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Ärende: Space Calendar - July 25, 2008
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Welcome to the Space Calendar!
This Space Calendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries
for the upcoming year. It is also available on the web at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/
The web version of the Space Calendar includes over 1,800 links to
related
home pages.
This calendar is compiled and maintained by Ron Baalke. Please send
any
updates or corrections to ron@jpl.nasa.gov. Note that launch dates
are subject to change at any time. Also, note that anniversary dates
are
listed in 5 year increments only.
The following people have contributed to this month's calendar:
o Vicky Barlow, Dieter Kaemmer, Michael Blair, David Crisp
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SPACE CALENDAR
July 25, 2008
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.
July 2008
Jul 25 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach To Earth (1.390 AU)
Jul 25 - Asteroid 2200 Pasadena Closest Approach To Earth (1.474 AU)
Jul 25 - 35th Anniversary (1973), Mars 5 Launch (Soviet Mars
Orbiter)
Jul 26 - Asteroid 5661 Hildebrand Closest Approach To Earth (2.040
AU)
Jul 26 - 45th Anniversary (1963), Syncom 2 Launch, 1st
Geosynchronous Satellite
Jul 27 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #160 (OTM-160)
* Jul 27 - Asteroid 324 Bamberga Occults HIP 78105 (5.1 Magnitude
Star)
Jul 27 - Asteroid 2008 HB38 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
Jul 27 - Asteroid 4446 Carolyn Closest Approach To Earth (1.857 AU)
Jul 27 - Asteroid 18725 Atacama Closest Approach To Earth (2.016 AU)
Jul 28 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pan & Prometheus
Jul 28 - Asteroid 2004 SB56 Near-Earth Flyby (0.064 AU)
Jul 28 - Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (1.858 AU)
Jul 28 - 35th Anniversary (1973), Skylab-3 Launch
Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Jul 29 - Comet C/2007 K3 (Siding Spring) Closest Approach To Earth
(1.518 AU)
* Jul 29 - Asteroid 625 Xenia Occults HIP 11738 (5.3 Magnitude Star)
Jul 29 - Asteroid 2004 DL1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
Jul 29 - Asteroid 9937 Triceratops Closest Approach To Earth (1.106
AU)
Jul 30 - SAR-Lupe 5 Cosmos 3M Launch
Jul 30 - 70th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of
Jupiter Moon Carme
Jul 31 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Jul 31 - Asteroid 3350 Scobee Closest Approach To Earth (0.840 AU)
August 2008
Aug ?? - Unamsat 3 Dnepr 1 Launch
Aug ?? - Hausat 2 Dnepr 1 Launch
Aug ?? - Lapansat 2 Dnepr 1 Launch
Aug ?? - Bluesat Dnepr 1 Launch
Aug ?? - Express AM-44/Express MD-1 Proton M-Briz M Launch
Aug 01 - Total Solar Eclipse, Visible in Canada, Greenland
Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
* Aug 01 - Asteroid 4135 Svetlanov Occults HIP 117137 (6.9 Magnitude
Star)
Aug 01 - Maria Mitchell's 190th Birthday (1818)
Aug 02 - Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS-2) F-2 Atlas 5 Launch
Aug 02 - Comet C/2008 E3 (Garradd) Perihelion (5.531 AU)
* Aug 02 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Occults TYC 5226-01039-1 (10.6
Magnitude Star)
Aug 02 - Asteroid 2005 CN61 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
Aug 03 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #162 (OTM-162)
Aug 05 - Comet P/2001 R1 (LONEOS) Perihelion (1.345 AU)
Aug 05 - Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) Closest Approach To Earth (1.628
AU)
Aug 05 - Comet 95P/Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (14.406 AU)
Aug 05 - Asteroid 7495 Feynman Closest Approach To Earth (2.246 AU)
* Aug 06 - Superbird 7/AMC-21 Ariane 5 Launch
Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 06 - Asteroid 11 Parthenope At Opposition (8.8 Magnitude)
Aug 06 - Asteroid 2007 RT12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
Aug 06 - Asteroid 7672 Hawking Closest Approach To Earth (1.260 AU)
Aug 07 - Comet C/2007 U1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.329 AU)
Aug 08 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #163 (OTM-163)
* Aug 08 - Asteroid 294 Felicia Occults HIP 20894 (3.4 Magnitude Star)
Aug 08 - Asteroid 451 Plato Closest Approach To Earth (1.277 AU)
Aug 08 - Asteroid 8721 AMOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.780 AU)
Aug 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 2004 PG115 Closest Approach To Earth
(35.677 AU)
Aug 08 - 30th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 2 Launch
Aug 09 - Comet 6P/d'Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (0.354 AU)
Aug 09 - Asteroid 1999 MN Near-Mercury Flyby (0.035 AU)
Aug 09 - Asteroid 3728 IRAS Closest Approach To Earth (2.041 AU)
Aug 09 - Asteroid 99905 Jeffgrossman Closest Approach To Earth
(2.533 AU)
Aug 10 - Asteroid 51829 Williemccool Closest Approach To Earth
(1.306 AU)
Aug 10 - Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (2.226 AU)
Aug 11 - Cassini, Enceladus Flyby
Aug 11 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Mimas & Methone
Aug 11 - Comet C/2008 E1 (Catalina) Perihelion (4.830 AU)
* Aug 11 - Comet C/2007 M1 (McNaught) Perihelion (7.475 AU)
Aug 11 - Asteroid 9000 Hal Closest Approach To Earth (0.778 AU)
Aug 11 - Asteroid 2791 Paradise Closest Approach To Earth (1.816 AU)
Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 12 - 30th Anniversary (1978), ISEE-3 (ICE) Launch
* Aug 13 - IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) Pegasus XL Launch
Aug 14 - Comet 6P/d'Arrest Perihelion (1.354 AU)
Aug 15 - Neptune At Opposition
Aug 15 - Asteroid 2006 BJ55 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
Aug 15 - Asteroid 35107 (1991 VH) Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
Aug 15 - Asteroid 2161 Grissom Closest Approach To Earth (1.441 AU)
Aug 16 - Partial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 16 - Asteroid 1998 HM1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 31664 Randiiwessen Closest Approach To Earth
(1.572 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 12002 Sues Closest Approach To Earth (1.682 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 3420 Standish Closest Approach To Earth (2.308 AU)
* Aug 18 - Comet C/2008 L2 (Hill) Perihelion (2.318 AU)
Aug 19 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pallene
Aug 19 - Asteroid 12397 Peterbrown Closest Approach To Earth (2.465
AU)
Aug 20 - Comet C/2007 B2 (Skiff) Perihelion (2.975 AU)
Aug 20 - Asteroid 9885 Linux Closest Approach To Earth (1.438 AU)
* Aug 21 - Comet C/2008 J3 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (1.816
AU)
Aug 21 - Asteroid 2006 SQ372 Closest Approach To Earth (23.323 AU)
Aug 22 - GeoEye 1 (Orbview 5) Delta 2 Launch
Aug 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #164 (OTM-164)
Aug 22 - Asteroid 2198 Ceplecha Closest Approach To Earth (1.406 AU)
Aug 22 - Asteroid 9860 Archaeopteryx Closest Approach To Earth
(1.918 AU)
Aug 22 - Asteroid 2069 Hubble Closest Approach To Earth (2.628 AU)
Aug 24 - Asteroid 2005 QQ87 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
Aug 24 - Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (1.209 AU)
Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
* Aug 25 - Comet 200P/Larsen Perihelion (3.272 AU)
Aug 25 - 5th Anniversary (2003), Spitzer Space Telescope Launch
Aug 26 - Asteroid 9965 GNU Closest Approach To Earth (1.418 AU)
Aug 27 - Comet P/1997 V1 (Larsen) Perihelion (3.272 AU)
Aug 28 - Comet 145P/Shoemaker-Levy 5 Closest Approach To Earth
(1.698 AU)
Aug 28 - Asteroid 2006 JY26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
Aug 28 - 15th Anniversary (1993), Galileo Flyby of Asteroid Ida &
Dactyl
Aug 29 - Asteroid 2000 BM19 Near-Venus Flyby (0.034 AU)
Aug 29 - Asteroid 2005 GQ21 Near-Mars Flyby (0.038 AU)
Aug 29 - Asteroid 2004 RX10 Near-Venus Flyby (0.039 AU)
Aug 30 - Comet P/2003 K2 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth
(1.340 AU)
Aug 30 - 25th Anniversary (1983), STS-8 Launch (Guy Bluford, 1st
African-American in Space)
Aug 31 - Asteroid 4305 Clapton Closest Approach To Earth (2.101 AU)
Aug 31 - Asteroid 1815 Beethoven Closest Approach To Earth (2.494
AU)
September 2008
Sep ?? - Cosmos-Glonass M15-M17 Proton K-DM2 Launch
Sep ?? - Galaxy 19 Zenit 3SL Launch
Sep ?? - RazakSAT/Cubesats Falcon 1 Launch
Sep ?? - Anusat PSLV Launch
Sep ?? - X-Sat PSLV Launch
Sep ?? - Cosmos-Parus/Orbcomm-CDS 3/Sterkh 1 (Cospas 11) Cosmos 3M
Launch
* Sep ?? - Koronas-Foton Tsyklon 3 Launch
* Sep ?? - Inmarsat 4 F-3 Proton M-Briz M Launch
Sep 01 - Asteroid 1998 SD9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)
Sep 01 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Closest Approach To Earth (0.916 AU)
Sep 02 - Cassini, Distant Janus Flyby
Sep 02 - Comet C/2007 Y2 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (4.260
AU)
Sep 02 - Asteroid 3267 Glo Closest Approach To Earth (1.125 AU)
Sep 03 - Asteroid 10221 Kubrick Closest Approach To Earth (1.516 AU)
Sep 03 - Cassini, Distant Methone Flyby
Sep 03 - Asteroid 5254 Ulysses Closest Approach To Earth (4.140 AU)
Sep 04 - Comet C/2008 A1 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (1.325
AU)
Sep 04 - Asteroid 2004 ST26 Near-Ceres Flyby (0.018 AU)
Sep 05 - Rosetta, Asteroid 2867 Steins Flyby
Sep 05 - Asteroid 43 Ariadne At Opposition (9.8 Magnitude)
Sep 06 - Comet Shajn-Schaldach Perihelion (2.108 AU)
Sep 07 - Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Closest Approach To Earth
(1.395 AU)
Sep 07 - Asteroid 2003 WT153 Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU)
Sep 07 - Asteroid 2000 RK12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU)
Sep 07 - Asteroid 3767 DiMaggio Closest Approach To Earth (1.922 AU)
Sep 08 - Asteroid 2001 QL163 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
Sep 08 - Asteroid 1998 SJ70 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
Sep 08-12 - Cosmic Dust - Near & Far, Heidelberg, Germany
* Sep 09 - NROL-26 Delta 4H Launch
Sep 09 - 30th Anniversary (1978), Venera 11 Launch (USSR Venus
Lander)
* Sep 10 - Progress M-65 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station
30P)
Sep 10 - Cassini, Distant Epimetheus Flyby
Sep 10 - GOCE Rokot Launch
Sep 10 - Asteroid 185851 (2000 DP107) Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
Sep 10 - Asteroid 2005 QC5 Near-Venus Flyby (0.039 AU)
Sep 10 - Asteroid 9941 Iguanodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.483 AU)
Sep 11 - GPS 2RM F-8 Delta 2 Launch
Sep 11 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)
Sep 11 - Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke Perihelion (1.253 AU)
Sep 11 - Asteroid 2829 Bobhope Closest Approach To Earth (1.665 AU)
Sep 12 - Asteroid 4370 Dickens Closest Approach To Earth (0.778 AU)
Sep 12 - Asteroid 2309 Mr. Spock Closest Approach To Earth (1.942
AU)
Sep 13 - Uranus At Opposition
Sep 13 - Asteroid 588 Achilles Closest Approach To Earth (4.219 AU)
Sep 14 - 30th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12 Launch (USSR Venus
Lander)
Sep 14 - 40th Anniversary (1968), Zond 5 Launch (USSR Moon Orbiter)
Sep 15 - Comet C/2006 OF2 (Broughton) Perihelion (2.431 AU)
Sep 15 - Asteroid 35352 Texas Closest Approach To Earth (0.952 AU)
Sep 16 - Asteroid 17023 Abbott Closest Approach To Earth (1.550 AU)
Sep 17 - Cassini, Distant Mimas & Calypso Flyby
Sep 17 - Asteroid 2001 SQ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
Sep 18 - Comet C/2007 S2 (Lemmon) Perihelion (5.549 AU)
Sep 18 - Asteroid 3352 McAuliffe Closest Approach To Earth (1.223
AU)
Sep 18 - Asteroid 3568 ASCII Closest Approach To Earth (1.471 AU)
Sep 19 - Asteroid 2003 SW130 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
Sep 19 - Asteroid 9949 Brontosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.483
AU)
Sep 19 - 160th Anniversary (1848), William & George Bond's Disovery
of Saturn
Moon Hyperion
Sep 20 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #164A (OTM-164A)
Sep 21 - 5th Anniversary (2003), Galileo, Jupiter Impact
Sep 22 - Autumnal Equinox (15:44 UT)
Sep 22 - Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu Perihelion (2.756 AU)
Sep 23 - Asteroid 5641 McCleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.079 AU)
Sep 23 - Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.233 AU)
Sep 23 - Asteroid 12574 LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (1.711 AU)
Sep 25 - Asteroid 2001 SY269 Near-Mars Flyby (0.044 AU)
Sep 26 - Asteroid 137032 (1998 UO1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
Sep 26 - 10th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 17 Flyby
Sep 27 - Asteroid 2006 TD Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
Sep 27 - Asteroid 8014 (1990 MF) Near-Mars Flyby (0.022 AU)
Sep 27 - 5th Anniversary (2003), SMART-1 Launch (ESA Moon Orbiter)
Sep 29 - Comet C/2008 A1 (McNaught) Perihelion (1.073 AU)
Sep 29 - Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (0.734 AU)
Sep 29 - Asteroid 3355 Onizuka Closest Approach To Earth (1.141 AU)
Sep 30 - Asteroid 3808 Tempel Closest Approach To Earth (1.619 AU)
Sep 30 - Asteroid 4169 Celsius Closest Approach To Earth (1.827 AU)
October 2008
Oct ?? - TacSat 4 Minotaur 4 Launch
Oct ?? - RISAT PSLV Launch (India)
Oct ?? - Oceansat 2/SRE-2 PSLV Launch
Oct ?? - Sitch 2 Dnepr 1 Launch
Oct ?? - NROL-41 Atlas 5 Launch
Oct ?? - Insat 4-G Ariane 5 Launch
Oct ?? - Zohreh 1 Soyuz FG-Fregat Launch
Oct ?? - Tugsat 1 (Brite-Austria) Dnepr 1 Launch
Oct ?? - SMOS/Proba 2 Rokot KM Launch
Oct ?? - Eutelsat W2M Ariane 5 Launch
Oct ?? - Sudansat 1 Dnepr 1 Launch
Oct ?? - Measat 1-R Zenit 3SLB Launch
Oct ?? - Nimiq 4 Proton M-Briz M Launch
* Oct ?? - TacSat 3/Genesat 2/PharmaSat 1 Minotaur 1 Launch
Oct 01 - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), Begins Communications
Relay Phase
Oct 01 - NASA's 50th Birthday (1958)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 9880 Stegosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.175
AU)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 9770 Discovery Closest Approach To Earth (1.606
AU)
Oct 02 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #165 (OTM-165)
Oct 02 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Tethys
Oct 02 - Asteroid 2002 GM5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.011 AU)
Oct 03 - Asteroid 16857 Goodall Closest Approach To Earth (1.417 AU)
Oct 03 - Asteroid 8084 Dallas Closest Approach To Earth (2.549 AU)
Oct 03 - Asteroid 2246 Bowell Closest Approach To Earth (3.302 AU)
Oct 05 - Asteroid 12382 Niagara Falls Closest Approach To Earth
(1.767 AU)
Oct 06 - MESSENGER, 2nd Mercury Flyby
Oct 06 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #166 (OTM-166)
Oct 06 - Comet 187P/LINEAR Perihelion (3.693 AU)
Oct 06 - Asteroid 164400 (2005 GN59) Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
Oct 06 - Asteroid 4701 Milani Closest Approach To EArth (1.353 AU)
Oct 07 - Asteroid 2005 TQ45 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
Oct 07 - Asteroid 1620 Geographos Closest Approach To Earth (0.535
AU)
Oct 08 - STS-125 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Hubble Space
Telescope Servicing Mission #4
* Oct 08 - Comet C/2008 L2 (Hill) Closest Approach To Earth (1.387 AU)
Oct 08 - Ejnar Hertzsprung's 135th Birthday (1873)
Oct 09 - Cassini, Enceladus Flyby
Oct 09 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Telesto & Janus
Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
* Oct 09 - Comet 200P/Larsen Closest Approach To Earth (2.295 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 1991 Darwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.025 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 1225 Ariane Closest Approach To Earth (1.248 AU)
* Oct 10 - Comet P/2001 J1 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (0.980 AU)
Oct 10 - 25th Anniversary (1983), Venera 15, Venus Orbit Insertion
Oct 11 - Comet P/2001 CV8 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.160 AU)
Oct 11 - 40th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 7 Launch (1st Manned Apollo
Mission)
Oct 11 - Wilhelm Olbers' 250th Birthday (1758)
Oct 12 - Shenzou 7 CF-2F (3rd Manned China Mission)
Oct 12 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #167 (OTM-167)
Oct 12 - Comet 172P/Yeung Perihelion (2.240 AU)
Oct 12 - Asteroid 2007 DM41 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
Oct 12 - Asteroid 29075 (1950 DA) Closest Approach To Earth (1.484
AU)
Oct 12 - Asteroid 5143 Hercales Closest Approach To Earth (1.988 AU)
Oct 13 - British Interplanetary Society's 75th Birthday (1933)
Oct 14 - Soyuz TMA-13 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station
17S)
Oct 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) Closest Approach To
Earth (40.051 AU)
Oct 14 - Dwarf Planet 136199 Eris Closest Approach To Earth (95.778
AU)
Oct 14 - 5th Anniversary (2003), Shenzhou V Launch (1st Chinese
Manned Space Mission)
Oct 16 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #168 (OTM-168)
Oct 16 - 25th Anniversary (1983), Venera 16, Venus Orbit Insertion
Oct 17 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pallene
Oct 18 - Asteroid 334 Chicago Closest Approach To Earth (2.915 AU)
Oct 19 - Asteroid 8000 Isaac Newton Closest Approach To Earth (1.998
AU)
Oct 19 - Asteroid 1069 Planckia Closest Approach To Earth (2.449 AU)
Oct 21 - Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 21 - Comet C/2007 U1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.423
AU)
Oct 22 - Cosmo Skymed 3 Delta 2 Launch
Oct 22 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (18 Degrees)
Oct 22 - Asteroid 2000 FJ10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
Oct 23 - Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach To Earth (2.577
AU)
Oct 24 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Mimas
Oct 24 - 10th Anniversary (1998), Deep Space 1 Launch
Oct 25 - Asteroid 7367 Giotto Closest Approach To Earth (2.572 AU)
Oct 26 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (Europe)
Oct 26 - Asteroid 6000 United Nations Closest Approach To Earth
(1.171 AU)
Oct 26 - Asteroid 3949 Mach Closest Approach To Earth (1.284 AU)
Oct 26 - Asteroid 11714 Mikebrown Closest Approach To Earth (1.507
AU)
Oct 27 - Asteroid 17024 Costello Closest Approach To Earth (1.510
AU)
Oct 27 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Closest Approach To Earth (1.539 AU)
Oct 27 - 35th Anniversary (1973), Canon City Meteorite Fall (Hit
Garage)
Oct 28 - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)/LCROSS Atlas 5 Launch
Oct 28 - Asteroid 2003 UW29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
Oct 29 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #169 (OTM-169)
Oct 29 - Asteroid 2005 VN Near-Earth Flyby (0.010 AU)
Oct 29 - Asteroid 1998 VO Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
Oct 29 - Asteroid 88292 Bora-Bora Closest Approach To Earth (1.018
AU)
Oct 29 - 70th Anniversary (1938), Orson Welles' Broadcast of the
"War of the Worlds"
Oct 30 - Asteroid 6602 Gilclark Closest Approach To Earth (0.889 AU)
Oct 30 - Asteroid 2421 Nininger Closest Approach To Earth (2.147 AU)
Oct 31 - Cassini, Enceladus Flyby
Oct 31 - Asteroid 13681 Monty Python Closest Approach To Earth
(2.145 AU)
November 2008
Nov ?? - SSR-1 VSL-1 Launch (Brazil)
Nov ?? - Electro-L Zenit 2-Fregat Launch
Nov ?? - Deimos (DMC #6)/Nanosat 1-B/UK-DMC 2/Dubaisat 1 Dnepr 1
Launch
Nov ?? - Giove A2 Soyuz FG-Fregat Launch
Nov ?? - Cosmos-Liana Soyuz U Launch
Nov ?? - Cosmos-Meridian N2 Soyuz 2-1a-Fregat Launch
Nov ?? - IGS-4A/IGS-4B H-2A Launch
Nov ?? - Katysat 1/KiwiSat/Atmocube/Cubesat-RAFT/Funsat/
UCISAT Dnepr 1 Launch
Nov ?? - Bissat Cosmos 3M Launch
Nov ?? - Shi Jian 9 CZ-2D Launch (China)
Nov ?? - XM-5 Zenit 3SL Launch
Nov 01 - Asteroid 4 Vesta At Opposition (6.5 Magnitude)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 19367 Pink Floyd Closest Approach To Earth (1.057
AU)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 8952 ODAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.749 AU)
Nov 02 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (United States)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 2404 Antarctica Closest Approach To Earth (2.462
AU)
Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 03 - Asteroid 2001 VG16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
Nov 03 - 35th Anniversary (1973), Mariner 10 Launch (Venus & Mercury
Flyby Mission)
Nov 04 - Comet P/2007 R1 (Larson) Closest Approach To Earth (3.750
AU)
Nov 04 - Asteroid 3356 Resnik Closest Approach To Earth (1.381 AU)
Nov 04 - Asteroid 2820 Robinwilliams Closest Approach To Earth
(1.824 AU)
Nov 05 - Comet 51P/Harrington Closest Approach To Earth (1.208 AU)
* Nov 05 - Comet C/2008 J1 (Boattini) Closest Approach To Earth (1.753
AU)
Nov 05 - Asteroid 9 Metis At Opposition (8.5 Magnitude)
Nov 05 - Asteroid 3784 Chopin Closest Approach To Earth (2.351 AU)
* Nov 06 - Comet P/2001 J1 (NEAT) Perihelion (0.944 AU)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 7231 Porco Closest Approach To Earth (2.088 AU)
Nov 08 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #170 (OTM-170)
Nov 08 - Asteroid 9769 Nautilus Closest Approach To Earth (1.415 AU)
Nov 08 - Asteroid 3656 Hemingway Closest Approach To Earth (1.481
AU)
Nov 08 - Asteroid 17196 Mastrodemos Closest Approach To Earth (1.982
AU)
Nov 08 - 40th Anniversary (1968), Pioneer 9 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
Nov 09 - Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
Nov 09 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Closest Approach To Earth (0.396 AU)
Nov 09 - Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth (1.993 AU)
Nov 10 - STS-126 Launch, Space Shuttle Endeavour (International
Space Station ULF2)
Nov 10 - Asteroid 2062 Aten Closest Approach To Earth (1.087 AU)
Nov 10 - 40th Anniversary (1968), Zond 6 Launch (USSR Moon Orbit &
Return)
Nov 10 - 185th Anniversary (1823), Waseda Meteorite Fall (Hit House
in Japan)
Nov 11 - Asteroid 2991 Bilbo Closest Approach To Earth (1.538 AU)
Nov 12 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #171 (OTM-171)
Nov 12 - Asteroid 4702 Benclark Closest Approach To Earth (2.071 AU)
Nov 12 - Comet P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) Perihelion (3.304 AU)
Nov 13 - Comet 59P/Kearns-Kwee Closest Appproach To Earth (1.555 AU)
Nov 13 - Asteroid 2000 Herschel Closest Approach To Earth (0.867 AU)
Nov 13 - 30th Anniversary (1978), HEAO-2 Launch
Nov 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 90377 Sedna Closest Approach To Earth
(86.999 AU)
Nov 15 - Comet 193P/LINEAR-NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.900 AU)
Nov 15 - Asteroid 3130 Hillary Closest Approach To Earth (1.209 AU)
Nov 15 - 20th Anniversary (1988), Buran Launch (USSR Space Shuttle)
Nov 15 - William Herschel's 270th Birthday (1738)
Nov 16 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #172 (OTM-172)
Nov 16 - Comet C/2007 G1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.647 AU)
Nov 16 - 35th Anniversary (1973), Skylab 4 Launch (Last Launch to
Skylab)
Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 17 - Asteroid 2006 TS7 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.033 AU)
Nov 17 - Asteroid 2074 Shoemaker Closest Approach To Earth (0.805
AU)
Nov 18 - Alan Shepard's 85th Birthday (1923)
* Nov 20 - Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demo Delta 2
Launch
Nov 21 - Asteroid 4238 Audrey Closest Approach To Earth (1.525 AU)
Nov 21 - Asteroid 37452 Spirit Closest Approach To Earth (2.140 AU)
Nov 22 - Asteroid 2004 XK3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)
Nov 22 - Asteroid 85236 (1993 KH) Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
Nov 22 - 10th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 18 Flyby
Nov 23 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #173 (OTM-173)
Nov 23 - Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (2.096 AU)
Nov 24 - Asteroid 5035 Swift Closest Approach To Earth (1.312 AU)
Nov 25 - Asteroid 2006 US216 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
Nov 25 - Asteroid 17059 Elvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.283 AU)
* Nov 26 - Progress M-01M Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station
31P)
Nov 26 - Comet 150P/LONEOS Perihelion (1.768 AU)
Nov 26 - Asteroid 2007 TL23 Near-Venus Flyby (0.030 AU)
Nov 26 - Asteroid 3000 Leonardo Closest Approach To Earth (1.081 AU)
Nov 26 - 45th Anniversary (1963), Explorer 18 Launch
Nov 27 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #174 (OTM-174)
Nov 27 - Asteroid 2742 Gibson Closest Approach To Earth (1.747 AU)
Nov 28 - Asteroid 10799 Yucatan Closest Approach To Earth (1.249 AU)
Nov 29 - Christian Doppler's 205th Birthday (1803)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 2002 WQ4 Near-Mars Flyby (0.015 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 11246 Orvillewright Closest Approach To Earth
(1.196 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 4149 Harrison Closest Approach To Earth (2.034 AU)
December 2008
Dec ?? - Herschel-Planck Ariane 5 Launch
Dec ?? - NROL-39 Atlas 5 Launch
Dec ?? - SBSS-1 Minotaur 4 Launch
Dec ?? - Ciel-2 Proton M-Briz M Launch
Dec ?? - Astra-1M Ariane 5 Launch
Dec ?? - TerreStar 1 Ariane 5 Launch
Dec ?? - Cassiope 1 Falcon 9 Launch
Dec ?? - Feng Yun 2-E CZ-3A Launch
Dec ?? - Insat 4-D GSLV-1 Launch
Dec ?? - CMB-Star 1 (Echostar 13) Proton M-Briz M Launch
* Dec ?? - Canopus 1 Strela Launch
Dec 01 - Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Atlas 5 Launch
Dec 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #175 (OTM-175)
Dec 01 - Conjunction of Moon, Venus, and Jupiter (3 Degree Triangle)
Dec 01 - Moon Occults Venus
Dec 01 - Asteroid 155336 (2006 GA) Near-Venus Flyby (0.032 AU)
Dec 01 - Asteroid 2003 YS70 Near-Mars Flyby (0.036 AU)
Dec 01 - Asteroid 30785 Greeley Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU)
Dec 02 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Calypso
Dec 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 19521 Chaos Closest Approach To Earth
(40.798 AU)
Dec 03 - 35th Anniversary (1973), Pioneer 10, Jupiter Flyby
Dec 04 - 30th ANniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 1, Venus Orbit
Insertion
Dec 05 - Asteroid 4433 Goldstone Closest Approach To Earth (1.513
AU)
Dec 05 - Asteroid 6758 Jesseowens Closest Approach To Earth (2.019
AU)
Dec 06 - MESSENGER, Deep Space Maneuver 4 (DSM-4)
* Dec 06 - Comet P/2001 X2 (Scotti) Closest Approach To Earth (1.573
AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 6471 Collins Closest Approach To Earth (1.290 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 78577 JPL Closest Approach To Earth (1.674 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 25143 Itokawa Closest Approach To Earth (1.867 AU)
Dec 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 2004 XR190 Closest Approach To Earth
(57.093 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 10051 Albee Closest Approach To Earth (0.788 AU)
Dec 08 - Comet C/2007 M2 (Catalina) Perihelion (3.541 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 2007 EE26 Near-Mars Flyby (0.013 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 11881 Mirstation Closest Approach To Earth (1.757
AU)
Dec 09 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #176 (OTM-176)
Dec 09 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Calypso
Dec 09 - Comet P/2001 TU80 (LINEAR-NEAT) Perihelion (1.940 AU)
Dec 09 - 30th ANniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 2, Venus Atmospheric
Probes
Dec 09 - 150th Anniversary (1858), Ausson Meteorite Fall (Hit
Building in France)
Dec 10 - Asteroid 2 Pallas At Opposition (8.0 Magnitude)
Dec 10 - Asteroid 9969 Braille Closest Approach To Earth (2.256 AU)
Dec 11 - Annie Jump Cannon's 145th Birthday (1863)
Dec 12 - GOES-O Delta 4 Launch
Dec 12 - Asteroid 5891 Gehrig Closest Approach To Earth (1.173 AU)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 4628 Laplace Closest Approach To Earth (1.619 AU)
Dec 13 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #177 (OTM-177)
Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 13 - Asteroid 162361 (2000 AF6) Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
* Dec 14 - Comet 144P/Kushida Closest Approach To Earth (0.589 AU)
Dec 14 - Comet 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth
(1.783 AU)
Dec 14 - Asteroid 2006 VB14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
Dec 14 - Asteroid 5036 Tuttle Closest Approach To Earth (2.018 AU)
Dec 14 - 5th Anniversary (2003), Nozomi, Mars Flyby
Dec 15 - Asteroid 2006 KZ39 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.044 AU)
Dec 15 - Asteroid 4116 Elachi Closest Approach To Earth (0.978 AU)
Dec 15 - Asteroid 447 Valentine Closest Approach To Earth (1.926 AU)
Dec 15-19 - American Geophysical Society Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, California
Dec 16 - Comet 85P/Boethin Perihelion (1.147 AU)
Dec 16 - Asteroid 4150 Starr Closest Approach To Earth (1.444 AU)
Dec 16-21 - Conference on Elementary Particles, Astrophysics, and
Cosmology Miami, Florida
Dec 17 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #178 (OTM-178)
Dec 17 - Asteroid 5203 Pavarotti Closest Approach To Earth (1.556
AU)
Dec 17 - 50th Anniversary (1958), Project Mercury Created
Dec 17 - 105th Anniversary (1903), Wright Brothers' First Airplane
Flight
Dec 18 - Asteroid 6223 Dahl Closest Approach To Earth (1.657 AU)
Dec 19 - Comet Tsuchinshan 2 Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.328 AU)
Dec 19 - 210th Anniversary (1798), Benares Meteorite Fall (Hit House
in India)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 2004 XL14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
Dec 21 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Dec 21 - Winter Solstice, 12:04 UT
Dec 21 - 30th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12, Venus Landing
Dec 21 - 40th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 8 Launch (Frank Borman, Jim
Lovell and Bill Anders)
Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 22 - Asteroid 8103 Fermi Closest Approach To Earth (2.111 AU)
Dec 22 - 20th Anniversary (1988), Discovery of the LEW 88516
Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Dec 23 - Comet 85P/Boethin Closest Appproach To Earth (0.873 AU)
Dec 23 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.084 AU)
Dec 23 - Asteroid 18106 Blume Closest Approach To Earth (1.549 AU)
Dec 24 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #179 (OTM-179)
Dec 24 - Asteroid 232 Russia Closest Approach To Earth (1.703 AU)
Dec 24 - Deep Space Network's 45th Birthday (1963)
Dec 25 - Comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte Perihelion (1.724 AU)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 4055 Magellan Closest Approach To Earth (1.306 AU)
Dec 25 - 5th Anniversary (2003), Mars Express, Mars Orbit Insertion
Dec 25 - 30th Anniversary (1978), Venera 11, Venus Landing
Dec 27 - Asteroid 2004 LV3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 7032 Hitchcock Closest Approach To Earth (1.094
AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 39382 Opportunity Closest Approach To Earth (2.273
AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 2006 JY26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 6336 Dodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.435 AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 18932 Robinhood Closest Approach To Earth (1.796
AU)
Dec 29 - Moon Occults Jupiter
Dec 31 - Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth
(1.901 AU)
January 2009
Jan 01 - International Year of Astronomy 2009
Jan ?? - Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)
Impacts Moon
Jan ?? - Beagle 2: Evolution Launch
Jan ?? - Cosmos-Geizer N21 Proton K Launch
Jan ?? - Asiasat 5 Zenit 3SLB Launch
Jan ?? - Dialog 1 Rokot-Briz Launch
Jan ?? - XSS-12 Delta 2 Launch
Jan ?? - Equars VLS-1 Launch (Brazil)
Jan ?? - COMS 1 Ariane 5 Launch
Jan ?? - Sicral 1-B Ariane 5 Launch
Jan ?? - Hotbird 9 Ariane 5 Launch
Jan ?? - AirTV-1 Ariane 5 Launch
Jan ?? - Badr 5 (Arabsat 5B) Ariane 5 Launch
Jan ?? - Microscope Ariane 5 Launch
Jan ?? - Eros C Start 1 Launch (Israel)
Jan ?? - Amsat Phase 3E Express Ariane 5 Launch
Jan ?? - FSW-23 CZ-2D Launch
Jan 02 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Stardust, Comet Wild 2 Flyby
Jan 02 - 50th Anniversary (1959), Luna 1 Launch (1st Moon Flyby)
Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
Jan 04 - Earth At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
Jan 04 - Asteroid 17744 Jodiefoster Closest Approach To Earth (1.712
AU)
Jan 04 - Asteroid 1034 Mozartia Closest Approach To Earth (1.743 AU)
Jan 04 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Mars Exploration Rover A (Spirit),
Mars Landing
Jan 05 - Comet P/2002 CW134 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.844 AU)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake Closest Approach To Earth (1.941
AU)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 51824 Mikeanderson Closest Approach To Earth
(2.255 AU)
Jan 05 - 40th Anniversary (1969), Venera 5 Launch (USSR Venus
Atmospheric Probe)
Jan 07 - Asteroid 6735 Madhatter Closest Approach To Earth (1.033
AU)
Jan 07 - Asteroid 51823 Rickhusband Closest Approach To Earth (1.832
AU)
Jan 07 - Asteroid 1691 Oort Closest Approach To Earth (1.886 AU)
Jan 08 - Comet P/2003 K2 (Christensen) Perihelion (0.534 AU)
Jan 08 - Asteroid 5682 Beresford Closest Approach To Earth (1.567
AU)
Jan 10 - Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) Perihelion (1.213 AU)
Jan 10 - 40th Anniversary (1969), Venera 6 Launch (USSR Venus
Atmospheric Probe)
Jan 11 - Asteroid 5450 Sokrates Closest Approach To Earth (1.486 AU)
* Jan 12 - Comet C/2008 G1 (Gibbs) Perihelion (3.990 AU)
Jan 12 - Asteroid 19578 Kirkdouglas Closest Approach To Earth (1.776
AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 91287 Simon-Garfunkel Closest Approach To Earth
(1.228 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (1.744 AU)
Jan 14 - Stardust, Earth Flyby
Jan 14 - Venus At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (47 Degrees)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 1224 Fantasia Closest Approach To Earth (1.271 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 2985 Shakespeare Closest Approach To Earth (1.984
AU)
* Jan 15 - Orbiting Carbon Observator (OCO) Taurus Launch
* Jan 15 - Greenhouse Gas Observing Satellite (GOSAT)/SDS-1 (Small
Demo Sat)/
Sohla 1/Microlabsat 2/SpriteSat/PRISM/Kagakaki/KKS-1/STARS
H-2A Launch (Japan)
Jan 15 - Asteroid 2002 AO11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
Jan 16 - Asteroid 5430 Luu Closest Approach To Earth (1.692 AU)
Jan 17 - Comet P/2001 TU80 (LINEAR-NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth
(0.989 AU)
Jan 17 - Asteroid 136849 (1998 CS1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
Jan 17 - Asteroid 11055 Honduras Closest Approach To Earth (1.983
AU)
Jan 17 - Asteroid 9661 Hohmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.536 AU)
Jan 18 - Comet C/2008 E1 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (4.129
AU)
Jan 18 - Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark Closest Approach To Earth (1.641
AU)
Jan 18 - Asteroid 3162 Nostalgia Closest Approach To Earth (1.756
AU)
Jan 18 - Asteroid 656 Beagle Closest Approach To Earth (1.820 AU)
Jan 18 - Asteroid 7862 Keikonakamura Closest Approach To Earth
(1.848 AU)
Jan 20 - Comet 68P/Klemola Perihelion (1.759 AU)
Jan 20 - Asteroid 24101 Cassini Closest Approach To Earth (1.082 AU)
Jan 20 - Asteroid 48575 Hawaii Closest Approach To Earth (1.782 AU)
Jan 20 - Asteroid 886 Washingtonia Closest Approach To Earth (2.599
AU)
Jan 21 - Comet 195P/Hill Perihelion (4.43
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