 Launch
Oct ?? - DSX/FORMOSAT 7A-7F/GPIM/OTB/FalconSat 6/NPSat 1/Oculus-ASR/Prox 1/LightSail-B/Nanosat 7/SET 1/SSTE/
ARMADILLO/Falconsat 7 (Peregrine)/TBEx A & B/Prometheus 2-1 - 2-8/TEPCE 1 & 2/CP 9/StangSat Falcon Launch
Oct ?? - Microsat PSLV Launch
Oct ?? - Iridium NEXT 13-22 Falcon 9 Launch
Oct ?? - HTV 6 H-2B Launch
Oct ?? - Galileo FM13-FM16 Ariane 5 Launch
Oct ?? - STP-2 Falcon Heavy Launch
Oct 01 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo Occults 2UCAC 17806909 (14.7 Magnitude
Star)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 129564 Christy Closest Approach To Earth (1.736 AU)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 1345 Potomac Closest Approach To Earth (3.069 AU)
Oct 01 - 25th Anniversary (1991), Release of USA Planetary Exploration Stamps
Oct 01 - 70th Anniversary (1946), Eagle Meteorite Fall in Nebraska
Oct 02 - Comet 2P/Encke At Opposition (1.420 AU)
Oct 02 - Comet C/2015 B2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.994 AU)
Oct 02 - Comet C/2011 KP36 (Spacewatch) At Opposition (3.976 AU)
Oct 02 - Asteroid 5035 Swift Closest Approach To Earth (1.646 AU)
Oct 02 - Asteroid 7707 Yes Closest Approach To Earth (2.047 AU)
Oct 02 - Albert Crossfield's 95th Birthday (1921)
Oct 02 - Willy Ley's 110th Birthday (1906)
Oct 03 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan & Helene
Oct 03 - Comet 182P/LONEOS At Opposition (1.444 AU)
Oct 03 - Asteroid 8627 Kunalnayyar Closest Approach To Earth (1.452 AU)
Oct 03 - Asteroid 631 Philippina Closest Approach To Earth (1.977 AU)
Oct 03 - Kathryn Sullivan's 55th Birthday (1961)
Oct 03-09 - Astronomy Week
Oct 04 - Cygnus CRS-7 (OA-7)/Violet Antares 230 Launch (International Space Station)
Oct 04 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #462 (OTM-462)
Oct 04 - Comet 238P/Read Closest Approach To Earth (1.368 AU)
Oct 04 - Comet 238P/Read At Opposition (1.368 AU)
Oct 04-10 - World Space Week
Oct 05 - Comet P/2007 R3 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (1.690 AU)
Oct 05 - Comet 174P/Echeclus Closest Approach To Earth (5.347 AU)
Oct 05 - Asteroid 7850 Buenos Aires Closest Approach To Earth (1.624 AU)
Oct 06 - Comet 86P/Wild At Opposition (2.884 AU)
* Oct 06 - Comet P/2015 PD229 (ISON-Cameron) Closest Approach to Earth (4.175 AU)
* Oct 06 - Comet C/2015 ER61 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.229 AU)
Oct 06 - Apollo Asteroid 2011 DU Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
Oct 06 - Apollo Asteroid 2005 UO Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)
Oct 06 - Asteroid 3306 Byron Closest Approach To Earth (1.268 AU)
Oct 06 - Asteroid 793 Arizona Closest Approach To Earth (1.489 AU)
Oct 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 2008 ST291 At Opposition (59.140 AU)
Oct 06 - Nikolai Chernykh's 85th Birthday (1931)
Oct 06 - Riccardo Giacconi's 85th Birthday (1931)
Oct 07 - Comet 208P/McMillan At Opposition (1.624 AU)
Oct 07 - Comet 325P/Yang-Gao At Opposition (2.798 AU)
Oct 07 - Asteroid 3837 Carr Closest Approach To Earth (1.453 AU)
Oct 07 - James Webb's 110th Birthday (1906)
Oct 08 - Comet 73P-BB/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (1.004 AU)
Oct 08 - Comet 297P/Beshore At Opposition (3.206 AU)
Oct 08 - Comet 314P/Montani Perihelion (4.234 AU)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 2010 RO64 Occults HIP 6687 (6.7 Magnitude Star)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 16421 Roadrunner Closest Approach To Earth (1.176 AU)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 1140 Crimea Closest Approach To Earth (1.497 AU)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 24750 Ohm Closest Approach To Earth (1.711 AU)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 11094 Cuba Closest Approach To Earth (1.936 AU)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 12759 Joule Closest Approach To Earth (2.382 AU)
Oct 08 - Edward Wright's 455th Birthday (1561)
Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 09 - Comet 279P/La Sagra Closest Approach To Earth (1.267 AU)
Oct 09 - Comet 250P/Larson Closest Approach To Earth (2.760 AU)
Oct 09 - Comet P/2014 C1 (TOTAS) At Opposition (3.395 AU)
Oct 09 - Comet 87P/Bus At Opposition (3.731 AU)
Oct 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2012 SL50 Near-Earth Flyby (0.084 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 12284 Pohl Closest Approach To Earth (2.747 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 2246 Bowell Closest Approach To Earth (3.308 AU)
Oct 10 - Amor Asteroid 2010 SG15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)
Oct 10 - Aten Asteroid 2013 LC1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
* Oct 10 - Aten Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom Closest Approach To Earth (0.150 AU)
Oct 10 - Zhai Zhigang's 50th Birthday (1966)
Oct 10 - 170th Anniversary (1846), William Lassell's Discovery of Neptune Moon Triton
Oct 10 - Henry Cavendish's 285th Birthday (1731)
Oct 11 - Mercury Passes 0.9 Degrees from Jupiter
Oct 11 - Comet C/2014 E1 (Larson) At Opposition (3.870 AU)
Oct 11 - Asteroid 3590 Holst Closest Approach To Earth (1.300 AU)
Oct 12 - Comet 237P/LINEAR Perihelion (1.985 AU)
Oct 12 - Comet 317P/WISE Closest Approach To Earth (2.654 AU)
* Oct 12 - Comet P/2015 PD229 (ISON-Cameron) At Opposition (4.182 AU)
Oct 12 - Comet 174P/Echeclus At Opposition (5.354 AU)
Oct 12 - Asteroid 4628 Laplace Closest Approach To Earth (1.921 AU)
Oct 12 - Kuiper Belt Object 19308 (1996 TO66) At Opposition (46.310 AU)
Oct 12 - Astronomical Society of France's 125th Birthday (1891)
Oct 13 - Moon Occults Neptune
Oct 13 - Comet 82P/Gehrels At Oppositon (3.056 AU)
Oct 13 - Asteroid 268 Adorea Occults HIP 49669 (1.4 Magnitude Star)
Oct 13 - Asteroid 87 Sylvia Occults TYC 6834-00181-1 (12.5 Magnitude Star)
Oct 13 - Aten Asteroid 2007 TR68 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
Oct 13 - Asteroid 6758 Jesseowens Closest Approach To Earth (1.939 AU)
Oct 13 - Asteroid 2483 Guinevere Closest Approach To Earth (2.238 AU)
Oct 13 - Asteroid 1197 Rhodesia Closest Approach To Earth (2.487 AU)
Oct 13 - Peter Barlow's 240th Birthday (1776)
Oct 14 - GOES-R Atlas 5 Launch
Oct 14 - Comet 73P-BE/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.420 AU)
Oct 14 - Comet 73P-BH/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.445 AU)
Oct 14 - Apollo Asteroid 6063 Jason Closest Approach To Earth (1.520 AU)
Oct 14 - Asteroid 1913 Sekanina Closest Approach To Earth (1.659 AU)
Oct 15 - Comet P/2007 R3 (Gibbs) At Opposition (1.703 AU)
Oct 15 - Comet C/2015 T5 (Sheppard-Tholen) Closest Approach To Earth (8.405 AU)
Oct 15 - Asteroid 3123 Dunham Closest Approach To Earth (1.192 AU)
Oct 15 - Asteroid 21811 Burroughs Closest Approach To Earth (2.097 AU)
Oct 16 - Comet 73P-BP/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.441 AU)
Oct 16 - Comet 73P-BI/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.443 AU)
Oct 16 - Comet 73P-BM/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.443 AU)
Oct 16 - Comet 263P/Gibbs Closest Approach To Earth (2.373 AU)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 7 Iris Occults HIP 83684 (6.3 Magnitude Star)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 1031 Arctica Closest Approach To Earth (2.192 AU)
Oct 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 202421 (2005 UQ513) At Opposition (47.311 AU)
Oct 16 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Galileo, Io 32 Flyby
Oct 17 - Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System 1-8 (CYGNSS 1-8) Pegasus XL Launch
Oct 17 - Comet 73P-BA/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.462 AU)
Oct 17 - Asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson Closest Approach To Earth (1.368 AU)
Oct 17 - Asteroid 9341 Gracekelly Closest Approach To Earth (1.426 AU)
Oct 17 - Dwarf Planet 136199 Eris At Opposition (95.226 AU)
Oct 17 - Mae Jemison's 60th Birthday (1956)
Oct 18 - Comet 221P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.760 AU)
Oct 18 - Comet C/2015 T5 (Sheppard-Tholen) At Opposition (8.406 AU)
Oct 18 - Aten Asteroid 2014 UR Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
Oct 18 - Asteroid 58671 Diplodocus Closest Approach To Earth (1.356 AU)
Oct 18 - Asteroid 159814 Saguaro Closest Approach To Earth (1.499 AU)
* Oct 19 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Oct 19 - Asteroid 17078 Sellers Closest Approach To Earth (1.680 AU)
Oct 19 - Asteroid 9965 GNU Closest Approach To Earth (1.787 AU)
Oct 19 - Apollo Asteroid 2013 EC20 Closest Approach To Earth (1.974 AU)
Oct 20 - Progress MS-4 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 65P)
Oct 20 - Comet 279P/La Sagra At Opposition (1.280 AU)
Oct 20 - Asteroid 60186 Las Cruces Closest Approach To Earth (1.983 AU)
Oct 20 - Asteroid 35165 Quebec Closest Approach To Earth (2.231 AU)
Oct 20 - Kuiper Belt Object 308379 (2005 RS43) At Opposition (42.385 AU)
Oct 21 - Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 21 - Asteroid 2022 West Closest Approach To Earth (1.394 AU)
Oct 21 - Asteroid 48472 Mossbauer Closest Approach To Earth (1.455 AU)
Oct 21 - Asteroid 8720 Takamizawa Closest Approach To Earth (2.367 A)
Oct 21 - 20th Anniversary (1996), Turtle Lake Meteorite Fall (Hit Car in Wisconsin)
Oct 21 - Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld's 95th Birthday (1921)
Oct 22 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Luna 12 Launch (USSR Moon Orbiter)
Oct 22 - Comet 136P/Mueller Closest Approach To Earth (2.103 AU)
Oct 22 - Comet 238P/Read Perihelion (2.364 AU)
Oct 22 - Comet 218P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.270 AU)
Oct 22 - Comet P/2015 J3 (NEOWISE) At Opposition (3.375 AU)
Oct 22 - Comet 282P/2003 BM80 At Opposition (4.005 AU)
Oct 22 - Asteroid 18 Melpomene At Opposition (7.4 Magnitude)
Oct 22 - Erasmus Reinhold's 505th Birthday (1511)
Oct 23 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Telesto
Oct 23 - Comet 22P/Kopff Closest Approach To Earth (2.419 AU)
Oct 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 HE10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
Oct 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2013 UD1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
Oct 23 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Closest Approach To Earth (1.899 AU)
Oct 23 - Asteroid 35350 Lespaul Closest Approach To Earth (2.345 AU)
Oct 23 - 5th Anniversary (2011), ROSAT Satellite Reenters Earth's Atmosphere
Oct 24 - Comet 73P-BD/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (1.001 AU)
Oct 24 - Comet 80P/Peters-Hartley At Opposition (4.252 AU)
Oct 24 - Asteroid 1831 Nicholson Closest Approach To Earth (1.446 AU)
Oct 24 - Neptune Trojan 2001 QR322 At Opposition (29.067 AU)
Oct 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 55636 (2002 TX300) At Opposition (41.446 AU)
Oct 24 - 10th Anniversary (2006), MESSENGER, 1st Venus Flyby
Oct 24 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Mars Odyssey, Mars Orbit Insertion
Oct 24 - 165th Anniversary (1851), William Lassell's Discovery of Uranus Moons Umbriel and Ariel
Oct 25 - Comet 73P-BB/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.572 AU)
Oct 25 - Comet P/2002 EJ57 (LINEAR) At Opposition (4.008 AU)
Oct 25 - Aten Asteroid 2015 KA Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
Oct 25 - Asteroid 10221 Kubrick Closest Approach To Earth (1.451 AU)
Oct 25 - Apollo Asteroid 29075 (1950 DA) Closest Approach To Earth (1.783 AU)
Oct 25 - 10th Anniversary (2006), STEREO Launch
Oct 25 - 345th Anniversary (1671), Giovanni Cassini's Discovery of Saturn Moon Iapetus
Oct 26 - Amor Asteroid 7088 Ishtar Closest Approach To Earth (0.656 AU)
Oct 26 - Asteroid 4871 Riverside Closest Approach To Earth (1.025 AU)
Oct 26 - Asteroid 2712 Keaton Closest Approach To Earth (1.195 AU)
Oct 26 - Asteroid 7755 Haute-Provence Closest Approach To Earth (2.517 AU)
Oct 26 - 140th Anniversary (1886), Kyushu Meteorite Shower in Japan
Oct 27 - Comet 136P/Mueller At Opposition (2.108 AU)
Oct 27 - Comet 94P/Russell Perihelion (2.230 AU)
Oct 27 - Comet 317P/WISE At Opposition (2.687 AU)
Oct 27 - Aten Asteroid 413260 (2003 TL4) Near-Earth Flyby (0.026 AU)
Oct 27 - Aten Asteroid 2012 UA34 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
Oct 27 - Asteroid 6312 Robheinlein Closest Approach To Earth (1.085 AU)
Oct 27 - Aten Asteroid 3362 Khufu Closest Approach To Earth (1.221 AU)
Oct 27 - Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach To Earth (2.544 AU)
Oct 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) At Opposition (40.284 AU)
Oct 27 - 55th Anniversary (1961), 1st Test Flight of Saturn 1 Launch Vehicle
Oct 28 - Comet 73P-BG/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.996 AU)
Oct 28 - Asteroid 1419 Danzig Occults HIP 13327 (5.5 Magnitude Star)
Oct 28 - Asteroid 274300 UNESCO Closest Approach To Earth (1.478 AU)
Oct 28 - Asteroid 75564 Audubon Closest Approach To Earth (1.527 AU)
Oct 28 - Asteroid 3487 Edgeworth Closest Approach To Earth (1.558 AU)
Oct 28 - Asteroid 184784 Bettiepage Closest Approach To Earth (1.858 AU)
Oct 28 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Prospero Launch (Great Britian's First Space Launch)
Oct 29 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
Oct 29 - Comet 73P-V/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.974 AU)
Oct 29 - Comet 209P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.981 AU)
Oct 29 - Asteroid 24663 Philae Closest Approach To Earth (0.958 AU)
Oct 29 - Asteroid 16543 Rosetta Closest Approach To Earth (1.060 AU)
Oct 29 - Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (1.562 AU)
Oct 29 - Plutino 47171 (1999 TC36) At Opposition (29.578 AU)
Oct 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 42301 (2001 UR163) At Opposition (51.524 AU)
Oct 29 - 25th Anniversary (1991), Galileo, Asteroid Gaspra Flyby
Oct 29 - Carl Witt's 150th Birthday (1866)
Oct 30 - European Summer Time Ends - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (European Union)
Oct 30 - Venus Passes 3.0 Degrees from Saturn
Oct 30 - Comet 30P/Reinmuth At Opposition (2.012 AU)
* Oct 30 - Comet C/2015 VL62 At Opposition (3.109 AU)
Oct 30 - Comet 79P/du Toit-Hartley At Opposition (3.543 AU)
Oct 30 - Comet 231P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (3.672 AU)
Oct 30 - Asteroid 21459 Chrisrussell Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU)
Oct 30 - Asteroid 4252 Godwin Closest Approach To Earth (2.054 AU)
Oct 30 - Asteroid 4999 MPC Closest Approach To Earth (2.061 AU)
Oct 30 - Centaur Object 20461 Dioretsa At Opposition (27.633 AU)
Oct 30 - 35th Anniversary (1981), Venera 13 Launch (USSR Venus Lander/Flyby Mission)
Oct 31 - Comet 2P/Encke Closest Approach To Earth (1.301 AU)
Oct 31 - Apollo Asteroid 164121 (2003 YT1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.035 AU)
Oct 31 - Aten Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Closest Approach To Earth (0.511 AU)
Oct 31 - Asteroid 443 Photographica Closest Approach To Earth (1.276 AU)
Oct 31 - Asteroid 2866 Hardy Closest Approach To Earth (1.561 AU)
Oct 31 - Asteroid 1489 Attila Closest Approach To Earth (2.550 AU)
Oct 31 - 80th Anniversary (1936), 1st Successful Rocket Engine Test in Pasadena, California (JPL's Beginnings)
November 2016
Nov ?? - SAOCOM 1A/ ITASAT 1 Falcon 9 Launch
Nov ?? - Francesco Manca's 50th Birthday (1966)
Nov 01 - OFT 1 (Dreamchaser CCiCAP Uncrewed Mission) Atlas 5 Launch
Nov 01 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Telesto & Polydeuces
Nov 01 - Comet 221P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.791 AU)
Nov 01 - Apollo Asteroid 2006 KC Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 73491 Robmatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.728 AU)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 12818 Tomhanks Closest Approach To Earth (1.749 AU)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 13801 Kohlhase Closest Approach To Earth (1.933 AU)
Nov 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 120348 (2004 TY364) At Opposition (38.179 AU)
Nov 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 UM33 At Opposition (43.002 AU)
Nov 01 - 75th Anniversary (1941), Ansel Adams Takes Moonrise Photo Over Hernandez, New Mexico
Nov 02 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #463 (OTM-463)
Nov 02 - Comet 225P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (0.999 AU)
Nov 02 - Comet P/2005 S3 (Read) Perihelion (2.821 AU)
Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 03 - Comet C/2015 T2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (6.092 AU)
Nov 03 - Aten Asteroid 2012 XS111 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 4321 Zero Closest Approach To Earth (1.249 AU)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 70783 Kenwilliams Closest Approach To Earth (1.276 AU)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 6824 Mallory Closest Approach To Earth (1.525 AU)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 6128 Lasorda Closest Approach To Earth (1.931 AU)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 9446 Cicero Closest Approach To Earth (2.512 AU)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 1712 Angola Closest Approach To Earth (2.563 AU)
Nov 03 - Neptune Trojan 2006 RJ103 At Opposition (29.293 AU)
Nov 03 - Plutino 144897 (2004 UX10) At Opposition (38.226 AU)
Nov 04 - Comet 73P-BR/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.995 AU)
Nov 04 - Asteroid 9250 Chamberlin Closest Approach To Earth (2.787 AU)
Nov 04 - Asteroid 334 Chicago Closest Approach To Earth (2.956 AU)
Nov 04 - Centaur Object 54598 Bienor At Opposition (14.491 AU)
Nov 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 55637 (2002 UX25) At Opposition (39.758 AU)
Nov 04 - 20th Anniversary (1996), Galileo, Callisto 3 Flyby
Nov 04 - 35th Anniversary (1981), Venera 14 Launch (USSR Venus Lander/Flyby)
Nov 04 - 110th Anniversary (1906), Diep River Meteorite Fall (Hit House in South Africa)
Nov 05 - Comet 182P/LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (1.321 AU)
Nov 05 - Asteroid 8925 Boattini Closest Approach To Earth (1.539 AU)
Nov 05 - Asteroid 1940 Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (1.922 AU)
Nov 05 - Asteroid 2956 Yeomans Closest Approach To Earth (2.018 AU)
Nov 05 - Amor Asteroid 1580 Betulia Closest Approach To Earth (2.350 AU)
Nov 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 84522 (2002 TC302) At Opposition (43.876 AU)
Nov 05 - Fred Whipple's 110th Birthday (1906)
Nov 06 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (United States)
Nov 06 - Comet 73P-BD/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.732)
Nov 06 - Comet C/2015 T2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (6.091 AU)
Nov 06 - Apollo Asteroid 2007 LS Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)
Nov 06 - Ida Barney's 130th Birthday (1886)
Nov 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2002 UQ12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 3264 Bounty Closest Approach To Earth (2.222 AU)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 7853 Confucius Closest Approach To Earth (2.390 AU)
Nov 07 - 20th Anniversary (1996), Mars Global Surveyor Launch
Nov 07 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Lunar Orbiter 2 Launch
Nov 07 - 385th AnniversarY (1631), 1st Observation of a Mercury Transit by Pierre Gassendi
Nov 08 - Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.005 AU)
Nov 08 - Comet 288P Perihelion (2.436 AU)
Nov 08 - Asteroid 5738 Billpickering Closest Approach To Earth (1.374 AU)
Nov 08 - Robert Esnault-Pelterie's 135th Birthday (1881)
Nov 08 - Edmund Halley's 360th Birthday (1656)
Nov 09 - Moon Occults Neptune
Nov 09 - Comet P/2007 T6 (Catalina) At Opposition (1.458 AU)
Nov 09 - Comet 324P/La Sagra Closest Approach To Earth (1.997 AU)
Nov 09 - Comet 22P/Kopff At Opposition (2.462 AU)
Nov 09 - Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup At Opposition (3.691 AU)
Nov 09 - Comet C/2015 X8 (NEOWISE) At Opposition (3.738 AU)
Nov 09 - Asteroid 9954 Brachiosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.415 AU)
Nov 09 - Asteroid 9340 Williamholden Closest Approach To Earth (2.636 AU)
Nov 09 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Robert Man Becomes 1st Man to Reach Mach 6
Nov 09 - Arthur Rudolph's 110th Birthday (1906)
Nov 09 - Benjamin Banneker's 285th Birthday (1731)
Nov 10 - Echostar 19 Atlas 5 Launch
Nov 10 - Comet 73P-BG/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.755 AU)
Nov 10 - Apollo Asteroid 2004 KB Near-Earth Flyby (0.026 AU)
Nov 10 - Atira Asteroid 2012 VE46 Closest Approach To Earth (1.235 AU)
Nov 10 - Asteroid 172996 Stooke Closest Approach To Earth (1.631 AU)
Nov 10 - Asteroid 249519 Whitneyclavin Closest Approach To Earth (1.920 AU)
Nov 10 - Robert Innes' 155th Birthday (1861)
Nov 11 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 12 Launch (Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin)
Nov 11 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Tethys
Nov 11 - Comet 73P-BF/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.993 AU)
Nov 11 - Vladimir Solovyov's 70th Birthday (1946)
Nov 11 - 180th Birthday (1836), Macau Meteorite Fall (Hit Cattle in Brazil?)
Nov 12 - Comet 73P-V/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.723 AU)
Nov 12 - Comet P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) At Opposition (2.435 AU)
Nov 12 - Asteroid 8889 Mockturtle Closest Approach To Earth (1.700 AU)
Nov 12 - Asteroid 301 Bavaria Closest Approach To Earth (1.882 AU)
Nov 12 - 35th Anniversary (1981), STS-2 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia)
Nov 12 - Seth Nicholson's 125th Birthday (1891)
Nov 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2212 Hephaistos Closest Approach To Earth (1.120 AU)
Nov 13 - Asteroid 19148 Alaska Closest Approach To Earth (2.469 AU)
Nov 14 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Nov 14 - Comet 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (0.991 AU)
Nov 14 - Comet P/2006 F4 (Spacewatch) At Opposition (3.640 AU)
* Nov 14 - Atira Asteroid 2013 JX28 Closest Approach To Earth (0.722 AU)
Nov 14 - Asteroid 4738 Jimihendrix Closest Approach To Earth (1.701 AU)
Nov 14 - Asteroid 12542 Laver Closest Approach To Earth (2.118 AU)
Nov 14 - Asteroid 2636 Lassell Closest Approach To Earth (2.243 AU)
Nov 14 - Neptune Trojan 2007 VL305 At Opposition (27.221 AU)
Nov 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 2012 VP113 At Opposition (82.501 AU)
Nov 14 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Mariner 9, Mars Orbit Insertion
Nov 14 - Ken Bowersox's 60th Birthday (1956)
Nov 15 - Joint Polar Satellite System 1 (JPSS 1) Delta 2 Launch
* Nov 15 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Nov 15 - Comet 73P-BR/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.804 AU)
Nov 15 - Comet 324P/La Sagra At Opposition (2.002 AU)
Nov 15 - Comet 128P-A/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (2.084 AU)
Nov 15 - Comet 128P-B/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (2.084 AU)
Nov 15 - Comet P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (2.434 AU)
Nov 15 - Comet 264P/Larsen At Opposition (4.042 AU)
Nov 15 - Asteroid 4031 Mueller Closest Approach To Earth (0.842 AU)
Nov 15 - Plutino 2003 UZ413 At Opposition (42.702 AU)
Nov 16 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #464 (OTM-464)
Nov 16 - Comet 30P/Reinmuth Closest Approach To Earth (1.973 AU)
Nov 16 - Comet 128P-A/Shoemaker-Holt Closest Approach To Earth (2.083 AU)
Nov 16 - Comet 128P-B/Shoemaker-Holt Closest Approach To Earth (2.083 AU)
Nov 16 - Apollo Asteroid 326302 (1998 VN) Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)
Nov 16 - Apollo Asteroid 1865 Cerberus Closest Approach To Earth (0.339 AU)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 9249 Yen Closest Approach To Earth (1.459 AU)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 15402 Suzaku Closest Approach To Earth (1.546 AU)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 4345 Rachmaninoff Closest Approach To Earth (1.875 AU)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 1008 La Paz Closest Approach To Earth (1.881 AU)
Nov 16 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Genesis, L1 Orbit Insertion
Nov 16 - Jules Violle's 175th Birthday (1841)
Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 17 - Comet 34D/Gale At Opposition (4.016 AU)
Nov 17 - Asteroid 3714 Kenrussell Closest Approach To Earth (1.133 AU)
Nov 17 - Asteroid 2023 Asaph Closest Approach To Earth (1.523 AU)
Nov 17 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 VK201 At Opposition (47.060 AU)
Nov 17 - 35th Anniversary (1981), Chiang-Khan Meteorite Fall (Hit Boat in Thailand)
Nov 17 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Leonids Meteor Storm
Nov 18 - Comet 227P/Catalina-LINEAR At Opposition (1.563 AU)
Nov 18 - Comet C/2015 GX (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.102 AU)
Nov 18 - Apollo Asteroid 433953 (1997 XR2) Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
Nov 18 - Apollo Asteroid 11500 Tomaiyowit Closest Approach To Earth (0.208 AU)
Nov 18 - Asteroid 2709 Sagan Closest Approach To Earth (1.307 AU)
Nov 18 - Asteroid 25930 Spielberg Closest Approach To Earth (1.418 AU)
Nov 18 - Aten Asteroid 2340 Hathor Closest Approach To Earth (1.448 AU)
Nov 18 - Plutino 84719 (2002 VR128) At Opposition (38.297 AU)
Nov 18 - Kuiper Belt Object 90377 Sedna At Opposition (84.555 AU)
Nov 19 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Mimas, Daphnis, Methone & Pandora
Nov 19 - Comet P/2005 S3 (Read) Closest Approach To Earth (1.836 AU)
Nov 19 - Comet P/2008 T1 (Boattini) Perihelion (3.057 AU)
Nov 19 - Asteroid 3530 Hammel Closest Approach To Earth (1.262 AU)
Nov 19 - Asteroid 2625 Jack London Closest Approach To Earth (1.347 AU)
Nov 19 - Apollo Asteroid 4486 Mithra Closest Approach To Earth (0.782 AU)
Nov 19 - Asteroid 2160 Spitzer Closest Approach To Earth (1.822 AU)
Nov 19 - Apollo Asteroid 1981 Midas Closest Approach To Earth (2.139 AU)
Nov 19 - 20th Anniversary (1996), STS-80 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, ASTRO-SPAS)
Nov 19 - Eileen Collins' 60th Birthday (1956)
Nov 19 - 135th Anniversary (1881), Grossliebenthal Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in Russia)
Nov 20 - Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham Closest Approach To Earth (1.727 AU)
Nov 20 - Comet 149P/Mueller At Opposition (4.088 AU)
Nov 20 - Asteroid 17023 Abbott Closest Approach To Earth (1.251 AU)
Nov 20 - Asteroid 3948 Bohr Closest Approach To Earth (1.369 AU)
Nov 20 - Terry Lovejoy's 50th Birthday (1966)
Nov 21 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #465 (OTM-465)
Nov 21 - Comet P/2007 T6 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (1.441 AU)
Nov 21 - Comet P/2005 S3 (Read) At Opposition (1.837 AU)
Nov 21 - Comet 73P-BF/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.854 AU)
Nov 21 - Asteroid 171183 Haleakala Closest Approach To Earth (1.615 AU)
Nov 21 - Asteroid 9537 Nolan Closest Approach To Earth (1.705 AU)
Nov 21 - Asteroid 9995 Alouette Closest Approach To Earth (1.757 AU)
Nov 21 - Apollo Asteroid 314082 Dryope Closest Approach To Earth (2.464 AU)
Nov 21 - Georges Fournier's 135th Birthday (1881)
Nov 22 - Comet 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu At Opposition (3.735 AU)
Nov 22 - Comet 91P/Russell At Opposition (4.192 AU)
Nov 22 - Asteroid 8120 Kobe Closest Approach To Earth (1.279 AU)
Nov 22 - Asteroid 2807 Karl Marx Closest Approach To Earth (1.531 AU)
Nov 23 - Comet P/2008 J3 (McNaught) Perihelion (2.302 AU)
Nov 23 - Aten Asteroid 2012 UK171 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
Nov 23 - Amor Asteroid 2005 TF Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
Nov 23 - Asteroid 7986 Romania Closest Approach To Earth (1.352 AU)
Nov 23 - Asteroid 10093 Diesel Closest Approach To Earth (1.598 AU)
Nov 23 - Alfonso X's 795th Birthday (1221 AD)
Nov 24 - Mercury Passes 3.5 Degrees From Saturn
Nov 24 - Comet 323P/SOHO Perihelion (0.040 AU)
Nov 24 - Comet 42P/Neujmin At Opposition (3.792 AU)
Nov 24 - Asteroid 1801 Titicaca Occults HIP 33595 (6.2 Magnitude Star)
Nov 24 - Asteroid 160512 Franck-Hertz Closest Approach To Earth (1.337 AU)
Nov 24 - Asteroid 3494 Purple Mountain Closest Approach To Earth (1.479 AU)
Nov 24 - 25th Anniversary (1991), STS-44 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, DSP)
Nov 25 - Comet C/2015 V1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.501 AU)
Nov 25 - Asteroid 5535 Annefrank Closest Approach To Earth (1.169 AU)
Nov 25 - Lewis Rutherfurd's 100th Birthday (1816)
Nov 26 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #466 (OTM-466)
Nov 26 - Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke At Opposition (3.893 AU)
Nov 26 - Comet 296P/Garradd At Opposition (4.101 AU)
Nov 26 - Asteroid 2044 Wirt Closest Approach To Earth (0.722 AU)
Nov 26 - Asteroid 9395 Saint Michel Closest Approach To Earth (1.806 AU)
Nov 26 - Kuiper Belt Object 386723 (2009 YE7) At Opposition (49.826 AU)
Nov 26 - 5th Anniversary (2011), Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Launch (Mars Rover Curiosity)
Nov 27 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Epimetheus & Enceladus
Nov 27 - Comet 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski At Opposition (1.018 AU)
Nov 27 - Asteroid 28600 Georgelucas Closest Approach To Earth (1.450 AU)
Nov 27 - Apollo Asteroid 4450 Pan Closest Approach To Earth (1.551 AU)
Nov 27 - Asteroid 6594 Tasman Closest Approach To Earth (1.902 AU)
Nov 27 - Asteroid 19034 Santorini Closest Approach To Earth (2.029 AU)
Nov 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 145453 (2005 RR43) At Opposition (38.468 AU)
Nov 27 - 15th Anniversary (2001), 1st Atmosphere Detection on an Exoplanet
(Osiris HD 209458b by Hubble Space Telescope)
Nov 27 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Mars 2, Mars Orbit Insertion
Nov 27 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Mars 2, Mars Landing (1st Manmade Object to
Reach Mars Surface)
Nov 27 - Anders Celsius' 315th Birthday (1701)
Nov 28 - Mars Winter Solstice
Nov 28 - Comet 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.374 AU)
Nov 28 - Apollo Asteroid 5143 Heracles Closest Approach To Earth (0.148 AU)
Nov 28 - Asteroid 17898 Scottsheppard Closest Approach To Earth (1.227 AU)
Nov 28 - Asteroid 10195 Nebraska Closest Approach To Earth (1.687 AU)
Nov 28 - Asteroid 31000 Rockchic Closest Approach To Earth (1.969 AU)
Nov 28 - Asteroid 716 Berkeley Closest Approach To Earth (2.012 AU)
Nov 28 - Barbara Morgan's 65th Birthday (1951)
Nov 29 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Nov 29 - Comet P/2015 R2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.255 AU)
Nov 29 - Asteroid 422 Berolina Occults HIP 24447 (6.6 Magnitude Star)
Nov 29 - Asteroid 12258 Oscarwilde Closest Approach To Earth (1.966 AU)
Nov 29 - Asteroid 316201 Malala Closest Approach To Earth (1.516 AU)
Nov 29 - Asteroid 4151 Alanhale Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 AU)
Nov 29 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Mercury 5 Launch (Enos the Chimpanzee)
Nov 30 - Soyuz MS-3 Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 49S)
Nov 30 - Comet 278P/McNaught At Opposition (4.306 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 869 Mellena Occults HIP 22833 (5.2 Magnitude Star)
Nov 30 - Apollo Asteroid 369264 (2009 MS) Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
Nov 30 - Amor Asteroid 3352 McAuliffe Closest Approach To Earth (0.517 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 249521 Truth Closest Approach To Earth (0.895 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 4330 Vivaldi Closest Approach To Earth (1.176 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach To Earth (1.254 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 8299 Tealeoni Closest Approach To Earth (1.451 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 2848 ASP Closest Approach To Earth (1.698 AU)
Nov 30 - 70th Anniversary (1946), Colford Meteorite Fall (Boy Reportedly Knocked Off Bicycle in UK)
Nov 30 - Eric Elst's 80th Birthday (1936)
Nov 30 - Bruce Murray's 85th Birthday (1931)
Nov 30 - Ernst Chladni's 260th Birthday (1756)
December 2016
Dec ?? - Dragon v.21 (SpX-DM1) Falcon 9 Launch
Dec ?? - Unisat 7/Yaliny Dnepr-1 Launch
Dec ?? - Labirint N11 Soyuz-2.1b Launch
Dec ?? - Meteor-M N2-2/Ionosfera 3 & 4 Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
Dec ?? - ResourceSat A/PlanetiQ 1 & 2 PSLV Launch
Dec ?? - GSAT-19E LVM3 Launch
Dec ?? - HySIS PSLV Launch
Dec ?? - Amazonia (SSR-1) Equars VLS-1 Launch
Dec 01 - NROL-79 Atlas 5 Launch
Dec 01 - Comet 73P-AT/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.989 AU)
Dec 01 - Asteroid 5191 (1990 VO3) Occults HIP 20948 (6.9 Magnitude Star)
Dec 01 - Asteroid 2511 Patterson Closest Approach To Earth (1.525 AU)
Dec 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 229762 (2007 UK126) At Opposition (41.879 AU)
Dec 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 2006 QH181 At Opposition (82.599 AU)
Dec 01 - Benjamin Wilson's 205th Birthday (1811)
Dec 02 - Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham At Opposition (1.746 AU)
Dec 02 - Comet 246P/NEAT At Opposition (4.180 AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 96192 Calgary Closest Approach To Earth (1.376 AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 10866 Peru Closest Approach To Earth (1.532 AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 397278 Arvidson Closest Approach To Earth (1.844 AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 37452 Spirit Closest Approach To Earth (2.201 AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 19911 Rigaux Closest Approach To Earth (2.364 AU)
Dec 02 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Mars 3, Mars Orbit Insertion
Dec 03 - Asteroid 1833 Shmakova Occults HIP 110602 (5.8 Magnitude Star)
Dec 03 - Apollo Asteroid 2007 VM184 Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU)
Dec 03 - Asteroid 250840 Motorhead Closest Approach To Earth (1.718 AU)
Dec 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 145451 (2005 RM43) At Opposition (35.513 AU)
Dec 04 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #467 (OTM-467)
Dec 04 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Methone & Pan
Dec 04 - Comet 10P/Tempel Closest Approach To Earth (2.441 AU)
* Dec 04 - Comet C/2016 B1 (NEOWISE) Perihelion</a> (3.187 AU)
Dec 04 - Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) At Opposition (4.280 AU)
Dec 04 - Aten Asteroid 2005 WS3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
Dec 04 - Asteroid 193 Ambrosia Closest Approach To Earth (0.889 AU)
Dec 04 - Asteroid 4763 Ride Closest Approach To Earth (1.804 AU)
Dec 04 - Asteroid 1832 Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (2.016 AU)
Dec 04 - Asteroid 12104 Chesley Closest Approach To Earth (2.097 AU)
Dec 04 - 20th Anniversary (1996), Mars Pathfinder Launch
Dec 04 - Wilhelm Tempel's 195th Birthday (1821)
Dec 05 - Aten Asteroid 2010 TK7 (Earth Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (0.199 AU)
Dec 05 - Apollo Asteroid 137052 Tjelvar Closest Approach To Earth (0.549 AU)
Dec 05 - Centaur Object 8405 Asbolus At Opposition (19.452 AU)
Dec 05 - 15th Anniversary (2001), STS-108 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, International Space Station)
Dec 06 - Moon Occults Neptune
Dec 06 - Comet 227P/Catalina-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.517 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 11335 Santiago Closest Approach To Earth (1.172 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 9885 Linux Closest Approach To Earth (1.227 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 305254 Moron Closest Approach To Earth (1.577 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 10916 Okina-Ouna Closest Approach To Earth (1.966 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 99905 Jeffgrossman Closest Approach To Earth (2.138 AU)
Dec 06 - Niccolo Zucchi's 430th Birthday (1586)
Dec 07 - Comet 73P-AT/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.942 AU)
Dec 07 - Comet 315P/LONEOS Perihelion (2.420 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 1387-00942-1 (10.9 Magnitude Star)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 16857 Goodall Closest Approach To Earth (1.111 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 2187 La Silla Closest Approach To Earth (1.531 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 10637 Heimlich Closest Approach To Earth (2.188 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 11908 Nicaragua Closest Approach To Earth (2.209 AU)
Dec 07 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Jason/TIMED Launch
Dec 08 - Asteroid 274301 Wikipedia Closest Approach To Earth (1.531 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 25137 Seansolomon Closest Approach To Earth (1.695 AU)
Dec 09 - Aten Asteroid 1994 XL1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 8837 London Closest Approach To Earth (1.451 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 232 Russia Closest Approach To Earth (1.822 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 15000 CCD Closest Approach To Earth (2.029 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Closest Approach To Earth (3.056 AU)
Dec 09 - 10th Anniversary (2006), STS-116 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, International Space Station)
Dec 09 - Steve Pravdo's 65th Birthday (1951)
Dec 09 - Henry Kendall's 90th Birthday (1926)
Dec 10 - Comet C/2014 OE4 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (6.245 AU)
Dec 10 - Asteroid 3054 Strugatskia Occults HIP 29367 (6.8 Magnitude Star)
Dec 10 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 HM4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.060 AU)
Dec 10 - Asteroid 3693 Barringer Closest Approach To Earth (1.993 AU)
Dec 10 - Plutino 84922 (2003 VS2) At Opposition (35.638 AU)
Dec 10 - Plutino 307463 (2002 VU130) At Opposition (39.392 AU)
Dec 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 2004 XR190 At Opposition (56.401 AU)
Dec 11 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Prometheus & Pallene
Dec 11 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (21 Degrees)
Dec 11 - Comet 318P/McNaught-Hartley At Opposition (3.241 AU)
Dec 11 - Comet P/2005 L1 (McNaught) At Opposition (3.683 AU)
Dec 11 - Asteroid 96193 Edmonton Closest Approach To Earth (1.297 AU)
Dec 11 - Apollo Asteroid 6489 Golevka Closest Approach To Earth (2.890 AU)
Dec 11 - Tsien Hsu-shen's 105th Birthday (1911)
Dec 12 - Atira Asteroid 2008 UL90 Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 4457 van Gogh Closest Approach To Earth (1.680 AU)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 371 Bohemia Closest Approach To Earth (1.917 AU)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 1495 Helsinki Closest Approach To Earth (2.065 AU)
Dec 12 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Oscar 1 Launch
* Dec 13 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 13 - Aten Asteroid 2015 XX169 Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)
Dec 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 YA Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
Dec 13 - Aten Asteroid 2014 XU6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
Dec 13 - Asteroid 1777 Gehrels Closest Approach To Earth (1.602 AU)
Dec 13 - Asteroid 45 Eugenia Closest Approach To Earth (1.949 AU)
Dec 13 - Asteroid 426 Hippo Closest Approach To Earth (1.968 AU)
Dec 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 19521 Chaos At Opposition (40.401 AU)
Dec 14 - Asteroid 16260 Sputnik Closest Approach To Earth (1.271 AU)
Dec 14 - Apollo Asteroid 3838 Epona Closest Approach To Earth (1.565 AU)
Dec 14 - Asteroid 25399 Vonnegut Closest Approach To Earth (1.683 AU)
Dec 14 - Asteroid 35334 Yarkovsky Closest Approach To Earth (1.929 AU)
Dec 14 - Asteroid 11998 Fermilab Closest Approach To Earth (2.111 AU)
Dec 14 - Centaur Object 154783 (2004 PA44) At Opposition (18.986 AU)
Dec 14 - Hans von Ohain's 105th Birthday (1911)
Dec 14 - Tycho Brahe's 470th Birthday (1546)
Dec 15 - CRS-12 Falcon 9 Launch
Dec 15 - AEHF 4 Atlas 5 Launch
Dec 15 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
Dec 15 - Comet 89P/Russell Perihelion (2.220 AU)
Dec 15 - Comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte At Opposition (3.174 AU)
Dec 15 - Comet 57P-A/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte At Opposition (3.174 AU)
Dec 15 - Comet 287P/Christensen At Opposition (3.389 AU)
Dec 15 - Asteroid 12325 Bogota Closest Approach To Earth (1.097 AU)
Dec 15 - Asteroid 16682 Donati Closest Approach To Earth (1.148 AU)
Dec 15 - Asteroid 17024 Costello Closest Approach To Earth (1.606 AU)
Dec 15 - Asteroid 3018 Godiva Closest Approach To Earth (1.722 AU)
Dec 15 - Apollo Asteroid 2011 MD Closest Approach To Earth (1.981 AU)
Dec 15 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Audouin Dollfus' Discovery of Saturn Moon Janus
Dec 15 - Roy Tucker's 65th Birthday (1951)
Dec 16 - Comet 205P-B/Giacobini Closest Approach To Earth (2.954 AU)
Dec 16 - Asteroid 861 Aida Occults HIP 36411 (6.7 Magnitude Star)
Dec 16 - Aten Asteroid 2001 YE4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
Dec 16 - Asteroid 6701 Warhol Closest Approach To Earth (1.633 AU)
Dec 16 - Giovanni Donati's 190th Birthday (1826)
Dec 16 - Johann Ritter's 240th Birthday (1776)
Dec 17 - Comet 235P/LINEAR At Oppositoin (2.665 AU)
Dec 17 - Asteroid 9963 Sandage Closest Approach To Earth (1.243 AU)
Dec 17 - Asteroid 1071 Brita Closest Approach To Earth (1.515 AU)
Dec 17 - Milos Tichy's 50th Birthday (1966)
Dec 18 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Aegaeon, Pandora, Janus & Pan
Dec 18 - Asteroid 268242 Pebble Closest Approach To Earth (1.143 AU)
Dec 18 - Asteroid 6123 Aristoteles Closest Approach To Earth (1.369 AU)
Dec 18 - Asteroid 4636 Chile Closest Approach To Earth (1.487 AU)
Dec 18 - Asteroid 1157 Arabia Closest Approach To Earth (2.629 AU)
Dec 18 - Plutino 55638 (2002 VE95) At Opposition (28.609 AU)
Dec 18 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Richard Walker's Discovery of Saturn Moon Epimetheus
Dec 18 - Schelte Bus' 60th Birthday (1956)
Dec 18 - 90th Anniversary (1926), Gilbert Lewis Coins The Word 'Photon'
Dec 18 - Sir Joseph John Thomson's 160th Birthday (1856)
Dec 19 - Comet 10P/Tempel At Opposition (2.475 AU)
Dec 19 - Comet 88P/Howell At Opposition (3.360 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 1997 Leverrier Closest Approach To Earth (1.225 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 8146 Jimbell Closest Approach To Earth (1.239 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 163800 Richardnorton Closest Approach To Earth (1.254 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 1789 Dobrovolsky Closest Approach To Earth (1.483 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 6136 Gryphon Closest Approach To Earth (1.884 AU)
Dec 19 - 20th Anniversary (1996), Galileo, Europa 4 Flyby
Dec 19 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Founding of the French Space Agency (CNES)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 2014 Lancelot Occults HIP 664 (6.2 Magnitude Star)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 3533 Toyota Closest Approach To Earth (0.990 AU)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 1278 Kenya Closest Approach To Earth (1.673 AU)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 65675 Mohr-Gruber Closest Approach To Earth (2.139 AU)
Dec 20 - Walter Adams' 140th Birthday (1876)
Dec 21 - Winter Solstice, 10:44 UT
Dec 21 - Comet 125P/Spacewatch At Opposition (3.224 AU)
Dec 21 - Comet P/2015 T3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.419 AU)
Dec 21 - Aten Asteroid 2015 YQ1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.016 AU)
Dec 21 - Apollo Asteroid 2006 XD2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
Dec 21 - Apollo Asteroid 418849 (2008 WM64) Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)
Dec 21 - Kuiper Belt Object 78799 (2002 XW93) At Opposition (44.501 AU)
Dec 21 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Luna 13 Launch (USSR Moon Lander)
Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 22 - Comet 320P/McNaught At Opposition (3.287 AU)
Dec 22 - Comet C/2016 A6 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition(4.154 AU)
Dec 22 - Asteroid 17681 Tweedledum Closest Approach To Earth (0.834 AU)
Dec 22 - Aten Asteroid 2014 BA3 Closest Approach To Earth (1.461 AU)
Dec 22 - Asteroid 2045 Peking Closest Approach To Earth (1.466 AU)
Dec 22 - Asteroid 3130 Hillary Closest Approach To Earth (1.494 AU)
Dec 22 - Asteroid 166614 Zsazsa Closest Approach To Earth (1.622 AU)
Dec 22 - Asteroid 132524 APL Closest Approach To Earth (2.091 AU)
Dec 22 - Asteroid 742 Edisona Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)
Dec 22 - Yuri Malenchenko's 55th Birthday (1961)
Dec 22 - Grote Reber's 105th Birthday (1911)
Dec 22 - 125th Anniversary (1891), 1st Asteroid Discovered Using Photography (Asteroid 323 Brucia)
Dec 23 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #468 (OTM-468)
Dec 23 - Comet 127P/Holt-Olmstead Closest Approach To Earth (1.937 AU)
Dec 23 - Comet P/2015 P4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.697 AU)
Dec 23 - Asteroid 3773 Smithsonian Closest Approach To Earth (1.236 AU)
Dec 23 - Asteroid 1818 Brahms Closest Approach To Earth (1.401 AU)
Dec 23 - Plutino 2002 XV93 At Opposition (37.915 AU)
Dec 23 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Rutan Voyager Completes 1st Non-stop, Non-refueled Flight
Around the World (Burt Rutan, Jeana Yeager)
Dec 23 - Wilhelm Hisinger's 250th Birthday (1766)
Dec 24 - Asteroid 52301 Qumran Closest Approach To Earth (1.068 AU)
Dec 24 - Asteroid 9949 Brontosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.431 AU)
Dec 24 - Asteroid 42981 Jenniskens Closest Approach To Earth (1.825 AU)
Dec 24 - Jean-Louis Pons' 255th Birthday (1761)
Dec 25 - Comet P/2013 YG46 (Spacewatch) At Opposition (2.795 AU)
Dec 25 - Comet P/2013 CU129 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.456 AU)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 2068 Dangreen Closest Approach To Earth (1.571 AU)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 697 Galilea Closest Approach To Earth (2.038 AU)
Dec 26 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Enceladus, Mimas & Aegaeon
Dec 26 - Asteroid 424 Gratia Occults HIP 32333 (6.8 Magnitude Star)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 827 Wolfiana Closest Approach To Earth (1.248 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 2955 Newburn Closest Approach To Earth (1.448 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 4864 Nimoy Closest Approach To Earth (1.668 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 42998 Malinafrank Closest Approach To Earth (1.693 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 325 Heidelberga Closest Approach To Earth (1.843 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 1430 Somalia Closest Approach To Earth (1.923 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 4327 Ries Closest Approach To Earth (2.112 AU)
Dec 27 - Comet 235P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.651 AU)
Dec 27 - Comet 151P/Helin At Opposition (3.147 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 2874 Jim Young Closest Approach To Earth (1.076 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 9937 Triceratops Closest Approach To Earth (1.251 AU)
Dec 27 - Johannes Kepler's 445th Birthday (1571)
Dec 28 - Comet 190P/Mueller Closest Approach To Earth (2.000 AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.028 AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 3031 Houston Closest Approach To Earth (1.324 AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 4122 Ferrari Closest Approach To Earth (1.633 AU)
Dec 28 - Apollo Asteroid 12923 Zephyr Closest Approach To Earth (1.634 AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 1801 Titicaca Closest Approach To Earth (1.835 AU)
Dec 28 - Ernest Leonard Johnson's 125th Birthday (1891)
Dec 29 - Comet 326P/Hill Closest Approach To Earth (2.638 AU)
Dec 29 - Comet P/2005 J1 (McNaught) At Opposition (3.696 AU)
Dec 29 - Comet P/2011 S1 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (6.334 AU)
Dec 29 - Apollo Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Closest Approach To Earth (0.249 AU)
Dec 29 - Asteroid 70713 Sethmacfarlane Closest Approach To Earth (1.301 AU)
Dec 29 - Asteroid 189202 Calar Alto Closest Approach To Earth (2.494 AU)
Dec 30 - EuropaSat Proton M-Briz M Launch
Dec 30 - Aten Asteroid 2012 YK Near-Earth Flyby (0.043)
Dec 30 - Apollo Asteroid 2102 Tantalus Closest Approach To Earth (0.138 AU)
Dec 30 - Asteroid 35352 Texas Closest Approach To Earth (1.855 AU)
Dec 30 - John Houghton's 85th Birthday (1931)
Dec 31 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
Dec 31 - Comet 308P/Lagerkvist-Carsenty Closest Approach To Earth (4.146 AU)
Dec 31 - Apollo Asteroid 4341 Poseidon Closest Approach To Earth (0.374 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 19367 Pink Floyd Closest Approach To Earth (1.262 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 2975 Spahr Closest Approach To Earth (1.277 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 4804 Pasteur Closest Approach To Earth (1.663 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 9133 d'Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (1.728 AU)
Dec 31 - 5th Anniversary (2011), GRAIL-A, Moon Orbit Insertion
Dec 31 - 95th Anniversary (1921), Beyrout Meteorite Fall (Hit Hut in Lebanon)
January 2017
Jan ?? - 15th Anniversary (2002), Discovery of NWA 1110 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Jan 01 - Mars Passes 0.02 Degrees From Neptune
Jan 01 - Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Perihelion (0.533 AU)
Jan 01 - Comet 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR At Opposition (1.499 AU)
Jan 01 - Comet P/2005 JN (Spacewatch) At Opposition (2.829 AU)
Jan 01 - Comet 205P-B/Giacobini At Opposition (2.993 AU)
Jan 01 - Asteroid 10071 Paraguay Closest Approach To Earth (1.249 AU)
Jan 01 - Asteroid 128036 Rafaelnadal Closest Approach To Earth (1.930 AU)
Jan 01 - Asteroid 12561 Howard Closest Approach To Earth (2.144 AU)
Jan 01 - 5th Anniversary (2012), GRAIL-B, Moon Orbit Insertion
Jan 01 - Vladimir Titov's 70th Birthday (1947)
Jan 02 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Daphnis
* Jan 02 - Comet P/2015 R1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.882 AU)
Jan 02 - Comet P/2011 S1 (Gibbs) At Opposition (6.335 AU)
Jan 02 - Apollo Asteroid 226514 (2003 UX34) Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
Jan 02 - Apollo Asteroid 410777 (2009 FD) Closest Approach To Earth (1.359 AU)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 114703 North Dakota Closest Approach To Earth (2.143 AU)
Jan 02 - Laurence Craigie's 115th Birthday (1902)
Jan 02 - Rudolf Clausius' 195th Birthday (1822)
Jan 03 - Moon Occults Mars
Jan 03 - Moon Occults Neptune
Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
Jan 03 - Comet 323P/SOHO Closest Approach To Earth (0.370 AU)
Jan 03 - Asteroid 4987 Flamsteed Closest Approach To Earth (1.370 AU)
Jan 03 - Asteroid 39382 Opportunity Closest Approach To Earth (2.309 AU)
Jan 03 - 140th Anniversary (1877), Warrenton Meteorite Fall (Hit a Tree in Missouri)
Jan 04 - Earth At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
Jan 04 - Comet 319P/Catalina-McNaught At Opposition (3.599 AU)
Jan 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 230965 (2004 XA192) At Opposition (34.628 AU)
Jan 04 - 125th Anniversary (1892), 1st Photograph of Aurora Borealis Taken by
Martin Brendel
Jan 05 - Comet 143P/Kowal-Mrkos At Opposition (2.912 AU)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 10799 Yucatan Closest Approach To Earth (1.544 AU)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 15318 Innsbrook Closest Approach To Earth (1.837 AU)
Jan 05 - 45th Anniversary (1972), President Nixon Approves Space Shuttle Program
Jan 06 - Comet 73P-U/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.931 AU)
Jan 06 - Comet 127P/Holt-Olmstead At Opposition (1.963 AU)
Jan 06 - Comet 197P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.638 AU)
Jan 06 - Comet 249P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.100 AU)
Jan 06 - Asteroid 896 Sphinx Closest Approach To Earth (1.621 AU)
Jan 06 - Michael Foale's 60th Birthday (1957)
Jan 07 - Comet P/2015 TO19 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.448 AU)
Jan 07 - Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh At Opposition (2.789 AU)
Jan 07 - Apollo Asteroid 85990 (1999 JV6) Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
Jan 07 - Asteroid 27363 Alvanclark Closest Approach To Earth (1.861 AU)
Jan 07 - Apollo Asteroid 14827 Hypnos Closest Approach To Earth (3.699 AU)
Jan 08 - Comet 328P/LONEOS-Tucker Closest Approach To Earth (2.647 AU)
Jan 08 - Comet 326P/Hill At Opposition (2.652 AU)
Jan 08 - Comet P/2015 P4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.734 AU)
Jan 08 - Comet 105P/Singer Brewster At Opposition (2.998 AU)
Jan 08 - Comet 73P-S/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.713 AU)
Jan 08 - Comet 308P/Lagerkvist-Carsenty At Opposition (4.156 AU)
Jan 08 - Asteroid 23990 Springsteen Closest Approach To Earth (1.203 AU)
Jan 08 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia Closest Approach To Earth (1.729 AU)
Jan 08 - 25th Anniversary (1992), Sakigake, Earth Flyby
Jan 08 - Stephen Hawking's 75th Birthday (1942)
Jan 08 - Johannes Fabricius' 430th Birthday (1587)
Jan 09 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Atlas, Ephimetheus, Daphnis & Prometheus
Jan 09 - Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh Closest Approach To Earth (2.788 AU)
Jan 09 - Asteroid 1198 Atlantis Closest Approach To Earth (1.613 AU)
Jan 10 - Comet 73P-U/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.981 AU)
Jan 10 - Comet P/2005 JN (Spacewatch) Closest Approach To Earth (2.818 AU)
Jan 10 - Comet 73P-Y/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.911 AU)
Jan 10 - Asteroid 3350 Scobee Closest Approach To Earth (1.702 AU)
Jan 10 - Asteroid 1024 Hale Closest Approach To Earth (2.018 AU)
Jan 10 - Eugene Delporte's 135th Birthday (1882)
Jan 11 - Comet 225P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.235 AU)
Jan 11 - Comet 128P-A/Shoemaker-Holt Perihelion (3.056 AU)
Jan 11 - Comet 128P-B/Shoemaker-Holt Perihelion (3.056 AU)
Jan 11 - 230th Anniversary (1787), William Herschell's Discovery of Uranus Moons Titania and Oberon
Jan 12 - Venus At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (47 Degrees)
Jan 12 - Comet C/2015 XY1 (Lemmon) At Opposition (7.456 AU)
Jan 12 - Asteroid 51829 Williemccool Closest Approach To Earth (1.315 AU)
Jan 12 - Asteroid 12432 Usuda Closest Approach To Earth (2.014 AU)
Jan 12 - Asteroid 784 Pickeringia Closest Approach To Earth (2.686 AU)
Jan 12 - 20th Anniversary (1997), STS-81 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, Mir Space Station)
Jan 12 - Sergey Korolev's 110th Birthday (1907)
Jan 13 - Venus Passes 0.4 Degrees From Neptune
Jan 13 - Comet P/2014 V1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.891 AU)
Jan 13 - Comet 6P/d'Arrest At Opposition (3.899 AU)
Jan 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2013 AS76 Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 2410 Morrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.197 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 9342 Carygrant Closest Approach To Earth (1.421 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 6469 Armstrong Closest Approach To Earth (1.665 AU)
Jan 14 - Comet 190P/Mueller At Opposition (2.044 AU)
Jan 14 - Apollo Asteroid 438955 (2010 LN14) Near-Earth Flyby (0.060 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 2062 Aten Closest Approach To Earth (0.718 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 4221 Picasso Closest Approach To Earth (1.820 AU)
Jan 14 - Wilhelm Beer's 220th Birthday (1797)
Jan 15 - Apollo Asteroid 265482 (2005 EE) Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
Jan 15 - Asteroid 14593 Everett Closest Approach To Earth (1.009 AU)
Jan 15 - Asteroid 11246 Orvillewright Closest Approach To Earth (1.521 AU)
Jan 16 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Janus, Atlas, Pallene, Daphnis
Jan 16 - Comet P/2015 TO19 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.461 AU)
Jan 16 - Comet 327P/Van Ness Closest Approach To Earth (2.790 AU)
* Jan 16 - Asteroid 1862 Apollo Closest Approach To Earth (1.193 AU)
Jan 16 - Asteroid 4659 Roddenberry Closest Approach To Earth (1.350 AU)
Jan 16 - Centaur Object 32532 Thereus At Opposition (11.818 AU)
Jan 17 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
Jan 17 - Comet 143P/Kowal-Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (2.892 AU)
Jan 17 - Asteroid 51828 Ilanramon Closest Approach To Earth (1.508 AU)
Jan 17 - 15th Anniversary (2002), Galileo, Io 33 Flyby
Jan 17 - Harvey Nininger's 130th Birthday (1887)
Jan 17 - Elisabeth Hevelius' 370th Birthday (1647)
Jan 18 - Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.045 AU)
Jan 18 - Comet 105P/Singer Brewster Closest Approach To Earth (2.983 AU)
Jan 18 - Comet P/2015 X3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.334 AU)
Jan 18 - Comet C/2015 XY1 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (7.450 AU)
Jan 18 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 BB Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
Jan 18 - Asteroid 8277 Machu-Picchu Closest Approach To Earth (1.337 AU)
Jan 18 - Asteroid 4342 Freud Closest Approach To Earth (2.024 AU)
Jan 19 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (24 Degrees)
Jan 19 - Comet P/2013 YG46 (Spacewatch) Perihelion (1.815 AU)
Jan 19 - Asteroid 163693 Atira Closest Approach To Earth (0.207 AU)
Jan 19 - Asteroid 4433 Goldstone Closest Approach To Earth (1.741 AU)
Jan 19 - 15th Anniversary (2002), Discovery of SAU 090 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Jan 19 - 130th Anniversary (1887), John Thome's Discovery of the Great Southern Comet of 1887
Jan 19 - Johann Bode's 270th Birthday (1747)
Jan 20 - Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) At Opposition (1.046 AU)
Jan 20 - Comet 220P/McNaught At Opposition (3.092 AU)
Jan 20 - Amor Asteroid 2015 BG4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
Jan 20 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Closest Approach To Earth (1.522 AU)
Jan 20 - Asteroid 1776 Kuiper Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)
Jan 20 - Kuiper Belt Object 20000 Varuna At Opposition (42.859 AU)
Jan 21 - Comet 73P-T/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.069 AU)
Jan 21 - Comet 44P/Reinmuth At Opposition (3.375 AU)
Jan 21 - Comet 205P-C/Giacobini At Opposition (3.583 AU)
Jan 21 - Comet 205P/Giacobini At Opposition (3.585 AU)
Jan 21 - Comet 205P-A/Giacobini At Opposition (3.585 AU)
Jan 22 - Comet 323P/SOHO At Opposition (0.536 AU)
Jan 22 - Comet P/2011 CR42 (Catalina) At Opposition (2.597 AU)
Jan 22 - 20th Anniversary (1997), Lottie Williams Becomes 1st Person to be Hit by Space Debris
Jan 22 - 25th Anniversary (1992), 1st Exoplanet Discovered (PSR B1257+12 B)
Jan 22 - 25th Anniversary (1992), STS-42 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, Spacelab)
Jan 22 - Gianluca Masi's 45th Birthday (1972)
Jan 22 - Pierre Gassendi's 425th Birthday (1592)
Jan 22 - 545th Anniversary (1472), Great Comet of 1472 Near-Earth Flyby (10.5
million km)
Jan 23 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Daphnis, Enceladus, Pandora & Atlas
Jan 23 - Comet 197P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.583 AU)
Jan 23 - Asteroid 9661 Hohmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.609 AU)
Jan 23 - Plutino 208996 (2003 AZ84) At Opposition (43.719 AU)
Jan 23 - Hideki Yukawa's 110th Birthday (1907)
Jan 24 - Apollo Asteroid 2011 CO14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU)
Jan 24 - Asteroid 6001 Thales Closest Approach To Earth (2.026 AU)
Jan 24 - Asteroid 42776 Casablanca Closest Approach To Earth (2.176 AU)
Jan 24 - Michio Kaku's 70th Birthday (1947)
Jan 24 - Harold Babcock's 135th Birthday (1882)
Jan 25 - Comet 33P/Daniel Closest Approach To Earth (1.630 AU)
Jan 25 - Comet 328P/LONEOS-Tucker At Opposition (2.689 AU)
Jan 25 - Apollo Asteroid 7341 (1991 VK) Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
Jan 25 - Apollo Asteroid 3671 Dionysus Closest Approach To Earth (1.947 AU)
Jan 26 - Comet 51P/Harrington At Opposition (3.202 AU)
Jan 26 - Comet 193P/LINEAR-NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (3.549 AU)
Jan 26 - Asteroid 6336 Dodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.551 AU)
Jan 26 - 55th Anniversary (1962), Ranger 3 Launch (Moon Impact Mission)
Jan 26 - Bessie Coleman's 125th Birthday (1892)
Jan 27 - 50th Anniversary (1967), Apollo 1 Fire (Gus Grissom, Edward White & Roger Chaffee)
Jan 27 - BepiColumbo Ariane 5 Launch (Mercury Orbiter)
Jan 27 - Comet 51P-D/Harrington At Opposition (3.210 AU)
Jan 27 - Comet 51P-A/Harrington At Opposition (3.211 AU)
Jan 27 - Apollo Asteroid 12711 Tukmit Closest Approach To Earth (0.777 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 6779 Perrine Closest Approach To Earth (1.054 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 2700 Baikonur Closest Approach To Earth (1.835 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 9252 Goddard Closest Approach To Earth (2.476 AU)
Jan 28 - Chinese New Year
Jan 28 - Comet 73P-AB/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.765 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet P/2003 SQ215 (NEAT-LONEOS) Perihelion (2.280 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet P/2015 X1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.717 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet 1P/Halley At Opposition (33.490 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 1790 Volkov Closest Approach To Earth (1.048 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 770 Bali Closest Approach To Earth (1.087 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 472 Roma Closest Approach To Earth (1.451 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 17059 Elvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.486 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 1541 Estonia Closest Approach To Earth (1.705 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 16626 Thumper Closest Approach To Earth (1.842 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 4104 Alu Closest Approach To Earth (1.847 AU)
Jan 28 - Adrien Auzout 395th Birthday (1622)
Jan 28 - 60th Anniversary (1957), Meteorite Hits Russian Steamer in Indian Ocean
Jan 29 - Comet 224P/LINEAR-NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.777 AU)
Jan 29 - Comet P/2014 R5 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.210 AU)
Jan 29 - Asteroid 2825 Crosby Closest Approach To Earth (1.158 AU)
Jan 29 - Asteroid 4238 Audrey Closest Approach To Earth (1.323 AU)
Jan 29 - Asteroid 3720 Hokkaido Closest Approach To Earth (1.638 AU)
Jan 29 - Asteroid 11945 Amsterdam Closest Approach To Earth (2.420 AU)
Jan 29 - Asteroid 2906 Caltech Closest Approach To Earth (2.438 AU)
Jan 29 - Giovanni Celoria's 175th Birthday (1842)
Jan 29 - William Ferrel's 200th Birthday (1817)
Jan 30 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Daphnis, Mimas, Epimetheus & Prometheus
Jan 30 - Comet 73P-AM/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.971 AU)
Jan 30 - Comet P/2011 CR42 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (2.586 AU)
Jan 30 - Comet 183P/Korlevic-Juric At Opposition (3.040 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 5000 IAU Closest Approach To Earth (1.665 AU)
Jan 31 - Comet 73P-J/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.728 AU)
Jan 31 - 40th Anniversary (1977), Louisville Meteorite Fall (Hit Buildings, Car in Kentucky)
February 2017
* Feb 01 - Comet 61P/Shajn-Schaldach Closest Approach To Earth (2.785 AU)
* Feb 01 - Comet 193P/LINEAR-NEAT At Oppositon (3.554 AU)
* Feb 01 - Aten Asteroid 364136 (2006 CJ) Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
* Feb 01 - Asteroid 40227 Tahiti Closest Approach To Earth (3.894 AU)
* Feb 01 - Asteroid 3317 Paris Closest Approach To Earth (4.824 AU)
* Feb 02 - Comet 73P-BK/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.714 AU)
* Feb 02 - Comet P/2014 W12 (Gibbs) At Opposition (3.951 AU)
* Feb 02 - Asteroid 3875 Staehle Closest Approach To Earth (1.667 AU)
* Feb 02 - Amor Asteroid 6456 Golombek Closest Approach To Earth (2.077 AU)
* Feb 02 - 40th Anniverary (1977), Burnup of the Salyut 4 Space Station (USSR) * Feb 02 - Cuno Hoffmeister's 125th Birthday (1892)
* Feb 03 - Comet P/2006 G1 (McNaught) Perihelion (2.782 AU)
* Feb 03 - Asteroid 2991 Bilbo Closest Approach To Earth (1.835 AU)
* Feb 03 - Asteroid 4535 Adamcarolla Closest Approach To Earth (1.871 AU)
* Feb 03 - Asteroid 12397 Peterbrown Closest Approach To Earth (1.919 AU)
* Feb 03 - 15th Anniversary (2002), Alby sur Cheran Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in France)
* Feb 03 - 135th Anniversary (1882), Mocs Meteorite Shower in Romania
* Feb 04 - 50th Anniverary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 3 Launch
* Feb 04 - Comet 73P-BN/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.690 AU)
* Feb 04 - Comet 327P/Van Ness At Opposition (2.839 AU)
* Feb 04 - Comet 314P/Montani Closest Approach To Earth (3.299 AU)
* Feb 04 - Aten Asteroid 2005 VL1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.023 AU)
* Feb 04 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 CE1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
* Feb 04 - Asteroid 4099 Wiggins Closest Approach To Earth (1.481 AU)
* Feb 04 - Asteroid 4017 Disneya Closest Approach To Earth (1.824 AU)
* Feb 04 - Asteroid 5471 Tunguska Closest Approach To Earth (2.206 AU)
* Feb 04 - Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (2.017 AU)
* Feb 04 - Charles Lindbergh's 115th Birthday (1902)
* Feb 05 - Comet 73P-BO/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.679 AU)
* Feb 05 - Aten Asteroid 2011 EP51 Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
* Feb 05 - Asteroid 128523 Johnmuir Closest Approach To Earth (1.655 AU)
* Feb 05 - August Kopff's 135th Birthday (1882)
* Feb 06 - Comet 73P-BJ/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.977 AU)
* Feb 06 - Comet 314P/Montani At Opposition (3.299 AU)
* Feb 06 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 EK24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.060 AU)
* Feb 06 - Asteroid 4798 Mercator Closest Approach To Earth (1.315 AU)
* Feb 06 - Asteroid 1958 Chandra Closest Approach To Earth (2.628 AU)
* Feb 06 - Binary Asteroid 617 Patroclus Closest Approach To Earth (4.881 AU)
* Feb 07 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pan, Janus & Methone
* Feb 07 - Comet 50P/Arend Closest Approach To Earth (2.498 AU)
* Feb 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 BN509 Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)
* Feb 07 - Apollo Asteroid 136617 (1994 CC) Closest Approach To Earth (1.250 AU)
* Feb 07 - Asteroid 61342 Lovejoy Closest Approach To Earth (1.893 AU)
* Feb 07 - Asteroid 1001 Gaussia Closest Approach To Earth (2.259 AU)
* Feb 07 - Asteroid 13330 Dondavis Closest Approach To Earth (2.654 AU)
* Feb 07 - 40th Anniversary (1977), Soyuz 24 Launch (Final launch to Salyut 5 Space Station)
* Feb 07 - Al Worden's 85th Birthday (1932)
* Feb 08 - Comet 73P-AB/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.977 AU)
* Feb 08 - Comet P/2015 X1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.737 AU)
* Feb 08 - Comet 321P/SOHO Closest Approach To Earth (2.849 AU)
* Feb 08 - Comet C/2015 X7 (ATLAS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.192 AU)
* Feb 08 - Comet 284P/McNaught At Opposition (3.725 AU)
* Feb 08 - Asteroid 2099 Opik Closest Approach To Earth (1.765 AU)
* Feb 08 - Asteroid 8283 Edinburgh Closest Approach To Earth (1.946 AU)
* Feb 08 - Asteroid 2104 Toronto Closest Approach To Earth (1.977 AU)
* Feb 08 - Asteroid 11739 Baton Rouge Closest Approach To Earth (3.252 AU)
* Feb 08 - 25th Anniversay (1992), Ulysses, Jupiter Flyby
* Feb 09 - Comet 73P-AX/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.623 AU)
* Feb 09 - Comet 170P/Christensen At Opposition (3.769 AU)
* Feb 09 - Comet P/2012 K3 (Gibbs) At Opposition (3.900 AU)
* Feb 09 - Comet C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.806 AU)
* Feb 09 - Comet C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (7.381 AU)
* Feb 09 - Comet C/2014 B1 (Schwartz) At Opposition (8.665 AU)
* Feb 09 - Asteroid 203 Pompeja Closest Approach To Earth (1.760 AU)
* Feb 09 - Asteroid 4047 Chang'E Closest Approach To Earth (2.130 AU)
* Feb 10 - Aten Asteroid 2014 DV110 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
* Feb 10 - Asteroid 6471 Collins Closest Approach To Earth (1.147 AU)
* Feb 10 - Asteroid 5891 Gehrig Closest Approach To Earth (1.430 AU)
* Feb 10 - 110th Anniversary (1907), August Kopff's Discovery of Asteroid 624 Hecktor (Largest Jupiter Trojan)
* Feb 11 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
* Feb 11 - Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
* Feb 11 - Comet 73P-N/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.595 AU)
* Feb 11 - Asteroid 15495 Bogie Closest Approach To Earth (1.689 AU)
* Feb 11 - 20th Anniversary (1997), STS-82 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, Hubble Space Telescope Servicing)
* Feb 12 - Comet 73P-J/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.976 AU)
* Feb 12 - Comet C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (7.382 AU)
* Feb 12 - Comet C/2014 B1 (Schwartz) Closest Approach To Earth (8.664 AU)
* Feb 12 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 QR3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU)
* Feb 12 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 QC3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
* Feb 12 - 70th Anniversary (1947), Sikhote Alin Meteorite Fall in Russia
* Feb 13 - Comet 73P-BQ/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.574 AU)
* Feb 13 - Comet 33P/Daniel At Opposition (1.669 AU)
* Feb 13 - Comet 224P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (1.808 AU)
* Feb 13 - Comet 61P/Shajn-Schaldach At Opposition (2.806 AU)
* Feb 13 - Comet 316P/LONEOS-Christensen Closest Approach To Earth (2.986 AU)
* Feb 13 - Asteroid 5870 Baltimore Closest Approach To Earth (1.372 AU)
* Feb 13 - Aten Asteroid 99942 Apophis Closest Approach To Earth (1.732 AU)
* Feb 13 - Aten Asteroid 341843 (2008 EV5) Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU) * Feb 13 - Asteroid 4749 Ledzepplin Closest Approach To Earth (2.213 AU)
* Feb 13 - Asteroid 3325 TARDIS Closest Approach To Earth (2.258 AU)
* Feb 13 - Asteroid 3061 Cook Closest Approach To Earth (2.666 AU)
* Feb 13 - John Dreyer's 165th Birthday (1852)
* Feb 14 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Aegaeon & Methone
* Feb 14 - Comet 73P-BK/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.976 AU)
* Feb 14 - Asteroid 5641 McCleese Closest Approach To Earth (0.742 AU)
* Feb 14 - Atira Asteroid 2006 WE4 Closest Approach To Earth (1.556 AU)
* Feb 14 - Asteroid 1022 Olympiada Closest Approach To Earth (1.796 AU)
* Feb 14 - Asteroid 2801 Huygens Closest Approach To Earth (2.270 AU)
* Feb 14 - 45th Anniversary (1972), Luna 20 Launch (Soviet Moon Sample Return) * Feb 14 - Kelly Beatty's 65th Birthday (1952)
* Feb 15 - Galileo Day
* Feb 15 - Comet P/2007 T6 (Catalina) Perihelion (2.221 AU)
* Feb 15 - Comet P/2015 W2 (Catalina) At Opposition (3.656 AU)
* Feb 15 - Asteroid 797 Montana Closest Approach To Earth (1.544 AU)
* Feb 15 - Asteroid 90388 Philchristensen Closest Approach To Earth (2.080 AU) * Feb 15 - Asteroid 12846 Fullerton Closest Approach To Earth (2.182 AU)
* Feb 15 - 20th Anniversary (1997), Juancheng Meteorite Fall (Hit House in China)
* Feb 15 - 25th Anniversary (1992), Hiten, Moon Flyby
* Feb 15 - Malcomb Hartley's 70th Birthday (1947)
* Feb 16 - Comet 202P/Scotti Closest Approach To Earth (1.952 AU)
* Feb 16 - Comet P/2014 W4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.757 AU)
* Feb 16 - Asteroid 1602 Indiana Closest Approach To Earth (1.028 AU)
* Feb 16 - Asteroid 10346 Triathlon Closest Approach To Earth (1.416 AU)
* Feb 16 - Asteroid 1501 Baade Closest Approach To Earth (1.781 AU)
* Feb 16 - Asteroid 6714 Montreal Closest Approach To Earth (1.899 AU)
* Feb 16 - Asteroid 19155 Lifeson Closest Approach To Earth (2.000 AU)
* Feb 16 - Zhang Yuzhe's 115th Birthday (1902)
* Feb 16 - 190th Anniversary (1827), Mhow Meteorite Fall (Reportedly Wounded a Man in India)
* Feb 17 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
* Feb 17 - Comet 73P-BN/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.976 AU)
* Feb 17 - Comet 188P/LINEAR-Mueller Perihelion (2.565 AU)
* Feb 17 - Comet 316P/LONEOS-Christensen At Opposition (2.988 AU)
* Feb 17 - Comet 300P/Catalina At Opposition (3.408 AU)
* Feb 17 - Comet C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.794 AU)
* Feb 17 - Asteroid 9357 Venezuela Closest Approach To Earth (2.012 AU)
* Feb 17 - Asteroid 9860 Archaeopteryx Closest Approach To Earth (2.395 AU)
* Feb 17 - Asteroid 1537 Transylvania Closest Approach To Earth (2.557 AU)
* Feb 17 - 40th Anniversary (1977), Discovery of Life Living Off Of Geothermal Vents on Pacific Ocean Floor
* Feb 18 - Comet 73P-BO/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.975 AU)
* Feb 18 - Comet 73P-AU/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.491 AU)
* Feb 18 - Asteroid 14 Irene At Opposition (8.5 Magnitude)
* Feb 18 - Asteroid 85047 Krakatau Closest Approach To Earth (1.111 AU)
* Feb 18 - Kuiper Belt Object 55565 (2002 AW197) At Opposition (44.643 AU)
* Feb 18 - Octave Chanute's 185th Birthday (1832)
* Feb 18 - Baha ad-din al-Amili's 470th Birthday (1547)
* Feb 19 - Comet 73P-AK/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.485 AU)
* Feb 19 - Comet P/2016 A2 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth (3.479 AU)
* Feb 19 - Asteroid 15 Eunomia At Opposition (8.9 Magnitude)
* Feb 19 - Asteroid 9000 Hal Closest Approach To Earth (1.673 AU)
* Feb 19 - Asteroid 2169 Taiwan Closest Approach To Earth (1.776 AU)
* Feb 19 - Asteroid 4169 Celsius Closest Approach To Earth (2.688 AU)
* Feb 19 - Klim Churyumov's 80th Birthday (1937)
* Feb 19 - Joseph Kerwin's 85th Birthday (1932)
* Feb 20 - Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu Closest Appproach To Earth (2.320 AU)
* Feb 20 - Comet P/2007 S1 (Zhao) At Opposition (3.163 AU)
* Feb 20 - Asteroid 9770 Discovery Closest Approach To Earth (1.086 AU)
* Feb 20 - Asteroid 149244 Kriegh Closest Approach To Earth (1.182 AU)
* Feb 20 - Asteroid 1284 Latvia Closest Approach To Earth (1.669 AU)
* Feb 20 - Asteroid 3131 Mason-Dixon Closest Approach To Earth (1.846 AU)
* Feb 20 - Asteroid 1877 Marsden Closest Approach To Earth (3.651 AU)
* Feb 20 - Kuiper Belt Object 148209 (2000 CR105) At Opposition (60.058 AU)
* Feb 20 - 15th Anniversary (2002), San Michele Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in
Italy)
* Feb 20 - 20th Anniverary (1997), Galileo, Europa 6 Flyby
* Feb 21 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pan, Prometheus, Pallene, Ephimetheus & Aegaeon
* Feb 21 - Comet 330P/Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (2.271 AU)
* Feb 21 - Comet 219P/LINEAR Perihelion (2.365 AU)
* Feb 21 - Comet C/2015 X7 (ATLAS) At Opposition (3.381 AU)
* Feb 21 - Comet C/2015 X4 (Elenin) At Opposition (4.241 AU)
* Feb 21 - Asteroid 9 Metis At Opposition (8.7 Magnitude)
* Feb 21 - Asteroid 14413 Geiger Closest Approach To Earth (1.402 AU)
* Feb 21 - Asteroid 8657 Cedrus Closest Approach To Earth (1.918 AU)
* Feb 21 - Asteroid 13688 Oklahoma Closest Approach To Earth (2.607 AU)
* Feb 21 - 10th Anniversary (2007) Mahadevpur Meteorite Fall (Hit House in India)
* Feb 22 - Progress MS-5 Soyuz-U Launch (International Space Station 66P)
* Feb 22 - Comet 321P/SOHO At Opposition (2.887 AU)
* Feb 22 - Comet P/2014 W4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.763 AU)
* Feb 22 - Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (1.966 AU)
* Feb 22 - Asteroid 16035 Sasandford Closest Approach To Earth (1.991 AU)
* Feb 22 - Asteroid 13677 Alvin Closest Approach To Earth 2.350 AU)
* Feb 22 - Asteroid 2476 Andersen Closest Approach To Earth (2.398 AU)
* Feb 22 - Asteroid 234750 Amymainzer Closest Approach To Earth (2.933 AU)
* Feb 22 - Heinrich Hertz's 160th Birthday (1857)
* Feb 23 - Comet 73P-AX/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.973 AU)
* Feb 23 - Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales) At Opposition (2.270 AU)
* Feb 23 - Comet 50P/Arend At Opposition (2.537 AU)
* Feb 23 - Asteroid 1718 Namibia Closest Approach To Earth (2.040 AU)
* Feb 23 - 30th Anniverary (1987), Supernova 1987A Explosion
* Feb 23 - 265th Anniversary (1752), Nicolas Louis de Lacaille's Discovery of M83 (Southern Pinwheel Galaxy)
* Feb 24 - Comet 73P-AV/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.404 AU)
* Feb 24 - Comet C/2014 R3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (6.829 AU)
* Feb 24 - Aten Asteroid 5604 (1992 FE) Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU)
* Feb 24 - Asteroid 3808 Tempel Closest Approach To Earth (0.980 AU)
* Feb 24 - Asteroid 9941 Iguanodon Closest Approach To Earth (1.079 AU)
* Feb 24 - Asteroid 11365 NASA Closest Approach To Earth (1.261 AU)
* Feb 24 - Asteroid 6600 Qwerty Closest Approach To Earth (1.488 AU)
* Feb 24 - Asteroid 24102 Jacquecassini Closest Approach To Earth (1.691 AU)
* Feb 24 - Asteroid 26733 Nanavistor Closest Approach To Earth (1.998 AU)
* Feb 24 - Asteroid 3623 Chaplin Closest Approach To Earth (2.097 AU)
* Feb 24 - Asteroid 17744 Jodiefoster Closest Approach To Earth (2.144 AU)
* Feb 24 - Asteroid 881 Athene Closest Approach To Earth (2.165 AU)
* Feb 24 - Asteroid 7749 Jackschmitt Closest Approach To Earth (2.750 AU)
* Feb 24 - Brian Schmidt's 50th Birthday (1967)
* Feb 25 - Comet 73P-AS/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.224 AU)
* Feb 25 - Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.381 AU) * Feb 25 - Comet 73P-C/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.381 AU)
* Feb 25 - Comet 315P/LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (1.597 AU)
* Feb 25 - Comet 234P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.905 AU)
* Feb 25 - Comet 202P/Scotti At Opposition (1.964 AU)
* Feb 25 - Comet P/2012 F5 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (2.089 AU)
* Feb 25 - Comet 37P/Forbes At Opposition (2.689 AU)
* Feb 25 - Asteroid 4134 Schutz Closest Approach To Earth (1.188 AU)
* Feb 25 - Asteroid 70715 Allancheuvront Closest Approach To Earth (1.318 AU)
* Feb 25 - Asteroid 5860 Deankootz Closest Approach To Earth (1.594 AU)
* Feb 25 - Asteroid 3229 Solnhofen Closest Approach To Earth (1.678 AU)
* Feb 25 - Asteroid 12760 Maxwell Closest Approach To Earth (2.364 AU)
* Feb 25 - Asteroid 21564 Widmanstatten Closest Approach To Earth (2.502 AU)
* Feb 25 - 10th Annivesary (2007), Rosetta, Mars Flyby
* Feb 26 - Annular Solar Eclipse (Visbile from Chile, Argentia, West Africa)
* Feb 26 - Comet 73P-N/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.974 AU)
* Feb 26 - Comet 73P-G/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.373 AU)
* Feb 26 - Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos Perihelion (1.646 AU)
* Feb 26 - Comet P/2016 A2 (Christensen) At Opposition (3.486 AU)
* Feb 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 HP4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
* Feb 26 - Asteroid 6442 Salzburg Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU)
* Feb 27 - Mars Passes 0.6 Degrees From Uranus
* Feb 27 - Comet 73P-B/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.348 AU)
* Feb 27 - Comet 73P-K/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.350 AU)
* Feb 27 - Comet P/2012 F5 (Gibbs) At Opposition (2.090 AU)
* Feb 27 - Comet 17P/Holmes At Opposition (4.110 AU)
* Feb 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2005 QB5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
* Feb 27 - Asteroid 79896 Billhaley Closest Approach To Earth (1.400 AU)
* Feb 27 - Asteroid 3780 Maury Closest Approach To Earth (2.058 AU)
* Feb 27 - Asteroid 2097 Galle Closest Approach To Earth (2.929 AU)
* Feb 27 - Plutino 90482 Orcus At Opposition (47.127 AU)
* Feb 27 - 75th Anniversary (1942), James Hey's Discovery of Radio Emissions from the Sun
* Feb 27 - Bernard Lyot's 120th Birthday (1897)
* Feb 27 - Pyotr Nesterov's 130th Birthday (1887)
* Feb 28 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Janus & Pandora
* Feb 28 - Comet 73P-BQ/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.974 AU)
* Feb 28 - Comet 73P-H/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.338 AU)
* Feb 28 - Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales) Closest Approach To Earth (2.267 AU)
* Feb 28 - Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu At Opposition (2.330 AU)
* Feb 28 - Comet 306P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.969 AU)
* Feb 28 - Comet C/2015 V4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.750 AU)
* Feb 28 - Comet C/2014 R3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (6.831 AU)
* Feb 28 - Asteroid 7672 Hawking Closest Approach To Earth (1.314 AU)
* Feb 28 - Asteroid 17942 Whiterabbit Closest Approach To Earth (1.352 AU)
* Feb 28 - Asteroid 17656 Hayabusa Closest Approach To Earth (2.017 AU)
* Feb 28 - Asteroid 39415 Janeausten Closest Approach To Earth (3.385 AU)
* Feb 28 - 10th Anniversary (2007), New Horizons, Jupiter Flyby
* Feb 28 - 160th Anniversary (1857), Parnallee Meteorite Fall in India
* Feb 28 - Jost Burgi's 465th Birthday (1552)
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