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SPACE CALENDAR
December 22, 2017
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.

December 2017
Dec ?? - INCA/ALBus/CACTUS 1/ExoCube 2/MicroMAS 2b/MiTEE 1/PolarCube/Q-PACE/
CAPE 3/RadFxSat 2 (Fox 1E)/PICS 1 & 2 LauncherOne Launch
Dec ?? - Amazonia (SSR-1) Equars VLS-1 Launch
Dec ?? - BeiDou-3 (M7 & M8) CZ-3C/YZ-1 Launch
Dec ?? - Hispasat 30W-6 Falcon 9 Launch
* Dec ?? - BeiDou-3 (M3 & M4) CZ-3C/YZ-1 Launch
Dec 22 - Iridium Next 31-40 Falcon 9 Launch
Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 22 - Comet 176P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.891 AU)
Dec 22 - Comet P/2002 EJ57 (LINEAR) At Opposition (2.014 AU)
Dec 22 - Comet 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu At Opposition (4.124 AU)
Dec 22 - Comet C/2010 U3 (Boattini) At Opposition (8.195 AU)
Dec 22 - Asteroid 1767 Lampland Occults HIP 64122 (5.6 Magnitude Star)
Dec 22 - Apollo Asteroid 418849 (2008 WM64) Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
Dec 22 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 YQ1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
Dec 22 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 TS3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.047 AU)
Dec 22 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 HU9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
Dec 22 - Asteroid 246247 Sheldoncooper Closest Approach To Earth (1.780 AU)
Dec 22 - Kuiper Belt Object 78799 (2002 XW93) At Opposition (44.612 AU)
Dec 23 - GCOM-C/SLATS H-2A Launch
* Dec 23 - LKW 2 CZ-2D Launch
Dec 23 - Comet C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.054 AU)
Dec 23 - Comet P/2006 F4 At Opposition (2.903 AU)
Dec 23 - Asteroid 8256 Shenzhou Closest Approach To Earth (0.736 AU)
Dec 23 - Asteroid 13667 Samthurman Closest Approach To Earth (1.170 AU)
Dec 23 - Asteroid 5050 Doctorwatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.220 AU)
Dec 23 - Amor Asteroid 1580 Betulia Closest Approach To Earth (1.580 AU)
Dec 23 - Karol Bokbo's 80th Birthday (1937)
* Dec 23 - Harold Masrusky's 95th Birthday (1922)
Dec 23 - 345th Anniversary (1672), Giovanni Cassini's Discovery of Saturn Moon Rhea
Dec 24 - Comet C/2017 F1 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (3.695 AU)
Dec 24 - Comet 278P/McNaught At Opposition (4.113 AU)
* Dec 24 - Aten Asteroid 2017 WZ14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)
* Dec 24 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 WD15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
Dec 24 - Asteroid 116939 Jonstewart Closest Approach To Earth (1.680 AU)
* Dec 25 - Superview 1-03 & 04 CZ-2D Launch
Dec 25 - Venus Passes 1.1 Degrees From Saturn
Dec 25 - Comet C/2017 F1 (Lemmon) At Opposition (3.695 AU)
Dec 25 - Aten Asteroid 2016 YA1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 4690 Strasbourg Closest Approach To Earth (0.826 AU)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 263251 Pandabear Closest Approach To Earth (1.323 AU)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 1381 Danubia Closest Approach To Earth (1.343 AU)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 1554 Yugoslavia Closest Approach To Earth (1.759 AU)
Dec 25 - Plutino 2002 XV93 At Opposition (37.786 AU)
* Dec 26 - AngoSat 1 Zenit-M/Fregat-SB Launch
Dec 26 - Comet 79P/du Toit-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (1.912 AU)
Dec 26 - Comet 341P/Gibbs At Opposition (3.245 AU)
Dec 26 - Comet P/2007 R3 (Gibbs) At Opposition (3.245 AU)
Dec 26 - Comet C/2015 XY1 (Lemmon) At Opposition (6.985 AU)
Dec 26 - Aten Asteroid 2007 AG Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
Dec 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 AF45 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 3989 Odin Closest Approach To Earth (1.134 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 8625 Simonhelberg Closest Approach To Earth (1.543 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 8720 Takamizawa Closest Approach To Earth (2.444 AU)
Dec 27 - Comet C/2016 X1 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (7.180 AU)
Dec 27 - Comet C/2015 XY1 (Lemmon) Closest Approach (6.984 AU)
Dec 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 RJ11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 4149 Harrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.943 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 5029 Ireland Closest Approach To Earth (2.039 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 334 Chicago Closest Approach To Earth (3.000 AU)
Dec 28 - Comet 208P/McMillan At Opposition (2.994 AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 2409 Chapman Closest Approach To Earth (1.387 AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 44597 Thoreau Closest Approach To Earth (1.398 AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 7175 Janegoodall Closest Approach To Earth (1.738 AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 35350 Lespaul Closest Approach To Earth (2.601 AU)
Dec 28 - Arthur Eddington's 135th Birthday (1882)
Dec 29 - Comet 246P/NEAT At Opposition (4.031 AU)
* Dec 29 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 XG1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)
* Dec 29 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 XJ1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU)
Dec 29 - Apollo Asteroid 504680 (2009 EO2) Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
Dec 29 - Apollo Asteroid 140158 (2001 SX169) Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
Dec 29 - Asteroid 8622 Mayimbialik Closest Approach To Earth (2.273 AU)
Dec 29 - 40th Anniversary (1977), Discovery of ALHA 77005 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Dec 29 - 240th Anniversary (1777), Captain James Cook Observes Solar Eclipse * Dec 30 - Cartosat 2ER/NovaSAR-2/Carbonite 2/IITMSAT/Arkyd-6/PicSat/Kepler 1/
CNUSail 1/KAUSAT 5/SIGMA (KHUSAT 3)/Canyval-X 1 & 2/Parikshit/STEP 1/Fox 1D/Irvine 01 PSLV-LX Launch
Dec 30 - Comet C/2017 T1 (Heinze) At Opposition (0.277 AU)
Dec 30 - Comet C/2015 X5 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (6.802 AU)
Dec 30 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 QL33 Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU)
Dec 30 - Aten Asteroid 2015 SY Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)
Dec 30 - Amor Asteroid 4055 Magellan Closest Approach To Earth (2.157 AU)
Dec 30 - Asteroid 7755 Haute-Provence Closest Approach To Earth (2.364 AU)
Dec 30 - Asteroid 1712 Angola Closest Approach To Earth (2.647 AU)
Dec 31 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Dec 31 - Comet 288P Closest Approach To Earth (2.060 AU)
Dec 31 - Comet P/2006 F4 Closest Approach To Earth (2.892 AU)
Dec 31 - Comet C/2017 A3 (Elenin) At Opposition (3.747 AU)
Dec 31 - Comet C/2010 U3 (Boattini) Closest Approach To Earth (8.187 AU)
Dec 31 - Atira Asteroid 481817 (2008 UL90) Closest Approach To Earth (0.859 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 3473 Sapporo Closest Approach To Earth (1.346 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 10204 Turing Closest Approach To Earth (1.613 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 1282 Utopia Closest Approach To Earth (1.923 AU)
Dec 31 - 10th Anniversary (2007), Deep Impact (EPOXI), 1st Earth Flyby

January 2018
??? ?? - AEHF 4 Atlas 5 Launch
* Jan ?? - Telsa Roadster Falcon 9 Heavy Maiden Launch
* Jan ?? - GSAT-6A GSLV Mk II Launch
* Jan ?? - Electron Launch
* Jan 01 - Lybid 1 Zenit-3SLBF//Fregat-SB
Jan 01 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (23 Degrees)
* Jan 01 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 YD Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
Jan 01 - Asteroid 5899 Jedicke Closest Approach To Earth (0.881 AU)
Jan 01 - Asteroid 1197 Rhodesia Closest Approach To Earth (1.636 AU)
Jan 01 - Asteroid 1217 Maximiliana Closest Approach To Earth (1.642 AU)
Jan 01 - Asteroid 11911 Angel Closest Approach To Earth (2.174 AU)
Jan 02 - Supermoon
Jan 02 - Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Closest Appraoch To Earth (2.103 AU)
Jan 02 - Aten Asteroid 2015 RT1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 5053 Chladni Closest Approach To Earth (1.230 AU)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 3263 Bligh Closest Approach To Earth (1.274 AU)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 7707 Yes Closest Approach To Earth (1.799 AU)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 904 Rockefellia Closest Approach To Earth (1.804 AU)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 787 Moskva Closest Approach To Earth (1.888 AU)
Jan 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 WP509 At Opposition (41.569 AU)
Jan 03 - Earth At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
Jan 03 - Comet C/2017 K6 (Jacques) Perihelion (2.003 AU)
Jan 03 - Comet P/2002 EJ57 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.992 AU)
Jan 03 - Comet 188P/LINEAR-Mueller At Opposition (2.340 AU)
Jan 03 - Comet 347P/PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (2.674 AU)
Jan 03 - Comet C/2017 U4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (6.942 AU)
Jan 03 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 UY4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)
* Jan 03 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 XQ61 Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
Jan 03 - Asteroid 1103 Sequoia Closest Approach To Earth (1.044 AU)
Jan 03 - Asteroid 1031 Arctica Closest Approach To Earth (2.036 AU)
* Jan 04 - "Zuma" Falcon 9 Launch
Jan 04 - Comet 338P/McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (2.648 AU)
Jan 04 - Comet 136P/Mueller At Opposition (3.081 AU)
Jan 04 - Asteroid 2062 Aten Closest Approach To Earth (0.979 AU)
Jan 04 - Asteroid 19695 Billnye Closest Approach To Earth (1.358 AU)
Jan 04 - Asteroid 9446 Cicero Closest Approach To Earth (2.551 AU)
Jan 04 - Isaac Newton's 375th Birthday (1643)
Jan 05 - Moon Occults Regulus
Jan 05 - Comet C/2017 T1 (Heinze) Closest Approach To Earth (0.223 AU)
Jan 05 - Comet C/2015 X5 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.909 AU)
Jan 05 - Comet C/2015 X5 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (5.909 AU)
Jan 05 - Apollo Asteroid 12711 Tukmit Closest Approach To Earth (0.624 AU)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 76272 De Jong Closest Approach To Earth (1.137 AU)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 26715 South Dakota Closest Approach To Earth (1.514 AU)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 631 Philippina Closeset Approach To Earth (1.685 AU)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 8952 ODAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.751 AU)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 129564 Christy Closest Approach To Earth (1.933 AU)
Jan 05 - Apollo Asteroid 2011 MD Closest Approach To Earth (1.999 AU)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 9250 Chamberlin Closest Approach To Earth (2.621 AU)
Jan 05 - Harold Gatty's 115th Birthday (1903)
Jan 06 - Comet 288P At Opposition (2.066 AU)
Jan 06 - Comet 279P/La Sagra Closest Approach To Earth (2.890 AU)
Jan 06 - Comet C/2017 U4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (6.941 AU)
Jan 06 - Aten Asteroid 2015 YG Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
Jan 06 - Asteroid 3953 Perth Closest Approach To Earth (1.309 AU)
Jan 06 - Asteroid 3265 Fletcher Closest Approach To Earth (1.442 AU)
Jan 06 - Asteroid 4923 Clarke Closest Approach To Earth (1.593 AU)
Jan 06 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Lunar Prospector Launch (Moon Orbiter)
Jan 06 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Surveyor 7 Launch (Moon Lander)
Jan 07 - Mars Passes 0.2 Degrees From Jupiter
Jan 07 - Comet 149P/Mueller At Opposition (2.699 AU)
Jan 07 - Aten Asteroid 2013 AT72 Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
Jan 07 - Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach To Earth (2.316 AU)
Jan 07 - Asteroid 9340 Williamholden Closest Approach To Earth (2.604 AU)
Jan 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 230965 (2004 XA192) At Opposition (34.608 AU)
Jan 08 - Comet C/2017 K4 (ATLAS) Perihelion (2.648 AU)
Jan 08 - Asteroid 2398 Jilin Closest Approach To Earth (0.853 AU)
Jan 08 - Asteroid 1740 Paavo Nurmi Closest Approach To Earth (1.462 AU)
Jan 08 - Asteroid 5608 Olmos Closest Approach To Earth (1.782 AU)
Jan 08 - Asteroid 243097 Batavia Closest Approach To Earth (1.792 AU)
Jan 08 - Asteroid 2483 Guinevere Closest Approach To Earth (2.020 AU)
Jan 08 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Luna 21 Launch (USSR Moon Rover Mission - Lunokhod 2)
Jan 08 - Sir Frank Dyson's 150th Birthday (1868)
Jan 09 - Comet 250P/Larson At Opposition (1.254 AU)
Jan 09 - Comet 128P-A/Shoemaker-Holt Closest Approach To Earth (2.361 AU)
Jan 09 - Comet 343P/NEAT-LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.643 AU)
Jan 09 - Asteroid 2614 Torrence Closest Approach To Earth (1.616 AU)
Jan 09 - Asteroid 6790 Pingouin Closest Approach To Earth (1.861 AU)
Jan 09 - Asteroid 6758 Jesseowens Closest Approach To Earth (1.898 AU)
Jan 09 - 225th Anniversary (1793), 1st Successful Balloon Flight in the Americas (Jean Pierre Blanchard)
Jan 09 - 375th Anniversary (1643), 1st Observation of Ashen Light of Venus (Giovanni Riccioli)
* Jan 10 - Topaz 5 (NROL-47) Delta 4M Launch
* Jan 10 - Gonets-M 14/15/16/BLITS-M Rokot/Briz-KM Launch
Jan 10 - Aten Asteroid 2004 FH Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)
Jan 10 - Apollo Asteroid 1620 Geographos Closest Approach To Earth (1.411 AU)
Jan 10 - Asteroid 295565 Hannover Closest Approach To Earth (1.682 AU)
Jan 10 - Apollo Asteroid 3360 Syrinx Closest Approach To Earth (3.240 AU)
Jan 10 - Joachim Muehlner's 105th Birthday (1913)
* Jan 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 XR61 Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
Jan 11 - Atira Asteroid 2007 EB26 Closest Approach To Earth (0.171 AU)
Jan 11 - Asteroid 67 Asia Closest Approach To Earth (1.865 AU)
Jan 11 - Asteroid 11881 Mirstation Closest Approach To Earth (1.983 AU)
Jan 11 - Asteroid 35165 Quebec Closest Approach To Earth (2.288 AU)
Jan 12 - Moon Occults Asteroid 4 Vesta
Jan 12 - Comet 250P/Larson Closest Approach To Earth (1.253 AU)
Jan 12 - Comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte At Opposition (4.076 AU)
Jan 12 - Comet 57P-A/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte At Opposition (4.076 AU)
Jan 12 - Comet 320P/McNaught At Opposition (4.191 AU)
Jan 12 - Asteroid 7470 Jabberwock Closest Approach To Earth (1.353 AU)
Jan 12 - Apollo Asteroid 25143 Itokawa Closest Approach To Earth (1.421 AU)
Jan 12 - Asteroid 6000 United Nations Closest Approach To Earth (1.741 AU)
Jan 12 - Asteroid 1489 Attila Clsoest Approach To Earth (2.026 AU)
Jan 13 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Occults TYC 1958-00094-1 (11.7 Magnitude Star)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 4125 Lew Allen Closest Approach To Earth (1.170 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 3001 Michelangelo Closest Approach To Earth (1.243 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 2200 Pasadena Closest Approach To Earth (1.364 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 2867 Steins Closest Approach To Earth (1.731 AU)
Jan 13 - 25th Anniversary (1993), STS-54 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, TDRS-F)
Jan 14 - Comet 217P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.414 AU)
Jan 14 - Comet 347P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (2.693 AU)
Jan 14 - Comet P/2005 L1 (McNaught) At Opposition (3.823 AU)
Jan 14 - Comet 88P/Howell At Opposition (3.876 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 736 Harvard Closest Approach To Earth (1.473 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 342431 Hilo Closest Approach To Earth (1.731 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 21811 Burroughs Closest Approach To Earth (1.863 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 6042 Chesirecat Closest Approach To Earth (2.002 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 793 Arizona Closest Approach To Earth (2.075 AU)
Jan 14 - 10th Anniversary (2008), MESSENGER, 1st Mercury Flyby
Jan 14 - Shannon Lucid's 75th Birthday (1943)
Jan 15 - ASNARO-2 Epsilon 2 Launch
Jan 15 - Aten Asteroid 2007 WM3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
Jan 15 - Apollo Asteroid 1864 Daedalus Closest Approach To Earth (1.143 AU)
Jan 15 - Asteroid 2912 Lapalma Closest Approach To Earth (1.246 AU)
Jan 15 - Asteroid 12927 Pinocchio Closest Approach To Earth (1.257 AU)
Jan 15 - Apollo Asteroid 3838 Epona Closest Approach To Earth (1.267 AU)
Jan 15 - Asteroid 12524 Conscience Closest Approach To Earth (1.654 AU)
Jan 15 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Luna 21 Moon Landing (USSR Moon Rover Mission - Lunokhod 2)
Jan 16 - Comet 324P/La Sagra Closest Approach To Earth (2.528 AU)
Jan 16 - Apollo Asteroid 438017 (2003 YO3) Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
Jan 16 - Asteroid 7169 Linda Closest Approach To Earth (1.625 AU)
Jan 16 - Asteroid 159814 Saguaro Closest Approach To Earth (2.234 AU)
Jan 16 - Asteroid 9951 Tyrannosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.738 AU)
Jan 16 - Asteroid 159814 Saguaro Closest Approach To Earth (2.234 AU)
Jan 16 - Anatoly Solovyev's 70th Birthday (1948)
* Jan 17 - Jilin 1-07 & 1-08/Kepler 1 CZ-11 Launch
Jan 17 - Comet 128P-A/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (2.370 AU)
Jan 17 - Comet 279P/La Sagra At Opposition (2.906 AU)
Jan 17 - Comet C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.397 AU)
Jan 17 - Asteroid 4352 Kyoto Closest Approach To Earth (1.494 AU)
Jan 17 - Asteroid 2041 Lancelot Closest Approach To Earth (1.889 AU)
Jan 17 - Asteroid 8080 Intel Closest Approach To Earth (2.057 AU)
Jan 18 - SBIRS GEO-4 Atlas 5 Launch
Jan 18 - Comet 324P/La Sagra At Opposition (2.529 AU)
Jan 18 - Comet 287P/Christensen At Opposition (4.049 AU)
Jan 18 - Comet P/2011 S1 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (6.726 AU)
Jan 18 - Apollo Asteroid 4581 Asciepius Closest Approach To Earth (0.289 AU)
Jan 18 - Asteroid 8627 Kunalnayyar Closest Approach To Earth (1.869 AU)
Jan 18 - Asteroid 17078 Sellers Closest Approach To Earth (2.209 AU)
Jan 18 - Jeffrey Williams' 60th Birthday (1958)
Jan 19 - Comet 238P/Read Closest Approach To Earth (2.243 AU)
Jan 19 - Comet P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.439 AU)
Jan 19 - Comet C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.398 AU)
Jan 19 - Asteroid 43844 Rowling Closest Approach To Earth (1.978 AU)
Jan 19 - Harold Reitsema's 70th Birthday (1948)
Jan 20 - ADM-Aeolus (Earth Explorer 4) Vega Launch
Jan 20 - Comet 149P/Mueller Closest Approach To Earth (2.675 AU)
Jan 20 - Comet 338P/McNaught At Opposition (2.680 AU)
Jan 20 - Comet C/2017 G3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.945 AU)
Jan 20 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 NJ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
Jan 20 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 MT8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU)
Jan 20 - Asteroid 2322 Kitt Peak Closest Approach To Earth (1.314 AU)
Jan 20 - Jerry Ross' 70th Birthday (1948)
Jan 20 - Simon Marius' 445th Birthday (1573)
Jan 21 - Comet P/2011 S1 (Gibbs) At Opposition (6.727 AU)
Jan 21 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 XK351 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
Jan 21 - Asteroid 15845 Bambi Closest Approach To Earth (1.465 AU)
Jan 21 - Asteroid 10168 Stony Ridge Closest Approach To Earth (1.707 AU)
Jan 21 - Asteroid 24750 Ohm Closest Approach To Earth (1.760 AU)
Jan 21 - Asteroid 23469 Neilpeart Closest Approach To Earth (1.921 AU)
Jan 21 - Apollo Asteroid 314082 Dryope Closest Approach To Earth (1.939 AU)
Jan 21 - Kuiper Belt Object 20000 Varuna At Opposition (42.904 AU)
Jan 21 - Bengt Stromgren's 110th Birthday (1908)
Jan 21 - Luis Cruls' 170th Birthday (1848)
Jan 22 - Comet 130P/McNaught-Hughes Perihelion (1.824 AU)
Jan 22 - Comet 10P/Tempel At Opposition (3.610 AU)
Jan 22 - Comet C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (8.144 AU)
Jan 22 - Aten Asteroid 306383 (1993 VD) Near-Earth Flyby (0.037 AU)
Jan 22 - Amor Asteroid 2006 AL4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 2843 Yeti Closest Approach To Earth (1.058 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 6216 San Jose Closest Approach To Earth (1.635 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 7000 Curie Closest Approach To Earth (1.720 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 6128 Lasorda Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 12542 Laver Closest Approach To Earth (2.603 AU)
Jan 22 - 20th Anniversary (1998), STS-89 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, Mir Space Station)
Jan 22 - 50th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 5 Launch
Jan 22 - Lev Landau's 110th Birthday (1908)
Jan 23 - Comet 249P/LINEAR At Opposition (4.041 AU)
Jan 23 - Asteroid 495181 Rogerwaters Closest Approach To Earth (1.800 AU)
Jan 24 - Comet P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (2.454 AU)
Jan 24 - Asteroid 9879 Mammuthus Closest Approach To Earth (1.846 AU)
Jan 24 - Centaur Object 32532 Thereus At Opposition (11.761 AU)
Jan 24 - Plutino 208996 (2003 AZ84) At Opposition (43.608 AU)
Jan 24 - Ernst Heinkel's 130th Birthday (1888)
* Jan 25 - SES-14/Al Yah-3 Ariane 5 Launch
Jan 25 - Asteroid 7850 Buenos Aires Closest Approach To Earth (1.505 AU)
Jan 26 - Asteroid 1913 Sekanina Closest Approach To Earth (1.890 AU)
Jan 25 - Asteroid 25000 Astrometria Closest Approach To Earth (1.921 AU)
Jan 25 - Asteroid 184784 Bettiepage Closest Approach To Earth (2.122 AU)
Jan 25 - 35th Anniversary (1983), IRAS Launch
Jan 26 - Comet 238P/Read At Opposition (2.250 AU)
Jan 26 - Comet 343P/NEAT-LONEOS At Opposition (2.685 AU)
Jan 26 - Aten Asteroid 2011 CD66 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
Jan 26 - Asteroid 19019 Sunflower Closest Approach To Earth (1.637 AU)
Jan 26 - Asteroid 1140 Crimea Closest Approach To Earth (1.883 AU)
Jan 26 - Asteroid 1913 Sekanina Closest Approach To Earth (1.890 AU)
Jan 26 - 40th Anniversary (1978), IUE Launch
Jan 26 - Leo Goldberg's 105th Birthday (1913)
Jan 27 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Jan 27 - Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh Perihelion (3.537 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 6202-01212-1 (11.3 Magnitude Star)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 2636 Lassell Closest Approach To Earth (2.154 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 2866 Hardy Closest Approach To Earth (2.379 AU)
Jan 27 - Antonin Mrkos' 100th Birthday (1918)
Jan 28 - Comet 185P/Petriew Perihelion (0.934 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet P/2017 S8 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (1.683 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet 197P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.818 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) At Opposition (2.456 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet C/2016 Q4 (Kowalski) Perihelion (7.084 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet 1P/Halley At Opposition (33.683 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 4628 Laplace Closest Approach To Earth (1.417 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 9619 Terrygilliam Closest Approach To Earth (1.852 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 4999 MPC Closest Approach To Earth (1.917 AU)
Jan 28 - Amor Asteroid 4957 Brucemurray Closest Approach To Earth (2.008 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 11814 Schwamb Closest Approach To Earth (2.266 AU)
Jan 28 - James Watson's 180th Birthday (1838)
Jan 28 - Giovanni Borelli's 410th Birthday (1608)
Jan 29 - Comet 197P/LINEAR Perihelion (1.060 AU)
Jan 29 - Comet C/2016 T3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.193 AU)
* Jan 29 - Comet C/2017 W2 (Leonard) Closest Approach To Earth (3.030 AU)
Jan 29 - Atira Asteroid 2006 WE4 Closest Approach To Earth (0.105 AU)
* Jan 30 - SES-16/GovSat Falcon 9 Launch
Jan 30 - Paz Falcon 9 Launch
Jan 30 - Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (2.472 AU)
Jan 30 - Comet 128P-B/Shoemaker-Holt Closest Approach To Earth (2.691 AU)
Jan 30 - Comet 128P/Shoemaker-Holt Closest Approach To Earth (2.693 AU)
Jan 30 - Comet 350P/McNaught Perihelion (3.751 AU)
Jan 30 - Comet C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (8.153 AU)
Jan 30 - Aten Asteroid 2017 BG136 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 3353 Jarvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.119 AU)
Jan 30 - Apollo Asteroid 410777 (2009 FD) Closest Approach To Earth (1.198 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 6470 Aldrin Closest Approach To Earth (1.326 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 9965 GNU Closest Approach To Earth (1.568 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 9618 Johncleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.651 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 19148 Alaska Closest Approach To Earth (1.829 AU)
Jan 30 - Robert Jedicke's 55th Birthday (1963)
Jan 30 - 150th Anniversary (1868), Pultusk Meteorite Shower (Hit Houses)
Jan 31 - Total Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31 - Supermoon
Jan 31 - Aten Asteroid 2003 CA4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.054 AU)
Jan 31 - Aten Asteroid 2017 BB30 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 64070 NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.440 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 1631 Kopff Closest Approach To Earth (1.698 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 60186 Las Cruces Closest Approach To Earth (1.733 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 2956 Yeomans Closest Approach To Earth (1.838 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 3487 Edgeworth Closest Approach To Earth (2.103 AU)
Jan 31 - 60th Anniversary (1958), Explorer 1 Launch (1st US Satellite)

February 2018
Feb ?? - BeiDou-3 (M9 & M10) CZ-3C/YZ-1 Launch
Feb ?? - GSAT-20 LVM3 Launch
Feb ?? - SES-12 Falcon 9 Launch
Feb ?? - Iridium Next 41-50 Falcon 9 Launch
* Feb ?? - Kanopus V N3 & N4/S-Net 1-4/Auriga Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat-M Launch
Feb 01 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
Feb 01 - Zhangheng 1 (CSES 1)/NuSat 4 (Aleph-1 4)/NuSat 5 (Aleph-1 5)/GOMX 4A (Ulloriaq)/GOMX 4B/Fengmaniu 1/Shaonian Xing CZ-2D Launch
Feb 01 - Moon Occults Regulus
Feb 01 - Comet 344P/Read Closest Approach To Earth (2.992 AU)
* Feb 01 - Comet C/2017 W2 (Leonard) At Opposition (3.031 AU)
Feb 01 - Asteroid 2281 Biela Closest Approach To Earth (1.519 AU)
Feb 01 - Asteroid 3837 Carr Closest Approach To Earth (1.581 AU)
Feb 01 - Asteroid 4252 Godwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.684 AU)
Feb 01 - Asteroid 4103 Chahine Closest Approach To Earth (1.848 AU)
Feb 01 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Hiroshima Meteorite Fall (Hit Warehouse in Japan)
Feb 02 - Comet 250P/Larson Perihelion (2.213 AU)
Feb 02 - Comet C/2017 G3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.991 AU)
Feb 02 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Occults TYC 2492-00824-1 (10.5 Magnitude Star)
Feb 02 - Apollo Asteroid 2002 CB19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
* Feb 02 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Closest Approach To Earth (1.602 AU)
Feb 03 - Comet P/2005 J1 (McNaught) At Opposition (1.938 AU)
Feb 03 - Comet 323P/SOHO At Opposition (3.544 AU)
Feb 03 - Asteroid 3255 Tholen Closest Approach To Earth (1.060 AU)
Feb 03 - Asteroid 12818 Tomhanks Closest Approach To Earth (1.920 AU)
Feb 03 - Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Closest Approach To Earth (2.409 AU)
Feb 03 - Apollo Asteroid 6489 Golevka Closest Approach To Earth (2.510 AU)
Feb 03 - Alan Rubin's 65th Birthday (1953)
Feb 04 - Apollo Asteroid 276033 (2002 AJ129) Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)
* Feb 04 - Asteroid 3264 Bounty Closest Approach To Earth (1.779 AU)
Feb 04 - Asteroid 9341 Gracekelly Closest Approach To Earth (1.789 AU)
Feb 04 - Asteroid 1940 Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (1.954 AU)
Feb 05 - Comet 107P/Wilson-Harrington At Opposition (1.803 AU)
Feb 05 - Asteroid 3306 Byron Closest Approach To Earth (1.514 AU)
Feb 05 - Asteroid 8553 Bradsmith Closest Approach To Earth (1.520 AU)
Feb 05 - Asteroid 19034 Santorini Closest Approach To Earth (2.802 AU)
Feb 05 - Asteroid 37452 Spirit Closest Approach To Earth (2.934 AU)
Feb 05 - 55th Anniversary (1963), 1st Quasar Redshift Measurement (Maarten Schmidt)
Feb 05 - 175th Anniversary (1843), Great Comet of 1843 Discovered
Feb 06 - Comet 311P/PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (1.122 AU)
Feb 06 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 25787320 (11.0 Magnitude Star)
Feb 06 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 6216-00783-1 (10.2 Magnitude Star)
Feb 06 - Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (2.148 AU)
Feb 06 - 130th Anniversary (1888), Williamina Fleming's Discovery of the Horsehead Nebula
Feb 06 - Thomas David Anderson's 165th Birthday (1853)
Feb 07 - Comet 128P-B/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (2.702 AU)
Feb 07 - Comet 128P/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (2.703 AU)
Feb 07 - Apollo Asteroid 505657 (2014 SR339) Near-Earth Flyby (0.054 AU)
Feb 07 - Asteroid 71000 Hughdowns Closest Approach To Earth (1.600 AU)
Feb 07 - 10th Anniversary (2008), STS-122 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space Station)
Feb 07 - Nicolas Sarrabat's 320th Birthday (1698)
Feb 08 - Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham At Opposition (3.533 AU)
Feb 08 - Comet P/2005 GF8 (LONEOS) At Opposition (3.807 AU)
Feb 08 - Asteroid 378214 Sauron Closest Approach To Earth (0.705 AU)
Feb 08 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Brett Gladman, et al's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Herse
Feb 08 - Hiroki Kosai's 85th Birthday (1933)
Feb 08 - Jules Verne's 190th Birthday (1828)
Feb 09 - Moon Occults Asteroid 4 Vesta
Feb 09 - Comet 245P/WISE Perihelion (2.190 AU)
Feb 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 BN509 Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
Feb 09 - Asteroid 13801 Kohlhase Closest Approach To Earth (1.614 AU)
Feb 09 - 105th Anniversary (1913), Great Meteor Procession of 1913
Feb 10 - Comet P/2013 CU129 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.039 AU)
Feb 10 - Comet 311P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (1.125 AU)
Feb 10 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Occults TYC 2492-00167-1 (12.0 Magnitude Star)
Feb 10 - Aten Asteroid 2015 FV118 Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
Feb 10 - Apollo Asteroid 1865 Cerberus Closest Approach To Earth (0.425 AU)
* Feb 10 - Asteroid 274300 UNESCO Closest Approach To Earth (1.761 AU)
Feb 10 - Apollo Asteroid 14827 Hypnos Closest Approach To Earth (3.383 AU)
Feb 10 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 13 Flyby
Feb 10 - 60th Anniversary (1958), Radar Bounced Off Venus by MIT
Feb 11 - Aten Asteroid 2014 WQ202 Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
Feb 11 - Apollo Asteroid 1991 VG Near-Earth Flyby (0.047 AU)
Feb 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 WQ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 7853 Confucius Closest Approach To Earth (1.392 AU)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 58671 Diplodocus Closest Approach To Earth (1.731 AU)
* Feb 11 - Asteroid 249519 Whitneyclavin Closest Approach To Earth (1.739 AU)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 301 Bavaria Closest Approach To Earth (1.841 AU)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 6824 Mallory Closest Approach To Earth (2.198 AU)
* Feb 11 - Asteroid 8889 Mockturtle Closest Approach To Earth (2.227 AU)
* Feb 12 - Comet 344P/Read At Opposition (3.010 AU))
* Feb 12 - Comet P/2017 W3 (Gibbs) Perihelion (3.859 AU)
* Feb 12 - Asteroid 4321 Zero Closest Approach To Earth (2.442 AU)
Feb 12 - Comet 344P/Read At Opposition (3.010 AU)
Feb 12 - Asteroid 4738 Jimihendrix Closest Approach To Earth (2.161 AU)
Feb 12 - Asteroid 1008 La Paz Closest Approach To Earth (2.177 AU)
Feb 12 - Asteroid 2160 Spitzer Closest Approach To Earth (2.182 AU)
* Feb 12 - Asteroid 4321 Zero Closest Approach To Earth (2.442 AU)
Feb 12 - Julian Schwinger's 100th Birthday (1918)
Feb 12 - Marcel Minnaert's 125th Birthday (1893)
Feb 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 SY16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU)
* Feb 13 - Apollo Asteroid 137052 Tjelvar Closest Approach To Earth (0.260 AU)
Feb 13 - Asteroid 3155 Lee Closest Approach To Earth (1.342 AU)
Feb 13 - Chuck Yeager's 95th Birthday (1923)
Feb 13 - Valentin Naboth's 495th Birthday (1523)
Feb 14 - Comet 73P-Y/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.689 AU)
Feb 14 - Comet P/2003 L1 (Scotti) At Oppositon (4.959 AU)
Feb 14 - Asteroid 172996 Stooke Closest Approach To Earth (1.930 AU)
Feb 14 - 55th Anniversary (1963), Syncom 1 Launch (1st Geosynchronous Satellite)
Feb 14 - Fritz Zwicky's 120th Birthday (1898)
Feb 14 - Benjamin Baillaud's 170th Birthday (1848)
Feb 15 - Partial Solar Eclipse (Visible from Antarctica)
Feb 15 - Asteroid 189 Phthia Occults HIP 42917 (5.6 Magnitude Star)
Feb 15 - 5th Anniversary (2013), Fireball Explosion Over Chelyabinsk, Russia
Feb 15 - Galileo Day
Feb 15 - Atira Asteroid 2010 XB11 Closest Approach To Earth (1.056 AU)
* Feb 15 - Asteroid 25275 Jocelynbell Closest Approach To Earth (1.367 AU)
* Feb 15 - Asteroid 3123 Dunham Closest Approach To Earth (1.782 AU)
Feb 15 - Asteroid 6594 Tasman Closest Approach To Earth (2.248 AU)
Feb 15 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Pioneer 10 Becomes 1st Spacecraft to Pass Through Main Asteroid Belt
Feb 16 - Chinese New Year
Feb 16 - Apollo Asteroid 162882 (2001 FD58) Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)
Feb 16 - Asteroid 1157 Arabia Closest Approach To Earth (2.551 AU)
Feb 16 - 40th Anniversary (1978), Social Media Born
Feb 16 - 70th Anniversary (1948), Gerard Kuiper's Discovery of Uranus Moon Miranda
Feb 16 - Pierre Bouguer's 320th Birthday (1698)
Feb 17 - Comet 185P/Petriew Closest Approach To Earth (1.328 AU)
Feb 17 - Comet C/2014 R3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (7.248 AU)
* Feb 17 - Asteroid 1832 Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (2.405 AU)
* Feb 17 - Asteroid 11998 Fermilab Closest Approach To Earth (2.789 AU)
Feb 17 - Tobias Mayer's 295th Birthday (1723)
Feb 18 - Comet 93P/Lovas Closest Approach To Earth (2.586 AU)
Feb 18 - Comet 220P/McNaught At Opposition (3.686 AU)
Feb 18 - Comet C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (3.730 AU)
Feb 18 - Asteroid 369 Aeria Occults HIP 84012 (3.0 Magnitude Star)
Feb 18 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 CA138 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
Feb 18 - Asteroid 5035 Swift Closest Approach To Earth (1.364 AU)

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