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SPACE CALENDAR
May 22, 2018
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.
May 2018
May ?? - Moon Express (MX-1E-1) Electron Launch
May ?? - GPS 3A-2 Falcon 9 Launch
May ?? - GEO-KOMPSAT-2A Ariane 5 Launch
May ?? - IRNSS-1I PSLV-XL Launch
May ?? - BeiDou-3 (M9 & M10) CZ-3C/YZ-1 Launch
May ?? - GLONASS-M 759 Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
May ?? - CICERO/Outernet 1/Lemur-2 Electron Launch
* May 22 - Iridium Next 51-55/ GRACE-FO 1 & 2 Falcon 9 Launch
May 22 - Mars Autumnal Equinox
May 22 - Comet 215P/NEAT At Opposition (3.056 AU)
May 22 - Asteroid 9949 Brontosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.230 AU)
May 22 - Asteroid 16682 Donati Closest Approach To Earth (1.326 AU)
May 22 - Asteroid 1541 Estonia Closest Approach To Earth (1.625 AU)
May 22 - David Levy's 70th Birthday (1948)
May 22 - 110th Anniversary (1808), Stannern Meteorite Fall in Czechoslovakia
May 23 - Comet 24P/Schaumasse At Opposition (1.453 AU)
May 23 - Comet C/2018 EF9 (Lemmon) Perihelion (1.557 AU)
May 23 - Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales) At Opposition (2.259 AU)
May 23 - Comet 159P/LONEOS Perihelion (3.625 AU)
May 23 - Comet 104P/Kowal At Opposition (4.057 AU)
May 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 WL7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
May 23 - Asteroid 1284 Latvia Closest Approach To Earth (2.107 AU)
May 23 - Thomas Reiter's 60th Birthday (1958)
May 24 - Comet 107P/Wilson-Harrington Perihelion (0.970 AU)
May 24 - Comet C/2018 C2 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (1.201 AU)
May 24 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults UCAC4-359-131702 (12.4 Magnitude Star)
May 24 - Asteroid 337044 Bobdylan Closest Approach To Earth (1.468 AU)
May 24 - Asteroid 30444 Shemp Closest Approach To Earth (1.848 AU)
May 25 - Towel Day - Annual Tribute to Douglas Adams
May 25 - GSAT 11/Azerspace 2 (Intelsat 38) Ariane 5 Launch
May 25 - Comet 5D/Brorsen Closest Approach To Earth (2.295 AU)
May 25 - Comet P/2012 SB6 (Lemmon) At Opposition (3.601 AU)
May 25 - Comet P/2011 U2 (Bressi) At Opposition (4.583 AU)
* May 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 JG2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.047 AU)
* May 25 - Amor Asteroid 2018 KC1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU)
* May 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 FS3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
May 25 - Asteroid 17059 Elvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.555 AU)
May 25 - Asteroid 2169 Taiwan Closest Approach To Earth (1.912 AU)
May 25 - Asteroid 157064 Sedona Closest Approach To Earth (2.108 AU)
May 25 - 10th Anniversary (2008), Phoenix, Mars Landing
May 26 - Comet 234P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.354 AU)
May 26 - Comet 187P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.888 AU)
May 26 - Comet 187P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.888 AU)
May 26 - Comet P/2011 U2 (Bressi) Closest Approach To Earth (4.583 AU)
May 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 LF Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
May 26 - Asteroid 5738 Billpickering Closest Approach To Earth (2.120 AU)
May 26 - Plutino 2006 HJ123 At Opposition (33.096 AU)
May 27 - Moon Occults Asteroid 16 Psyche
May 27 - Comet 255P/Levy At Opposition (2.698 AU)
May 27 - Comet P/2017 G2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.954 AU)
May 27 - Comet 315P/LONEOS At Opposition (3.368 AU)
May 27 - Comet 187P/LINEAR Perihelion (3.881 AU)
* May 27 - Aten Asteroid 2018 JK3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
May 27 - Aten Asteroid 66391 (1999 KW4) Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
May 27 - Atira Asteroid 481817 (2008 UL90) Closest Approach To Earth (0.580 AU)
May 27 - Asteroid 11335 Santiago Closest Approach To Earth (1.457 AU)
May 27 - Asteroid 2197 Shanghai Closest Approach To Earth (2.306 AU)
May 27 - Plutino 38628 Huya At Opposition (27.633 AU)
May 27 - Alexander Volkov's 70th Birthday (1948)
May 28 - Comet P/1999 RO28 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.877 AU)
May 28 - Comet C/2015 VL62 Closest Approach To Earth (2.895 AU)
May 28 - Comet 215P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (3.051 AU)
May 28 - Comet 157P/Tritton At Opposition (3.884 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 6268-00905-1 (10.3 Magnitude Star)
* May 28 - Aten Asteroid 2018 KR Near-Earth Flyby (0.040 AU)
* May 28 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 JA Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
May 28 - Amor Asteroid 2018 ER4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 17744 Jodiefoster Closest Approach To Earth (1.379 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 6117 Brevardastro Closest Approach To Earth (1.480 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 6714 Montreal Closest Approach To Earth (1.657 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 4099 Wiggins Closest Approach To Earth (1.805 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 3780 Maury Closest Approach To Earth (1.827 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 2044 Wirt Closest Approach To Earth (1.998 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 1042 Amazone Closest Approach To Earth (2.279 AU)
May 29 - Comet 357P/Hill Perihelion (2.527 AU)
May 29 - Aten Asteroid 68347 (2001 KB67) Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)
May 29 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 WG365 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
* May 29 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 JZ1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
May 29 - Asteroid 3131 Mason-Dixon Closest Approach To Earth (1.835 AU)
May 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 JO179 At Opposition (57.435 AU)
May 30 - Comet C/2017 B3 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.873 AU)
May 30 - Comet 144P/Kushida At Opposition (3.888 AU)
May 30 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults UCAC4-358-128730 (12.2 Magnitude Star)
* May 30 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 JJ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
* May 30 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 KD1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
May 30 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo Occults 2UCAC 20036612 (14.9 Magnitude Star)
* May 30 - Amor Asteroid 2018 JJ2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU)
May 30 - Asteroid 12325 Bogota Closest Approach To Earth (1.354 AU)
May 30 - Neptune Trojan 2010 TT191 At Opposition (33.184 AU)
May 30 - Michael Lopez-Alegria's 60th Birthday (1958)
May 30 - Hannes Alfven's 100th Birthday (1908)
May 30 - Raymond Dugan's 140th Birthday (1878)
* May 31 - SES-12 Falcon 9 Launch
May 31 - BlackSky Global 1 PSLV Launch
May 31 - Comet 164P/Christensen Perihelion (1.685 AU)
May 31 - Comet 227P/Catalina-LINEAR At Opposition (2.195 AU)
May 31 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 6268-00025-1 (10.7 Magnitude Star)
May 31 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 6268-00036-1 (11.0 Magnitude Star)
May 31 - Amor Asteroid 2013 LE7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
* May 31 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 KL1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)
May 31 - Aten Asteroid 5381 Sekmet Closest Approach To Earth (1.081 AU)
May 31 - Asteroid 13599 Lisbon Closest Approach To Earth (1.901 AU)
May 31 - Asteroid 24102 Jacquecassini Closest Approach To Earth (1.916 AU)
May 31 - Asteroid 589 Croatia Closest Approach To Earth (2.255 AU)
* May 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 470308 (2007 JH43) At Opposition (39.551 AU)
May 31 - 10th Anniversary (2008), STS-124 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, International Space Station)
May 31 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 15 Flyby
June 2018
* Jun ?? - Chang'e 4 Relay/DSLWP-A1 & A2 CZ-4C Launch (L2 Halo Orbit Mission)
Jun ?? - Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS-1)/PakTES 1 CZ-2C/SMA Launch
Jun ?? - GSAT-29 GSLV Mk III Launch
* Jun ?? - GLONASS-M 756 Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
* Jun ?? - Geo IK-2/Musson-2 Rokot/Briz-KM Launch
Jun 01 - Comet 168P/Hergenrother Closest Approach To Earth (2.988 AU)
Jun 01 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 24660991 (12.1 Magnitude Star)
* Jun 01 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 KE1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)
Jun 01 - Asteroid 8837 London Closest Approach To Earth (0.983 AU)
Jun 01 - Asteroid 61342 Lovejoy Closest Approach To Earth (1.165 AU)
Jun 01 - Asteroid 5891 Gehrig Closest Approach To Earth (1.727 AU)
Jun 01 - Georgy Dobrovolsky's 90th birthday (1928)
Jun 01 - Geminiano Montanari's 385th Birthday (1633)
Jun 02 - Comet C/2018 C2 (Lemmon) Perihelion (1.957 AU)
Jun 02 - Comet 261P/Larson At Opposition (2.265 AU)
Jun 02 - Comet 178P/Hug-Bell At Opposition (3.780 AU)
Jun 02 - Comet C/2017 M5 (TOTAS) Perihelion (5.990 AU)
Jun 02 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 XF Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
* Jun 02 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 KQ1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
Jun 02 - Asteroid 16421 Roadrunner Closest Approach To Earth (0.981 AU)
Jun 02 - Asteroid 5860 Deankootz Closest Approach To Earth (1.830 AU)
Jun 02 - Asteroid 243 Ida Closest Approach To Earth (1.969 AU)
Jun 02 - Asteroid 2191 Uppsala Closest Approach To Earth (2.259 AU)
Jun 02 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Mars Express/ Beagle 2 Launch
Jun 02 - 20th Anniversary (1998), STS-91 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, Mir Space Station)
Jun 02 - 35th Anniversary (1983), Venera 15 Launch (USSR Venus Orbiter)
Jun 02 - 160th Anniversary (1858), Discovery of Donati's Comet
Jun 03 - Soyuz MS-7 Return to Earth (International Space Station)
Jun 03 - Comet P/2015 X6 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.212 AU)
Jun 03 - Comet P/2015 X6 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.212 AU)
Jun 03 - Comet 234P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.362 AU
Jun 03 - Comet 96P/Machholz Closest Approach To Earth (2.397 AU)
Jun 03 - 5th Anniversary (2013), Discovery of Rings Around Chariklo
Jun 04 - Asteroid 16035 Sasandford Closest Approach To Earth (1.591 AU)
Jun 04 - Asteroid 2825 Crosby Closest Approach To Earth (1.594 AU)
Jun 04 - Asteroid 17656 Hayabusa Closest Approach To Earth (1.690 AU)
Jun 04 - Apollo Asteroid 4257 Ubasti Closest Approach To Earth (1.751 AU)
Jun 04 - Asteroid 10189 Normanrockwell Closest Approach To Earth (1.797 AU)
Jun 04 - Asteroid 5102 Benfranklin Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 AU)
Jun 04 - Asteroid 49272 Bryce Canyon Closest Approach To Earth (2.209 AU)
Jun 04 - Asteroid 284891 Kona Closest Approach To Earth (2.748 AU)
Jun 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 278361 (2007 JJ43) At Opposition (39.991 AU)
Jun 04 - John Grigg's 180th Birthday (1838)
Jun 05 - Apollo Asteroid 2004 LB Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
Jun 05 - Apollo Asteroid 11885 Summanus Closest Approach To Earth (1.326 AU)
Jun 05 - Asteroid 17427 Poe Closest Approach To Earth (2.918 AU)
Jun 05 - Sydney Observatory's 160th Birthday (1858)
Jun 06 - Asteroid 23990 Springsteen Closest Approach To Earth (1.261 AU)
Jun 06 - Asteroid 2829 Bobhope Closest Approach To Earth (1.718 AU)
Jun 06 - Asteroid 9533 Aleksejleonov Closest Approach To Earth (2.012 AU)
Jun 06 - 35th Anniversary (1983), Venera 16 Launch (USSR Venus Orbiter)
Jun 07 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Occults 2UCAC 40020132 (12.3 Magniutde Star)
Jun 07 - Asteroid 16 Psyche Occults TYC 5586-00262-1 (11.9 Magnitude Star)
Jun 07 - Aten Asteroid 2017 EH1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
Jun 07 - Asteroid 2955 Newburn Closest Approach To Earth (0.920 AU)
Jun 07 - Asteroid 1718 Namibia Closest Approach To Earth (1.186 AU)
Jun 07 - Apollo Asteroid 4769 Castalia Closest Approach To Earth (1.206 AU)
Jun 07 - Asteroid 4535 Adamcarolla Closest Approach To Earth (1.356 AU)
Jun 07 - Asteroid 83360 Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (1.700 AU3)
Jun 07 - Bernard Burke's 90th Birthday (1928)
Jun 07 - 265th Anniversary (1753), British Museum Founded
Jun 08 - World Oceans Day
Jun 08 - Soyuz MS-9 Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 55S)
Jun 08 - Comet 212P/NEAT At Opposition (3.758 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet P/2016 WM48 (Lemmon) At Opposition (3.852 AU)
Jun 08 - Apollo Asteroid 4660 Nereus Closest Approach To Earth (1.743 AU)
Jun 08 - Asteroid 20403 Attenborough Closest Approach To Earth (2.222 AU)
Jun 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 KZ39 At Opposition (45.036 AU)
Jun 08 - 100th Anniversary (1918), Discovery of Nova Aquila
Jun 09 - Comet P/2012 TK8 (Tenagra) At Opposition (4.125 AU)
Jun 09 - Amor Asteroid 2009 SK104 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
Jun 09 - Asteroid 881 Athene Closest Approach To Earth (1.326 AU)
Jun 09 - Apollo Asteroid 4197 Morpheus Closest Approach To Earth (1.770 AU)
Jun 09 - Asteroid 130 Elektra Closest Approach To Earth (2.560 AU)
Jun 09 - Asteroid 2069 Hubble Closest Approach To Earth (2.589 AU)
Jun 10 - Fengyun 2H CZ-3A Launch
Jun 10 - Comet 263P/Gibbs At Opposition (1.732 AU)
Jun 10 - Comet P/2001 T3 (NEAT) Perihelion (2.486 AU)
Jun 10 - Comet C/2015 VL62 At Opposition (2.940 AU)
Jun 10 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Mars Exploration Rover A (Spirit) Launch
Jun 10 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Explorer 49 Launch (Moon Orbiter)
Jun 11 - IGS Radar-6 H-2A Launch
Jun 11 - Comet P/2007 T2 (Kowalski) Closest Approach To Earth (0.502 AU)
Jun 11 - Comet P/2017 G2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.989 AU)
Jun 11 - Amor Asteroid 2018 EJ4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU)
Jun 11 - Amor Asteroid 2015 DP155 Near-Earth Flyby (0.023 AU)
Jun 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2008 LA Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
Jun 11 - Asteroid 26733 Nanavistor Closest Approach To Earth (1.370 AU)
Jun 11 - Asteroid 6827 Wombat Closest Approach To Earth (2.023 AU)
Jun 11 - Neptune Trojan 2013 KY18 At Opposition (29.046 AU)
Jun 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 174567 Varda At Opposition (45.762 AU)
Jun 11 - 5th Anniversary (2013), Shenzhou 10 CZ-2F/H Launch (Chinese Manned Launch to Tian Gong1 1 Space Station)
Jun 11 - 70th Anniversary (1948), V-2 Blossom Launch (Carried Albert I the Rhesus Monkey)
Jun 11 - Johann Georg Palitzsch's 295th Birthday (1723)
Jun 12 - Gaofen 6/Luijia 1 CZ-2D Launch
Jun 12 - Comet 354P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.559 AU)
Jun 12 - Asteroid 14593 Everett Closest Approach To Earth (1.598 AU)
Jun 12 - Asteroid 1241 Dysona Closest Approach To Earth (1.982 AU)
Jun 12 - Asteroid 70715 Allancheuvront Closest Approach To Earth (2.028 AU)
Jun 12 - David Gill's 175th Birthday (1843)
Jun 13 - Progress MS-7 Reenters Earth's Atmosphere (International Space Station)
Jun 13 - Comet 354P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.559 AU)
Jun 13 - Comet 182P/LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.859 AU)
Jun 13 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 24411081 (11.8 Magnitude Star)
Jun 13 - Asteroid 770 Bali Closest Approach To Earth (1.523 AU)
Jun 13 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Portales Valley Meteorite Fall (Hit Barn in New Mexico)
Jun 13 - Willard Bennett's 115th Birthday (1903)
Jun 13 - Alan Griffith's 125th Birthday (1893)
Jun 13 - Reinhold Tiling's 125th Birthday (1893)
Jun 13 - Thomas Young's 245th Birthday (1773)
Jun 14 - Comet 112P/Urata-Niijima At Opposition (3.604 AU)
Jun 14 - Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (4.051 AU)
Jun 14 - Comet C/2017 X1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (4.663 AU)
Jun 14 - Asteroid 2032 Ethel Occults HIP 93993 (6.3 Magnitude Star)
Jun 14 - Apollo Asteroid 3361 Orpheus Closest Approach To Earth (0.448 AU)
Jun 14 - Asteroid 3720 Hokkaido Closest Approach To Earth (1.092 AU)
Jun 14 - Asteroid 4987 Flamsteed Closest Approach To Earth (1.147 AU)
Jun 14 - Asteroid 8277 Machu-Picchu Closest Approach To Earth (1.418 AU)
Jun 14 - Asteroid 7220 Philnicholson Closest Approach To Earth (1.536 AU)
Jun 14 - Asteroid 4808 Ballaero Closest Approach To Earth (2.094 AU)
Jun 14 - 50th Anniversary (1968), 1st Asteroid Observed by Radar (1566 Icarus)
* Jun 15 - ICON (MIDEX 8) Pegasus XL Launch
Jun 15 - Aten Asteroid 2004 LO2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.064 AU)
Jun 15 - Asteroid 6600 Qwerty Closest Approach To Earth (1.518 AU)
Jun 15 - Hubertus Strughold's 120th Birthday (1898)
Jun 16 - Aten Asteroid 469737 (2005 NW44) Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
Jun 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 BC Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
Jun 16 - Aten Asteroid 2014 GQ17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)
Jun 16 - Asteroid 46686 Anitasohus Closest Approach To Earth (1.213 AU)
Jun 16 - Asteroid 8250 Cornell Closest Approach To Earth (1.798 AU)
Jun 16 - Apollo Asteroid 162173 Ryugu Closest Approach To Earth (1.897 AU)
Jun 16 - Amor Asteroid 3199 Nefertiti Closest Approach To Earth (1.912 AU)
Jun 16 - Asteroid 5231 Verne Closest Approach To Earth (1.930 AU)
Jun 16 - Asteroid 1213 Algeria Closest Approach To Earth (2.288 AU)
Jun 16 - 55th Anniversary (1963), 1st Woman In Space (Valentina Tereshkova)
Jun 16 - 80th Anniversary (1938), Pantar Meteorite Fall (Hit Buildings in Philippine Islands)
Jun 16 - Alexander Friedmann's 130th Birthday (1888)
* Jun 17 - Telstar 19V Falcon 9 Launch
Jun 17 - Comet 261P/Larson Closest Approach To Earth (2.233 AU)
Jun 17 - Comet C/2017 M4 (ATLAS) At Opposition (3.351 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid 2000 Herschel Closest Approach To Earth (2.055 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid 2118 Flagstaff Closest Approach To Earth (2.085 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid 13010 Germantitov Closest Approach To Earth (2.466 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid 10063 Erinleeryan Closest Approach To Earth (2.961 AU)
Jun 17 - James Elliot's 75th Birthday (1943)
Jun 18 - Comet 5D/Brorsen At Opposition (2.385 AU)
Jun 18 - Comet P/2017 P1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (5.437 AU)
Jun 18 - Asteroid 896 Sphinx Closest Approach To Earth (0.903 AU)
Jun 18 - Asteroid 4372 Quincy Closest Approach To Earth (2.109 AU)
Jun 18 - Asteroid 2421 Nininger Closest Approach To Earth (2.2239 AU)
Jun 18 - Plutino 28978 Ixion At Opposition (38.457 AU)
Jun 18 - 35th Anniversary (1983), 1st US Woman In Space (Sally Ride)
Jun 19 - Comet P/2002 EJ57 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.627 AU)
Jun 19 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo Occults 2UCAC 20035476 (14.8 Magnitude Star)
Jun 19 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Closest Approach To Earth (1.142 AU)
Jun 19 - Asteroid 14413 Geiger Closest Approach To Earth (1.499 AU)
Jun 19 - Asteroid 6442 Salzburg Closest Approach To Earth (1.565 AU)
Jun 19 - Asteroid 5441 Andymurray Closest Approach To Earth (1.804 AU)
Jun 19 - Asteroid 1815 Beethoven Closest Approach To Earth (2.686 AU)
Jun 19 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Nozomi, Earth Flyby
Jun 19 - Viktor Patsayev's 85th Birthday (1933)
Jun 20 - Comet C/2016 M1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.296 AU)
Jun 20 - Comet 36P/Whipple At Opposition (3.302 AU)
Jun 20 - Asteroid 3875 Staehle Closest Approach To Earth (0.941 AU)
Jun 20 - Asteroid 5634 Victorborge Closest Approach To Earth (0.966 AU)
Jun 20 - Asteroid 4031 Mueller Closest Approach To Earth (1.198 AU)
Jun 21 - Summer Solstice, 10:07 UT
Jun 21 - Comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro At Opposition (1.676 AU)
Jun 21 - Amor Asteroid 2014 MZ5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
Jun 21 - Aten Asteroid 2014 OL339 Closest Approach To Earth (0.287 AU)
Jun 21 - Asteroid 10071 Paraguay Closest Approach To Earth (1.315 AU)
Jun 21 - Asteroid 3267 Glo Closest Approach To Earth (1.928 AU)
Jun 21 - Centaur Object 5145 Pholus At Opposition (26.850 AU)
Jun 21 - 25th Anniversary (1993), STS-57 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, Spacehab)
Jun 21 - Gennady Padalka's 60th Birthday (1958)
Jun 21 - Maximilian Wolf's 155th Birthday (1863)
Jun 21 - Jean Chacornac's 195th Birthday (1823)
* Jun 22 - Comet 67P/Catalina Perihelion (2.522 AU)
Jun 22 - Apollo Asteroid 4034 Vishnu Closest Approach To Earth (1.494 AU)
Jun 22 - Asteroid 13926 Berners-Lee Closeset Approach To Earth (1.645 AU)
Jun 22 - Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (2.070 AU)
Jun 22 - 40th Anniversary (1978), Jim Christy's Discovery of Pluto's Moon Charon
Jun 23 - Moon Occults Asteroid 16 Psyche
Jun 23 - Comet 210P/Christensen At Opposition (4.264 AU)
Jun 23 - Apollo Asteroid 467309 (1996 AW1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
Jun 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2063 Bacchus Closest Approach To Earth (1.702 AU)
Jun 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar At Opposition (41.882 AU)
Jun 24 - Comet 364P/PANSTARRS Perihelion (0.798 AU)
Jun 24 - Comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro Closest Approach To Earth (1.675 AU)
Jun 24 - Asteroid 2032 Ethel Occults HIP 93315 (6.5 Magnitude Star)
Jun 24 - Aten Asteroid 441987 (2010 NY65) Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)
Jun 24 - Asteroid 61189 Ohsadaharu Closest Approach To Earth (1.197 AU)
Jun 24 - Asteroid 51829 Williemccool Closest Approach To Earth (1.197 AU)
Jun 24 - Asteroid 2343 Siding Spring Closest Approach To Earth (1.385 AU)
Jun 24 - 80th Anniversary (1938), Chicora Meteorite Fall (Hit Cow in Pennsylvania)
Jun 24 - Victor Hess' 125th Birthday (1883)
Jun 25 - Comet C/2016 M1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.289 AU)
Jun 25 - Asteroid 2975 Spahr Closest Approach To Earth (1.195 AU)
Jun 25 - Asteroid 2315 Czechoslovakia Closest Approach To Earth (2.212 AU)
Jun 26 - Comet P/2009 Q4 (Boattini) At Opposition (3.910 AU)
Jun 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2007 UD6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
Jun 26 - Asteroid 12002 Suess Closest Approach To Earth (1.764 AU)
* Jun 26 - Asteroid 3866 Langley Closest Approach To Earth (1.929 AU)
Jun 26 - 40th Anniversary (1978), SEASAT 1 Launch
Jun 27 - Saturn At Opposition
Jun 27 - Moon Occults Asteroid 4 Vesta
Jun 27 - Comet 96P/Machholz At Opposition (2.491 AU)
Jun 27 - Comet 211P/Hill At Opposition (3.500 AU)
Jun 27 - Atira Asteroid 2015 ME131 Closest Approach To Earth (1.088 AU)
Jun 27 - Asteroid 3000 Leonardo Closest Approach To Earth (1.382 AU)
Jun 27 - Asteroid 79896 Billhaley Closest Approach To Earth (1.850 AU)
Jun 28 - Comet C/2017 S6 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (1.304 AU)
Jun 28 - Comet 182P/LONEOS At Opposition (2.892 AU)
Jun 28 - Asteroid 797 Montana Closest Approach To Earth (1.406 AU)
Jun 28 - Amor Asteroid 7088 Ishtar Closest Approach To Earth (1.738 AU)
Jun 29 - Comet 82P/Gehrels Perihelion (3.634 AU)
* Jun 29 - Asteroid 3727 Maxwell Occults HIP 5346 (5.5 Magnitude Star)
Jun 29 - Apollo Asteroid 10563 Izhdubar Closest Approach To Earth (0.738 AU)
Jun 29 - Asteroid 4238 Audrey Closest Approach To Earth (1.387 AU)
Jun 29 - George Hale's 150th Birthday (1868)
Jun 29 - Angelo Secchi's 200th Birthday (1818)
Jun 30 - Asteroid Day
Jun 30 - Comet 164P/Christensen Closest Approach To Earth (2.655 AU)
Jun 30 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 23685002 (11.5 Magnitude Star)
Jun 30 - Asteroid 2991 Bilbo Closest Approach To Earth (0.826 AU)
Jun 30 - Asteroid 7816 Hanoi Closest Approach To Earth (1.530 AU)
Jun 30 - Asteroid 6471 Collins Closest Approach To Earth (1.652 AU)
Jun 30 - Asteroid 9500 Camelot Closest Approach To Earth (2.047 AU)
Jun 30 - 100th Anniversary (1918), Richardton Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in North Dakota)
Jun 30 - 110th Anniversary (1908), Tunguska Explosion Event
July 2018
Jul ?? - Oceansat-3 PSLV-CA Launch
Jul ?? - GLONASS-M 760 Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
Jul ?? - Unicorn 2A/Delfi-PQ 1 Vector-R Launch
Jul ?? - Iridium Next 56-65 Falcon 9 Launch
* Jul ?? - Bars-M Soyuz-2.1a Launch
* Jul ?? - Telstar 18V/APStar 5C Falcon 9 Launch
Jul 01 - Comet 110P/Hartley At Opposition (3.725 AU)
Jul 01 - Comet 75D/Kohoutek At Opposition (4.137 AU)
Jul 01 - Asteroid 1022 Olympiada Closest Approach To Earth (1.406 AU)
Jul 01 - Jupiter Trojan Asteroid 5254 Ulysses Closest Approach To Earth (4.682 AU)
Jul 01 - Centaur Object 10370 Hylonome At Opposition (23.011 AU)
Jul 01 - Ed Lu's 55th Birthday (1963)
Jul 01 - Dick Rutan's 80th Birthday (1938)
Jul 01 - Amy Johnson's 115th Birthday (1903)
Jul 02 - Comet 361P/Spacewatch Perihelion (2.779 AU)
Jul 02 - Amor Asteroid 1916 Boreas Closest Approach To Earth (0.657 AU)
Jul 02 - Asteroid 3498 Belton Closest Approach To Earth (1.510 AU)
Jul 02 - Neptune Trojan 2008 LC18 At Opposition (31.418 AU)
Jul 02 - Kinch Kincheloe's 90th Birthday (1928)
Jul 02 - Hugh Dryden's 120th Birthday (1898)
Jul 03 - Aten Asteroid 2005 MF5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 274860 Emilylakdawalla Closest Approach To Earth (2.060 AU)
Jul 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 307261 (2002 MS4) At Opposition (45.689 AU)
Jul 03 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Nozomi Launch (Japan Mars Mission)
Jul 04 - Comet 289P/Blanpain At Opposition (3.357 AU)
Jul 04 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 6260-01625-1 (10.9 Magnitude Star)
Jul 04 - Aten Asteroid 2016 NB1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
Jul 04 - Henrietta Leavitt's 145th Birthday (1868)
Jul 04 - Jean Pierre Blanchard's 265th Birthday (1753)
Jul 05 - Comet 101P-B/Chernykh At Opposition (3.789 AU)
Jul 05 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo Occults 2UCAC 20034326 (14.8 Magnitude Star)
Jul 05 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 AJ2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.091 AU)
Jul 05 - Aten Asteroid 2340 Hathor Closest Approach To Earth (0.532 AU)
Jul 05 - Asteroid 3709 Polypoites Closest Approach To Earth (4.569 AU)
Jul 05 - Centaur Object 55576 Amycus At Opposition (19.831 AU)
Jul 06 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
Jul 06 - Comet P/2017 Y3 (Leonard) Closest Approach To Earth (1.492 AU)
Jul 06 - Comet 101P/Chernykh At Opposition (3.721 AU)
Jul 06 - Asteroid 584 Semiramis Occults HIP 8544 (6.2 Magnitude Star)
Jul 06 - Asteroid 3526 Jeffbell Closest Approach To Earth (1.530 AU)
Jul 06 - 80th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Lysithea
* Jul 07 - Asteroid 18499 Showalter Closest Approach To Earth (0.759 AU)
* Jul 07 - Asteroid 2410 Morrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.209 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 11365 NASA Closest Approach To Earth (1.334 AU)
Jul 07 - Amor Asteroid 1915 Quetzalcoatl Closest Approach To Earth (2.248 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 34901 Mauna Loa Closest Approach To Earth (2.843 AU)
Jul 07 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Mars Exploration Rover B (Opportunity) Launch
Jul 07 - George Graham's 345th Birthday (1673)
Jul 08 - Atira Asteroid 418265 (2008 EA32) Closest Approach To Earth (0.589 AU)
Jul 08 - Atira Asteroid 2010 XB11 Closest Approach To Earth (0.726 AU)
Jul 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar Occults UCAC4-374-109194 (14.6 Magnitude Star)
Jul 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 486958 (2014 MU69) At Opposition (42.237 AU)
Jul 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 PN70 At Opposition (42.932 AU)
Jul 09 - Moon Occults Asteroid 87 Sylvia
Jul 09 - Comet C/2017 S6 (Catalina) At Opposition (1.354 AU)
Jul 09 - Comet 94P/Russell Closest Approach To Earth (2.993 AU)
Jul 09 - Comet P/2008 Y12 (SOHO) At Opposition (3.933 AU)
Jul 09 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo At Opposition (14.913 AU)
Jul 09 - 60th Anniversary (1958), Thor-Able Launch (Carried Laska the Mouse)
Jul 09 - James Pollack's 80th Birthday (1938)
Jul 10 - Progress MS-9 Soyuz-2.1a Launch (International Space Station 70P)
Jul 10 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Jul 10 - Apollo Asteroid 65803 Didymos Closest Approach To Earth (1.296 AU)
Jul 11 - Asteroid 1388 Aphrodite Closest Approach To Earth (1.770 AU)
* Jul 11 - Asteroid 13586 Copenhagen Closest Approach To Earth (1.787 AU)
* Jul 12 - Jupiter Trojan Asteroid 1143 Odysseus Closest Approach To Earth (4.693 AU)
Jul 11 - 150th Anniversary (1868), Ornans Meteorite Fall in France
Jul 12 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (26 Degrees)
Jul 12 - 30th Anniversary (1988), Phobos 2 Launch (Soviet Mars Orbiter)
Jul 13 - Partial Solar Eclipse
Jul 13 - Asteroid 3768 Monroe Closest Approach To Earth (1.953 AU)
Jul 13 - Dwarf Planet 134340 Pluto At Opposition (32.584 AU)
Jul 14 - Asteroid 84882 Table Mountain Closest Approach To Earth (1.439 AU)
Jul 14 - George Green's 225th Birthday (1793)
Jul 15 - Asteroid 6779 Perrine Closest Approach To Earth (1.417 AU)
Jul 15 - Neptune Trojan 2011 HM102 At Opposition (27.204 AU)
Jul 15 - Jane Luu's 55th Birthday (1963)
Jul 15 - Jocelyn Bell's 75th Birthday (1943)
Jul 15 - Carl Woese's 90th Birthday (1928)
Jul 15 - Henri Buisson's 145th Birthday (1873)
Jul 16 - Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux Perihelion (1.430 AU)
Jul 16 - Comet C/2017 M4 (ATLAS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.231 AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 7672 Hawking Closest Approach To Earth (1.319 AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 1790 Volkov Closest Approach To Earth (1.406 AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 20469 Dudleymoore Closest Approach To Earth (1.494 AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 5760 Mittlefehldt Closest Approach To Earth (1.715 AU)
* Jul 16 - Asteroid 7231 Porco Closest Approach To Earth (2.024 AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 5816 Potsdam Closest Approach To Earth (2.162 AU)
Jul 17 - Comet 216P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.787 AU)
Jul 17 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo Occults 2UCAC 20033219 (13.7 Magnitude Star)
Jul 17 - Apollo Asteroid 9162 Kwiila Closest Approach To Earth (0.831 AU)
Jul 17 - Asteroid 2362 Mark Twain Closest Approach To Earth (0.991 AU)
Jul 17 - Asteroid 7984 Marius Closest Approach To Earth (1.458 AU)
Jul 17 - Asteroid 9941 Iguanodon Closest Approach To Earth (1.564 AU)
Jul 18 - Comet C/2016 N6 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.669 AU)
Jul 18 - Comet 94P/Russell At Opposition (3.006 AU)
Jul 18 - Comet 233P/La Sagra At Opposition (3.189 AU)
* Jul 18 - Asteroid 17473 Freddiemercury Closest Approach To Earth (1.735 AU)
* Jul 18 - Asteroid 9674 Slovenija Closest Approach To Earth (1.788 AU)
Jul 18 - Hendrik Lorentz's 165th Birthday (1853)
Jul 19 - Comet 364P/PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (0.236 AU)
Jul 19 - Comet C/2017 T3 (ATLAS) Perihelion (0.825 AU)
Jul 19 - Asteroid 3229 Solnhofen Closest Approach To Earth (0.989 AU)
Jul 19 - Apollo Asteroid 5011 Ptah Closest Approach To Earth (1.450 AU)
Jul 19 - Asteroid 3115 Baily Closest Approach To Earth (1.815 AU)
Jul 19 - Asteroid 1578 Kirkwood Closest Approach To Earth (3.564 AU)
Jul 19 - 5th Anniversary (2013), Cassini, Earth Photo
Jul 20 - Asteroid 101432 Adamwest Closest Approach To Earth (1.132 AU)
Jul 20 - Alberto Santos-Dumont's 145th Birthday (1873)
Jul 21 - Apollo Asteroid 2012 BV26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU)
Jul 21 - Atira Asteroid 413563 (2005 TG45) Closest Approach To Earth (0.236 AU)
Jul 21 - Asteroid 37530 Dancingangel Closest Approach To Earth (0.923 AU)
Jul 21 - Asteroid 588 Achilles (Jupiter Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (4.850 AU)
Jul 21 - 20th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 16 Flyby
Jul 21 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Mars 4 Launch (USSR Mars Mission)
Jul 22 - Comet P/2007 T2 (Kowalski) Perihelion (0.656 AU)
Jul 22 - Comet 267P/LONEOS Perihelion (1.241 AU)
Jul 22 - Comet 366P/Spacewatch Perihelion (2.278 AU)
Jul 22 - Asteroid 3904 Honda Closest Approach To Earth (1.731 AU)
Jul 22 - Asteroid 2224 Tucson Closest Approach To Earth (1.738 AU)
Jul 23 - Comet 349P/Lemmon Closest Approach To Earth (2.097 AU)
Jul 23 - Asteroid 85386 Payton Closest Approach To Earth (1.471 AU)
Jul 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2135 Aristaeus Closest Approach To Earth (1.507 AU)
Jul 23 - Asteroid 5249 Giza Closest Approach To Earth (2.368 AU)
Jul 23 - 60th Anniversary (1958), Thor-Able Launch (Carried Milkie the Mouse)
Jul 23 - Vera Rubin's 90th Birthday (1928)
Jul 24 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Closest Approach To Earth (1.068 AU)
Jul 24 - Asteroid 7367 Giotto Closest Approach To Earth (2.289 AU)
Jul 24 - 70th Anniversary (1948), Marvin the Martian Debut on Looney Tunes
Jul 24 - Henri-Alexandre Deslandres' 165th Birthday (1853)
Jul 25 - Galileo 23-26 Ariane 5 Launch
Jul 25 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 WO371 Near-Earth Flyby (0.060 AU)
* Jul 25 - Aten Asteroid 2018 GR4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
Jul 25 - Asteroid 125071 Lugosi Closest Approach To Earth (1.453 AU)
Jul 25 - Asteroid 8373 Stephengould Closest Approach To Earth (4.136 AU)
Jul 25 - 45th Anniversary (1973), Mars 5 Launch (USSR Mars Orbiter)
Jul 26 - Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux Closest Approach To Earth (2.401 AU)
Jul 26 - Comet 150P/LONEOS At Opposition (3.979 AU)
Jul 26 - Asteroid 30928 Jefferson Closest Approach To Earth (2.095 AU)
Jul 26 - Lenka Kotkova's 45th Birtday (1973)
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