Important event dates - January/2026

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Dec 30, 2025, 3:59:45 PM12/30/25

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🔭 Jan 2
Asteroid 40 Harmonia at Opposition
Visible with telescopes only (mag ~9). Name from Greek mythology (Harmonia).

https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=2026_14_A40_100

☄ Jan 3–4
Quadrantids Meteor Shower – Peak
Parent body: asteroid 2003 EH1. Meteor rates vary strongly with latitude—beware of exaggerated media claims.

https://www.imo.net/viewing-the-2026-quadrantid-meteor-shower/

📅 Jan 4
150 years since the discovery of asteroid 158 Koronis
Discovered by Viktor Knorre. Namesake of the Koronis asteroid family in the Main Belt.

https://www.spacereference.org/asteroid/158-koronis-a876-aa

📚 Jan 12
150 years since the birth of Jack London (1876–1916)
Asteroid (2625) Jack London honors the writer, highlighting astronomy–literature connections.

https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=2625

☄ Jan 20
100 years since the Palmyra meteorite fall (USA)
Review fall circumstances and preserved fragments.

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=18079

🔭 Jan 23
Asteroid 44 Nysa at near-perihelion opposition
Magnitude 8–9. Perihelion occurred Jan 1–2. Possible binary asteroid. Named after a mythological land.

https://www.heavens-above.com/MinorPlanet.aspx?desig=44

☄ Jan 24
10 years since the recovery of the Osceola meteorite (USA)
Recovered after a documented daytime fireball.

https://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/meteorite-falls/events/osceola-florida

☄ Jan 25–31 (date uncertain)
50 years since the Grefsheim meteorite fall (Norway)
Check out circumstances of the fall and known recovered fragments.

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=11196

📅 Jan 26
150 years since the discovery of asteroid 159 Aemilia
Name origin, discovery details, and physical characteristics.

https://www.spacereference.org/asteroid/159-aemilia-a876-ba

🔭 Jan 27
Asteroid 39 Laetitia at Opposition
Visible with telescopes only (mag ~10). Roman mythology origin. Possible binary asteroid.

https://www.heavens-above.com/MinorPlanet.aspx?desig=39

☄ Jan 28
50 years since the Dhajala meteorite fall (India)
Review fall details and museum-held fragments.