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SPACE CALENDAR
June 22, 2015
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.
June 2015
Jun ?? - Barcelona Moon Team CZ-2C/CTS-2 Launch
Jun ?? - TRMM Re-Enters Earth's Atmosphere
Jun ?? - Changguang 1 CZ-66 Launch
* Jun 22 - Sentinel 2A Vega Launch
Jun 22 - Comet P/2011 W2 (Rinner) At Opposition (4.297 AU)
Jun 22 - Asteroid 2709 Sagan Closest Approach To Earth (1.153 AU)
Jun 22 - Asteroid 6758 Jesseowens Closest Approach To Earth (1.378 AU)
Jun 22 - Asteroid 10221 Kubrick Closest Approach To Earth (1.492 AU)
Jun 22 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo At Opposition (14.105 AU)
Jun 22 - Centaur Object 10370 Hylonome At Opposition (22.041 AU)
Jun 22 - Royal Greenwich Observatory's 340th Birthday (1675)
Jun 23 - Comet 208P/McMillan Closest Approach To Earth (2.413 AU)
Jun 23 - Comet 298P/Christensen Closest Approach To Earth (2.982 AU)
* Jun 23 - Asteroid 2015 KK57 Near-Earth Flyby (0.021 AU)
* Jun 23 - Asteroid 2015 LM24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
Jun 23 - Asteroid 4330 Vivaldi Closest Approach To Earth (1.290 AU)
Jun 23 - Centaur Object 55576 Amycus At Opposition (18.223 AU)
Jun 23 - Jaume Nomen's 55th Birthday (1960)
Jun 23 - Donn Eisele's 85th Birthday (1930)
Jun 24 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (22 Degrees)
Jun 24 - Comet C/2015 H1 (Bressi) At Opposition (1.475 AU)
* Jun 24 - Asteroid 2015 MN11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)
Jun 24 - Asteroid 8299 Tealeoni Closest Approach To Earth (0.946 AU)
Jun 24 - Asteroid 85047 Krakatau Closest Approach To Earth (0.980 AU)
Jun 24 - Asteroid 5011 Ptah Closest Approach To Earth (1.634 AU)
Jun 24 - Fred Hoyle's 100th Birthday (1915)
Jun 24 - Edwin Coddington's 145th Birthday (1870)
Jun 25 - Comet P/2009 WX51 (Catalina) Perihelion (0.796 AU)
Jun 25 - Comet 86P/Wild Closest Approach To Earth (1.338 AU)
Jun 25 - Comet 233P/La Sagra Perihelion (1.787 AU)
Jun 25 - Comet P/2007 R3 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (2.349 AU)
Jun 25 - Comet 188P/LINEAR-Mueller At Opposition (3.343 AU)
Jun 25 - Asteroid 2007 WU3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU)
Jun 25 - Asteroid 2010 NY65 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
* Jun 25 - Asteroid 2015 LK24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
Jun 25 - Asteroid 7707 Yes Closest Approach To Earth (1.463 AU)
Jun 25 - Asteroid 118945 Rikhill Closest Approach To Earth (2.168 AU)
Jun 25 - Rupert Wildt's 110th Birthday (1905)
Jun 26 - CRS-7/BEAM/IDA 1/AggieSat 4/Bevo 2 Falcon 9 Launch (International Space Station)
Jun 26 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #414 (OTM-414)
Jun 26 - Asteroid 2014 OL339 Closest Approach To Earth (0.272 AU)
Jun 26 - Asteroid 274301 Wikipedia Closest Approach To Earth (1.141 AU)
Jun 26 - Asteroid 2023 Asaph Closest Approach To Earth (1.839 AU)
Jun 26 - Asteroid 5035 Swift Closest Approach To Earth (2.016 AU)
Jun 26 - Asteroid 7554 Johnspencer Closest Approach To Earth (2.309 AU)
Jun 26 - David Morrison's 75th Birthday (1940)
Jun 26 - Charles Messier's 285th Birthday (1730)
* Jun 27 - Comet 319P/Catalina-McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (0.693 AU)
Jun 27 - Comet P/1999 R1 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (0.959 AU)
Jun 27 - Comet 272P/NEAT At Opposition (4.235 AU)
Jun 27 - Asteroid 2013 VY9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
Jun 27 - Asteroid 4581 Asciepius Closest Approach To Earth (0.362 AU)
Jun 27 - Asteroid 6128 Lasorda Closest Approach To Earth (1.137 AU)
Jun 27 - Asteroid 11911 Angel Closest Approach To Earth (2.319 AU)
* Jun 27 - Neptune Trojan 2008 LC18 At Opposition (31.443 AU)
Jun 27 - 20th Anniversary (1995), STS-71 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, 1st Mir Docking)
Jun 28 - Comet P/2008 Y12 (SOHO) At Opposition (3.691 AU)
Jun 28 - Asteroid 2022 West Closest Approach To Earth (1.865 AU)
Jun 29 - Comet P/2002 S7 (SOHO) At Opposition (3.928 AU)
Jun 29 - Comet P/2013 A2 (Scotti) At Opposition (4.109 AU)
Jun 29 - Asteroid 5535 Annefrank Closest Approach To Earth (1.314 AU)
Jun 29 - Asteroid 4738 Jimihendrix Closest Approach To Earth (1.387 AU)
Jun 29 - Asteroid 2874 Jim Young Closest Approach To Earth (1.390 AU)
Jun 29 - Charles Precourt's 60th Birthday (1955)
Jun 30 - Asteroid Day
Jun 30 - Leap Second Added to World's Clocks
Jun 30 - EKS N1/Tundra 11L Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
Jun 30 - Kanopus-ST/Baumanets 2/Venta 1 Soyuz-2.1v/Volga Launch
Jun 30 - Asteroid 10199 Chariklo Occults UCAC4-267-134387 (14.6 Magnitude Star)
Jun 30 - Asteroid 3361 Orpheus Closest Approach To Earth (1.373 AU)
Jun 30 - Asteroid 70783 Kenwilliams Closest Approach To Earth (1.793 AU)
Jun 30 - Asteroid 4321 Zero Closest Approach To Earth (2.108 AU)
Jun 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 307261 (2002 MS4) At Opposition (45.891 AU)
Jun 30 - 10th Anniversary (2005), Mike Brown, et al's Discovery of Haumea Moon Namaka
July 2015
Jul ?? - ADM-Aeolus (Earth Explorer 5) Vega Launch
Jul ?? - M3MSat (Exactview 7) PSLV Launch
* Jul ?? - Beidou-3M CZ-3B Launch
* Jul ?? - Garpun N2 Proton M/Briz M P3 Launch
Jul 01 - Venus Passes 0.4 Degrees From Jupiter
Jul 01 - Comet 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (2.878 AU)
Jul 01 - Asteroid 2511 Patterson Closest Approach To Earth (1.045 AU)
Jul 01 - Asteroid 10093 Diesel Closest Approach To Earth (1.133 AU)
Jul 01 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach To Earth (1.517 AU)
Jul 01 - 245th Anniversary (1770), Lexell's Comet (D/1770 L1 Lexell) Near-Earth Flyby (5.9 Lunar Distance)
* Jul 01 - Franz-Joseph Muller von Reichenstein's 275th Birthday (1740)
* Jul 02 - Comet 319P/Catalina-McNaught Perihelion (1.197 AU)
Jul 02 - Comet 86P/Wild At Opposition (1.345 AU)
Jul 02 - Comet 93P/Lovas At Opposition (3.853 AU)
Jul 02 - Asteroid 75564 Audubon Closest Approach To Earth (1.397 AU)
Jul 02 - Asteroid 2791 Paradise Closest Approach To Earth (1.797 AU)
Jul 02 - Asteroid 631 Philippina Closest Approach To Earth (2.006 AU)
Jul 02 - 25th Anniversary (1990), Giotto, Earth Flyby
Jul 02 - 30th Anniversary (1985), Giotto Launch (ESA's Comet Halley Mission)
* Jul 03 - Progress M-28 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 60P)
Jul 03 - Comet P/2003 SQ215 (NEAT-LONEOS) At Opposition (3.730 AU)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 3130 Hillary Closest Approach To Earth (1.280 AU)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 17078 Sellers Closest Approach To Earth (1.903 AU)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 24750 Ohm Closest Approach To Earth (1.956 AU)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 8721 AMOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.839 AU)
Jul 03 - Harrison Schmitt's 80th Birthday (1935)
Jul 04 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #415 (OTM-415)
Jul 04 - Comet C/2012 F3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.564 AU)
Jul 04 - Comet 298P/Christensen At Opposition (2.998 AU)
Jul 04 - 10th Anniversary (2005), Deep Impact, Comet Tempel 1 Impact/Flyby
Jul 05 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pan & Telesto
Jul 05 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Occults TYC 6933-00036-1 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
Jul 05 - Comet 302P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (2.545 AU)
* Jul 05 - Asteroid 2015 LN21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU)
Jul 05 - Asteroid 3533 Toyota Closest Approach To Earth (1.436 AU)
Jul 05 - Asteroid 172996 Stooke Closest Approach To Earth (1.461 AU)
Jul 05 - Asteroid 3714 Kenrussell Closest Approach To Earth (1.855 AU)
Jul 05 - Asteroid 1913 Sekanina Closest Approach To Earth (1.937 AU)
Jul 05 - Asteroid 469 Argentina Closest Approach To Earth (2.221 AU)
Jul 05 - Asteroid 2041 Lancelot Closest Approach To Earth (2.460 AU)
Jul 05 - William Rankine's 195th Birthday (1820)
Jul 06 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
Jul 06 - Comet C/2014 Q1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (0.315 AU)
Jul 06 - Comet P/2015 A3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.178 AU)
Jul 06 - Comet P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) At Opposition (3.859 AU)
Jul 07 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Jul 07 - Comet C/2015 F4 (Jacques) At Opposition (0.772 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 2015 HM10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.003 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 2005 VN5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 2015 JY1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
* Jul 07 - Centaur Object 944 Hidalgo At Opposition (6.892 AU)
Jul 07 - Dwarf Planet 134340 Pluto At Opposition (31.888 AU)
Jul 07 - Yuji Hyakutake's 65th Birthday (1950)
* Jul 08 - Star One C4/MSG 4 Ariane 5 Launch
Jul 08 - Asteroid 2201 Oljato Closest Approach To Earth (0.522 AU)
Jul 08 - Asteroid 904 Rockefellia Closest Approach To Earth (2.283 AU)
Jul 09 - Moon Occults Uranus
Jul 09 - Asteroid 2015 JH2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
Jul 09 - George Darwin's 170th Birthday (1845)
* Jul 10 - DMC 3A,3B,3C/SkySat 3 Dnepr Launch
Jul 10 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #416 (OTM-416)
Jul 10 - Comet 135P/Vaisala-Oterma Closest Approach To Earth (2.015 AU)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 2014 WU200 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 9342 Carygrant Closest Approach To Earth (1.153 AU)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 4183 Cuno Closest Approach To Earth (1.202 AU)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 4659 Roddenberry Closest Approach To Earth (1.378 AU)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 4197 Morpheus Closest Approach To Earth (2.750 AU)
Jul 10 - 5th Anniversary (2010), Rosetta, Asteroid 21 Lutetia Flyby,
Jul 10 - 30th Anniversary (1985), Bion 7 Launch (Carried Monkeys Verny & Gordy, Newts)
Jul 10 - Owen Chamberlain's 95th Birthday (1920)
Jul 11 - Comet P/2005 W4 (SOHO) At Opposition (3.394 AU)
Jul 11 - Comet P/2013 EW90 (Tenagra) At Opposition (3.718 AU)
Jul 11 - Asteroid 164202 (2004 EW) Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
Jul 11 - Asteroid 3018 Godiva Closest Approach To Earth (0.924 AU)
Jul 11 - Asteroid 12818 Tomhanks Closest Approach To Earth (1.567 AU)
Jul 11 - Asteroid 4628 Laplace Closest Approach To Earth (1.794 AU)
Jul 11 - Asteroid 4341 Poseidon Closest Approach To Earth (1.972 AU)
Jul 11 - 25th Anniversary (1990), Gamma Observatory Launch (Soviet Union)
* Jul 12 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Jul 12 - Comet P/1999 J6 (SOHO) At Opposition (0.880 AU)
Jul 12 - Comet 162P/Siding Spring Perihelion (1.237 AU)
Jul 12 - Comet 221P/LINEAR Perihelion (1.758 AU)
Jul 12 - Asteroid 12490 Leiden Closest Approacn To Earth (2.072 AU)
Jul 13 - Comet C/2012 F3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.574 AU)
Jul 13 - Comet C/2013 Y2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.793 AU)
Jul 13 - Asteroid 2009 BD Closest Approach To Earth (0.363 AU)
Jul 13 - Asteroid 16682 Donati Closest Approach To Earth (1.337 AU)
Jul 13 - 20th Anniversary (1995), STS-70 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, TDRS-G Deployment)
Jul 14 - New Horizons, Pluto Flyby
Jul 14 - Comet 139P/Vaisala-Oterma At Opposition (3.780 AU)
Jul 14 - Asteroid 2577 Litva Closest Approach To Earth (1.281 AU)
Jul 14 - Asteroid 11885 Summanus Closest Approach To Earth (1.887 AU)
Jul 14 - 50th Anniversary (1965), Mariner 4, Mars Flyby
Jul 15 - GPS 2F-10 Atlas 5 Launch
Jul 15 - Asteroid 2011 YC29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
Jul 15 - Asteroid 385186 (1994 AW1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
Jul 15 - Asteroid 6123 Aristoteles Closest Approach To Earth (1.265 AU)
Jul 15 - Asteroid 4442 Garcia Closest Approach To Earth (2.058 AU)
Jul 16 - Mercury Passes 0.1 Degrees From Mars
* Jul 16 - Comet 141P/Machholz Closest Approach To Earth (0.687 AU)
Jul 16 - Comet 141P-A/Machholz Closest Approach To Earth (0.689 AU)
Jul 16 - Comet C/2015 F4 (Jacques) Closest Approach To Earth (0.754 AU)
* Jul 16 - Comet 324P/La Sagra At Opposition (1.683 AU)
Jul 16 - Comet C/2014 E2 (Jacques) At Opposition (4.228 AU)
Jul 16 - Comet P/2015 D6 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) Perihelion (4.565 AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 2015 JJ2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 2187 La Silla Closest Approach To Earth (1.371 AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 163800 Richardnorton Closest Approach To Earth (1.646 AU)
Jul 16 - 25th Anniversary (1990), Badr-A Launch (1st Pakistan Satellite)
Jul 16 - 50th Anniversary (1965), 1st Proton Rocket Launch (USSR)
Jul 17 - Comet P/2015 A3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.233 AU)
Jul 17 - Asteroid 23990 Springsteen Closest Approach To Earth (1.173 AU)
Jul 17 - Asteroid 12325 Bogota Closest Approach To Earth (1.407 AU)
Jul 17 - 40th Anniversary (1975), Apollo-Soyuz Handshake
Jul 17 - 165th Anniversary (1850), Harvard Observatory Takes 1st Photograph of a Star (Vega)
Jul 18 - Comet P/2009 WX51 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (1.515 AU)
Jul 18 - Comet 255P/Levy At Opposition (3.674 AU)
Jul 18 - Asteroid 242191 (2003 NZ6) Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU)
Jul 18 - Asteroid 163693 Atira Closest Approach To Earth (0.440 AU)
Jul 18 - Asteroid 193 Ambrosia Closest Approach To Earth (2.118 AU)
Jul 18 - 35th Anniversary (1980), Rohini 1 Launch (India's 1st Satellite)
Jul 18 - 50th Anniversary (1965), Zond 3 Launch (USSR Moon Flyby)
Jul 19 - Moon Occults Venus
* Jul 19 - Comet 324P/La Sagra Closest Approach To Earth (1.682 AU)
Jul 19 - Comet 135P/Vaisala-Oterma At Opposition (2.026 AU)
* Jul 19 - Asteroid 436724 (2011 UW158) Near-Earth Flyby (0.016 AU)
Jul 19 - Asteroid 5641 McCleese Closest Approach To Earth (0.820 AU)
Jul 19 - Asteroid 10799 Yucatan Closest Approach To Earth (1.215 AU)
Jul 19 - Asteroid 9885 Linux Closest Approach To Earth (1.494 AU)
Jul 19 - Asteroid 69230 Hermes Closest Approach To Earth (1.649 AU)
Jul 19 - Asteroid 9954 Brachiosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.901 AU)
Jul 19 - Centaur Object 37117 Narcissus At Opposition (6.594 AU)
* Jul 20 - LilacSat 2/Tiantuo-3/XW-2/ZDPS 2A & 2B CZ-6 Launch
Jul 20 - Comet C/2014 Q1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.183 AU)
Jul 20 - Comet 90P/Gehrels At Opposition (4.232 AU)
Jul 20 - Asteroid 2013 BQ18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
Jul 20 - Asteroid 2825 Crosby Closest Approach To Earth (1.363 AU)
Jul 20 - Asteroid 19367 Pink Floyd Closest Approach To Earth (1.469 AU)
Jul 20 - Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (2.138 AU)
Jul 20 - Asteroid 2044 Wirt Closest Approach To Earth (2.240 AU)
Jul 20 - Asteroid 83982 Crantor At Opposition (16.582)
Jul 20 - 15th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of Jupiter Moon Callirrhoe
* Jul 21 - Comet P/2015 J3 (NEOWISE) Closest Approach To Earth (1.085 AU)
Jul 21 - Comet 25D/Neujmin Closest Approach To Earth (2.974 AU)
Jul 21 - Asteroid 2010 PR66 Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
Jul 21 - Asteroid 96193 Edmonton Closest Approach To Earth (1.615 AU)
Jul 21 - Asteroid 17023 Abbott Closest Approach To Earth (1.696 AU)
* Jul 21 - Jean Picard's 395th Birthday (1620)
* Jul 22 - Soyuz TMA-17M Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 44S)
* Jul 22 - Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS-7) Delta 4 Launch
Jul 23 - Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) At Opposition (1.301 AU)
Jul 23 - Comet C/2014 QU2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.834 AU)
Jul 23 - Asteroid 21088 Chelyabinsk Closest Approach To Earth (0.421 AU)
* Jul 23 - Asteroid 4864 Nimoy Closest Approach To Earth (1.091 AU)
Jul 23 - Asteroid 770 Bali Closest Approach To Earth (1.373 AU)
Jul 23 - Asteroid 2135 Aristaeus Closest Approach To Earth (1.779 AU)
Jul 23 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Closest Approach To Earth (1.939 AU)
Jul 23 - Asteroid 6824 Mallory Closest Approach To Earth (2.148 AU)
Jul 23 - 20th Anniversary (1995), Discovery of Comet Hale-Bopp by Alan Hale and Tom Bopp
Jul 23 - Etienne-Louis Malus' 240th Birthday (1775)
Jul 24 - Comet 141P-D/Machholz Closest Approach To Earth (0.546 AU)
Jul 24 - Comet 136P/Vaisala-Oterma At Opposition (2.372 AU)
Jul 24 - Comet C/2012 LP26 (Palomar) Closest Approach To Earth (5.562 AU)
Jul 24 - Comet C/2012 LP26 (Palomar) At Opposition (5.562 AU)
Jul 24 - Comet C/2014 M2 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth (6.484 AU)
* Jul 24 - Asteroid 2015 LC21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
Jul 24 - Asteroid 171183 Haleakala Closest Approach To Earth (1.616 AU)
Jul 24 - 65th Anniversary (1950), 1st Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral (Bumper/V-2 Rocket)
Jul 25 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
Jul 25 - Comet P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR) Perihelion (4.059 AU)
Jul 25 - Asteroid 49 Pales Occults HIP 14649 (6.6 Magnitude Star)
Jul 25 - Asteroid 85989 (1999 JD6) Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
Jul 25 - Asteroid 2955 Newburn Closest Approach To Earth (0.960 AU)
Jul 25 - 25th Anniversary (1990), CRRES Launch
Jul 25 - 225th Anniversary (1790), Barbotan Meteorite Fall (Hit Cottage in France)
Jul 25 - Christoph Scheiner's 440th Birthday (1575)
* Jul 26 - Asteroid 2015 LJ Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
Jul 26 - Asteroid 6701 Warhol Closest Approach To Earth (1.317 AU)
Jul 26 - Asteroid 4636 Chile Closest Approach To Earth (1.522 AU)
Jul 26 - Asteroid 10195 Nebraska Closest Approach To Earth (1.619 AU)
Jul 26 - 10th Anniversary (2005), STS-114 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, ISS)
Jul 27 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Dione & Enceladus
Jul 27 - Comet 190P/Mueller At Opposition (1.884 AU)
Jul 27 - Asteroid 3350 Scobee Closest Approach To Earth (0.852 AU)
Jul 28 - Asteroid 3167 Babcock Occults HIP 81198 (6.4 Magnitude Star)
Jul 28 - Asteroid 2013 ND15 (Venus Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (0.541 AU)
Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Jul 29 - Asteroid 6594 Tasman Closest Approach To Earth (1.341 AU)
Jul 29 - Asteroid 4252 Godwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.577 AU)
Jul 29 - Asteroid 16857 Goodall Closest Approach To Earth (1.755 AU)
Jul 29 - Asteroid 8889 Mockturtle Closest Approach To Earth (1.907 AU)
Jul 29 - Asteroid 184784 Bettiepage Closest Approach To Earth (2.053 AU)
Jul 29 - Asteroid 433 Eros Closest Approach To Earth (2.149 AU)
Jul 29 - 30th Anniversary (1985), STS-51-F Launch (Space Shuttle Challenger, Spacelab)
Jul 30 - Cosmos Soyuz-2.1v/Volga Launch
Jul 30 - Asteroid 6469 Armstrong Closest Approach To Earth (0.753 AU)
Jul 30 - Asteroid 35352 Texas Closest Approach To Earth (0.769 AU)
Jul 30 - Asteroid 8837 London Closest Approach To Earth (1.195 AU)
Jul 30 - Asteroid 11246 Orvillewright Closest Approach To Earth (1.226 AU)
Jul 30 - Asteroid 301 Bavaria Closest Approach To Earth (1.568 AU)
Jul 30 - Asteroid 1031 Arctica Closest Approach To Earth (2.235 AU)
Jul 30 - Dennis di Cicco's 65th Birthday (1950)
Jul 30 - 405th Anniversary (1610), Galileo Observes Saturn's Rings
Jul 31 - Venus Passes 6.5 Degrees From Jupiter
Jul 31 - Comet 297P/Beshore Closest Approach To Earth (2.059 AU)
Jul 31 - Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham At Opposition (2.555 AU)
Jul 31 - Asteroid 249519 Whitneyclavin Closest Approach To Earth (1.576 AU)
Jul 31 - Asteroid 8720 Takamizawa Closest Approach To Earth (1.850 AU)
Jul 31 - David Tholen's 60th Birthday (1955)
Jul 31 - 680th Anniversary (1345), Comet C/1345 O1 Near-Earth Flyby (18.9 Lunar Distance)
August 2015
Aug ?? - GSAT 6 (INSAT-4E) GSLV Launch
Aug ?? - JiLin 1 Launch
Aug ?? - Eutelsat 9B Proton-M Briz-M Launch
Aug ?? - Express AM-8 Proton-M Briz-M Launch
* Aug ?? - Orbcomm 2 (FM102-FM118) Falcon 9 Launch
* Aug ?? - SES-9 Falcon 9 Launch
Aug ?? - 15th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of NWA 2737 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Aug ?? - Brian Skiff's 60th Birthday (1955)
Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 01 - Comet 205P-B/Giacobini Closest Approach To Earth (0.839 AU)
Aug 01 - Comet 136P/Vaisala-Oterma Closest Approach To Earth (2.363 AU)
Aug 01 - Asteroid 12759 Joule Closest Approach To Earth (2.422 AU)
Aug 01 - 15th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of the SAU 051 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Aug 02 - Comet 43P/Wolf-Harrington At Opposition (2.570 AU)
* Aug 02 - Asteroid 2015 LG2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
Aug 02 - Asteroid 2160 Spitzer Closest Approach To Earth (1.633 AU)
Aug 02 - Asteroid 35350 Lespaul Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU)
Aug 02 - Asteroid 13801 Kohlhase Closest Approach To Earth (1.878 AU)
Aug 02 - Asteroid 3202 Graff Closest Approach To Earth (3.378 AU)
Aug 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 2008 OG19 At Opposition (37.588 AU)
Aug 02 - 10th Anniversary (2005), MESSENGER, Earth Flyby
Aug 03 - Comet 124P/Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (2.882 AU)
Aug 03 - Comet 25D/Neujmin At Opposition (2.999 AU)
* Aug 03 - Asteroid 4116 Elachi Closest Approach To Earth (1.117 AU)
Aug 03 - Asteroid 2956 Yeomans Closest Approach To Earth (1.674 AU)
Aug 03 - Asteroid 73491 Robmatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.985 AU)
Aug 04 - Comet C/2014 M2 (Christensen) At Opposition (6.498 AU)
Aug 04 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo Occults 2UCAC 16453569 (14.7 Magnitude Star)
Aug 04 - Asteroid 9995 Alouette Closest Approach To Earth (1.375 AU)
Aug 04 - Asteroid 21811 Burroughs Closest Approach To Earth (2.466 AU)
Aug 04 - William Hamilton's 210th Birthday (1805)
Aug 05 - Mercury Passes 8.4 Degrees From Venus
Aug 05 - Moon Occults Uranus
Aug 05 - Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) At Opposition (1.482 AU)
Aug 05 - Comet 127P/Holt-Olmstead At Opposition (1.688 AU)
* Aug 05 - Asteroid 2015 LE21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
* Aug 05 - Asteroid 35165 Quebec Closest Approach To Earth (2.082 AU)
Aug 05 - Asteroid 12284 Pohl Closest Approach To Earth (2.145 AU)
Aug 05 - Neil Armstrong's 85th Birthday (1930)
Aug 05 - 935th Anniversary (1080), Comet C/1080 P1 Near-Earth Flyby (24.9 Lunar Distance)
Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 06 - Comet 134P/Kowal-Vavrova At Opposition (3.164 AU)
Aug 06 - Asteroid 11335 Santiago Closest Approach To Earth (1.736 AU)
Aug 07 - Mercury Passes 0.6 Degrees From Jupiter
* Aug 07 - Comet 320P/McNaught Perihelion (0.977 AU)
* Aug 07 - Asteroid 132524 APL Closest Approach To Earth (0.882 AU)
Aug 07 - Asteroid 5000 IAU Closest Approach To Earth (1.224 AU)
Aug 07 - 15th Anniversary (2000), Brett Gladman, et al's Discovery of Saturn Moons Ymir, Paaliaq & Kiviuq
Aug 07 - Philip Cowell's 145th Birthday (1870)
* Aug 08 - Jason 3 Falcon 9 Launch
Aug 08 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #417 (OTM-417)
Aug 08 - Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.480 AU)
Aug 08 - Comet C/2014 W7 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth (2.573 AU)
Aug 08 - Asteroid 3169 Ostro Closest Approach To Earth (1.090 AU)
Aug 08 - Asteroid 1197 Rhodesia Closest Approach To Earth (2.413 AU)
Aug 08 - Dennis Tito's 75th Birthday (1940)
* Aug 09 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Aug 09 - Comet P/1998 QP54 (LONEOS-Tucker) At Opposition (1.269 AU)
Aug 09 - Comet C/2014 AA52 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (1.817 AU)
Aug 09 - Comet 140P/Bowell-Skiff Perihelion (1.988 AU)
Aug 09 - Comet P/2011 VJ5 (Lemmon) At Opposition (4.183 AU)
Aug 09 - Asteroid 17024 Costello Closest Approach To Earth (1.283 AU)
Aug 09 - Asteroid 14593 Everett Closest Approach To Earth (1.555 AU)
Aug 09 - Asteroid 60186 Las Cruces Closest Approach To Earth (2.658 AU)
Aug 09 - Albert Jones' 95th Birthday (1920)
Aug 10 - Comet 218P/LINEAR At Opposition (0.717 AU)
Aug 10 - Comet C/2015 F4 (Jacques) Perihelion (1.644 AU)
Aug 10 - Comet C/2015 A1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.190 AU)
Aug 10 - Comet 80P/Peters-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (2.255 AU)
Aug 10 - Comet 228P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.904 AU)
Aug 10 - Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan At Opposition (4.156 AU)
Aug 10 - Asteroid 2009 DB1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.047 AU)
* Aug 10 - Asteroid 12542 Laver Closest Approach To Earth (1.709 AU)
Aug 10 - 25th Anniversary (1990), Magellan, Venus Orbit Insertion
Aug 11 - Asteroid 2011 QG21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
Aug 11 - Asteroid 4999 MPC Closest Approach To Earth (2.127 AU)
Aug 11 - Asteroid 1940 Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (2.163 AU)
Aug 11 - 40th Anniversary (1975), Acapulco Meteorite Fall in Mexico
Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 12 - Comet 51P-A/Harrington Perihelion (1.699 AU)
Aug 12 - Comet 51P/Harrington Perihelion (1.700 AU)
Aug 12 - Comet 297P/Beshore At Opposition (2.080 AU)
Aug 12 - Comet P/2007 T6 (Catalina) At Opposition (3.360 AU)
Aug 12 - Asteroid 2004 AS1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
Aug 12 - Asteroid 6600 Qwerty Closest Approach To Earth (1.076 AU)
Aug 12 - Asteroid 11365 NASA Closest Approach To Earth (1.156 AU)
Aug 12 - 55th Anniversary (1960), Echo 1 Launch
Aug 13 - Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Perihelion (1.243 AU)
Aug 13 - Asteroid 701 Oriola Occults HIP 105412 (6.0 Magnitude Star)
Aug 13 - Asteroid 2011 AK5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
Aug 13 - Asteroid 232691 (2004 AR1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU)
Aug 13 - Asteroid 3752 Camillo Closest Approach To Earth (1.089 AU)
Aug 13 - Asteroid 9133 d'Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (1.297 AU)
* Aug 13 - Rasmus Bartholin's 390th Birthday (1625)
* Aug 14 - TurkSat 4B Proton M-Briz M Launch
Aug 14 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #418 (OTM-418)
Aug 14 - Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (1.089 AU)
Aug 14 - Comet 104P/Kowal At Opposition (1.648 AU)
Aug 14 - Comet 190P/Mueller Closest Approach To Earth (1.839 AU)
Aug 14 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia At Opposition (9.0 Magnitude)
Aug 14 - Asteroid 2848 ASP Closest Approach To Earth (1.918 AU)
* Aug 14 - Asteroid 41488 Sinbad Closest Approach To Earth (3.387 AU)
Aug 15 - Comet P/2009 L2 (Yang-Gao) Perihelion (1.431 AU)
Aug 15 - Comet 162P/Siding Spring Closest Approach To Earth (1.690 AU)
Aug 15 - Comet C/2011 KP36 (Spacewatch) At Opposition (4.308 AU)
* Aug 15 - Asteroid 5870 Baltimore Closest Approach To Earth (1.967 AU)
Aug 15 - Asteroid 2483 Guinevere Closest Approach To Earth (3.240 AU)
Aug 15 - 45th Anniversary (1970), Comet 82P/Gehrels Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.00143 AU)
Aug 15 - 150th Anniversary (1865), Shergotty Meteorite Fall (Mars Meteorite)
Aug 16 - Comet P/1999 J6 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (0.559 AU)
Aug 16 - Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham Closest Approach To Earth (2.520 AU)
Aug 16 - Asteroid 348400 (2005 JF21) Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
Aug 16 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia Closest Approach To Earth (1.027 AU)
Aug 16 - Asteroid 3267 Glo Closest Approach To Earth (1.280 AU)
Aug 16 - Asteroid 5335 Damocles At Opposition (20.443 AU)
* Aug 16 - Gabriel Lippmann's 170th Birthday (1845)
* Aug 17 - HTV 5/CP-9/StrangSat H-2B Launch (International Space Station)
Aug 17 - Cassini, Dione Flyby
Aug 17 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Tethys
Aug 17 - Comet P/2010 K2 (WISE) Perihelion (1.276 AU)
Aug 17 - Comet C/2012 LP26 (Palomar) Perihelion (6.535 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 1430 Somalia Closest Approach To Earth (1.042 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 3031 Houston Closest Approach To Earth (1.320 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 10866 Peru Closest Approach To Earth (1.656 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 1008 La Paz Closest Approach To Earth (2.008 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 7755 Haute-Provence Closest Approach To Earth (2.180 AU)
Aug 17 - 45th Anniversary (1970), Venera 7 Launch (USSR Venus Lander)
Aug 18 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Enceladus, Methone, Titan & Helene
* Aug 18 - Comet P/2015 J3 (NEOWISE) At Opposition (1.165 AU)
Aug 18 - Comet 127P/Holt-Olmstead Closest Approach To Earth (1.666 AU)
Aug 18 - Comet 182P/LONEOS At Opposition (3.505 AU)
Aug 18 - Asteroid 54509 YORP Closest Approach To Earth (0.544 AU)
Aug 18 - Asteroid 305254 Moron Closest Approach To Earth (1.823 AU)
Aug 18 - Asteroid 4345 Rachmaninoff Closest Approach To Earth (1.983 AU)
Aug 18 - Asteroid 1345 Potomac Closest Approach To Earth (3.552 AU)
Aug 18 - 30th Anniversary (1985), Suisei Launch (Japan Comet Halley Mission)
Aug 18 - 1625th Anniversary (390 AD), Comet C/390 Q1 Near-Earth Flyby (39 Lunar Distance)
Aug 19 - Comet 124P/Mrkos At Opposition (2.916 AU)
Aug 19 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia Occults 2UCAC 24495152 (12.2 Magnitude Star)
Aug 19 - Asteroid 2000 Herschel Closest Approach To Earth (1.343 AU)
Aug 19 - Asteroid 6063 Jason Closest Approach To Earth (2.897 AU)
Aug 19 - Asteroid 5738 Billpickering Closest Approach To Earth (2.989 AU)
Aug 19 - 55th Anniversary (1960), Sputnik 5 Launch (Carried Dogs Belka & Strelka)
Aug 19 - Story Musgrave's 80th Birthday (1935)
* Aug 19 - Johan Gottlieb Gahn's 270th Birthday (1745)
Aug 20 - Eutelsat 8 West B/ARSAT-2 Ariane 5 Launch
Aug 20 - Comet C/2014 E1 (Larson) Closest Approach To Earth (2.685 AU)
Aug 20 - Comet 250P/Larson At Opposition (3.885 AU)
Aug 20 - Comet 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (4.023 AU)
Aug 20 - Comet 258P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (4.314 AU)
Aug 20 - Asteroid 128523 Johnmuir Closest Approach To Earth (1.032 AU)
Aug 20 - Asteroid 11998 Fermilab Closest Approach To Earth (1.336 AU)
Aug 20 - 40th Anniversary (1975), Viking 1 Launch (Mars Lander/Orbiter)
Aug 20 - 130th Anniversary (1885), Ernst Hartwig's Discovery of S Andromedae Supernova
Aug 21 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #419 (OTM-419)
Aug 21 - Comet 224P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (1.840 AU)
Aug 21 - Comet 43P/Wolf-Harrington Closest Approach To Earth (2.523 AU)
Aug 21 - Comet C/2014 S3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.480 AU)
* Aug 21 - Asteroid 4987 Flamsteed Closest Approach To Earth (1.289 AU)
Aug 21 - Asteroid 2410 Morrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.309 AU)
Aug 21 - Asteroid 2975 Spahr Closest Approach To Earth (1.395 AU)
* Aug 21 - Asteroid 2045 Peking Closest Approach To Earth (1.436 AU)
Aug 21 - Asteroid 9446 Cicero Closest Approach TO Earth (1.997 AU)
Aug 21 - Asteroid 1712 Angola Closest Approach To Earth (2.066 AU)
Aug 21 - 50th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 5 Launch (Gordon Cooper & Charles Conrad)
Aug 22 - Comet P/2005 S3 (Read) At Opposition (2.879 AU)
Aug 22 - Asteroid 206378 (2003 RB) Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU)
* Aug 22 - Asteroid 9949 Brontosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.433 AU)
Aug 22 - Asteroid 9395 Saint Michel Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU)
Aug 22 - Jim Scotti's 55th Birthday (1960)
Aug 22 - Ray Bradbury's 95th Birthday (1920)
Aug 23 - Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Closest Approach To Earth (1.768 AU)
Aug 23 - Comet 283P/Spacewatch At Opposition (4.267 AU)
Aug 23 - Comet C/2014 L5 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (5.917 AU)
* Aug 23 - Asteroid 6489 Golevka Closest Approach To Earth (0.746 AU)
Aug 23 - Asteroid 3693 Barringer Closest Approach To Earth (1.606 AU)
Aug 23 - Asteroid 1777 Gehrels Closest Approach To Earth (1.647 AU)
Aug 23 - Asteroid 2636 Lassell Closest Approach To Earth (1.958 AU)
Aug 23 - Asteroid 9537 Nolan Closest Approach To Earth (2.079 AU)
* Aug 23 - Asteroid 2807 Karl Marx Closest Approach To Earth (2.226 AU)
Aug 23 - Edward Fath's 135th Birthday (1880)
Aug 24 - Comet C/2014 AA52 (Catalina) At Opposition (1.874 AU)
Aug 24 - Comet 157P/Tritton At Opposition (2.048 AU)
Aug 24 - Comet C/2011 KP36 (Spacewatch) Closest Approach To Earth (4.296 AU)
Aug 24 - Asteroid 316201 Malala Closest Approach To Earth (2.243 AU)
Aug 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 2004 NT33 At Opposition (37.935 AU)
Aug 24 - Steven Lindsey's 55th Birthday (1960)
Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
* Aug 25 - Comet 141P/Machholz Perihelion (0.760 AU)
Aug 25 - Comet 141P-A/Machholz Perihelion (0.761 AU)
* Aug 25 - Comet 318P/McNaught-Hartley At Opposition (1.560 AU)
Aug 25 - Asteroid 2005 QQ87 Near-Earth Flyby (0.084 AU)
Aug 25 - Asteroid 4804 Pasteur Closest Approach To Earth (1.447 AU)
* Aug 25 - Asteroid 2246 Bowell Closest Approach To Earth (3.283 AU)
Aug 25 - Centaur Object 7066 Nessus At Opposition (25.578 AU)
Aug 25 - Kuiper Belt Object 307982 (2004 PG115) At Opposition (36.736 AU)
* Aug 26 - Comet C/2015 GX (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (1.972 AU)
Aug 26 - Comet 263P/Gibbs At Opposition (3.697 AU)
Aug 26 - Comet P/2013 G4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.295 AU)
Aug 26 - Asteroid 12258 Oscarwilde Closest Approach To Earth (1.584 AU)
Aug 26 - Asteroid 25000 Astrometria Closest Approach To Earth (2.463 AU)
Aug 26 - Joseph-Michel Montgolfier's 275th Birthday (1740)
* Aug 27 - MUOS 4 Atlas 5 Launch
Aug 27 - Comet C/2014 M1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (5.572 AU)
Aug 27 - Comet C/2013 C2 (Tenagra) Perihelion (9.132 AU)
Aug 27 - Asteroid 85585 Mjolnir Closest Approach To Earth (1.059 AU)
Aug 27 - Asteroid 14413 Geiger Closest Approach To Earth (1.143 AU)
Aug 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 225088 (2007 OR10) At Opposition (86.355 AU)
Aug 27 - 30th Anniversary (1985), STS-51-I Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, Leasat-3 Rescue)
Aug 28 - Comet C/2014 C1 (TOTAS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.975 AU)
Aug 28 - Comet 82P/Gehrels At Opposition (3.439 AU)
Aug 28 - Asteroid 16 Psyche Occults HIP 22850 (6.4 Magnitude Star)
* Aug 28 - Asteroid 314082 Dryope Closest Approach To Earth (0.666 AU)
* Aug 28 - Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom Closest Approach To Earth (0.722 AU)
Aug 28 - Leroy Chia's 55th Birthday (1960)
Aug 28 - 90th Anniversary (1925), Ellemeet Meteorite Fall in The Netherlands
Aug 29 - Venus Passes 9.4 Degrees From Mars
Aug 29 - Comet P/1998 QP54 (LONEOS-Tucker) Closest Approach To Earth (1.224 AU)
Aug 29 - Comet 83D/Russell At Opposition (3.481 AU)
Aug 29 - Asteroid 51829 Williemccool Closest Approach To Earth (1.349 AU)
Aug 29 - Asteroid 2068 Dangreen Closest Approach To Earth (1.723 AU)
Aug 29 - Asteroid 397278 Arvidson Closest Approach To Earth (1.821 AU)
Aug 29 - Asteroid 1071 Brita Closest Approach To Earth (1.857 AU)
Aug 29 - Asteroid 31000 Rockchic Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)
* Aug 29 - Asteroid 250840 Motorhead Closest Approach To Earth (2.069 AU)
Aug 29 - Plutino 175113 (2004 PF115) At Opposition (40.524 AU)
Aug 29 - 40th Anniversary (1975), Discovery of Nova Cygni 1975
Aug 30 - Cosmos-Bars-M 2L Soyuz-2.1a Launch
Aug 30 - Comet 294P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.226 AU)
Aug 30 - Comet 82P/Gehrels Closest Approach To Earth (3.439 AU)
Aug 30 - Comet 175P/Hergenrother At Opposition (3.611 AU)
* Aug 30 - Asteroid 4327 Ries Closest Approach To Earth (1.211 AU)
* Aug 30 - Asteroid 8146 Jimbell Closest Approach To Earth (2.154 AU)
Aug 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 120178 (2003 OP32) At Opposition (41.065 AU)
Aug 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 2003 QX113 At Opposition (58.828 AU)
Aug 31 - Comet C/2014 Q6 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.841 AU)
Aug 31 - Asteroid 1790 Volkov Closest Approach To Earth (1.453 AU)
Aug 31 - 65th Anniversary (1950), V2 Albert V Launch (Carried Mice)
September 2015
Sep ?? - SAOCOM 1A Falcon 9 Launch
Sep ?? - Uragan-M Soyuz-21b/Fregat-M Launch
* Sep ?? - NROL-55/Intruder 11A & 11B/SNaP-3/Alaska Research CubeSat (ARC)/BisonSat/Fox 1/
PTecSat/USS Langley/PSat A & B/LMRSTSat Atlas 5 Launch
Sep 01 - Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 45S)
Sep 01 - Moon Occults Uranus
Sep 01 - Neptune At Opposition
Sep 01 - Comet 207P/Hill At Opposition (2.486 AU)
Sep 01 - Comet 144P/Kushida At Opposition (2.567 AU)
Sep 01 - Comet 128P-A/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (2.966 AU)
Sep 01 - Comet 128P-B/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (2.966 AU)
Sep 01 - Comet P/2014 O3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.246 AU)
Sep 01 - Asteroid 281375 (2008 JV19) Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)
Sep 01 - Asteroid 2004 TD10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)
Sep 01 - Asteroid 4055 Magellan Closest Approach To Earth (0.240 AU)
Sep 01 - Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (1.081 AU)
Sep 01 - Asteroid 1832 Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (1.976 AU)
Sep 01 - Asteroid 3264 Bounty Closest Approach To Earth (2.551 AU)
Sep 01 - Asteroid 1489 Attila Closest Approach To Earth (2.610 AU)
Sep 01 - Engelbert Zaschka's 120th Birthday (1895)
Sep 01 - Edgar Rice Burroughs' 140th Birthday (1875)
Sep 02 - CRS-8/BEAM Falcon 9 Launch (International Space Station)
Sep 02 - Comet 42P/Neujmin Closest Approach To Earth (1.461 AU)
* Sep 02 - Comet 318P/McNaught-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (1.552 AU)
Sep 02 - Comet P/2005 S3 (Read) Closest Approach To Earth (2.860 AU)
Sep 02 - Asteroid 166614 Zsazsa Closest Approach To Earth (1.644 AU)
Sep 02 - Asteroid 4763 Ride Closest Approach To Earth (1.886 AU)
Sep 02 - Asteroid 9340 Williamholden Closest Approach To Earth (2.135 AU)
Sep 03 - Comet 141P-D/Machholz Perihelion (0.761 AU)
Sep 03 - Comet C/2014 L5 (Lemmon) At Opposition (5.934 AU)
Sep 03 - Asteroid 112 Iphigenia Occults HIP 32246 (3.0 Magnitude Star)
Sep 03 - Asteroid 1495 Helsinki Closest Approach To Earth (1.403 AU)
Sep 03 - Asteroid 6779 Perrine Closest Approach To Earth (1.488 AU)
Sep 03 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.514 AU)
Sep 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 145452 (2005 RN43) At Opposition (39.636 AU)
Sep 03 - Carl Anderson's 110th Birthday (1905)
Sep 04 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)
Sep 04 - Comet P/1999 R1 (SOHO) Perihelion (0.054 AU)
Sep 04 - Comet P/2002 Q1 (Van Ness) Closest Approach To Earth (1.285 AU)
Sep 04 - Comet C/2014 E1 (Larson) At Opposition (2.717 AU)
Sep 04 - Asteroid 716 Berkeley Closest Approach To Earth (1.984 AU)
Sep 04 - 25th Anniversary (1990), Burnwell Meteorite Fall (Hit Porch in Kentucky)
* Sep 05 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Sep 05 - Comet 87P/Bus At Opposition (3.028 AU)
Sep 05 - Comet C/2014 A4 (SONEAR) Perihelion (4.180 AU)
Sep 05 - Asteroid 9 Metis At Opposition (8.8 Magnitude)
Sep 05 - Asteroid 17059 Elvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.252 AU)
Sep 05 - Asteroid 15318 Innsbrook Closest Approach To Earth (1.267 AU)
Sep 05 - Asteroid 371 Bohemia Closest Approach To Earth (1.683 AU)
Sep 05 - Asteroid 25399 Vonnegut Closest Approach To Earth (1.815 AU)
Sep 05 - Asteroid 70713 Sethmacfarlane Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)
Sep 05 - Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach To Earth (3.230 AU)
* Sep 06 - Comet 320P/McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (0.184 AU)
Sep 06 - Comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte Closest Approach To Earth (1.020 AU)
Sep 06 - Comet 57P-A/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte Closest Approach To Earth (1.020 AU)
Sep 06 - Comet 2P/Encke At Opposition (3.067 AU)
Sep 06 - Comet C/2014 C1 (TOTAS) At Opposition (2.987 AU)
Sep 06 - Asteroid 661 Cloelia Occults HIP 113184 (5.9 Magnitude Star)
Sep 06 - Asteroid 2009 BK2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
Sep 06 - Asteroid 6336 Dodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.285 AU)
Sep 06 - Asteroid 5891 Gehrig Closest Approach To Earth (1.288 AU)
Sep 06 - Asteroid 9250 Chamberlin Closest Approach To Earth (2.225 AU)
Sep 06 - Asteroid 9148 Alaska Closest Approach To Earth (2.595 AU)
Sep 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 RF43 At Opposition (52.174 AU)
Sep 06 - Carl Walz's 60th Birthday (1955)
Sep 06 - Stephen Singer-Brewster's 70th Birthday (1945)
Sep 07 - Comet 50P/Arend At Opposition (1.339 AU)
Sep 07 - Comet 224P/LINEAR-NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.806 AU)
Sep 07 - Asteroid 2520 Novorossijsk Occults TYC 1800-02201-1 (6.3 Magnitude Star)
Sep 07 - Asteroid 10916 Okina-Ouna Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU)
Sep 07 - 20th Anniversary (1995), STS-69 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, SPARTAN)
Sep 08 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #420 (OTM-420)
Sep 08 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Dione
* Sep 08 - Comet C/2015 J2 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (4.320 AU)
Sep 08 - Asteroid 697 Galilea Closest Approach To Earth (1.438 AU)
Sep 08 - Asteroid 9034 Santorini Closest Approach To Earth (2.428 AU)
Sep 08 - 15th Anniversary (2000), STS-106 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, ISS)
Sep 08 - Marshall Space Flight Center's 55th Birthday (1960)
Sep 08 - Thomas Keith Glennan's 110th Birthday (1905)
Sep 09 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Helene
Sep 09 - Comet 128P-A/Shoemaker-Holt Closest Approach To Earth (2.955 AU)
Sep 09 - Comet 128P-B/Shoemaker-Holt Closest Approach To Earth (2.955 AU)
Sep 09 - Comet C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.968 AU)
Sep 09 - Comet 174P/Echeclus Closest Approach To Earth (4.849 AU)
Sep 09 - Comet 95P/Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (17.177 AU)
Sep 09 - Asteroid 4433 Goldstone Closest Approach To Earth (1.131 AU)
Sep 09 - Asteroid 2013 EC20 Closest Approach To Earth (1.688 AU)
Sep 09 - Asteroid 7853 Confucius Closest Approach To Earth (2.773 AU)
Sep 09 - 40th Anniversary (1975), Viking 2 Launch (Mars Orbiter/Lander)
Sep 10 - Galileo FM9 & FM10 Soyuz STB-Fregat-M Launch
Sep 10 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
Sep 10 - Comet P/2014 O3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.257 AU)
Sep 10 - Asteroid 1501 Baade Closest Approach To Earth (1.074 AU)
Sep 10 - Asteroid 1024 Hale Closest Approach To Earth (1.312 AU)
Sep 10 - 10th Anniversary (2005), Mike Brown, et al's Discovery of Dwarf Planet Eris Moon, Dysnomia
Sep 11 - Comet 104P/Kowal Closest Approach To Earth (1.551 AU)
Sep 11 - Asteroid 472 Roma Closest Approach To Earth (1.481 AU)
Sep 11 - Asteroid 232 Russia Closest Approach To Earth (1.900 AU)
Sep 11 - Asteroid 4457 van Gogh Closest Approach To Earth (1.998 AU)
Sep 11 - Asteroid 334 Chicago Closest Approach To Earth (2.861 AU)
Sep 11 - 30th Anniversary (1985), ICE, Comet Giacobini-Zinner Flyby
Sep 11 - Gherman Titov's 80th Birthday (1935)
Sep 12 - Comet 174P/Echeclus At Opposition (4.851 AU)
Sep 12 - Comet 95P/Chiron At Opposition (17.178 AU)
Sep 12 - Asteroid 6239 Minos Closest Approach To Earth (0.407 AU)
Sep 12 - Asteroid 12104 Chesley Closest Approach To Earth (2.030 AU)
Sep 12 - 45th Anniversary (1970), Luna 16 Launch (Soviet Moon Sample Return)
Sep 12 - 845th Anniversary (1170), Gervase's Observation of Transit of Mars Across Jupiter
Sep 13 - Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible From South Africa, Antarctica
Sep 13 - Comet P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) At Opposition (3.115 AU)
Sep 13 - Comet 280P/Larsen At Opposition (3.516 AU)
Sep 13 - Comet 30P/Reinmuth At Opposition (3.718 AU)
Sep 13 - Asteroid 896 Sphinx Closest Approach To Earth (1.305 AU)
Sep 13 - Asteroid 1602 Indiana Closest Approach To Earth (1.457 AU)
Sep 13 - Asteroid 4122 Ferrari Closest Approach To Earth (1.687 AU)
* Sep 13 - Asteroid 45 Eugenia Closest Approach To Earth (1.803 AU)
Sep 14 - Comet 157P/Tritton Closest Approach To Earth (1.989 AU)
Sep 14 - Asteroid 2014 KS76 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
Sep 14 - Asteroid 37452 Spirit Closest Approach To Earth (2.319 AU)
Sep 14 - Gene Trinh's 65th Birthday (1950)
Sep 14 - John Dobson's 100th Birthday (1915)
Sep 14-20 - Astronomy Week
Sep 15 - Comet 151/Helin At Opposition (1.477 AU)
Sep 15 - Comet C/2013 P3 (Palomar) Closest Approach To Earth (7.845 AU)
Sep 15 - Asteroid 2362 Mark Twain Closest Approach To Earth (0.768 AU)
Sep 15 - Asteroid 7672 Hawking Closest Approach To Earth (1.159 AU)
Sep 15 - Asteroid 9941 Iguanodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.472 AU)
Sep 15 - Asteroid 5143 Heracles Closest Approach To Earth (2.245 AU)
Sep 15 - 50th Anniversary (1965), "Lost in Space" Debuts on TV
Sep 15 - Michiel Overbeek's 95th Birthday (1920)
Sep 16 - Comet 33P/Daniel At Opposition (2.358 AU)
Sep 16 - Comet 80P/Peters-Hartley At Opposition (2.390 AU)
Sep 16 - Comet P/2014 MG4 (Spacewatch-PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.953 AU)
Sep 16 - Asteroid 2013 RO5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
Sep 16 - Asteroid 35334 Yarkovsky Closest Approach To Earth (2.001 AU)
Sep 16 - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Sep 17 - Comet 151/Helin Closest Approach To Earth (1.476 AU)
Sep 17 - Comet C/2014 Q6 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.876 AU)
Sep 17 - Asteroid 325 Heidelberga Closest Approach To Earth (1.912 AU)
Sep 17 - Asteroid 15000 CCD Closest Approach To Earth (1.951 AU)
Sep 17 - Asteroid 426 Hippo Closest Approach To Earth (2.226 AU)
Sep 17 - Asteroid 4151 Alanhale Closest Approach To Earth (2.506 AU)
Sep 17 - Ed Mitchell's 85th Birthday (1930)
Sep 17 - Tom Stafford's 85th Birthday (1930)
Sep 18 - Comet P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (3.112 AU)
Sep 18 - Comet 282P/2003 BM80 At Opposition (3.638 AU)
* Sep 18 - Comet C/2015 B1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (5.976 AU)
Sep 18 - Asteroid 742 Edisona Closest Approach To Earth (1.677 AU)
Sep 18 - Asteroid 6136 Gryphon Closest Approach To Earth (2.056 AU)
Sep 18 - 50th Anniversary (1965), Kaoru Ikeya & Tsutomu Seki's Discovery of Comet Ikeya-Seki
Sep 18 - 50th Anniversary (1965), 1st Episode of "I Dream of Jeannie" Airs on TV
Sep 19 - Astronomy Day
Sep 19 - Comet 34D/Gale At Opposition (0.828 AU)
Sep 19 - Comet C/2013 P3 (Palomar) At Opposition (7.847 AU)
Sep 19 - Asteroid 8277 Machu-Picchu Closest Approach To Earth (1.618 AU)
Sep 19 - Sunita Williams' 50th Birthday (1965)
Sep 20 - Comet 144P/Kushida Closest Approach To Earth (2.513 AU)
Sep 20 - Comet 212P/NEAT At Opposition (2.535 AU)
Sep 20 - Asteroid 51828 Ilanramon Closest Approach To Earth (1.742 AU)
Sep 20 - 65th Anniversary (1950), Murray Meteorite Fall (Hit Buildings in Kentucky)
* Sep 21 - Progress M-29M Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 61P)
Sep 21 - Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke Closest Approach To Earth (1.915 AU)
Sep 21 - Comet C/2014 XB8 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.507 AU)
Sep 21 - Comet C/2014 W8 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (4.910 AU)
Sep 21 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo Occults UCAC4-274-115943 (14.9 Magnitude Star)
Sep 21 - Asteroid 2007 TD Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
Sep 21 - Asteroid 99905 Jeffgrossman Closest Approach To Earth (2.334 AU)
Sep 21 - Asteroid 308933 (2006 SQ372) At Opposition (25.707 AU)
Sep 21 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 RE64 At Opposition (52.026 AU)
Sep 22 - GPS-2F 11 Atlas 5 Launch
Sep 22 - Comet 227P/Catalina-LINEAR At Opposition (3.434 AU)
Sep 22 - Asteroid 70715 Allancheuvront Closest Approach To Earth (1.551 AU)
Sep 22 - Kuiper Belt Object 120347 Salacia At Opposition (43.654 AU)
Sep 23 - Autumnal Equinox, 08:28 UT
Sep 23 - Comet 42P/Neujmin At Opposition (1.516 AU)
Sep 23 - Asteroid 3720 Hokkaido Closest Approach To Earth (1.142 AU)
Sep 23 - Asteroid 6471 Collins Closest Approach To Earth (1.630 AU)
Sep 23 - Asteroid 42981 Jenniskens Closest Approach To Earth (1.740 AU)
Sep 23 - Asteroid 306367 Nut Closest Approach To Earth (2.381 AU)
Sep 23 - 15th Anniversary (2000), Brett Gladman & John Kavelaars Discovery of Saturn Moons
Siarnaq, Tarvos, Ijiraq, Thrymr, Skathi, Mundilfari, Erriapus & Suttungr
Sep 24 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #421 (OTM-421)
Sep 24 - Comet 50P/Arend Closest Approach To Earth (1.300 AU)
Sep 24 - Asteroid 2012 TT5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
Sep 24 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Closest Approach To Earth (1.426 AU)
Sep 24 - Asteroid 2102 Tantalus Closest Approach To Earth (1.633 AU)
Sep 24 - Asteroid 11908 Nicaragua Closest Approach To Earth (2.212 AU)
Sep 24 - Asteroid 10637 Heimlich Closest Approach To Earth (2.231 AU)
Sep 24 - John Young's 85th Birthday (1930)
Sep 25 - Comet 207P/Hill Closest Approach To Earth (2.401 AU)
Sep 25 - Asteroid 162173 (1999 JU3) Closest Approach To Earth (1.066 AU)
Sep 25 - Asteroid 4099 Wiggins Closest Approach To Earth (1.532 AU)
Sep 25 - Asteroid 42998 Malinafrank Closest Approach To Earth (1.908 AU)
Sep 26 - Comet P/1999 J6 (SOHO) Perihelion (0.057 AU)
Sep 26 - Comet C/2015 F2 (Polonia) At Opposition (1.685 AU)
* Sep 26 - Asteroid 153591 (2001 SN263) Closest Approach To Earth (1.534 AU)
Sep 26 - 10th Anniversary (2005), Cassini, Hyperion Flyby
Sep 27 - Asteroid 2006 WV1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
Sep 27 - Asteroid 4464 Vulcano Closest Approach To Earth (0.846 AU)
Sep 27 - Asteroid 4798 Mercator Closest Approach To Earth (1.271 AU)
Sep 27 - Asteroid 1801 Titicaca Closest Approach To Earth (2.010 AU)
Sep 27 - Plutino 2001 QF298 At Opposition (42.347 AU)
Sep 27 - 190th Anniversary (1825), Honolulu Meteorite Fall in Hawaii
Sep 28 - Total Lunar Eclipse
Sep 28 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Sep 28 - Comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte At Opposition (1.074 AU)
Sep 28 - Comet 57P-A/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte At Opposition (1.074 AU)
Sep 28 - Comet 231P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (4.015 AU)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 3498 Belton Closest Approach To Earth (1.195 AU)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 4238 Audrey Closest Approach To Earth (1.583 AU)
Sep 28 - Paul Villard's 155th Birthday (1860)
Sep 28 - Ismael Bullialdus' 410th Birthday (1605)
Sep 29 - Moon Occults Uranus
* Sep 29 - Comet C/2015 K1 (MASTER) At Opposition (3.364 AU)
Sep 29 - Harry McSween's 70th Birthday (1945)
Sep 29 - Karl Harding's 250th Birthday (1765)
Sep 30 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Dione, Calypso, Mimas, Tethys, Aegaeon & Telesto
Sep 30 - Comet C/2014 XB8 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.532 AU)
Sep 30 - Comet C/2014 W7 (Christensen) At Opposition (2.918 AU)
Sep 30 - Comet P/2013 G1 (Kowalski) At Opposition (4.215 AU)
Sep 30 - Asteroid 697 Galilea Occults HIP 113998 (6.3 Magnitude Star)
* Sep 30 - Asteroid 2015 KJ57 Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU)
Sep 30 - Asteroid 125071 Lugosi Closest Approach To Earth (1.356 AU)
Sep 30 - Asteroid 3808 Tempel Closest Approach To Earth (1.618 AU)
Sep 30 - Asteroid 27363 Alvanclark Closest Approach To Earth (1.665 AU)
Sep 30 - 40th Anniversary (1975), Charles Kowal's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Themisto
Sep 30 - Lew Allen's 90th Birthday
Sep 30 - 135th Anniversary (1880), 1st Photo of Orion Nebula taken by Henry Draper
Sep 30 - Michael Maestlin's 465th Birthday (1550)
October 2015
Oct ?? - Griffin Lunar Lander Falcon 9 Launch
Oct ?? - Intelsat 31 Proton-M Briz-M Launch
Oct ?? - GSAT 15 Ariane 5 Launch
Oct ?? - Iridium NEXT 1 & 2 Dnepr-1 Launch
* Oct ?? - ORS 4/HiakaSat (HawaiiSat 1)/ORS-Squared/Argus/EDSN 1-8/PrintSat/STU-1
Super-Strypi (SPARK) Launch
Oct ?? - Apstar 9 CZ-3B Launch
Oct ?? - Astrosat PSLV Launch
Oct ?? - Sentinel 3A Rokot/Briz-KM Launch
Oct ?? - Hispasat AG1 Ariane 5 Launch
* Oct ?? - Ekspress-AMU1 (Eutelsat 36C) Proton-M Briz-M Launch
Oct ?? - 35th Anniversary (1980), Stewart Collins' Discovery of Saturn Moon Prometheus
Oct ?? - 55th Anniversary (1960), Millbillillie Meteorite Shower in Australia
Oct ?? - James South's 230th Birthday (1785)
Oct 01 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Rhea
Oct 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #422 (OTM-422)
Oct 01 - Comet 118P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (1.755 AU)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 24102 Jacquecassini Closest Approach To Earth (1.243 AU)
Oct 02 - LISA Pathfinder/Spacetech-07 (SMART-2) Vega Launch
* Oct 02 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Oct 02 - Comet 61P/Shajn-Schaldach Perihelion (2.114 AU)
Oct 02 - Asteroid 15 Eunomia At Opposition (7.4 Magnitude)
Oct 02 - Asteroid 6563 Steinheim Closest Approach To Earth (1.280 AU)
Oct 02 - Asteroid 8275 Inca Closest Approach To Earth (1.348 AU)
Oct 02 - Giuseppe (Bepi) Colombo's 95th Birthday (1920)
Oct 03 - Comet 88P/Howell Closest Approach To Earth (1.337 AU)
Oct 03 - Asteroid 2012 CL19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)
Oct 03 - Asteroid 2009 DB43 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
Oct 03 - 30th Anniversary (1985), STS-51-J Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, DOD)
Oct 03 - Walter Alvarez's 75th Birthday (1940)
Oct 03 - Charles Duke's 80th Birthday (1935)
Oct 04 - Soyuz TMA-18M Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station)
Oct 04 - Comet C/2014 W5 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.108 AU)
Oct 04 - Comet 33P/Daniel Closest Approach To Earth (2.319 AU)
Oct 04 - Comet 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu Closest Approach To Earth (2.940 AU)
Oct 04 - Asteroid 2015 FS332 Near Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
Oct 04 - Asteroid 1284 Latvia Closest Approach To Earth (1.340 AU)
Oct 04 - Asteroid 128036 Rafaelnadal Closest Approach To Earth (1.636 AU)
Oct 04 - Viktor Knorre's 175th Birthday (1840)
Oct 04 - Eustachio Divini's 405th Birthday (1610)
Oct 04-10 - World Space Week
Oct 05 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #423 (OTM-423)
Oct 05 - Asteroid 2009 TK Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)
Oct 05 - Asteroid 149244 Kriegh Closest Approach To Earth (1.313 AU)
Oct 05 - Pavel Popovich's 85th Birthday (1930)
Oct 05 - Paul Wild's 90th Birthday (1925)
Oct 06 - Comet 205P-B/Giacobini Perihelion (1.540 AU)
Oct 06 - Asteroid 2014 MZ17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
Oct 06 - Asteroid 2074 Shoemaker Closest Approach To Earth (0.752 AU)
Oct 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 2008 ST291 At Opposition (58.708 AU)
Oct 06 - 25th Anniversary (1990), STS-41 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, Ulysses Deployment)
Oct 06 - David Brin's 65th Birthday (1950)
Oct 06 - Jorgen Christensen-Dalsgaard's 65th Birthday (1950)
Oct 06 - Jesse Ramsden's 280th Birthday (1735)
Oct 07 - Comet 51P/Harrington Closest Approach To Earth (0.820 AU)
Oct 07 - Comet 79P/du Toit-Hartley At Opposition (3.682 AU)
Oct 07 - Comet C/2013 G3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.141 AU)
Oct 07 - Comet C/2013 V4 (Catalina) Perihelion (5.186 AU)
Oct 07 - Asteroid 2007 RU9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)
Oct 07 - Niehls Bohr's 130th Birthday (1885)
Oct 08 - Moon Occults Venus
Oct 08 - Comet 51P-A/Harrington Closest Approach To Earth (0.826 AU)
Oct 08 - Comet 151P/Helin Perihelion (2.474 AU)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 2034 Bernoulli Closest Approach To Earth (1.073 AU)
Oct 08 - Frank Herbert's 95th Birthday (1920)
Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 09 - Comet P/2007 V2 (Hill) Closest Approach To Earth (1.783 AU)
Oct 09 - Comet P/2007 V2 (Hill) At Opposition (1.783 AU)
Oct 09 - Comet 209P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.301 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 2010 SX11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.040 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 2118 Flagstaff Closest Approach To Earth (1.205 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 5731 Zeus Closest Approach To Earth (1.669 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 1157 Arabia Closest Approach To Earth (2.147 AU)
Oct 10 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #424 (OTM-424)
Oct 10 - Comet 287P/Christensen Closest Approach To Earth (2.420 AU)
Oct 10 - Asteroid 243 Ida Occults 2UCAC 39971001 (12.2 Magnitude Star)
Oct 10 - Asteroid 5786 Talos Closest Approach To Earth (0.708 AU)
Oct 10 - Asteroid 15495 Bogie Closest Approach To Earth (1.474 AU)
Oct 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 303775 (2005 QU182) At Opposition (50.300 AU)
Oct 11 - Moon Occults Mercury
Oct 11 - Uranus At Opposition
Oct 11 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults TYC 0993-01221-1 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
Oct 11 - Asteroid 7816 Hanoi Closest Approach To Earth (0.656 AU)
Oct 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 19308 (1996 TO66) At Opposition (46.242 AU)
Oct 11 - 15th Anniversary (2000), STS-92 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, International Space Station)
Oct 12 - Comet C/2014 W5 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.087 AU)
Oct 12 - Comet 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu At Opposition (2.950 AU)
Oct 12 - Asteroid 6827 Wombat Closest Approach To Earth (1.377 AU)
Oct 13 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
Oct 13 - Comet 212P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (2.469 AU)
Oct 13 - Comet C/2014 N3 (NEOWISE) Closest Approach To Earth (3.475 AU)
Oct 13 - Asteroid 9770 Discovery Closest Approach To Earth (1.620 AU)
Oct 13 - Asteroid 65675 Mohr-Gruber Closest Approach To Earth (2.551 AU)
Oct 14 - Cassini, Enceladus Flyby
Oct 14 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Polydeuces, Methone, Prometheus & Helene
Oct 14 - Comet 220P/McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (1.023 AU)
Oct 14 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo Occults 2UCAC 17114281 (14.9 Magnitude Star)
Oct 14 - Asteroid 19155 Lifeson Closest Approach To Earth (1.083 AU)
Oct 14 - Asteroid 49272 Bryce Canyon Closest Approach To Earth (1.223 AU)
Oct 14 - Asteroid 4221 Picasso Closest Approach To Earth (1.924 AU)
Oct 14 - Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Closest Approach To Earth (2.811 AU)
Oct 14 - Dwight Eisenhower's 125th Birthday (1890)
Oct 15 - Comet P/2006 F4 At Opposition (3.656 AU)
Oct 15 - Asteroid 9621 Michaelpalin Closest Approach To Earth (1.098 AU)
Oct 15 - Asteroid 9880 Stegosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.130 AU)
Oct 15 - Asteroid 12432 Usuda Closest Approach To Earth (1.965 AU)
Oct 15 - Asteroid 114703 North Dakota Closest Approach To Earth (2.037 AU)
Oct 15 - Gareth Williams' 50th Birthday (1965)
Oct 16 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (18 Degrees)
Oct 16 - Comet 118P/Shoemaker-Levy Closest Approach To Earth (1.724 AU)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 3000 Leonardo Closest Approach To Earth (0.933 AU)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 1865 Cerberus Closest Approach To Earth (0.988 AU)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 61342 Lovejoy Closest Approach To Earth (1.133 AU)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 4017 Disneya Closest Approach To Earth (1.382 AU)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 4134 Schutz Closest Approach To Earth (1.529 AU)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 4342 Freud Closest Approach To Earth (1.675 AU)
Oct 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 202421 (2005 UQ513) At Opposition (47.390 AU)
* Oct 17 - Elektro-L N2 Zenit-3F Launch
Oct 17 - Mars Passes 0.4 Degrees From Jupiter
Oct 17 - Asteroid 11500 Tomaiyowit Closest Approach To Earth (0.918 AU)
Oct 17 - Freimut Borngen's 85th Birthday (1930)
Oct 17 - Edouard Roche's 195th Birthday (1820)
Oct 18 - Comet 287P/Christensen At Opposition (2.430 AU)
Oct 18 - Comet C/2014 U3 (Kowalski) At Opposition (3.878 AU)
Oct 18 - Asteroid 2014 UR Near-Earth Flyby (0.010 AU)
Oct 18 - Asteroid 2011 SE97 Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
Oct 18 - Asteroid 7958 Leakey Closest Approach To Earth (0.775 AU)
Oct 19 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #426 (OTM-426)
Oct 19 - Comet C/2014 A4 (SONEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.203 AU)
Oct 19 - Asteroid 8129 Michaelbusch Closest Approach To Earth (1.463 AU)
Oct 19 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's 105th Birthday (1910)
Oct 20 - Asteroid 39382 Opportunity Closest Approach To Earth (2.320 AU)
Oct 20 - Kuiper Belt Object 308379 (2005 RS43) At Opposition (42.210 AU)
Oct 20 - 20th Anniversary (1995), STS-73 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, Spacelab)
Oct 21 - Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 21 - Comet C/2014 A4 (SONEAR) At Opposition (3.204 AU)
Oct 21 - Asteroid 4104 Alu Closest Approach To Earth (1.555 AU)
Oct 21 - Asteroid 189202 Calar Alto Closest Approach To Earth (2.256 AU)
Oct 21 - Ron McNair's 65th Birthday (1950)
Oct 22 - MEXSAT 2 (Morelos 3) Atlas 5 Launch
Oct 22 - Comet P/2001 H5 (NEAT) Perihelion (2.436 AU)
* Oct 22 - Comet 318P/McNaught-Hartley Perihelion (2.448 AU)
Oct 22 - Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup At Opposition (3.899 AU)
Oct 22 - Asteroid 2006 UY64 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
Oct 22 - Karl Jansky's 110th Birthday (1905)
Oct 23 - Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke At Opposition (2.030 AU)
Oct 23 - Comet P/2007 V2 (Hill) Perihelion (2.780 AU)
Oct 23 - Asteroid 2343 Siding Spring Closest Approach To Earth (0.766 AU)
Oct 23 - Asteroid 203 Pompeja Closest Approach To Earth (1.588 AU)
Oct 23 - Asteroid 2700 Baikonur Closest Approach To Earth (1.842 AU)
* Oct 23 - Neptune Trojan 2001 QR322 At Opposition (29.035 AU)
Oct 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 55636 (2002 TX300) At Opposition (41.326 AU)
Oct 23 - 40th Anniversary (1975), Venera 10, Venus Orbit Insertion (USSR Venus Orbiter/Lander)
Oct 24 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #427 (OTM-427)
Oct 24 - Comet 61P/Shajn-Schaldach Closest Approach To Earth (1.135 AU)
Oct 24 - Comet 202P/Scotti At Opposition (1.881 AU)
Oct 24 - Asteroid 10346 Triathlon Closest Approach To Earth (1.845 AU)
Oct 24 - Asteroid 12561 Howard Closest Approach To Earth (2.522 AU)
Oct 24 - 55th Anniversary (1960), Nedelin Disater - Launch Pad Explosion, Over 100 People Killed
Oct 25 - European Summer Time Ends - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (European Union)
Oct 25 - Venus Passes 1.0 Degrees From Jupiter
Oct 25 - Comet 22P/Kopff Perihelion (1.562 AU)
Oct 25 - Asteroid 29 Amphitrite At Opposition (8.5 Magnitude)
Oct 25 - Asteroid 1998 XN2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
Oct 25 - Asteroid 9000 Hal Closest Approach To Earth (1.166 AU)
Oct 25 - Asteroid 2991 Bilbo Closest Approach To Earth (1.363 AU)
Oct 25 - 40th Anniversary (1975), Venera 10, Venus Landing (USSR Venus Orbiter/Lander)
Oct 25 - David Schramm's 70th Birthday (1945)
Oct 25 - Rusty Schweikart's 80th Birthday (1935)
Oct 26 - Venus At Its Greatest Western Elongation (46 Degrees)
* Oct 26 - Moon Occults Uranus
Oct 26 - Comet C/2014 S2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)
Oct 26 - Comet P/2005 L1 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (3.133 AU)
Oct 26 - Comet 91P/Russell At Opposition (3.856 AU)
Oct 26 - Asteroid 16626 Thumper Closest Approach To Earth (1.881 AU)
Oct 26 - Asteroid 1541 Estonia Closest Approach To Earth (1.955 AU)
Oct 26 - Gennadi Strekalov's 75th Birthday (1940)
Oct 27 - Comet 51P/Harrington At Opposition (0.859 AU)
Oct 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) At Opposition (40.251 AU)
Oct 27 - Oleg Kotov's 50th Birthday (1965)
Oct 27 - Gustave Solomon's 85th Birthday (1930)
Oct 28 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Polydeuces, Telesto, Daphnis, Pan & Helene
Oct 28 - Cassini, Enceladus Flyby
Oct 28 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #428 (OTM-428)
Oct 28 - Comet 51P-A/Harrington At Opposition (0.866 AU)
Oct 28 - Comet C/2014 N3 (NEOWISE) At Opposition (3.510 AU)
Oct 28 - Comet 316P/LONEOS-Christensen Perihelion (3.582 AU)
Oct 28 - Asteroid 3229 Solnhofen Closest Approach To Earth (1.205 AU)
Oct 28 - Plutino 47171 (1999 TC36) At Opposition (29.571 AU)
Oct 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 42301 (2001 UR163) At Opposition (51.280 AU)
Oct 28 - Edward Ney's 95th Birthday (1920)
Oct 29 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
* Oct 29 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Oct 29 - Comet 61P/Shajn-Schaldach At Opposition (1.137 AU)
Oct 29 - Comet 205P-C/Giacobini Closest Approach To Earth (1.388 AU)
Oct 29 - Comet 205P/Giacobini Closet Approach To Earth (1.391 AU)
Oct 29 - Comet 88P/Howell At Opposition (1.421 AU)
Oct 29 - Comet C/2015 A2 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (5.034 AU)
Oct 29 - Asteroid 410777 (2009 FD) Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)
Oct 29 - Asteroid 7220 Philnicholson Closest Approach To Earth (0.943 AU)
Oct 29 - Asteroid 6456 Golombek Closest Approach To Earth (1.174 AU)
Oct 29 - Asteroid 4808 Ballaero Closest Approach To Earth (1.396 AU)
Oct 29 - Asteroid 6001 Thales Closest Approach To Earth (1.855 AU)
Oct 29 - Asteroid 1776 Kuiper Closest Approach To Earth (2.114 AU)
Oct 29 - Gary Hug's 65th Birthday (1950)
Oct 30 - Comet 205P-A/Giacobini Closest Approach To Earth (1.395 AU)
Oct 30 - Asteroid 9622 Terryjones Closest Approach To Earth (0.997 AU)
Oct 30 - Asteroid 13743 Rivkin Closest Approach To Earth (1.185 AU)
Oct 30 - Asteroid 6714 Montreal Closest Approach To Earth (1.366 AU)
Oct 30 - Asteroid 797 Montana Closest Approach To Earth (1.691 AU)
Oct 30 - 30th Anniversary (1985), STS-61-A Launch (Space Shuttle Challenger, Spacelab-D1)
Oct 31 - Comet 296P/Garradd At Opposition (3.317 AU)
Oct 31 - Asteroid 3362 Khufu Closest Approach To Earth (1.157 AU)
Oct 31 - Asteroid 4047 Chang'E Closest Approach To Earth (1.299 AU)
Oct 31 - Asteroid 9500 Camelot Closest Approach To Earth (1.351 AU)
Oct 31 - Asteroid 8283 Edinburgh Closest Approach To Earth (1.584 AU)
Oct 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 120348 (2004 TY364) At Opposition (38.244 AU)
November 2015
Nov ?? - MLM (Nauka) Proton-M Launch
Nov ?? - Astro-H (NeXT)/Horyu 4/ChubuSat 2 & 3 H-2A Launch
Nov ?? - 15th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of the NWA 480 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Nov 01 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (United States)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 1620 Geographos Closest Approach To Earth (0.656 AU)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 9957 Rafaellosanti Closest Approach To Earth (1.191 AU)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 9674 Slovenija Closest Approach To Earth (1.735 AU)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 79896 Billhaley Closest Approach To Earth (1.801 AU)
Nov 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 UM33 At Opposition (42.902 AU)
Nov 01 - Angeline Stickney Hall's 185th Birthday (1830)
Nov 02 - Comet 202P/Scotti Closest Approacn To Earth (1.870 AU)
Nov 02 - Comet P/2005 L1 (McNaught) At Opposition (3.140 AU)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Closest Approach To Earth (0.495 AU)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 9533 Aleksejleonov Closest Approach To Earth (1.176 AU)
Nov 02 - Plutino 144897 (2004 UX10) At Opposition (38.186 AU)
Nov 02 - Harlow Shapley's 130th Birthday (1885)
Nov 02 - George Boole's 200th Birthday (1815)
Nov 03 - Venus Passes 0.7 Degrees From Mars
Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 03 - Comet C/2013 P4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.450 AU)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 4450 Pan Closest Approach To Earth (1.194 AU)
* Nov 03 - Neptune Trojan 2006 RJ103 At Opposition (29.328 AU)
Nov 03 - Tsutomu Seki's 85th Birthday (1930)
Nov 04 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #429 (OTM-429)
Nov 04 - Comet P/2014 W2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.580 AU)
Nov 04 - Comet 235P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.670 AU)
Nov 04 - Centaur Object 54598 Bienor At Opposition (14.800 AU)
Nov 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 55637 (2002 UX25) At Opposition (39.895 AU)
Nov 04 - 5th Anniversary (2010), EPOXI, Comet 103P/Hartley 2 Flyby
Nov 05 - Comet P/2014 V1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.305 AU)
Nov 05 - Comet 278P/McNaught At Opposition (3.793 AU)
Nov 05 - Comet 246P/NEAT At Opposition (3.862 AU)
Nov 05 - Asteroid 1718 Namibia Closest Approach To Earth (1.076 AU)
Nov 05 - Asteroid 90388 Philchristensen Closest Approach To Earth (1.343 AU)
Nov 05 - Leon Teisserenc de Bort's 160th Birthday (1855)
Nov 06 - Comet P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs) Perihelion (1.629 AU)
Nov 06 - Asteroid 2002 XY38 Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU)
Nov 06 - Asteroid 1704 Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.369 AU)
Nov 06 - Asteroid 7092 Cadmus Closest Approach To Earth (1.549 AU)
Nov 06 - Asteroid 17942 Whiterabbit Closest Approach To Earth (1.667 AU)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 39 Laetitia At Opposition (8.9 Magnitude)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Closest Approach To Earth (1.450 AU)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 2169 Taiwan Closest Approach To Earth (1.675 AU)
Nov 08 - Asteroid 2008 VA15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
Nov 08 - 55th Anniversary (1960), Little Joe 5 Launch
Nov 08 - Charles Kowal's 75th Birthday (1940)
Nov 08 - Graham Bell's 80th Birthday (1935)
Nov 08 - 120th Anniversary (1895), Wilhelm Rontgen's Discovery of X-Rays
Nov 09 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #430 (OTM-430)
Nov 09 - Comet 220P/McNaught At Opposition (1.095 AU)
Nov 09 - Comet 315P/LONEOS At Opposition (2.750 AU)
Nov 09 - Asteroid 2008 WQ2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
Nov 09 - Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (1.917 AU)
Nov 09 - 10th Anniversary (2005), Venus Express Launch (ESA Venus Orbiter)
Nov 09 - 45th Anniversary (1970), OFO-1 (Orbiting Frog Otolith) Launch
Nov 09 - 90th Anniversary (1925), Robert Millikan Confirms Cosmic Rays From Outer Space
Nov 09 - Hermann Weyl's 130th Birthday (1885)
Nov 10 - Comet 44P/Reinmuth Closest Approach To Earth (1.750 AU)
Nov 10 - Comet C/2013 P4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (5.458 AU)
Nov 10 - Comet C/2014 W10 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (6.750 AU)
Nov 10 - Asteroid 17744 Jodiefoster Closest Approach To Earth (1.028 AU)
Nov 10 - 45th Anniversary (1970), Luna 17 Launch (USSR Moon Rover Mission)
Nov 10 - Ronald Evans' 85th Birthday (1930)
Nov 10 - Jack Northrop's 120th Birthday (1895)
Nov 10 - John Bevis' 320th Birthday (1695)
Nov 11 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Calypso, Pan, Pandora & Tethys
* Nov 11 - Comet 319P/Catalina-McNaught At Opposition (1.032 AU)
Nov 11 - Asteroid 11195 Woomera Closest Approach To Earth (1.307 AU)
Nov 11 - Asteroid 9252 Goddard Closest Approach To Earth (1.814 AU)
Nov 11 - Ben Gascoigne's 100th Birthday (1915)
Nov 11 - Carl Wirtanen's 105th Birthday (1910)
Nov 11 - Vesto Slipher's 140th Birthday (1875)
Nov 12 - Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak At Opposition (3.290 AU)
Nov 12 - 20th Anniversary (1995), STS-74 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, Mir Space Station)
Nov 12 - 35th Anniversary (1980), Voyager 1, Saturn Flyby
Nov 13 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Nov 13 - Comet 214P/LINEAR Perihelion (1.852 AU)
Nov 13 - Comet 6P/d'Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (1.994 AU)
Nov 13 - Comet P/2014 L3 (Hill) At Opposition (3.960 AU)
Nov 13 - Asteroid 2011 MD Closest Approach To Earth (1.819 AU)
Nov 13 - Asteroid 42776 Casablanca Closest Approach To Earth (2.294 AU)
* Nov 13 - Neptune Trojan 2007 VL305 At Opposition (27.206 AU)
Nov 13 - David Rabinowitz's 55th Birthday (1960)
Nov 14 - Comet 10P/Tempel Perihelion (1.418 AU)
Nov 14 - Comet C/2014 W10 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (6.753 AU)
Nov 14 - Asteroid 9357 Venezuela Closest Approach To Earth (1.700 AU)
Nov 14 - Asteroid 1001 Gaussia Closest Approach To Earth (1.822 AU)
Nov 14 - Asteroid 12397 Peterbrown Closest Approach To Earth (2.333 AU)
Nov 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 2012 VP113 At Opposition (82.352 AU)
Nov 14 - Edward White's 85th Birthday (1930)
Nov 14 - 335th Anniversary (1680), Gottfried Kirch's Discovery of the Great Comet of 1680
Nov 15 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #431 (OTM-431)
Nov 15 - Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) Perihelion (0.823 AU)
* Nov 15 - Asteroid 136617 (1994 CC) Closest Approach To Earth (1.397 AU)
Nov 15 - Asteroid 11945 Amsterdam Closest Approach To Earth (2.021 AU)
Nov 15 - Plutino 2003 UZ413 At Opposition (42.529 AU)
Nov 15 - 25th Anniversary (1990), STS-38 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, DOD)
Nov 16 - Comet C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.616 AU)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 2000 WP19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 1537 Transylvania Closest Approach To Earth (1.288 AU)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 10189 Normanrockwell Closest Approach To Earth (1.510 AU)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 8657 Cedrus Closest Approach To Earth (1.714 AU)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 4535 Adamcarolla Closest Approach To Earth (2.259 AU)
Nov 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 VK201 At Opposition (47.050 AU)
Nov 16 - 50th Anniversary (1965), Venera 3 Launch (USSR Venus Lander)
Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 17 - Comet 92P/Sanguin Closest Approach To Earth (2.235 AU)
Nov 17 - Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh At Opposition (3.293 AU)
Nov 17 - Asteroid 2012 LA11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
Nov 17 - Plutino 84719 (2002 VR128) At Opposition (38.030 AU)
Nov 17 - 40th Anniversary (1975), Soyuz 20 Launch (Carried Tortoises)
Nov 17 - Michael A'Hearn's 75th Birthday (1940)
Nov 17 - John Plaskett's 150th Birthday (1865)
Nov 18 - Comet 230P/LINEAR Perihelion (1.485 AU)
Nov 18 - Asteroid 5231 Verne Closest Approach To Earth (1.257 AU)
Nov 18 - Asteroid 2801 Huygens Closest Approach To Earth (1.604 AU)
Nov 18 - Kuiper Belt Object 90377 Sedna At Opposition (84.850 AU)
* Nov 19 - Cygnus CRS-4 (Orb 4)/SERPENS Atlas 5 Launch
Nov 19 - Comet P/2011 A2 (Scotti) At Opposition (1.411 AU)
Nov 19 - Comet C/2015 A2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.337 AU)
Nov 19 - Asteroid 4581 Asciepius Closest Approach To Earth (0.326 AU)
Nov 19 - Asteroid 784 Pickeringia Closest Approach To Earth (2.837 AU)
* Nov 20 - Comet C/2015 GX (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.462 AU)
Nov 20 - Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu At Opposition (1.812)
Nov 20 - Asteroid 192 Nausikaa At Opposition (8.4 Magnitude)
Nov 20 - Asteroid 413577 (2005 UL5) Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU)
Nov 20 - Asteroid 4749 Ledzepplin Closest Approach To Earth (1.781 AU)
Nov 20 - 10th Anniversary (2005), Hayabusa, Asteroid 25143 Itokawa Sample Collection
* Nov 21 - Progress MS-1 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 62P)
Nov 21 - Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh Closest Approach To Earth (3.291 AU)
Nov 21 - Comet C/2015 A2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.338 AU)
Nov 21 - Asteroid 7010 Locke Closest Approach To Earth (1.013 AU)
Nov 21 - Asteroid 29075 (1950 DA) Closest Approach To Earth (1.532 AU)
Nov 21 - Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (1.762 AU)
Nov 21 - Asteroid 6442 Salzburg Closest Approach To Earth (1.790 AU)
Nov 21 - 80th Anniversary (1935), Great Meteor Shower of 1935
Nov 21 - 90th Anniversary (1925), Great Meteor Shower of 1925
* Nov 22 - Moon Occults Uranus
Nov 22 - Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu Closest Approach To Earth (1.811)
Nov 22 - Comet 308P/Lagerkvist-Carsenty Closest Approach To Earth (3.357 AU)
Nov 22 - Asteroid 1991 Darwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.358 AU)
Nov 22 - Asteroid 2002 Euler Closest Approach To Earth (1.608 AU)
Nov 22 - Asteroid 5471 Tunguska Closest Approach To Earth (2.176 AU)
Nov 22 - Owen Garriott's 85th Birthday (1930)
Nov 22 - Jerrie Mock's 90th Birthday (1925)
Nov 22 - Karl Bruhns' 185th Birthday (1830)
Nov 23 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Tethys
Nov 23 - Comet P/2014 V1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.344 AU)
Nov 23 - Comet 125P/Spacewatch At Opposition (3.759 AU)
Nov 23 - Asteroid 2906 Caltech Closest Approach To Earth (1.936 AU)
Nov 23 - Asteroid 3131 Mason-Dixon Closest Approach To Earth (2.021 AU)
Nov 23 - 55th Anniversary (1960), Tiros II Launch (Weather Satellite)
Nov 23 - Vladislav Volkov's 80th Birthday (1935)
Nov 24 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Atlas, Daphins & Methone
Nov 24 - Comet 315P/LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.716 AU)
Nov 24 - Asteroid 269 Justitia Occults HIP 29704 (5.3 Magnitude Star)
Nov 24 - Asteroid 2011 YS62 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
Nov 24 - Asteroid 9620 Ericidle Closest Approach To Earth (0.926 AU)
Nov 24 - Asteroid 3831 Pettengill Closest Approach To Earth (1.391 AU)
Nov 24 - Asteroid 243 Ida Closest Approach To Earth (1.759 AU)
Nov 24 - John Brashear's 175th Birthday (1840)
Nov 25 - Obzor-R Soyuz-2.1a Launch
Nov 25 - Mercury Passes 2.5 Degrees From Saturn
Nov 25 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #432 (OTM-432)
Nov 25 - Comet 44P/Reinmuth At Opposition (1.782 AU)
Nov 25 - Comet P/2005 JN (Spacewatch) At Opposition (3.613 AU)
Nov 25 - Asteroid 2009 WB105 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
Nov 25 - Asteroid 9305 Hazard Closest Approach To Earth (1.240 AU)
Nov 25 - Asteroid 3325 TARDIS Closest Approach To Earth (2.188 AU)
Nov 25 - Asteroid 2104 Toronto Closest Approach To Earth (2.391 AU)
Nov 25 - 85th Anniversary (1930), Karoonda Meteorite Fall in Australia
Nov 25 - 100th Anniversary (1915), Albert Einstein Publishes General Theory of Relativity
Nov 25 - 165th Anniversary (1850), William Dawes' Discovery of Saturn's C Ring
* Nov 26 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Nov 26 - Comet P/1999 V1 (Catalina) At Opposition (2.614 AU)
Nov 26 - Comet 303P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (2.864 AU)
Nov 26 - Comet 308P/Lagerkvist-Carsenty At Opposition (3.359 AU)
Nov 26 - Asteroid 81203 Polynesia Closest Approach To Earth (2.002 AU)
Nov 26 - Kuiper Belt Object 386723 (2009 YE7) At Opposition (49.829 AU)
Nov 26 - 30th Anniversary (1985), STS-61-B Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis)
Nov 26 - 50th Anniversary (1965), Asterix 1 Launch (France's 1st Satellite)
Nov 26 - Bertil Lindblad's 120th Birthday (1895)
Nov 26 - 405th Anniversary (1610), Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc's Discovery of the Orion Nebula
Nov 27 - Comet 249P/LINEAR Perihelion (0.499 AU)
Nov 27 - Comet 205P-C/Giacobini At Opposition (1.481 AU)
Nov 27 - Comet 205P/Giacobini At Opposition (1.483 AU)
Nov 27 - Comet 205P-A/Giacobini At Opposition (1.486 AU)
Nov 27 - Asteroid 2004 BG41 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
Nov 27 - Asteroid 2011 HJ7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
Nov 27 - Asteroid 1864 Daedalus Closest Approach To Earth (0.333 AU)
Nov 27 - Asteroid 11083 Caracas Closest Approach To Earth (1.130 AU)
Nov 27 - Asteroid 1743 Schmidt Closest Approach To Earth (1.663 AU)
Nov 27 - Asteroid 2197 Shanghai Closest Approach To Earth (1.963 AU)
Nov 27 - Asteroid 12846 Fullerton Closest Approach To Earth (2.037 AU)
Nov 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 145453 (2005 RR43) At Opposition (38.361 AU)
Nov 27 - Bill Nye's 60th Birthday (1955)
Nov 27 - Walter Gale's 150th Birthday (1865)
Nov 28 - Russell Hulse's 65th Birthday (1950)
Nov 28 - Nathaniel Bliss' 315th Birthday (1700)
Nov 29 - 15th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of Y000593 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Nov 30 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
Nov 30 - Comet P/2012 F5 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (1.920 AU)
* Nov 30 - Comet 324P/La Sagra Perihelion (2.620 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 7086 Bopp Closest Approach To Earth (0.966 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 10563 Izhdubar Closest Approach To Earth (1.023 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 6542 Jacquescousteau Closest Approach To Earth (1.197 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 117329 Spencer Closest Approach To Earth (1.489 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 3623 Chaplin Closest Approach To Earth (1.797 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 9969 Braille Closest Approach To Earth (2.342 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 14827 Hypnos Closest Approach To Earth (2.543 AU)
Nov 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 229762 (2007 UK126) At Opposition (42.206 AU)
Nov 30 - 15th Anniversary (2000), STS-97 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, International Space Station)
December 2015
Dec ?? - Hayabusa 2, Earth Flyby
Dec ?? - HHK1 PSLV Launch (Moon Lander)
Dec ?? - Insat 3DS GSLV Launch
Dec ?? - Meteor M N2-1/AISSat 3/Flock 2/Flying Laptop/Ionosfera 1 & 2/Perseus O1 & O2/Scout Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat Launch
Dec ?? - SupremeSat 3 CZ-3B/E Launch
Dec ?? - Feng Yung 4A CZ-4A Launch
Dec ?? - GCOM C1 H-2A Launch
Dec ?? - Resurs-P N3 Soyuz-2.1b Launch
Dec ?? - Cosmos Pion-NKS 901 Soyuz-2.1b Launch
Dec ?? - Arktika-M Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat Launch
Dec ?? - Galileo FM11 & FM12 Soyuz-STB Fregat-MT Launch
Dec ?? - Badr 7 (Arabsat 6B) Ariane 5 Launch
* Dec ?? - FORMOSAT 5/Arkyd-6/EcAMSat/CNUSail 1/ISARA/KAUSAT 5/SIGMA (KHUSAT 3)/Canyval-X 1 & 2/STEP 1
Falcon 9 Launch
Dec ?? - 15th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of NWA 817 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Dec 01 - Comet C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.531 AU)
Dec 01 - Comet C/2015 G2 (MASTER) Closest Approach To Earth (2.249 AU)
Dec 01 - Comet 143P/Kowal-Mrkos At Opposition (4.160 AU)
Dec 01 - Asteroid 2014 WM7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
Dec 01 - Asteroid 1225 Ariane Closest Approach To Earth (1.126 AU)
Dec 01 - Asteroid 12711 Tukmit Closest Approach To Earth (1.753 AU)
Dec 01 - Asteroid 16035 Sasandford Closest Approach To Earth (1.992 AU)
Dec 01 - Asteroid 100267 JAXA Closest Approach To Earth (2.010 AU)
Dec 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 2006 QH181 At Opposition (82.373 AU)
Dec 01 - 55th Anniversary (1960), Sputnik 6 Launch (Carried Two Dogs: Pchelka & Mushka)
Dec 01 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc's 435th Birthday (1580)
Dec 02 - Comet P/2012 F5 (Gibbs) At Opposition (1.921 AU)
Dec 02 - Comet C/2013 V4 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (4.535 AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 678 Fredegundis Occults HIP 19171 (5.1 Magnitude Star)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 2868 Upupa Occults HIP 37521 (5.6 Magnitude Star)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 25143 Itokawa Closest Approach To Earth (0.688 AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 19578 Kirkdouglas Closest Approach To Earth (1.837 AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 1022 Olympiada Closest Approach To Earth (2.345 AU)
Dec 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 145451 (2005 RM43) At Opposition (35.301 AU)
Dec 02 - 20th Anniversary (1995), SOHO Launch
Dec 02 - 25th Anniversary (1990), STS-35 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, Astro-1)
Dec 03 - PROCYON, Earth Flyby
Dec 03 - Comet 150P/LONEOS At Opposition (1.733 AU)
Dec 03 - Asteroid 5066 Garradd Closest Approach To Earth (1.252 AU)
Dec 03 - Asteroid 11055 Honduras Closest Approach To Earth (1.926 AU)
Dec 03 - Centaur Object 8405 Asbolus At Opposition (18.632 AU)
Dec 03 - 15th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of Y000749 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Dec 03 - 35th Anniversary (1980), Kaidun Meteorite Fall in Yemen
* Dec 04 - Comet C/2015 GX (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.512 AU)
Dec 04 - Comet P/2003 WC7 (LINEAR-Catalina) Perihelion (1.660 AU)
Dec 04 - Asteroid 2013 RZ53 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
Dec 04 - 50th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 7 Launch (Frank Borman & Jim Lovell)
Dec 04 - Roger Cayrel's 90th Birthday (1925)
Dec 05 - Comet 230P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (0.548 AU)
Dec 05 - Comet 105P/Singer Brewster At Opposition (3.813 AU)
Dec 05 - Asteroid 2011 WN15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU)
Dec 05 - Asteroid 3904 Honda Closest Approach To Earth (1.368 AU)
Dec 05 - Asteroid 3780 Maury Closest Approach To Earth (1.933 AU)
Dec 05 - Asteroid 439 Ohio Closest Approach To Earth (2.006 AU)
Dec 06 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Epimetheus, Atlas & Prometheus
Dec 06 - Moon Occults Mars
Dec 06 - Comet 193P/LINEAR-NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (2.317 AU)
Dec 06 - Comet C/2013 V4 (Catalina) At Opposition (4.537 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 2010 TK7 (Earth Trojan) Closest Approach To Earth (0.198 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 11548 Jerrylewis Closest Approach To Earth (1.298 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 8672 Morse Closest Approach To Earth (1.809 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 17656 Hayabusa Closest Approach To Earth (1.917 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 13330 Dondavis Closest Approach To Earth (2.270 AU)
Dec 06 - Yoshio Nishina's 125th Birthday (1890)
Dec 07 - Akatsuki, Venus Orbit Insertion
Dec 07 - Moon Occults Venus
Dec 07 - Comet 94P/Russell At Opposition (2.050 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 5381 Sekmet Closest Approach To Earth (0.368 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 6433 Enya Closest Approach To Earth (0.945 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 13188 Okinawa Closest Approach To Earth (1.313 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 6349 Acapulco Closest Approach To Earth (1.932 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 1958 Chandra Closest Approach To Earth (2.451 AU)
Dec 07 - 20th Anniversary (1995), Galileo, Jupiter Orbit Insertion
Dec 07 - Gerard Kuiper's 110th Birthday (1905)
Dec 07 - 1830th Anniversary (185 AD), Chinese Emperor Lo-Yang Observes Supernova
Dec 08 - Comet P/2014 W2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.431 AU)
Dec 08 - Comet P/2013 CU129 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.971 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 137052 Tjelvar Closest Approach To Earth (1.156 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 18932 Robinhood Closest Approach To Earth (1.630 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 881 Athene Closest Approach To Earth (1.828 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 3061 Cook Closest Approach To Earth (2.098 AU)
Dec 08 - 25th Anniversary (1990), Galileo, 1st Earth Flyby
Dec 08 - 170th Anniversary (1845), Karl Hencke's Discovery of Asteroid 5 Astraea
* Dec 09 - Dragon CRS-9/IDA 2 Falcon 9 Launch (International Space Station)
Dec 09 - Topaz 4 (NROL-45) Delta 4 Launch
Dec 09 - Comet P/2003 WC7(LINEAR-Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (0.686 AU)
Dec 09 - Comet P/2011 A2 (Scotti) Closest Approach To Earth (1.359 AU)
Dec 09 - Comet P/2007 S1 (Zhao) Closest Approach To Earth (1.853 AU)
Dec 09 - Comet 6P/d'Arrest At Opposition (2.083 AU)
Dec 09 - Comet C/2014 S2 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.101 AU)
Dec 09 - Comet P/1999 V1 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (2.590 AU)
Dec 09 - Comet 234P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.785 AU)
Dec 09 - Comet P/2011 CR42 (Catalina) At Opposition (3.355 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia Occults TYC 5814-00995-1 (11.8 Magnitude Star)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 2011 YW10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Closest Approach To Earth (0.987 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 8249 Gershwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.531 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 2069 Hubble Closest Approach To Earth (1.704 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 21564 Widmanstatten Closest Approach To Earth (1.842 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 13677 Alvin Closest Approach To Earth (2.024 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 9661 Hohmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.878 AU)
Dec 09 - Plutino 84922 (2003 VS2) At Opposition (35.613 AU)
Dec 09 - Henry Giclas' 105th Birthday (1910)
Dec 09 - 210th Anniversary (1805), Comet Biela Near-Earth Flyby (14.2 Lunar Distance)
Dec 10 - Comet 183P/Korlevic-Juric At Opposition (3.461 AU)
Dec 10 - Asteroid 2476 Andersen Closest Approach To Earth (2.023 AU)
Dec 10 - Plutino 307463 (2002 VU130) At Opposition (39.595 AU)
Dec 10 - 65th Anniversary (1950), St. Louis Meteorite Fall (Hit Car in Missouri)
Dec 11 - Comet P/2003 WC7(LINEAR-Catalina) At Opposition (0.687 AU)
Dec 11 - Comet 194P/LINEAR At Opposition (0.936 AU)
Dec 11 - Comet 303P/NEAT At Opposition (2.898 AU)
Dec 11 - Comet P/2011 S1 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (6.045 AU)
Dec 11 - Asteroid 33342 (1998 WT24) Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)
Dec 11 - Asteroid 434 Hungaria Closest Approach To Earth (1.204 AU)
Dec 11 - Asteroid 4169 Celsius Closest Approach To Earth (2.047 AU)
Dec 11 - Asteroid 157064 Sedona Closest Approach To Earth (2.099 AU)
Dec 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 2004 XR190 At Opposition (56.501 AU)
Dec 12 - Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT Perihelion (1.930 AU)
Dec 12 - Comet 286P/Christensen At Opposition (3.637 AU)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 9860 Archaeopteryx Closest Approach To Earth (2.355 AU)
Dec 12 - 45th Anniversary (1970), Explorer 42 Launch (1st X-Ray Satellite)
Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 13 - Comet 180P/NEAT Perihelion (2.488 AU)
Dec 13 - Comet 197P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.643 AU)
Dec 13 - Comet P/2011 S1 (Gibbs) At Opposition (6.045 AU)
Dec 13 - Asteroid 1896 Beer Closest Approach To Earth (1.242 AU)
Dec 13 - Asteroid 7784 Watterson Closest Approach To Earth (1.567 AU)
Dec 13 - Asteroid 18132 Spector Closest Approach To Earth (1.706 AU)
Dec 13 - Asteroid 30444 Shemp Closest Approach To Earth (1.805 AU)
Dec 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 19521 Chaos At Opposition (40.446 AU)
Dec 14 - Comet P/2002 Q1 (Van Ness) Perihelion (1.560 AU)
Dec 14 - Comet 92P/Sanguin At Opposition (2.328 AU)
Dec 14 - Comet 183P/Korlevic-Juric Closest Approach To Earth (3.459 AU)
Dec 14 - Comet P/2014 L2 (NEOWISE) At Opposition (3.668 AU)
Dec 14 - Asteroid 2830 Greenwich Closest Approach To Earth (1.515 AU)
Dec 14 - Asteroid 18499 Showalter Closest Approach To Earth (1.635 AU)
Dec 14 - Asteroid 5281 Lindstrom Closest Approach To Earth (1.855 AU)
Dec 14 - Asteroid 12760 Maxwell Closest Approach To Earth (2.153 AU)
Dec 14 - 25th Anniversary (1990), Creation of the Canadian Space Agency
Dec 14 - 115th Anniversary (1900), Max Planck Formulates Quantum Physics Hypothesis
* Dec 15 - Soyuz TMA-19M Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 46S)
Dec 15 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #433 (OTM-433)
Dec 15 - Asteroid 42487 Angstrom Closest Approach To Earth (1.549 AU)
Dec 15 - Asteroid 11739 Baton Rouge Closest Approach To Earth (2.325 AU)
Dec 15 - Asteroid 2212 Hephaistos Closest Approach To Earth (2.434 AU)
Dec 15 - 45th Anniversary (1970), Venera 7, Venus Landing (USSR)
Dec 15 - 50th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 6 Launch (Walter Schirra & Thomas Stafford)
Dec 15 - 50th Anniversary (1965), 1st Manned Spacecraft Rendezvous (Gemini 6 & 7)
Dec 15 - Kin Endate's 55th Birthday (1960)
Dec 16 - Comet P/2014 W12 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (2.549 AU)
Dec 16 - Comet 234P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.777 AU)
Dec 16 - Comet 314P/Montani At Opposition (3.535 AU)
Dec 16 - Asteroid 3115 Baily Closest Approach To Earth (1.241 AU)
Dec 16 - Asteroid 2191 Uppsala Closest Approach To Earth (1.802 AU)
Dec 16 - Plutino 55638 (2002 VE95) At Opposition (28.417 AU)
Dec 16 - 50th Anniversary (1965), Pioneer 6 Launch (Sun Orbiter)
Dec 16 - 50th Anniversary (1965), 1st Song Performed in Space (Gemini 6)
Dec 17 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
Dec 17 - Comet 81P/Wild At Opposition (1.538 AU)
Dec 17 - Comet 196P/Tichy Closest Approach To Earth (1.676 AU)
Dec 17 - Asteroid 7749 Jackschmitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)
Dec 17 - 225th Anniversary (1790), Discovery of 24-Ton Aztec Sun Stone Calendar
Dec 18 - Comet 94P/Russell Closest Approach To Earth (2.031 AU)
Dec 18 - Comet 316P/LONEOS-Christensen Closest Approach To Earth (2.606 AU)
Dec 19 - Cassini, Enceladus Flyby
Dec 19 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Aegaeon & Calypso
Dec 19 - Comet 230P/LINEAR At Opposition (0.565 AU)
Dec 19 - Comet 252P/LINEAR At Opposition (0.594 AU)
Dec 19 - Comet P/2007 S1 (Zhao) At Opposition (1.868 AU)
Dec 19 - Comet 193P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (2.342 AU)
Dec 19 - Comet 316P/LONEOS-Christensen At Opposition (2.606 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 5062 Glennmiller Closest Approach To Earth (1.037 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 30928 Jefferson Closest Approach To Earth (1.296 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 37530 Dancingangel Closest Approach To Earth (1.601 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 16809 Galapagos Closest Approach To Earth (1.835 AU)
Dec 19 - 55th Anniversary (1960), Mercury 1A Launch (Unmanned)
* Dec 20 - Moon Occults Uranus
Dec 20 - Comet 170P/Christensen Closest Approach To Earth (2.775 AU)
Dec 20 - Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales) At Opposition (2.921 AU)
Dec 20 - 95th Anniversary (1920), 1st Stellar Diameter Measured (Betelgeuse) by Francis Pease
Dec 20 - 115th Anniversary (1900), Michel Giacobini's Discovery of Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner
Dec 21 - Comet 284P/McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (2.674 AU)
Dec 21 - Comet 314P/Montani Closest Approach To Earth (3.531 AU)
Dec 21 - Asteroid 88292 Bora-Bora Closest Approach To Earth (1.513 AU)
Dec 21 - Asteroid 20403 Attenborough Closest Approach To Earth (1.761 AU)
Dec 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #434 (OTM-434)
Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 22 - Comet 73P-S/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (4.588 AU)
Dec 22 - Asteroid 1981 Midas Closest Approach To Earth (1.501 AU)
Dec 22 - Asteroid 2554 Skiff Closest Approach To Earth (1.610 AU)
Dec 22 - Asteroid 83360 Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (1.798 AU)
Dec 22 - Asteroid 3526 Jeffbell Closest Approach To Earth (2.069 AU)
Dec 22 - Plutino 2002 XV93 At Opposition (38.043 AU)
Dec 22 - Kuiper Belt Object 78799 (2002 XW93) At Opposition (44.392 AU)
Dec 22 - 145th Anniversary (1870), 1st Observation of the Sun Flash Spectrum by Charles Augustus Young
* Dec 23 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Dec 23 - Comet 150P/LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (1.679 AU)
Dec 23 - Asteroid 1995 YR1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU)
Dec 23 - Asteroid 2004 Lexell Closest Approach To Earth (1.038 AU)
Dec 23 - Asteroid 9769 Nautilus Closest Approach To Earth (1.233 AU)
Dec 23 - Asteroid 38237 Roche Closest Approach To Earth (1.659 AU)
Dec 23 - Asteroid 13688 Oklahoma Closest Approach To Earth (2.510 AU)
Dec 24 - Asteroid 2011 YD29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
Dec 24 - Asteroid 163899 (2003 SD220) Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
Dec 24 - Asteroid 284891 Kona Closest Approach To Earth (1.549 AU)
Dec 24 - Asteroid 5430 Luu Closest Approach To Earth (1.902 AU)
Dec 24 - 50th Anniversary (1965), Barwell Meteorite Fall (Hit Car, Buildings in England)
Dec 24 - William Pickering's 105th Birthday (1910)
Dec 24 - Howard Hughes' 110th Birthday (1905)
Dec 24 - Anders Johan Lexell's 275th Birthday (1740)
Dec 25 - MVL-300 (Mikhailo Lomonosov)/AIST 2/Kontact-Nanosputnik Soyuz-2.1a/Volga Launch
Dec 25 - Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales) Closest Approach To Earth (2.917 AU)
Dec 25 - Comet 73P-S/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (4.587 AU)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 27 Euterpe At Opposition (8.3 Magnitude)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 2003 YL118 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 2010 YO Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 1193 Africa Closest Approach To Earth (1.926 AU)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 234750 Amymainzer Closest Approach To Earth (2.674 AU)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 40227 Tahiti Closest Approach To Earth (3.444 AU)
Dec 26 - Comet 249P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.022 AU)
Dec 26 - Comet P/1998 QP54 (LONEOS-Tucker) Perihelion (1.887 AU)
Dec 26 - Comet C/2015 G2 (MASTER) At Opposition (2.397 AU)
Dec 26 - Comet 73P-Y/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (4.723 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 310442 (2000 CH59) Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
Dec 26 - Comet C/2014 W8 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.214 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 2002 AC5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 10050 Rayman Closest Approach To Earth (2.425 AU)
Dec 26 - Cornelis van Houten's 95th Birthday (1920)
Dec 26 - Mary Somerville's 235th Birthday (1780)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults 2UCAC 35208765 (12.1 Magnitude Star)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 96205 Ararat Closest Approach To Earth (1.353 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 17033 Rusty Closest Approach To Earth (1.468 AU)
Dec 28 - Comet P/2014 R5 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.104 AU)
Dec 28 - Comet 73P-Y/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (4.722 AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 11926 Orinoco Closest Approach To Earth (1.431 AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 376 Geometria Closest Approach To Earth (1.682 AU)
Dec 28 - 15th Anniversary (2000), Galileo, Ganymede 29 Flyby
Dec 29 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #435 (OTM-435)
Dec 29 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (20 Degrees)
Dec 29 - Comet 170P/Christensen At Opposition (2.786 AU)
Dec 29 - Comet P/2014 W4 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (4.262 AU)
Dec 29 - Asteroid 294739 (2008 CM) Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
Dec 29 - Asteroid 78905 Seanokeefe Closest Approach To Earth (1.063 AU)
Dec 29 - Asteroid 2157 Ashbrook Closest Approach To Earth (2.105 AU)
Dec 30 - Chinasat 9A CZ-3B Launch (China)
Dec 30 - Laosat 1 CZ-3B/E Launch
Dec 30 - Comet P/2009 K1 (Gibbs) At Opposition (1.562 AU)
Dec 30 - Asteroid 10051 Albee Closest Approach To Earth (0.874 AU)
Dec 30 - Asteroid 589 Croatia Closest Approach To Earth (2.111 AU)
Dec 30 - 15th Anniversary (2000), Cassini, Jupiter Flyby
Dec 30 - 30th Anniversary (1985), Stephen Synnott's Discovery of Uranus Moon Puck
Dec 30 - 85th Anniversary (1930), 1st Photo Showing Earth's Curvature Taken By Capt Albert Stevens
Dec 31 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Rhea
Dec 31 - Comet 216P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.479 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 2011 YE40 Near-Earth Flyby (0.041 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 2340 Hathor Closest Approach To Earth (0.521 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 3665 Fitzgerald Closest Approach To Earth (1.334 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 274860 Emilylakdawalla Closest Approach To Earth (1.950 AU)
January 2016
Jan ?? - Sentinel 5P Rokot/Briz-KM Launch
Jan ?? - Biarri Launch
* Jan ?? - IRNSS-1E PSLV Launch
Jan ?? - 15th Anniversary (2001), Discovery of NWA 1669 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Jan ?? - 15th Anniversary (2001), Discovery of NWA 1950 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Jan 01 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Aegaeon, Pan, Pandora, Methone & Tethys
Jan 01 - Comet P/2014 W12 (Gibbs) At Opposition (2.587 AU)
Jan 01 - Comet 284P/McNaught At Opposition (2.693 AU)
Jan 01 - Comet P/2014 W4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.317 AU)
Jan 01 - Comet P/2014 W4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.317 AU)
Jan 01 - Comet C/2014 W8 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.218 AU)
Jan 01 - Comet 73P-T/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (4.365 AU)
Jan 01 - Asteroid 4370 Dickens Closest Approach To Earth (1.173 AU)
Jan 01 - Asteroid 3949 Mach Closest Approach To Earth (1.231 AU)
Jan 01 - Asteroid 5102 Benfranklin Closest Approach To Earth (1.774 AU)
Jan 01 - Asteroid 5441 Andymurray Closest Approach To Earth (2.320 AU)
Jan 01 - Asteroid 2097 Galle Closest Approach To Earth (2.347 AU)
Jan 01 - Jeff Alu's 50th Birthday (1966)
Jan 01 - Sergei Avdeyev's 60th Birthday (1956)
Jan 01 - 215th Anniversary (1801), Guiseppe Piazzi's Discovery of the First Asteroid (Ceres)
Jan 02 - Earth At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
Jan 02 - Comet 194P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (0.889 AU)
Jan 02 - Comet 310P/Hill Closest Approach To Earth (2.053 AU)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 5562-00367-1 (11.9 Magnitude Star)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 2011 YP10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 6268 Versailles Closest Approach To Earth (0.950 AU)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 3656 Hemingway Closest Approach To Earth (1.496 AU)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 1815 Beethoven Closest Approach To Earth (1.588 AU)
Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
Jan 03 - Mars Summer Solstice
Jan 03 - Asteroid 5405 Neverland Closest Approach To Earth (2.267 AU)
Jan 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 230965 (2004 XA192) At Opposition (34.657 AU)
Jan 03 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Stephen Synnott's Discovery of Uranus Moons Juliet & Portia
Jan 03 - William Morgan's 110th Birthday (1906)
Jan 03 - Grigory Neujmin's 130th Birthday (1886)
Jan 03 - 520th Anniversary (1496), Leonardo da Vinci Unsuccessfully Tests a Flying Machine
Jan 04 - Comet 196P/Tichy At Opposition (1.713 AU)
Jan 04 - Asteroid 2925 Beatty Closest Approach To Earth (1.013 AU)
Jan 04 - Asteroid 4536 Drewpinsky Closest Approach To Earth (1.200 AU)
Jan 04 - Asteroid 1432 Ethiopia Closest Approach To Earth (1.636 AU)
Jan 04 - Asteroid 12373 Lancearmstrong Closest Approach To Earth (1.739 AU)
Jan 04 - 235th Anniversary (1781), Charles Messier's Discovery of M80 (Globular Cluster in Scorpio)
Jan 04 - Joel Metcalf's 150th Birthday (1866)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 8373 Stephengould Closest Approach To Earth (0.819 AU)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 3355 Onizuka Closest Approach To Earth (1.071 AU)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 78453 Bullock Closest Approach To Earth (2.622 AU)
Jan 06 - Comet 73P-T/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (4.361 AU)
Jan 06 - Asteroid 85990 (1999 JV6) Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)
Jan 06 - Asteroid 2001 BB16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)
Jan 06 - Asteroid 2013 BC70 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
Jan 06 - 165th Anniversary (1851), Leon Foucault's Pendulum Experiment Demonstrates Earth's Rotation
Jan 07 - ExoMars Proton Launch (Russian Mars Orbiter/Lander)
Jan 07 - Comet 162P/Siding Spring Closest Approach To Earth (1.564 AU)
Jan 07 - Asteroid 13926 Berners-Lee Closest Approach To Earth (1.507 AU)
Jan 07 - 20th Anniversary (1996), Tsukuba Meteorite Fall (Hit Car Repair Shop in Japan)
Jan 07 - Talgat Musabayev's 65th Birthday (1951)
Jan 08 - Comet 81P/Wild Closest Approach To Earth (1.475 AU)
* Jan 08 - Asteroid 617 Patroclus Closest Approach To Earth (4.565 AU)
Jan 08 - Walther Bothe's 125th Birthday (1891)
Jan 09 - Venus Passes 0.1 Degrees from Saturn
Jan 09 - Asteroid 2014 BA3 Closest Approach To Earth (1.043 AU)
Jan 09 - Asteroid 3356 Resnik Closest Approach To Earth (1.441 AU)
Jan 09 - Asteroid 11277 Ballard Closest Approach To Earth (2.028 AU)
Jan 09 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Stephen Synnott's Discovery of Uranus Moon Cressida
Jan 09 - Steve Squyres' 60th Birthday (1956)
Jan 10 - Comet 313P/Gibbs Closest Approach To Earth (2.330 AU)
Jan 10 - Comet 307P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.984 AU)
Jan 10 - Comet P/2012 T2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.622 AU)
Jan 10 - Asteroid 7462 Grenoble Closest Approach To Earth (1.046 AU)
Jan 10 - Asteroid 7032 Hitchcock Closest Approach To Earth (1.103 AU)
Jan 10 - Asteroid 165347 Philplait Closest Approach To Earth (1.160 AU)
Jan 10 - Asteroid 3651 Friedman Closest Approach To Earth (1.439 AU)
Jan 10 - Asteroid 1034 Mozartia Closest Approach To Earth (1.787 AU)
Jan 10 - Asteroid 85386 Payton Closest Approach To Earth (1.850 AU)
Jan 10 - Asteroid 416 Vaticana Closest Approach To Earth (2.314 AU)
Jan 10 - Asteroid 3317 Paris Closest Approach To Earth (4.934 AU)
Jan 10 - 70th Anniversary (1946), Radar Astronomy Born When Radar Bounced Off Moon by the US Army
Jan 10 - Robert Wilson's 80th Birthday (1936)
Jan 11 - Comet 116P/Wild Perihelion (2.185 AU)
Jan 11 - Comet 73P-AS/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.609 AU)
Jan 11 - Comet 73P-AP/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.642 AU)
Jan 11 - 20th Anniversary (1996), STS-72 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour)
Jan 12 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #436 (OTM-436)
Jan 12 - Comet 73P-BC/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.566 AU)
Jan 12 - Asteroid 2010 BB Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
Jan 12 - Asteroid 4486 Mithra Closest Approach To Earth (2.017 AU)
Jan 12 - Asteroid 1241 Dysona Closest Approach To Earth (2.567 AU)
Jan 12 - 30th Anniversary (1986), STS-61-C Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, Congressman Bill Nelson)
Jan 13 - Comet 251P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.225 AU)
Jan 13 - Comet C/2015 B2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.363 AU)
Jan 13 - Comet 73P-AL/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.516 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 13010 Germantitov Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 4372 Quincy Closest Approach To Earth (1.883 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 2829 Bobhope Closest Approach To Earth (2.684 AU)
Jan 13 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Stephen Synnott's Discovery of Uranus Moons Desdemona, Rosalind & Belinda
Jan 14 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Calypso, Enceladus, Mimas, Atlas, Daphnis & Telesto
Jan 14 - Comet 216P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.455 AU)
Jan 14 - Comet 73P-BS/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.410 AU)
Jan 14 - Comet 73P-Q/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.438 AU)
Jan 14 - Comet P/2001 F1 (NEAT) At Opposition (3.811 AU)
Jan 14 - Comet P/2012 T2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.624 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 337866 (2001 WL15) Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 5682 Beresford Closest Approach To Earth (1.620 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 15907 Robot Closest Approach To Earth (1.620 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 3834 Zappafrank Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 4319 Jackierobinson Closest Approach To Earth (1.869 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 15131 Alanalda Closest Approach To Earth (1.943 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 327 Columbia Closest Approach To Earth (1.974 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 1042 Amazone Closest Approach To Earth (2.491 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 1877 Marsden Closest Approach To Earth (3.810 AU)
Jan 14 - Francis Pease's 135th Birthday (1881)
Jan 15 - Comet P/2010 J5 (McNaught) At Opposition (3.159 AU)
Jan 15 - Comet 73P-W/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.333 AU)
Jan 15 - Comet 73P-AI/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.384 AU)
Jan 15 - Asteroid 2224 Tucson Closest Approach To Earth (2.033 AU)
Jan 15 - 10th Anniversary (2006), Stardust, Capsule Return To Earth
Jan 15 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Stardust, Earth Flyby
Jan 15 - 40th Anniversary (1976), Helios 2 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
Jan 16 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Jan 16 - Comet 310P/Hill At Opposition (2.082 AU)
Jan 16 - Comet 73P-AE/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.256 AU)
Jan 16 - Comet P/2012 K3 (Gibbs) At Opposition (4.165 AU)
Jan 16 - Asteroid 1224 Fantasia Closest Approach To Earth (1.276 AU)
Jan 16 - Asteroid 5961 Watt Closest Approach To Earth (1.192 AU)
Jan 17 - Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (0.725 AU)
Jan 17 - Comet 313P/Gibbs At Opposition (2.338 AU)
Jan 17 - Comet P/2010 J5 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (3.158 AU)
Jan 17 - Comet 73P-BL/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.211 AU)
Jan 17 - Asteroid 12002 Suess Closest Approach To Earth (2.365 AU)
Jan 17 - 230th Anniversary (1786), Pierre Mechain's Discovery of Comet 2P/Encke
Jan 18 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #437 (OTM-437)
Jan 18 - Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (0.976 AU)
Jan 18 - Comet P/2008 QP20 (LINEAR-Hill) Closest Approach To Earth (1.752 AU)
Jan 18 - Comet 73P-AC/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.128 AU)
Jan 18 - Comet 73P-AG/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.167 AU)
Jan 18 - Comet 73P-P/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.149 AU)
Jan 18 - Comet 73P-AR/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.169 AU)
Jan 18 - Comet 73P-AQ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.173 AU)
Jan 18 - Asteroid 20103 de Vico Closest Approach To Earth (1.643 AU)
Jan 18 - 100th Anniversary (1916), Baxter Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Missouri)
Jan 19 - Comet 73P-AH/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.052 AU)
Jan 19 - Comet 73P-AN/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.066 AU)
Jan 19 - Comet 73P-L/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.067 AU)
Jan 19 - Comet 73P-X/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.069 AU)
Jan 19 - Asteroid 1772 Gagarin Closest Approach To Earth (1.418 AU)
Jan 19 - Asteroid 7984 Marius Closest Approach To Earth (1.783 AU)
Jan 19 - Asteroid 5249 Giza Closest Approach To Earth (1.940 AU)
Jan 19 - Asteroid 10377 Kilimanjaro Closest Approach To Earth (2.290 AU)
Jan 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 20000 Varuna At Opposition (42.814 AU)
Jan 19 - 10th Anniversary (2006), New Horizons Launch (Pluto Mission)
Jan 19 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Mars Odyssey Cleanroom Leak
Jan 19 - Jacobus Kapteyn's 165th Birthday (1851)
Jan 20 - Comet 211P/Hill At Opposition (1.367 AU)
Jan 20 - Comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro Closest Approach To Earth (2.679 AU)
Jan 20 - Comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro At Opposition (2.679 AU)
Jan 20 - Comet 73P-R/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.004 AU)
Jan 20 - Comet 73P-Z/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.019 AU)
Jan 20 - Comet 73P-AO/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.019 AU)
Jan 20 - Comet 73P-M/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.067 AU)
Jan 20 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Closest Approach To Earth (2.188 AU)
Jan 20 - Asteroid 39415 Janeausten Closest Approach To Earth (3.739 AU)
Jan 20 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Rich Terrile's Discovery of Uranus Moons Cordelia & Ophelia
Jan 20 - Louis Boyer's 115th Birthday (1901)
Jan 21 - Comet 211P/Hill Closest Approach To Earth (1.367 AU)
Jan 21 - Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.936 AU)
Jan 21 - Comet 73P-C/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.936 AU)
Jan 21 - Comet 73P-G/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.939 AU)
Jan 21 - Comet 73P-K/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.948 AU)
Jan 21 - Comet 73P-B/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.949 AU)
Jan 21 - Comet 73P-H/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.953 AU)
Jan 21 - Comet 73P-AD/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.978 AU)
Jan 21 - Asteroid 2011 BG24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
Jan 21 - Asteroid 246913 Slocum Closest Approach To Earth (1.637 AU)
Jan 22 - Comet 73P-AU/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.883 AU)
Jan 22 - Comet 73P-AK/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.887 AU)
Jan 22 - Comet 73P-AV/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.922 AU)
Jan 22 - Comet 73P-E/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.972 AU)
Jan 22 - Comet 73P-AS/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.588 AU)
Jan 22 - Comet 73P-AP/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.624 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 1685 Toro Closest Approach To Earth (0.157 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 10183 Ampere Closest Approach To Earth (1.078 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 5203 Pavarotti Closest Approach To Earth (1.663 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 30785 Greeley Closest Approach To Earth (1.909 AU)
Jan 22 - Plutino 208996 (2003 AZ84) At Opposition (43.827 AU)
Jan 23 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #438 (OTM-438)
Jan 23 - Comet 73P-AX/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.184 AU)
Jan 23 - Comet 73P-BJ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.717 AU)
Jan 23 - Comet 73P-N/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.828 AU)
Jan 23 - Comet 73P-BQ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.838 AU)
Jan 23 - Comet C/2015 F5 (SWAN-Xingming) At Opposition (3.485 AU)
Jan 23 - Asteroid 2062 Aten Closest Approach To Earth (0.439 AU)
Jan 23 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Brad Smith's Discovery of Uranus Moon Bianca
Jan 23 - Glenn Research Center's 75th Birthday (1941)
Jan 23 - Ed Stone's 80th Birthday (1936)
Jan 23 - Nikolay Umov's 170th Birthday (1846)
Jan 24 - Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (0.981 AU)
Jan 24 - Comet 73P-J/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.746 AU)
Jan 24 - Comet 73P-BK/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.755 AU)
Jan 24 - Comet 73P-BN/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.770 AU)
Jan 24 - Comet 73P-BO/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.776 AU)
Jan 24 - Comet 73P-AL/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.496 AU)
Jan 24 - Asteroid 8722 Schirra Closest Approach To Earth (1.559 AU)
Jan 24 - Asteroid 4150 Starr Closest Approach To Earth (1.604 AU)
Jan 24 - Asteroid 7367 Giotto Closest Approach To Earth (2.047 AU)
Jan 24 - Asteroid 4255 Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (3.400 AU)
Jan 24 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Voyager 2, Uranus Flyby
Jan 24 - Jim Young's 75th Birthday (1941)
Jan 25 - Comet 73P-AB/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.715 AU)
Jan 25 - Comet 37P/Forbes At Opposition (3.983 AU)
Jan 25 - Comet 257P/Catalina At Opposition (4.171 AU)
Jan 25 - Comet C/2014 B1 (Schwartz) At Opposition (9.183 AU)
Jan 25 - Asteroid 91287 Simon-Garfunkel Closest Approach To Earth (1.186 AU)
Jan 25 - Asteroid 2315 Czechoslovakia Closest Approach To Earth (1.994 AU)
Jan 25 - Asteroid 5760 Mittlefehldt Closest Approach To Earth (2.285 AU)
Jan 25 - Asteroid 1388 Aphrodite Closest Approach To Earth (2.336 AU)
Jan 25 - Joseph Lagrange's 280th Birthday (1736)
Jan 26 - GPS 2F-12 Atlas 5 Launch
Jan 26 - Comet P/2009 K1 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (1.468 AU)
Jan 26 - Comet 73P-AM/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.668 AU)
Jan 26 - Comet 73P-Q/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.416 AU)
Jan 26 - Asteroid 91007 Ianfleming Closest Approach To Earth (1.360 AU)
Jan 26 - Asteroid 498 Tokio Closest Approach To Earth (2.154 AU)
Jan 26 - Asteroid 2421 Nininger Closest Approach To Earth (2.358 AU)
Jan 27 - Comet 312P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (3.238 AU)
Jan 27 - Comet 73P-AI/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.361 AU)
Jan 27 - Comet 73P-BS/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.385 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 2008 EP6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 161989 Cacus Closest Approach To Earth (0.575 AU)
* Jan 27 - Asteroid 58221 Boston Closest Approach To Earth (1.488 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 2521 Heidi Closest Approach To Earth (1.613 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 1996 Adams Closest Approach To Earth (1.819 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 1322 Coppernicus Closest Approach To Earth (2.006 AU)
Jan 28 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #439 (OTM-439)
Jan 28 - Comet 211P/Hill Perihelion (2.351 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet 73P-U/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.529 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet 71P/Clark At Opposition (2.879 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet 73P-W/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.305 AU)
Jan 28 - Comet 300P/Catalina At Opposition (3.382 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 2013 GM3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.064 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 1279 Uganda Closest Approach To Earth (1.787 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 20469 Dudleymoore Closest Approach To Earth (2.231 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 7536 Fahrenheit Closest Approach To Earth (2.294 AU)
Jan 28 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
Jan 28 - Johannes Hevelius' 405th Birthday (1611)
Jan 29 - Asteroid 7307 Takei Closest Approach To Earth (1.571 AU)
Jan 29 - Asteroid 5799 Brewington Closest Approach To Earth (1.997 AU)
Jan 29 - Asteroid 8250 Cornell Closest Approach To Earth (2.785 AU)
Jan 29 - Abdus Salam's 90th Birthday (1926)
Jan 29 - Josef de Mendoza y Rios' 255th Birthday (1761)
Jan 30 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pan & Polydeuces
Jan 30 - Comet P/2014 M4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.960 AU)
Jan 30 - Comet 307P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.045 AU)
Jan 30 - Comet 73P-AE/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.225 AU)
Jan 30 - Comet 1P/Halley At Opposition (33.265 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 2012 BX34 Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 2015 AB44 Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
Jan 30 - 20th Anniversary (1996), Yuji Hyakutake's Discovery of the Great Comet of 1996
Jan 30 - Gregory Benford's 75th Birthday (1941)
Jan 31 - Comet 141P-D/Machholz Closest Approach To Earth (1.387 AU)
Jan 31 - Comet 73P-BL/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.181 AU)
Jan 31 - Comet 158P/Kowal-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (3.806 AU)
Jan 31 - Comet 158P/Kowal-LINEAR At Opposition (3.806 AU)
Jan 31 - Comet C/2014 B1 (Schwartz) Closest Approach To Earth (9.177 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 3197 Weissman Closest Approach To Earth (1.476 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 10217 Richardcook Closest Approach To Earth (2.029 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 1213 Algeria Closest Approach To Earth (2.297 AU)
* Jan 31 - Asteroid 27596 Maldives Closest Approach To Earth (2.724 AU)
Jan 31 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Apollo 14 Launch (3rd Manned Moon Landing)
Jan 31 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Luna 9 Launch (USSR Moon Lander)
Jan 31 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Mercury-Redstone 2 Launch (Ham The Chimpanzee)
February 2016
Feb ?? - Yamal 601 Proton M / Briz M P4 Launch
Feb ?? - Amos 6 Falcon 9 Launch
* Feb ?? - IRNSS-1F PSLV-XL Launch
Feb ?? - 40th Anniversary (1976), Discovery of the Old Woman Meteorite in California
Feb 01 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Feb 01 - QB50 Shtil-2.1 Launch
* Feb 01 - Bisat 14/Anusat 2/Busat 1/Aoxiang 1/BeEagleSat/DeltaDsat/DUTH/EntrySat 1 Launch
Feb 01 - Comet 73P-R/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.968 AU)
Feb 01 - Comet 73P-P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.117 AU)
Feb 01 - Comet 73P-AG/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.137 AU)
Feb 01 - Comet 73P-AR/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.138 AU)
Feb 01 - Comet 73P-AQ/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.144 AU)
Feb 01 - Comet 17P/Holmes At Opposition (3.384 AU)
Feb 01 - Asteroid 3153 Lincoln Closest Approach To Earth (1.508 AU)
Feb 01 - Geoff Notkin's 55th Birthday (1961)
Feb 01 - 60th Anniversary (1956), Establishment of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA)
Feb 02 - Comet 73P-AT/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.252 AU)
Feb 02 - Comet 73P-AC/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.093 AU)
Feb 02 - Ernst Zinner's 130th Birthday (1886)
Feb 03 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #440 (OTM-440)
Feb 03 - Comet 73P-AH/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.015 AU)
Feb 03 - Comet P/2014 U4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.029 AU)
Feb 03 - Comet 73P-AN/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.030 AU)
Feb 03 - Comet 73P-L/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.031 AU)
Feb 03 - Comet 73P-X/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.033 AU)
Feb 03 - Asteroid 3784 Chopin Closest Approach To Earth (2.614 AU)
Feb 03 - Asteroid 13897 Vesuvius Closest Approach To Earth (3.581 AU)
Feb 03 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Luna 9 Landing on the Moon (1st Moon Landing)
Feb 04 - Comet 141P-A/Machholz Closest Approach To Earth (1.498 AU)
Feb 04 - Comet P/2008 WZ96 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.107 AU)
Feb 04 - Comet 73P-Z/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.984 AU)
Feb 04 - Comet 73P-AO/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.984 AU)
Feb 04 - Comet 312P/NEAT At Opposition (3.248 AU)
Feb 04 - Comet 306P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.260 AU)
Feb 04 - Asteroid 293934 MPIA Closest Approach To Earth (1.219 AU)
Feb 04 - Asteroid 50240 Cortina Closest Approach To Earth (1.278 AU)
Feb 04 - Asteroid 84882 Table Mountain Closest Approach To Earth (2.030 AU)
Feb 04 - Clyde Tombaugh's 110th Birthday (1906)
* Feb 05 - Comet 141P/Machholz Closest Approach To Earth (1.498 AU)
Feb 05 - Comet P/2008 QP20 (LINEAR-Hill) At Opposition (1.800 AU)
Feb 05 - Comet 73P-BF/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.101 AU)
Feb 05 - Comet 73P-AD/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.943 AU)
Feb 05 - Comet 73P-E/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.946 AU)
Feb 05 - Comet 73P-M/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.950 AU)
Feb 05 - Comet 186P/Garradd At Opposition (4.238 AU)
Feb 05 - Comet P/2010 TO20 (LINEAR-Grauer) At Opposition (5.130 AU)
Feb 05 - Asteroid 198 Ampella Occults HIP 29545 (6.6 Magnitude Star)
Feb 05 - Asteroid 367943 Duende Closest Approach To Earth (1.786 AU)
Feb 05 - Asteroid 55 Pandora Closest Approach To Earth (1.962 AU)
Feb 05 - Asteroid 93 Minerva Closest Approach To Earth (2.083 AU)
Feb 06 - Comet 73P-AV/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.885 AU)
Feb 06 - Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.896 AU)
Feb 06 - Comet 73P-C/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.896 AU)
Feb 06 - Comet 73P-G/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.899 AU)
Feb 06 - Comet 73P-K/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.909 AU)
Feb 06 - Comet 73P-B/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.911 AU)
Feb 06 - Comet 73P-H/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.915 AU)
Feb 06 - Comet P/2010 TO20 (LINEAR-Grauer) Closest Approach To Earth (5.130 AU)
Feb 06 - Asteroid 1951 Lick Closest Approach To Earth (0.477 AU)
Feb 06 - Asteroid 8088 Australia Closest Approach To Earth (1.443 AU)
Feb 06 - Asteroid 6373 Stern Closest Approach To Earth (1.505 AU)
Feb 06 - Asteroid 2404 Antarctica Closest Approach To Earth (2.340 AU)
Feb 06 - 25th Anniversary (1991), Salyut-7 Burnup In Earth's Atmosphere (Soviet Union Space Station)
Feb 06 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Alan Shepard's Golf Shot on the Moon (Apollo 14)
Feb 06 - Yuri Onufrienko's 55th Birthday (1961)
Feb 06 - Ronald Reagan's 105th Birthday (1911)
Feb 07 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (26 Degrees)
Feb 07 - Comet 73P-BR/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.034 AU)
Feb 07 - Comet 73P-AU/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.842 AU)
Feb 07 - Comet 73P-AK/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.846 AU)
* Feb 07 - Comet 245P/WISE At Opposition (3.780 AU)
Feb 07 - Asteroid 2013 VA10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
Feb 07 - Asteroid 2014 QD364 Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
Feb 07 - Asteroid 2015 BN509 Near-Earth Flyby (0.084 AU)
Feb 07 - Asteroid 7016 Conandoyle Closest Approach To Earth (0.891 AU)
* Feb 07 - Asteroid 130 Elektra Closest Approach To Earth (2.359 AU)
Feb 07 - 15th Anniversary (2001), STS-98 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space Station)
Feb 07 - Konstantin Feoktistov's 90th Birthday (1926)
Feb 08 - Chinese New Year
Feb 08 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #441 (OTM-441)
Feb 08 - Comet P/2010 V1 (Ikeya-Murakami) At Opposition (0.632 AU)
Feb 08 - Comet 50P/Arend Perihelion (1.919 AU)
Feb 08 - Comet 73P-BD/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.948 AU)
Feb 08 - Comet 73P-BG/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.983 AU)
Feb 08 - Comet 73P-V/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (2.005 AU)
Feb 08 - Comet 73P-N/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.785 AU)
Feb 08 - Comet 73P-BQ/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.797 AU)
Feb 08 - Comet 71P/Clark Closest Approach To Earth (2.859 AU)
Feb 08 - Comet 186P/Garradd Closest Approach To Earth (4.236 AU)
Feb 08 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Discovery of the SAU 094 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Feb 09 - Comet 73P-AX/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.769 AU)
Feb 09 - Asteroid 2933 Amber Closest Approach To Earth (1.737 AU)
Feb 09 - Asteroid 341843 (2008 EV5) Closest Approach To Earth (1.832 AU)
Feb 10 - Comet 113P/Spitaler Closest Approach To Earth (2.000 AU)
Feb 10 - Comet 73P-BK/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.708 AU)
Feb 10 - Comet 73P-BN/Schwassmann-Wachmann> Closest Approach To Earth (2.725 AU)
Feb 10 - Comet 73P-BO/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.732 AU)
Feb 10 - Asteroid 5261 Eureka Closest Approach To Earth (0.766 AU)
Feb 10 - Asteroid 6296 Cleveland Closest Approach To Earth (0.867 AU)
Feb 10 - Asteroid 3769 Arthurmiller Closest Approach To Earth (1.106 AU)
Feb 10 - Asteroid 8209 Toscanelli Closest Approach To Earth (1.838 AU)
Feb 10 - 120th Anniversary (1896), Madrid Meteorite Fall in Spain
Feb 11 - Comet 73P-BB/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.814 AU)
Feb 11 - Comet C/2014 W5 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.596 AU)
Feb 11 - Comet 73P-BJ/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.658 AU)
Feb 11 - Comet 73P-AB/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.669 AU)
Feb 11 - Comet 73P-J/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.698 AU)
Feb 11 - Comet 189P/NEAT At Opposition (3.133 AU)
Feb 11 - Comet 187P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.667 AU)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 9617 Grahamchapman Closest Approach To Earth (1.086 AU)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 82332 Las Vegas Closest Approach To Earth (1.579 AU)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 2620 Santana Closest Approach To Earth (1.947 AU)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 719 Albert Closest Approach To Earth (2.957 AU)
Feb 12 - Progress MS-2 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 62P)
Feb 12 - Asteroid 12413 Johnnyweir Closest Approach To Earth (1.901 AU)
Feb 12 - Asteroid 5811 Keck Closest Approach To Earth (2.423 AU)
Feb 12 - 15th Anniversary (2001), NEAR, Asteroid Eros Landing
Feb 12 - Fang Lizhi's 80th Birthday (1936)
Feb 13 - Dragon CRS-10 Falcon 9 Launch
Feb 13 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #442 (OTM-442)
Feb 13 - Comet 73P-AM/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.618 AU)
* Feb 13 - Comet 323P/SOHO At Opposition (2.776 AU)
Feb 13 - Comet P/2014 W1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.200 AU)
Feb 13 - Comet C/2013 G9 (Tenagra) Closest Approach To Earth (5.265 AU)
Feb 13 - Asteroid 3671 Dionysus Closest Approach To Earth (2.021 AU)
Feb 13 - Asteroid 17427 Poe Closest Approach To Earth (2.550 AU)
Feb 14 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Polydeuces
Feb 14 - Comet 73P-BP/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.710 AU)
Feb 14 - Comet 73P-BI/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.711 AU)
Feb 14 - Comet 73P-BM/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.711 AU)
Feb 14 - Comet 73P-BH/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.712 AU)
Feb 14 - Comet 73P-BA/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.722 AU)
Feb 14 - Asteroid 2014 EK24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
Feb 14 - Asteroid 99942 Apophis Closest Approach To Earth (1.505 AU)
Feb 14 - Asteroid 188534 Mauna Kea Closest Approach To Earth (1.826 AU)
Feb 14 - 5th Anniversary (2011), Stardust, Tempel 1 Flyby
Feb 14 - Arthur Milne's 120th Birthday (1896)
Feb 15 - Galileo Day
Feb 15 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Telesto, Epimetheus & Titan
Feb 15 - Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Closest Approach To Earth (1.485 AU)
Feb 15 - Comet 73P-BE/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.690 AU)
Feb 15 - Comet 187P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (3.665 AU)
Feb 15 - Asteroid 5 Astraea At Opposition (8.7 Magnitude)
Feb 15 - Asteroid 2006 XP4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
Feb 15 - Asteroid 3122 Florence Closest Approach To Earth (1.294 AU)
Feb 15 - Asteroid 1069 Planckia Closest Approach To Earth (1.837 AU)
Feb 15 - Asteroid 11311 Peleus Closest Approach To Earth (1.872 AU)
Feb 15 - Asteroid 1886 Lowell Closest Approach To Earth (2.040 AU)
Feb 15 - Asteroid 3866 Langley Closest Approach To Earth (2.709 AU)
Feb 15 - George Stoney's 190th Birthday (1826)
Feb 15 - Emmanuel Liais' 190th Birthday (1826)
Feb 16 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Feb 16 - Comet 73P-U/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.474 AU)
Feb 16 - Comet P/2014 M4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.004 AU)
Feb 16 - Comet 15P/Finlay At Opposition (3.076 AU)
Feb 16 - Asteroid 24761 Ahau Closest Approach To Earth (0.895 AU)
Feb 16 - Asteroid 85185 Lederman Closest Approach To Earth (1.699 AU)
Feb 16 - Asteroid 5816 Potsdam Closest Approach To Earth (2.086 AU)
Feb 16 - 140th Anniversary (1876), Judesegeri Meteorite Fall (Hit Water Tank in India)
Feb 16 - Kaspar Schweizer's 200th Birthday (1816)
Feb 17 - Comet 162P/Siding Spring At Opposition (1.710 AU)
Feb 17 - Asteroid 9007 James Bond Closest Approach To Earth (1.672 AU)
Feb 17 - Asteroid 10387 Bepicolombo Closest Approach To Earth (2.144 AU)
Feb 17 - Asteroid 7231 Porco Closest Approach To Earth (2.421 AU)
Feb 17 - Kuiper Belt Object 55565 (2002 AW197) At Opposition (44.762 AU)
Feb 17 - 20th Anniversary (1996), NEAR Launch (Asteroid Orbiter/Lander)
Feb 17 - Nasir ad-Din al-Tusi's 815th Birthday (1201)
Feb 18 - Asteroid 1999 VF22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
Feb 18 - Asteroid 1850 Kohoutek Closest Approach To Earth (1.358 AU)
Feb 18 - Asteroid 4766 Malin Closest Approach To Earth (1.425 AU)
Feb 18 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Mike Brown & Jean-Luc Margot's Discovery of Asteroid 87 Sylvia Moon, Romulus
Feb 19 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #443 (OTM-443)
Feb 19 - Comet P/2010 V1 (Ikeya-Murakami) Closest Approach To Earth (0.621 AU)
Feb 19 - Asteroid 11341 Babbage Closest Approach To Earth (1.282 AU)
Feb 19 - Asteroid 6143 Pythagoras Closest Approach To Earth (2.065 AU)
Feb 19 - 60th Anniversary (1956), Sinnai Meteorite Fall (Hit Hut in Italy)
Feb 19 - 220th Anniversary (1796), Portugal Meteorite Fall
Feb 19 - 460th Anniversary (1556), Great Comet of 1556 1st Observed
Feb 20 - Comet P/2008 WZ96 (LINEAR) At Opposition (2.147 AU)
Feb 20 - Asteroid 12923 Zephyr Closest Approach To Earth (1.948 AU)
Feb 20 - Asteroid 8000 Isaac Newton Closest Approach To Earth (2.329 AU)
Feb 20 - Kuiper Belt Object 148209 (2000 CR105) At Opposition (59.539 AU)
Feb 20 - 20th Anniversary (1996), Yukio Sakurai's Discovery of Sakurai's Object (V4334 Sgr)
Feb 20 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Mir Space Station Launch
Feb 20 - Joseph Walker's 95th Birthday (1921)
Feb 21 - Comet 73P-AA/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.446 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 14764 Kilauea Closest Approach To Earth (0.895 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 19204 Joshuatree Closest Approach To Earth (1.381 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 4226 Damiaan Closest Approach To Earth (2.593 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 2329 Orthos Closest Approach To Earth (2.923 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 25924 Douglasadams Closest Approach To Earth (1.536 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 10044 Squyres Closest Approach To Earth (2.379 AU)
Feb 22 - Comet C/2013 G9 (Tenagra) At Opposition (5.279 AU)
Feb 22 - Asteroid 2010 WD1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)
Feb 22 - Asteroid 5277 Brisbane Closest Approach To Earth (1.031 AU)
* Feb 22 - Asteroid 163693 Atira Closest Approach To Earth (1.361 AU)
Feb 22 - Asteroid 9499 Excalibur Closest Approach To Earth (1.936 AU)
Feb 22 - Asteroid 78756 Sloan Closest Approach To Earth (2.134 AU)
Feb 22 - Asteroid 100007 Peters Closest Approach To Earth (2.191 AU)
Feb 22 - 20th Anniversary (1996), STS-75 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia)
Feb 22 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Sweden's 1st Satellite Launch (Viking)
Feb 22 - 60th Anniversary (1966), Kosmos 110 Launch (Carried Two Dogs: Veterok & Ugolyok)
Feb 22 - 110th Anniversary (1906), Max Wolf's Discovery of the 1st Trojan Asteroid (588 Achilles)
Feb 23 - Asteroid 2009 DZ Near-Earth Flyby (0.084 AU)
Feb 23 - Asteroid 4115 Peternorton Closest Approach To Earth (1.911 AU)
Feb 23 - Asteroid 7079 Baghdad Closest Approach To Earth (1.962 AU)
Feb 23 - 55th Anniversary (1961) Ras Tanura Meteorite Fall (Hit Loading Dock in Saudi Arabia)
Feb 23 - 75th Anniversary (1941), Discovery of Plutonium
Feb 23 - 80th Anniversary (1936), 1st US Rocket Airmail Launch (1936)
Feb 23 - Ruth Rowland Nichols' 115th Birthday (1901)
Feb 24 - Comet 113P/Spitaler At Opposition (2.028 AU)
Feb 24 - Comet 73P-AT/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.182 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults UCAC4-518-045085 (12.0 Magnitude Star)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 326290 Akhenaten Closest Approach To Earth (0.225 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 2575 Bulgaria Closest Approach To Earth (1.262 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 2952 Lilliputia Closest Approach To Earth (1.451 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 3066 McFadden Closest Approach To Earth (1.828 AU)
Feb 24 - 5th Anniversary (2011), STS-133 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, International Space Station)
Feb 24 - Pyotr Lebedev's 150th Birthday (1866)
Feb 25 - Comet 102P/Shoemaker At Opposition (4.129 AU)
Feb 25 - Comet P/2000 R2 (LINEAR) At Opposition (4.313 AU)
Feb 25 - Asteroid 2011 OJ45 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
Feb 25 - Asteroid 2012 BF86 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
Feb 25 - Asteroid 7042 Carver Closest Approach To Earth (1.016 AU)
Feb 25 - Asteroid 10389 Robmanning Closest Approach To Earth (1.689 AU)
* Feb 26 - Kanopus V N2/Landmapper BC 1 & 2/SatByul Rokot KM Launch
Feb 26 - Comet P/2013 T2 (Schwartz) At Opposition (4.152 AU)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 2008 CE119 Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 5382 McKay Closest Approach To Earth (1.416 AU)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 477 Italia Closest Approach To Earth (1.881 AU)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 3581 Alvarez Closest Approach To Earth (3.035 AU)
Feb 26 - Plutino 90482 Orcus At Opposition (47.116 AU)
Feb 26 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Apollo CSM-009 Saturn 1B Launch (Unmanned)
Feb 26 - 120th Anniversary (1896), Henri Becquerel's Radioactivity Discovery
Feb 26 - Francois Arago's 230th Birthday (1786)
Feb 26 - Niccolo Cabeo's 430th Birthday (1586)
Feb 27 - Comet C/2014 S2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.829 AU)
Feb 27 - Comet C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (7.169 AU)
Feb 27 - Asteroid 2008 DL5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
Feb 27 - Asteroid 3838 Epona Closest Approach To Earth (0.656 AU)
Feb 27 - Asteroid 3992 Wagner Closest Approach To Earth (2.267 AU)
Feb 27 - 190th Anniversary (1826), Wilhelm von Biela Confirms Biela's Comet is a Periodic Comet
Feb 27 - 405th Anniversary (1611), 1st Observation of a Sunspot by Johannes Fabricius
Feb 28 - Comet 73P-BF/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.022 AU)
Feb 28 - Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu Perihelion (2.746 AU)
Feb 28 - Comet 305P/Skiff At Opposition (3.429 AU)
Feb 28 - Comet 222P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.604 AU)
Feb 28 - Comet C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (7.169 AU)
Feb 28 - Asteroid 13070 Seanconnery Closest Approach To Earth (2.120 AU)
Feb 28 - 115th Anniversary (1901), Percy Molesworth's Discovery of the South Tropical Distrubance on Jupiter
Feb 29 - Comet 191P/McNaught At Opposition (3.286 AU)
Feb 29 - Asteroid 2001 Einstein Closest Approach To Earth (0.873 AU)
Feb 29 - Asteroid 12477 Haiku Closest Approach To Earth (1.307 AU)
Feb 29 - Asteroid 10867 Lima Closest Approach To Earth (1.636 AU)
Feb 29 - Asteroid 2309 Mr. Spock Closest Approach To Earth (2.010 AU)
Feb 29 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Original Gemini 9 Crew Killed in Plane Crash
Feb 29 - 60th Anniversary (1956), Centerville Meteorite Fall (Hit Shed in South Dakota)
Feb 29 - Jack Lousma's 80th Birthday (1936)
March 2016
Mar ?? - Luna 25 (Luna Glob Orbiter) Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat Launch
Mar ?? - Spektr-RG Zenit-3F Launch
Mar ?? - Cosmos (GLONASS 760, Uragan-M N50) Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
Mar ?? - Cosmos Soyuz-2.1v Launch
* Mar ?? - TeLEOS 1/VELOX C1/Kent Ridge 1 (KR 1)/Galassia PSLV-XL Launch
Mar ?? - 15th Anniversary (2001), Discovery of NWA 1950 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Mar ?? - 15th Anniversary (2001), Discovery of NWA 856 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Mar 01 - Comet 73P-AJ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (1.255 AU)
Mar 01 - Comet 309P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.723 AU)
Mar 01 - Comet P/2007 R2 (Gibbs) At Opposition (3.994 AU)
Mar 01 - Asteroid 2011 EH17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)
Mar 01 - Asteroid 5790 Nagasaki Closest Approach To Earth (1.902 AU)
Mar 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 2013 FZ27 At Opposition (47.770 AU)
Mar 01 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Venera 3, Venus Impact (USSR)
Mar 02 - Comet 194P/LINEAR Perihelion (1.698 AU)
Mar 02 - Comet 73P-BR/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.956 AU)
* Mar 02 - Comet 323P/SOHO Closest Approach To Earth (2.718 AU)
Mar 02 - Comet C/2014 G3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.572 AU)
Mar 02 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults UCAC4-520-044748 (12.2 Magnitude Star)
Mar 02 - Asteroid 2015 DR215 Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
Mar 02 - Asteroid 4523 MIT Closest Approach To Earth (1.337 AU)
Mar 02 - Asteroid 44016 Jimmypage Closest Approach To Earth (1.441 AU)
Mar 02 - Asteroid 13212 Jayleno Closest Approach To Earth (1.471 AU)
Mar 02 - Asteroid 11334 Rio de Janeiro Closest Approach To Earth (2.025 AU)
Mar 02 - Asteroid 3768 Monroe Closest Approach To Earth (2.666 AU)
Mar 03 - Comet 73P-BD/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.865 AU)
Mar 03 - Comet 73P-BG/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.901 AU)
Mar 03 - Comet 215P/NEAT At Opposition (4.095 AU)
* Mar 04 - InSight/Mars Cube One 1 & 2 Atlas 5 Launch (Mars Lander)
Mar 04 - Comet 73P-V/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.916 AU)
Mar 04 - Asteroid 2245 Hekatostos Occults HIP 70319 (6.4 Magnitude Star)
Mar 04 - Richard Tolman's 135th Birthday (1881)
Mar 05 - Asteroid 1612 Hirose Occults HIP 59791 (6.8 Magnitude Star)
Mar 05 - Asteroid 2013 TX68 Near-Earth Flyby (0.003 AU)
Mar 06 - Comet 141P-D/Machholz At Opposition (1.534 AU)
Mar 06 - Comet 269P/Jedicke Closest Approach To Earth (3.880 AU)
Mar 06 - Comet 181P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (4.190 AU)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 4147 Lennon Closest Approach To Earth (1.293 AU)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 6377 Cagney Closest Approach To Earth (1.510 AU)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 4355 Memphis Closest Approach To Earth (1.543 AU)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 4305 Clapton Closest Approach To Earth (1.720 AU)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 3552 Don Quixote Closest Approach To Earth (4.954 AU)
Mar 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 2013 FY27 At Opposition (79.177 AU)
Mar 06 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Vega 1, Comet Halley Flyby
Mar 07 - Asteroid 2007 DM41 Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU)
Mar 07 - Asteroid 5945 Roachapproach Closest Approach To Earth (1.521 AU)
Mar 07 - Asteroid 6487 Tonyspear Closest Approach To Earth (1.641 AU)
Mar 08 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
Mar 08 - Jupiter At Opposition
* Mar 08 - Comet 141P/Machholz At Opposition (1.629 AU)
Mar 08 - Comet 141P-A/Machholz At Opposition (1.631 AU)
Mar 08 - Comet 19P/Borrelly Closest Approach To Earth (2.298 AU)
Mar 08 - Comet 259P/Garradd At Opposition (2.346 AU)
Mar 08 - Comet 48P/Johnson At Opposition (3.791 AU)
Mar 08 - Asteroid 9258 Johnpauljones Closest Approach To Earth (1.394 AU)
Mar 08 - Asteroid 34901 Mauna Loa Closest Approach To Earth (2.140 AU)
Mar 08 - 15th Anniversary (2001), STS-102 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, International Space Station)
Mar 08 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Suisei, Comet Halley Flyby
Mar 08 - 40th Anniversary (1976), Jilin Meteorite Fall in China
Mar 09 - Total Solar Eclipse (Visible in South Pacific)
Mar 09 - Comet 73P-BB/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.714 AU)
Mar 09 - Comet P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.880 AU)
Mar 09 - Comet 130P/McNaught-Hughes At Opposition (3.381 AU)
Mar 09 - Asteroid 115561 Frankherbert Closest Approach To Earth (1.769 AU)
Mar 09 - Asteroid 878 Mildred Closest Approach To Earth (1.880 AU)
Mar 09 - 5th Anniversary (2011), Space Shuttle Discovery Makes Its Final Landing (STS-133)
Mar 09 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Vega 2, Comet Halley Flyby
Mar 09 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Sputnik 9 Launch (Carried Dog Named Chernushka)
Mar 09 - 55th Anniversary (1961), 1st Dummy Launched Into Space on Sputnik 9
Mar 09 - Steve Ostro's 70th Birthday (1946)
Mar 10 - Mercury Passes 1.5 Degrees from Neptune
Mar 10 - Comet 73P-AW/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (0.938 AU)
Mar 10 - Comet P/2010 V1 (Ikeya-Murakami) Perihelion (1.573 AU)
Mar 10 - Comet C/2014 W2 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.671 AU)
Mar 10 - Comet P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.880 AU)
Mar 10 - Comet C/2013 W2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.190 AU)
Mar 10 - Comet C/2014 G3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.586 AU)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 8084 Dallas Closest Approach To Earth (1.418 AU)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 14967 Madrid Closest Approach To Earth (1.923 AU)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 22903 Georgeclooney Closest Approach To Earth (2.026 AU)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 274020 Skywalker Closest Approach To Earth (2.724 AU)
Mar 10 - 10th Anniversary (2006), Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Orbit Insertion
Mar 10 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Sakigake, Comet Halley Flyby
Mar 10 - Laurel Clark's 55th Birthday (1961)
Mar 11 - GOES-R Atlas 5 Launch
Mar 11 - Comet 16P/Brooks At Opposition (3.540 AU)
Mar 11 - Curt Brown's 60th Birthday (1956)
Mar 11 - Urbain Le Verrier's 205th Birthday (1811)
Mar 12 - Comet P/2003 T12 (SOHO) Perihelion (0.577 AU)
Mar 12 - Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko At Opposition (1.573 AU)
Mar 12 - Comet 65P/Gunn At Opposition (2.898 AU)
Mar 12 - Asteroid 3895 Earhart Closest Approach To Earth (0.986 AU)
Mar 12 - Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (1.427 AU)
Mar 12 - Asteroid 2875 Lagerkvist Closest Approach To Earth (1.527 AU)
Mar 12 - Asteroid 7507 Israel Closest Approach To Earth (1.710 AU)
Mar 12 - Asteroid 231307 Peterfalk Closest Approach To Earth (2.073 AU)
Mar 12 - Frederick Leonard's 120th Birthday (1896)
Mar 13 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (United States)
* Mar 13 - Comet 321P/SOHO Closest Approach To Earth (0.160 AU)
Mar 13 - Comet 73P-BM/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.607 AU)
Mar 13 - Comet 73P-BH/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.608 AU)
Mar 13 - Comet 73P-BA/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.621 AU)
Mar 13 - Comet 267P/LONEOS At Opposition (4.097 AU)
Mar 13 - Asteroid 757 Portlandia Closest Approach To Earth (1.437 AU)
Mar 13 - 10th Anniversary (2006), Google Mars Goes Live
Mar 13 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Giotto, Comet Halley Flyby
Mar 13 - Albert Stevens' 130th Birthday (1886)
Mar 13 - 235th Anniversary (1781), William Herschel's Discovery of Uranus
Mar 14 - Comet 73P-BE/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.587 AU)
Mar 14 - Comet 73P-BP/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.605 AU)
Mar 14 - Comet 73P-BI/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.606 AU)
Mar 14 - Comet P/2006 G1 (McNaught) At Opposition (2.558 AU)
Mar 14 - Comet 269P/Jedicke At Opposition (3.891 AU)
Mar 14 - Asteroid 582 Olympia Closest Approach To Earth (1.450 AU)
Mar 14 - Asteroid 6546 Kaye Closest Approach To Earth (1.943 AU)
Mar 14 - 80th Anniversary (1936), Red Bank Meteorite Fall in New Jersey (Hit Shed)
Mar 14 - 85th Anniversary (1931), 1st Liquid Rocket Launch in Europe by Johannes Winkler
Mar 15 - Comet 252P/LINEAR Perihelion (0.996 AU)
Mar 15 - Comet 9P/Tempel At Opposition (1.062 AU)
Mar 15 - Asteroid 2010 FR Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
* Mar 15 - Asteroid 6 Hebe Closest Approach To Earth (1.893 AU)
Mar 15 - Asteroid 1756 Giacobini Closest Approach To Earth (1.998 AU)
Mar 15 - 210th Anniversary (1806), Alais Meteorite Fall in France (1st Carbonaceous Chondrite)
Mar 16 - Comet 132P/Helin-Roman-Alu At Opposition (3.777 AU)
Mar 16 - Asteroid 10101 Fourier Closest Approach To Earth (1.335 AU)
Mar 16 - Asteroid 4783 Wasson Closest Approach To Earth (1.408 AU)
Mar 16 - Asteroid 13681 Monty Python Closest Approach To Earth (1.965 AU)
Mar 16 - Asteroid 4513 Louvre Closest Approach To Earth (2.144 AU)
Mar 16 - Asteroid 15058 Billcooke Closest Approach To Earth (2.392 AU)
Mar 16 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 8 Launch (Neil Armstrong & David Scott)
Mar 16 - 90th Anniversary (1926), 1st Liquid Fuel Rocket Launch By Robert Goddard
Mar 17 - Asteroid 241418 Darmstadt Closest Approach To Earth (2.562 AU)
Mar 17 - 5th Anniversary (2011), MESSENGER, Mercury Orbit Insertion
Mar 17 - Ken Mattingly's 80th Birthday (1936)
Mar 18 - Soyuz MS-1 Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 46S)
Mar 18 - Comet 127P/Holt-Olmstead Perihelion (2.206 AU)
Mar 18 - Comet 259P/Garradd Closest Approach To Earth (2.332 AU)
Mar 18 - Comet 309P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.768 AU)
Mar 18 - Asteroid 73079 Davidbaltimore Closest Approach To Earth (1.169 AU)
Mar 18 - Reginald Daly's 145th Birthday (1871)
Mar 19 - Comet 119P/Parker-Hartley At Opposition (3.439 AU)
Mar 19 - Comet C/2013 W2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.201 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 2010 FX9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.018 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 281 Lucretia Closest Approach To Earth (1.370 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 13208 Fraschetti Closest Approach To Earth (1.799 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 12757 Yangtze Closest Approach To Earth (2.119 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 4559 Strauss Closest Approach To Earth (2.356 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 27500 Mandelbrot Closest Approach To Earth (2.785 AU)
* Mar 19 - Neptune Trojan 2010 EN65 At Opposition (24.888 AU)
Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox, 04:30 UT
Mar 20 - Venus Passes 0.5 Degrees from Neptune
Mar 20 - Comet 65P/Gunn Closest Approach To Earth (2.888 AU)
Mar 20 - Comet 304P/Ory At Opposition (3.293 AU)
Mar 20 - Asteroid 37582 Faraday Closest Approach To Earth (1.614 AU)
Mar 20 - 30th Anniversary (1986), Pioneer 7 Distant Flyby of Halley's Comet
Mar 21 - Comet 252P/LINEAR Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
Mar 21 - Comet 172P/Yeung At Opposition (2.658 AU)
Mar 21 - Asteroid 3354 McNair Closest Approach To Earth (1.392 AU)
Mar 21 - Asteroid 5040 Rabinowitz Closest Approach To Earth (1.845 AU)
Mar 21 - Asteroid 5676 Voltaire Closest Approach To Earth (1.936 AU)
Mar 21 - Asteroid 1132 Hollandia Closest Approach To Earth (1.992 AU)
Mar 21 - Antonia Maury's 150th Birthday (1866)
* Mar 22 - Comet 104P/Kowal Closest Approach To Earth (1.780 AU)
Mar 22 - Comet 107P/Wilson-Harrington At Opposition (3.299 AU)
Mar 22 - Asteroid 51915 (2001 QF71) Occults HIP 29434 (4.9 Magnitude Star)
Mar 22 - Asteroid 2127 Tanya Closest Approach To Earth (2.279 AU)
Mar 22 - Dwarf Planet 136472 Makemake At Opposition (51.568 AU)
Mar 22 - 20th Anniversary (1996), STS-76 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, Mir Space Station)
Mar 22 - Rich Terrile's 65th Birthday (1951)
Mar 22 - Musa Manarov's 65th Birthday (1951)
Mar 23 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 23 - Asteroid 7934 Sinatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.296 AU)
Mar 23 - Asteroid 3672 Stevedberg Closest Approach To Earth (1.394 AU)
Mar 23 - Gary Kronk's 60th Birthday (1956)
Mar 24 - Comet 201P/LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.902 AU)
Mar 24 - Comet 206P/Barnard-Boattini At Opposition (3.529 AU)
Mar 24 - Comet C/2014 R3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (7.182 AU)
Mar 24 - 5th Anniversary (2011), Stardust Depletion Burn - End of Mission
Mar 24 - Daniel Fahrenheit's 330th Birthday (1686)
Mar 25 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #444 (OTM-444)
* Mar 25 - Comet 104P/Kowal Perihelion (1.179 AU)
Mar 25 - Comet 148P/Anderson-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.009 AU)
Mar 25 - Comet 213P/Van Ness At Opposition (2.836 AU)
Mar 25 - Comet 213P-B/Van Ness At Opposition (2.838 AU)
Mar 25 - Asteroid 1994 UG Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
Mar 25 - Asteroid 6032 Nobel Closest Approach To Earth (1.842 AU)
Mar 25 - Asteroid 397 Vienna Closest Approach To Earth (2.301 AU)
Mar 25 - 20th Anniversary (1996), Comet Hyakutake Near-Earth Flyby (0.10 AU)
Mar 25 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Sputnik 10 Launch (Carried Dog Named Zvezdochka)
Mar 25 - 205th Anniversary (1811), Honore Flaugergues Discovers The Great Comet of 1811
Mar 25 - Giovanni Amici's 230th Birthday (1786)
Mar 26 - Comet 73P-AA/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.313 AU)
Mar 26 - Comet P/2014 U2 (Kowalski) At Opposition (3.102 AU)
Mar 26 - Comet 108P/Ciffreo At Opposition (3.184 AU)
Mar 26 - Asteroid 5805 Glasgow Closest Approach To Earth (1.344 AU)
Mar 26 - Asteroid 4758 Hermitage Closest Approach To Earth (2.731 AU)
Mar 26 - 25th Anniversary (1991), Tahara Meteorite Fall (Hit Car Carrier in Japan)
Mar 27 - Easter Sunday
Mar 27 - European Summer Time - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (European Union)
Mar 27 - Comet P/2011 U2 (Bressi) Closest Approach To Earth (4.534 AU)
Mar 27 - Comet P/2011 U2 (Bressi) At Opposition (4.534 AU)
Mar 27 - Asteroid 325102 (2008 EY5) Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
Mar 27 - Asteroid 1863 Antinous Closest Approach To Earth (0.237 AU)
Mar 27 - Asteroid 8991 Solidarity Closest Approach To Earth (1.469 AU)
Mar 27 - Asteroid 2247 Hiroshima Closest Approach To Earth (1.678 AU)
Mar 27 - Asteroid 14880 Moa Closest Approach To Earth (1.717 AU)
Mar 28 - Comet P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (1.194 AU)
Mar 28 - Comet P/2013 YG46 (Spacewatch) At Opposition (1.930 AU)
Mar 28 - Comet 172P/Yeung Closest Approach To Earth (2.652 AU)
* Mar 28 - Comet 291P/NEAT At Opposition (4.175 AU)
Mar 28 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo Occults 2UCAC 17591365 (14.0 Magnitude Star)
Mar 28 - Asteroid 16529 Dangoldin Closest Approach To Earth (1.421 AU)
Mar 28 - Asteroid 19383 Rolling Stones Closest Approach To Earth (1.590 AU)
Mar 28 - 30th Anniversary (1986), ICE, Comet Halley Distant Flyby
Mar 29 - Comet P/2006 G1 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (2.528 AU)
Mar 29 - Comet 4P/Faye At Opposition (3.827 AU)
Mar 29 - Comet 120P/Mueller At Opposition (4.276 AU)
Mar 29 - Asteroid 4444 Escher Closest Approach To Earth (1.456 AU)
Mar 29 - Asteroid 2101 Adonis Closest Approach To Earth (1.981 AU)
Mar 29 - Joseph Taylor's 75th Birthday (1941)
Mar 30 - Cygnus CRS Orb-5 Antares Launch (International Space Station)
Mar 30 - Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR At Opposition (3.323 AU)
Mar 30 - Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR At Opposition (3.865 AU)
Mar 30 - Asteroid 2010 GD35 Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
Mar 30 - Asteroid 2008 BX2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
Mar 30 - Asteroid 289586 Shackleton Closest Approach To Earth (1.064 AU)
Mar 30 - Asteroid 5703 Hevelius Closest Approach To Earth (1.911 AU)
Mar 30 - Robert Bunsen's 205th Birthday (1811)
Mar 31 - Mercury Passes 0.6 Degrees From Uranus
Mar 31 - Asteroid 19398 Creedence Closest Approach To Earth (1.926 AU)
Mar 31 - Asteroid 990 Yerkes Closest Approach To Earth (2.241 AU)
Mar 31 - Asteroid 7336 Saunders Closest Approach To Earth (2.360 AU)
Mar 31 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Luna 10 Launch (USSR Moon Orbiter)
Mar 31 - Rene Descartes' 420th Birthday (1596)
April 2016
* Apr ?? - DSX/FORMOSAT 7A-7F/GPIM/OTB/FalconSat 6/NPSat 1/Oculus-ASR/Prox 1/LightSail-B/Nanosat 7/SET 1/SSTE Falcon Launch
Apr ?? - NROL-37 Delta 4H Launch
Apr ?? - 30th Anniversary (1986), Sayama Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Japan)
Apr ?? - Egnatio Danti's 480th Birthday (1536)
Apr 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #445 (OTM-445)
Apr 01 - Comet 233P/La Sagra Closest Approach To Earth (1.762 AU)
Apr 01 - Comet 110P/Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (2.567 AU)
Apr 01 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 4991-00651-1 (11.9 Magnitude Star)
Apr 01 - Asteroid 1159 Granada Closest Approach To Earth (1.428 AU)
Apr 01 - Asteroid 7495 Feynman Closest Approach To Earth (1.519 AU)
Apr 01 - Asteroid 39566 Carllewis Closest Approach To Earth (1.767 AU)
Apr 01 - Asteroid 14702 Benclark Closest Approach To Earth (2.107 AU)
Apr 01 - Asteroid 2046 Leningrad Closest Approach To Earth (2.701 AU)
Apr 02 - Comet 100P/Hartley Perihelion (2.011 AU)
Apr 02 - Comet 106P/Schuster At Opposition (3.716 AU)
Apr 02 - Comet 84P/Giclas At Opposition (4.249 AU)
Apr 02 - 80th Anniversary (1936), Yurtuk Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Ukraine)
Apr 02 - Clement Ader's 175th Birthday (1841)
Apr 03 - Comet P/2009 Q4 (Boattini) Closest Approach To Earth (2.071 AU)
Apr 03 - Asteroid 2008 FX6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
Apr 03 - Asteroid 18458 Caesar Closest Approach To Earth (1.003 AU)
Apr 03 - Asteroid 13609 Lewicki Closest Approach To Earth (1.599 AU)
Apr 03 - Gus Grissom's 90th Birthday (1926)
Apr 03 - Hermann Vogel's 175th Birthday (1841)
Apr 04 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Apr 04 - Asteroid 5748 Davebrin Closest Approach To Earth (1.696 AU)
Apr 04 - Asteroid 886 Washingtonia Closest Approach To Earth (3.035 AU)
Apr 05 - CRS-11 Falcon 9 Launch
Apr 05 - Comet P/2003 T12 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (1.347 AU)
Apr 05 - Comet C/2015 B1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.045 AU)
Apr 05 - Asteroid 12410 Donald Duck Closest Approach To Earth (1.272 AU)
Apr 05 - Asteroid 29470 Higgs Closest Approach To Earth (1.411 AU)
Apr 06 - Comet 73P-AY/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (0.438 AU)
Apr 06 - Comet 213P/Van Ness Closest Approach To Earth (2.815 AU)
Apr 06 - Comet 213P-B/Van Ness Closest Approach To Earth (2.817 AU)
Apr 06 - Comet C/2015 B1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (5.045 AU)
Apr 06 - Asteroid 9387 Tweeddledee Closest Approach To Earth (1.180 AU)
Apr 06 - Asteroid 2865 Laurel Closest Approach To Earth (1.491 AU)
Apr 06 - Asteroid 3062 Wren Closest Approach To Earth (2.381 AU)
Apr 06 - Asteroid 9012 Benner Closest Approach To Earth (2.773 AU)
Apr 07 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #446 (OTM-446)
Apr 07 - Comet 73P-AZ/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (0.429 AU)
Apr 07 - Comet 19P/Borrelly At Opposition (2.395 AU)
Apr 07 - Comet 201P/LONEOS At Opposition (2.934 AU)
Apr 07 - Asteroid 4487 Pocahontas Closest Approach To Earth (1.241 AU)
Apr 07 - 125th Anniversary (1891), Indarch Meteorite Fall in Azerbaijan
Apr 07 - Erik Fredholm's 150th Birthday (1866)
Apr 08 - Comet 190P/Mueller Perihelion (2.033 AU)
Apr 08 - Asteroid 3635 Kreutz Closest Approach To Earth (0.785 AU)
Apr 08 - Asteroid 3043 San Diego Closest Approach To Earth (1.163 AU)
Apr 08 - Asteroid 4511 Rembrandt Closest Approach To Earth (1.491 AU)
Apr 08 - Asteroid 3654 AAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.712 AU)
Apr 08 - Asteroid 1134 Kepler Closest Approach To Earth (2.511 AU)
Apr 08 - Asteroid 8564 Anomalocaris Closest Approach To Earth (2.553 AU)
Apr 08 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Wethersfield Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Connecticut)
Apr 09 - Comet 77P/Longmore At Opposition (1.349 AU)
Apr 09 - Asteroid 36800 Katarinawitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.405 AU)
Apr 09 - Asteroid 13752 Grantstokes Closest Approach To Earth (1.630 AU)
Apr 09 - Charles-Eugene Delaunay's 200th Birthday (1816)
* Apr 10 - Comet 321P/SOHO Perihelion (0.046 AU)
Apr 10 - Comet P/1999 R1 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (2.345 AU)
Apr 10 - Asteroid 406952 (2009 KJ) Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
Apr 10 - Asteroid 3173 McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (1.259 AU)
Apr 10 - Asteroid 1791 Patsayev Closest Approach To Earth (1.609 AU)
Apr 10 - John McClusky's 55th Birthday (1961)
Apr 10 - John Leslie's 250th Birthday (1766)
Apr 11 - Comet 268P/Bernardi Closest Approach To Earth (2.519 AU)
Apr 11 - Comet 110P/Hartley At Opposition (2.580 AU)
Apr 11 - Comet C/2015 H1 (Bressi) At Opposition (3.737 AU)
Apr 11 - Comet P/2015 D6 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.758 AU)
Apr 11 - Comet P/2012 TK8 (Tenagra) At Opposition (3.959 AU)
Apr 11 - Asteroid 363599 (2004 FG11) Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
Apr 11 - Asteroid 1065 Amundsenia Closest Approach To Earth (1.677 AU)
Apr 11 - Asteroid 134346 Pinatubo Closest Approach To Earth (1.766 AU)
Apr 11 - Asteroid 336698 Melbourne Closest Approach To Earth (2.037 AU)
Apr 11 - Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake Closest Approach To Earth (2.849 AU)
Apr 11 - Asteroid 42355 Typhon Closest Approach To Earth (19.494 AU)
Apr 11 - Donald Menzel's 115th Birthday (1901)
Apr 12 - Yuri's Night: World Space Party
Apr 12 - Comet 148P/Anderson-LINEAR At Opposition (2.056 AU)
Apr 12 - Asteroid 1862 Apollo Closest Approach To Earth (0.592 AU)
Apr 12 - Asteroid 1814 Bach Closest Approach To Earth (1.337 AU)
Apr 12 - Asteroid 15332 CERN Closest Approach To Earth (1.428 AU)
Apr 12 - Asteroid 3252 Johnny Closest Approach To Earth (1.607 AU)
Apr 12 - Asteroid 12485 Jenniferharris Closest Approach To Earth (1.895 AU)
Apr 12 - Dwarf Planet 136108 Haumea At Opposition (49.764 AU)
Apr 12 - Yuri Ivashchenko's 55th Birthday (1961)
Apr 12 - 115th Anniversary (1901), Viscara's Discovery of the Great Comet of 1901
Apr 12 - Edward Maunder's 165th Birthday (1851)
Apr 13 - Comet 9P/Tempel Closest Approach To Earth (0.979 AU)
Apr 13 - Comet 77P/Longmore Closest Approach To Earth (1.347 AU)
Apr 13 - Asteroid 2005 GR33 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
Apr 13 - Asteroid 3156 Ellington Closest Approach To Earth (1.696 AU)
Apr 13 - Asteroid 20488 Pic-du-Midi Closest Approach To Earth (2.024 AU)
Apr 13 - Asteroid 5540 Smirnova Closest Approach To Earth (2.212 AU)
Apr 13 - Daniel du Toit's 145th Birthday (1871)
Apr 13 - Alexander Forbes' 145th Birthday (1871)
Apr 14 - Comet C/2014 W11 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.126 AU)
Apr 14 - Comet 178P/Hug-Bell At Opposition (4.224 AU)
Apr 14 - Comet 36P/Whipple At Opposition (4.243 AU)
Apr 14 - Asteroid 3763 Quianxuesen Closest Approach To Earth (1.017 AU)
Apr 14 - Asteroid 35978 Arlington Closest Approach To Earth (1.100 AU)
Apr 14 - Asteroid 11066 Sigurd Closest Approach To Earth (1.847 AU)
Apr 14 - Asteroid 6592 Goya Closest Approach To Earth (2.107 AU)
Apr 14 - 85th Anniversary (1931), Pontlyfni Meteorite Fall in Wales
Apr 15 - Comet P/2013 YG46 (Spacewatch) Closest Approach To Earth (1.886 AU)
Apr 15 - Comet P/2015 D6 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.760 AU)
Apr 15 - Asteroid 4769 Castalia Closest Approach To Earth (0.224 AU)
Apr 15 - Asteroid 2710 Veverka Closest Approach To Earth (1.134 AU)
Apr 15 - Asteroid 2244 Tesla Closest Approach To Earth (2.289 AU)
Apr 15 - Asteroid 1691 Oort Closest Approach To Earth (2.661 AU)
Apr 16 - Comet 237P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.433 AU)
Apr 16 - Comet 233P/La Sagra At Opposition (1.792 AU)
Apr 16 - Asteroid 2008 HU4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)
Apr 16 - Asteroid 4970 Druyan Closest Approach To Earth (1.673 AU)
Apr 16 - Asteroid 5649 Donnashirley Closest Approach To Earth (1.861 AU)
Apr 16 - Asteroid 10806 Mexico Closest Approach To Earth (1.880 AU)
Apr 16 - Asteroid 7273 Garyhuss Closest Approach To Earth (2.184 AU)
Apr 16 - Asteroid 767 Bondia Closest Approach To Earth (2.545 AU)
Apr 16 - David Brown's 60th Birthday (1956)
Apr 17 - Asteroid 5020 Asimov Closest Approach To Earth (1.367 AU)
Apr 17 - Asteroid 1640 Nemo Closest Approach To Earth (1.864 AU)
Apr 17 - Harold Johnson's 95th Birthday (1921)
Apr 18 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (20 Degrees)
Apr 18 - Comet C/2013 C2 (Tenagra) Closest Approach To Earth (8.201 AU)
Apr 18 - Comet C/2013 C2 (Tenagra) At Opposition (8.201 AU)
* Apr 18 - Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom Closest Approach To Earth (0.507 AU)
Apr 18 - Asteroid 3554 Amun Closest Approach To Earth (0.748 AU)
Apr 18 - Asteroid 5841 Stone Closest Approach To Earth (1.183 AU)
Apr 18 - Asteroid 9781 Jubjubbird Closest Approach To Earth (1.486 AU)
Apr 18 - Asteroid 1094 Siberia Closest Approach To Earth (1.674 AU)
Apr 18 - Asteroid 51823 Rickhusband Closest Approach To Earth (2.787 AU)
Apr 18 - Michel Ory's 50th Birthday (1966)
Apr 18 - Charles Gifford's 155th Birthday (1861)
* Apr 19 - Asteroid 28078 Mauricehilleman Closest Approach To Earth (1.321 AU)
Apr 19 - Asteroid 3125 Hay Closest Approach To Earth (1.482 AU)
Apr 19 - Asteroid 3673 Levy Closest Approach To Earth (1.709 AU)
Apr 19 - Asteroid 55555 DNA Closest Approach To Earth (1.733 AU)
Apr 19 - Asteroid 18725 Atacama Closest Approach To Earth (1.956 AU)
Apr 19 - Asteroid 4969 Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (2.530 AU)
Apr 19 - 15th Anniversary (2001), STS-100 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, International Space Station)
Apr 19 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Salyut 1 Launch (1st Space Station)
Apr 19 - Brett Gladman's 50th Birthday (1966)
Apr 20 - Comet P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs) At Opposition (1.256 AU)
Apr 20 - Comet C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (1.315 AU)
Apr 20 - Comet P/2013 O2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.935 AU)
Apr 20 - Asteroid 4148 McCartney Closest Approach To Earth (1.052 AU)
Apr 20 - Asteroid 12790 Cernan Closest Approach To Earth (1.220 AU)
Apr 20 - Asteroid 3783 Morris Closest Approach To Earth (1.390 AU)
Apr 20 - Asteroid 8208 Volta Closest Approach To Earth (1.692 AU)
Apr 20 - Asteroid 6111 Davemckay Closest Approach To Earth (1.912 AU)
Apr 20 - Asteroid 6677 Renoir Closest Approach To Earth (2.456 AU)
Apr 20 - Asteroid 1006 Lagrangea Closest Approach To Earth (3.267 AU)
Apr 21 - Asteroid 8992 Magnanimity Closest Approach To Earth (1.526 AU)
Apr 21 - Asteroid 17640 Mount Stromlo Closest Approach To Earth (2.236 AU)
Apr 21 - Michael Freedman's 65th Birthday (1951)
Apr 21 - 85th Anniversary (1931), 1st Rocket Mail Launch by Friedrich Schmiedl
Apr 21 - Richard Lines' 100th Birthday (1916)
Apr 22 - Earth Day
Apr 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #447 (OTM-447)
Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
Apr 22 - Venus Passes 0.9 Degrees from Uranus
Apr 22 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar Occults UCAC4-373-110044 (13.9 Magnitude Star)
Apr 22 - Asteroid 21619 Johnhopkins Closest Approach To Earth (1.227 AU)
Apr 22 - Asteroid 4416 Ramses Closest Approach To Earth (1.496 AU)
Apr 22 - Asteroid 9997 COBE Closest Approach To Earth (1.772 AU)
Apr 22 - Harold Jeffreys' 125th Birthday (1891)
Apr 23 - Comet P/2009 Q4 (Boattini) At Opposition (2.128 AU)
Apr 23 - Asteroid 2014 UR Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
Apr 23 - Asteroid 2006 HF6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
Apr 23 - Asteroid 218998 Navi Closest Approach To Earth (1.237 AU)
Apr 23 - Asteroid 8444 Popovich Closest Approach To Earth (1.589 AU)
Apr 23 - Asteroid 128 Nemesis Closest Approach To Earth (2.087 AU)
Apr 24 - Comet 180P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.668 AU)
Apr 24 - Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (1.951 AU)
Apr 24 - Asteroid 9950 ESA Closest Approach To Earth (2.369 AU)
Apr 24 - Asteroid 1539 Borrelly Closest Approach To Earth (2.736 AU)
Apr 24 - Asteroid 1941 Wild Closest Approach To Earth (3.874 AU)
Apr 24 - Stephen Synnott's 70th Birthday (1946)
Apr 25 - Comet 169P/NEAT At Opposition (3.600 AU)
Apr 25 - Comet C/2015 F3 (SWAN) At Opposition (4.402 AU)
Apr 25 - Asteroid 2003 KO2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
Apr 25 - Asteroid 316020 Linshuhow Closest Approach To Earth (1.017 AU)
Apr 25 - Asteroid 763 Cupido Closest Approach To Earth (1.594 AU)
Apr 25 - Asteroid 11356 Chuckjones Closest Approach To Earth (2.380 AU)
Apr 26 - Comet C/2014 X1 (Elenin) At Opposition (3.575 AU)
Apr 26 - Comet P/2014 A3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.225 AU)
Apr 26 - Comet C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (8.153 AU)
Apr 26 - Asteroid 6735 Madhatter Closest Approach To Earth (1.286 AU)
Apr 26 - Asteroid 2202 Pele Closest Approach To Earth (2.449 AU)
Apr 26 - Asteroid 5223 McSween Closest Approach To Earth (2.662 AU)
Apr 26 - Asteroid 1268 Libya Closest Approach To Earth (3.053 AU)
Apr 27 - Comet 268P/Bernardi At Opposition (2.553 AU)
Apr 27 - Comet C/2014 W11 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.149 AU)
Apr 27 - Asteroid 14965 Bonk Closest Approach To Earth (1.032 AU)
Apr 27 - Asteroid 136 Austria Closest Approach To Earth (1.319 AU)
Apr 27 - Asteroid 12820 Robinwilliams Closest Approach To Earth (2.055 AU)
Apr 27 - Asteroid 2161 Grissom Closest Approach To Earth (2.165 AU)
Apr 28 - Comet P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) At Opposition (3.755 AU)
Apr 28 - Asteroid 2013 KJ6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
Apr 28 - Asteriod 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (1.383 AU)
Apr 28 - Asteroid 804 Hispania Closest Approach To Earth (1.993 AU)
Apr 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 EK139 At Opposition (36.115 AU)
Apr 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 2014 FC69 At Opposition (83.270 AU)
Apr 28 - 25th Anniversary (1991), STS-39 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery, DOD)
Apr 28 - Bart Bok's 110th Birthday (1906)
* Apr 29 - Progress MS-3 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 64P)
Apr 29 - Comet 53P/Van Biesbroeck Perihelion (2.428 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 2002 CX58 Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 10797 Guatemala Closest Approach To Earth (1.026 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 7041 Nantucket Closest Approach To Earth (1.485 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 22739 Sikhote-Alin Closest Approach To Earth (1.777 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 19631 Greensleeves Closest Approach To Earth (2.250 AU)
Apr 29 - Aleksander Wolszczan's 70th Birthday (1946)
Apr 30 - Comet P/1999 R1 (SOHO) At Opposition (2.416 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 2008 PR9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 5256 Farquhar Closest Approach To Earth (1.500 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 6227 Alanrubin Closest Approach To Earth (1.963 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 30441 Curly Closest Approach To Earth (2.256 AU)
Apr 30 - 1010th Anniversary (1006 AD), Appearance of Supernova 1006
May 2016
May ?? - Progress M-UM Soyuz-2.1b Launch (International Space Station)
May ?? - Shenzhou 11 CZ 2F/G Launch
May ?? - John Birmingham's 200th Birthday (1816)
May 01 - Comet 180P/NEAT At Opposition (1.674 AU)
May 01 - Comet 302P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS Perihelion (3.303 AU)
May 01 - Asteroid 2014 US115 Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)
* May 01 - Asteroid 3752 Camillo Closest Approach To Earth (1.598 AU)
May 01 - Asteroid 3709 Polypoites Closest Approach To Earth (4.527 AU)
May 01 - 20th Anniversary (1996), Ulysses Crosses Comet Hyakutake's Tail
* May 02 - Comet C/2015 B2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.830 AU)
May 02 - Asteroid 3917 Franz Schubert Closest Approach To Earth (1.392 AU)
* May 02 - Asteroid 29132 Bradpitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.523 AU)
May 02 - Asteroid 916 America Closest Approach To Earth (1.850 AU)
May 02 - Asteroid 10552 Stockholm Closest Approach To Earth (2.213 AU)
May 02 - Asteroid 11247 Wilburwright Closest Approach To Earth (2.492 AU)
May 03 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #448 (OTM-448)
May 03 - Comet 89P/Russell At Opposition (1.719 AU)
May 03 - Asteroid 2006 UK Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
May 03 - Asteroid 5899 Jedicke Closest Approach To Earth (1.293 AU)
May 03 - Asteroid 5049 Sherlock Closest Approach To Earth (1.472 AU)
May 03 - Asteroid 1578 Kirkwood Closest Approach To Earth (3.654 AU)
May 04 - Comet 237P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.395 AU)
May 04 - Comet C/2014 Y1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.646 AU)
May 04 - Comet 140P/Bowell-Skiff Closest Approach To Earth (2.283 AU)
May 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 FX86 At Opposition (45.281 AU)
May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
May 05 - Asteroid 388945 (2008 TZ3) Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU)
May 05 - Asteroid 8003 Kelvin Closest Approach To Earth (1.403 AU)
May 05 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Freedom 7 Launch (Alan Shepard, 1st US Man in Space)
May 05 - John Draper's 205th Birthday (1811)
May 06 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
May 06 - Space Day
May 06 - Comet C/2015 B2 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (3.371 AU)
May 06 - Comet 121P/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (3.890 AU)
May 06 - Asteroid 3688 Navajo Closest Approach To Earth (1.359 AU)
May 06 - Robert Dicke's 100th Birthday (1916)
May 06 - 120th Anniversary (1896), 1st Successful Flight of a Large Unmanned Heavier-Than-Air Craft
(Langley Aerodrome No. 5)
May 07 - Comet C/2014 M1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.864 AU)
May 07 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults TYC 1125-00398-1 (11.9 Magnitude Star)
May 07 - Asteroid 2713 Luxemburg Closest Approach To Earth (1.803 AU)
May 07 - Asteroid 3534 Sax Closest Approach To Earth (2.117 AU)
May 07 - Asteroid 3106 Morabito Closest Approach To Earth (2.921 AU)
May 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 90568 (2004 GV9) At Opposition (38.458 AU)
May 07 - Raymond Lyttlteon's 105th Birthday (1911)
May 08 - Comet 116P/Wild Closest Approach To Earth (1.340 AU)
May 08 - Asteroid 2014 JG55 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
May 08 - Asteroid 2010 KP10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
May 08 - Asteroid 2063 Bacchus Closest Approach To Earth (0.877 AU)
May 08 - Asteroid 284996 Rosaparks Closest Approach To Earth (1.756 AU)
May 08 - Asteroid 1154 Astronomia Closest Approach To Earth (2.256 AU)
May 09 - Mercury Transits The Sun
May 09 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #449 (OTM-449)
May 09 - Comet 100P/Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (1.043 AU)
May 09 - Comet P/2015 C1 (TOTAS-Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (2.999 AU)
May 09 - Asteroid 4690 Strasbourg Closest Approach To Earth (1.208 AU)
May 09 - Asteroid 3140 Stellafane Closest Approach To Earth (2.284 AU)
May 09 - Asteroid 8958 Stargazer Closest Approach To Earth (1.759 AU)
May 09 - Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth (2.322 AU)
May 09 - Asteroid 3162 Nostalgia Closest Approach To Earth (2.590 AU)
May 09 - Asteroid 3351 Smith Closest Approach To Earth (2.611 AU)
May 09 - Vance Brand's 85th Birthday (1931)
May 09-15 - Astronomy Week
May 10 - Comet 243P/NEAT At Opposition (3.645 AU)
May 10 - Asteroid 9725 Wainscoat Closest Approach To Earth (1.082 AU)
May 10 - Asteroid 85197 Ginkgo Closest Approach To Earth (1.498 AU)
May 10 - Asteroid 4825 Ventura Closest Approach To Earth (1.530 AU)
May 11 - Comet P/2010 P4 (WISE) At Opposition (2.853 AU)
* May 11 - Asteroid 3749 Balam Closest Approach To Earth (1.348 AU)
May 11 - Asteroid 73769 Delphi Closest Approach To Earth (3.522 AU)
May 11 - Asteroid 5254 Ulysses Closest Approach To Earth (4.865 AU)
May 11 - Jacqueline Cochran's 110th Birthday (1906)
May 11 - Theodore Von Karman's 135th Birthday (1881)
May 12 - Comet 253P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (3.365 AU)
* May 12 - Comet P/2009 S2 (McNaught) At Opposition (3.464 AU)
May 12 - Comet C/2014 M1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.869 AU)
May 12 - Asteroid 3594 Scotti Closest Approach To Earth (1.564 AU)
May 12 - Asteroid 6639 Marchis Closest Approach To Earth (1.915 AU)
May 12 - Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Closest Approach To Earth (2.453 AU)
May 13 - Mercury Passes 0.4 Degrees From Venus
May 13 - Comet 100P/Hartley At Opposition (1.045 AU)
May 13 - Comet 236P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.190 AU)
May 13 - Comet P/2001 R6 (LINEAR-Skiff) At Opposition (4.272 AU)
May 13 - Asteroid 22824 von Neumann Closest Approach To Earth (1.526 AU)
May 13 - Asteroid 7328 Casanova Closest Approach To Earth (1.709 AU)
May 13 - Asteroid 5036 Tuttle Closest Approach To Earth (1.885 AU)
May 13 - Asteroid 945 Barcelona Closest Approach To Earth (1.982 AU)
May 13 - Asteroid 1143 Odysseus Closest Approach To Earth (4.552 AU)
May 13 - 35th Anniversary (1981), Salem Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Oregon)
May 13 - Aleksandr Kaleri's 60th Birthday (1956)
May 13 - 155th Anniversary (1861), John Tebbutt's Discovery of the Great Comet of 1861
May 14 - Astronomy Day
May 14 - Comet 77P/Longmore Perihelion (2.335 AU)
May 14 - Comet P/2006 F1 (Kowalski) At Opposition (3.564 AU)
May 14 - Comet 185P/Petriew At Opposition (3.727 AU)
May 14 - Comet P/2009 SK280 (Spacewatch-Hill) At Opposition (4.092 AU)
May 14 - Asteroid 1103 Sequoia Closest Approach To Earth (1.040 AU)
May 14 - Asteroid 2653 Principia Closest Approach To Earth (1.402 AU)
May 14 - Asteroid 32096 Puckett Closest Approach To Earth (1.460 AU)
May 14 - Asteroid 1866 Sisyphus Closest Approach To Earth (1.577 AU)
May 14 - Asteroid 2305 King Closest Approach To Earth (1.852 AU)
May 15 - Comet 129P/Shoemaker-Levy Closest Approach To Earth (3.313 AU)
May 15 - Asteroid 18024 Dobson Closest Approach To Earth (1.973 AU)
May 15 - Asteroid 132904 Notkin Closest Approach To Earth (2.953 AU)
May 15 - 180th Anniversary (1836), Francis Baily Observation of 'Baily's Beads'
During Annular Solar Eclipse
May 16 - Asteroid 3124 Kansas Closest Appraoch To Earth (1.764 AU)
May 16 - Asteroid 17062 Bardot Closest Approach To Earth (2.062 AU)
May 16 - 5th Anniversary (2011), STS-134 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, International Space Station)
May 16 - 150th Anniversary (1866), Norman Pogson's Discovery of Asteroid 87 Sylvia
May 17 - Comet 89P/Russell Closest Approach To Earth (1.691 AU)
May 17 - Comet 129P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (3.313 AU)
May 17 - Comet 32P/Comas Sola At Opposition (3.554 AU)
May 17 - Comet 131P/Mueller At Opposition (3.736 AU)
May 17 - Comet P/2009 SK280 (Spacewatch-Hill) Closest Approach To Earth (4.091 AU)
May 17 - Asteroid 12382 Niagara Falls Closest Approach To Earth (1.713 AU)
May 17 - Asteroid 51824 Mikeanderson Closest Approach To Earth (2.040 AU)
May 17 - Asteroid 3933 Portugal Closest Approach To Earth (2.063 AU)
May 18 - Comet 116P/Wild At Opposition (1.350 AU)
May 18 - Comet 214P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.521 AU)
May 18 - Comet 217P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.094 AU)
May 18 - Asteroid 447 Valentine Closest Approach To Earth (2.096 AU)
May 18 - Roger Boscovich's 305th Birthday (1711)
May 19 - Comet P/2010 N1 (WISE) At Opposition (0.772 AU)
May 19 - Comet P/2006 F1 (Kowalski) Closest Approach To Earth (3.561 AU)
May 19 - Asteroid 6434 Jewitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.458 AU)
May 19 - Asteroid 1258 Sicilia Closest Approach To Earth (2.288 AU)
May 19 - 20th Anniversary (1996), STS-77 Launch (Space Shuttle Endeavour, SPACEHAB)
May 19 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Mars 2 Launch (USSR Mars Orbiter/Lander)
May 19 - 1,155th Anniversary (861 AD) Meteorite Hit Shrine in Nogata, Japan
May 20 - Comet 78P/Gehrels At Opposition (4.282 AU)
May 20 - Asteroid 2873 Binzel Closest Approach To Earth (0.936 AU)
May 20 - Asteroid 9025 Polansky Closest Approach To Earth (2.067 AU)
May 20 - Asteroid 247553 Berndpauli Closest Approach To Earth (3.263 AU)
May 21 - Comet 111P/Helin-Roman-Crockett Closest Approach To Earth (3.490 AU)
May 21 - Asteroid 30857 Parsec Closest Approach To Earth (1.551 AU)
May 21 - Plutino 38628 Huya At Opposition (27.569 AU)
May 21 - Plutino 2006 HJ123 At Opposition (33.726 AU)
May 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #450 (OTM-450)
May 22 - Mars At Opposition
May 22 - Comet P/2001 H5 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.045 AU)
May 22 - Comet 111P/Helin-Roman-Crockett At Opposition (3.490 AU)
May 22 - Asteroid 71885 Denning Closest Approach To Earth (1.501 AU)
May 22 - Asteroid 727 Nipponia Closest Approach To Earth (1.868 AU)
May 23 - Comet 289P/Blanpain At Opposition (3.672 AU)
May 23 - Comet C/2014 OE4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (5.765 AU)
May 23 - Asteroid 14094 Garneau Closest Approach To Earth (1.949 AU)
May 24 - Comet 224P/LINEAR-NEAT Perihelion (1.993 AU)
May 24 - Asteroid 2009 DL46 Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU)
May 24 - Daniel Fahrenheit's 330th Birthday (1686)
May 25 - Comet P/2015 C1 (TOTAS-Gibbs) At Opposition (3.034 AU)
May 25 - Asteroid 38086 Beowolf Closest Approach To Earth (0.437 AU)
May 25 - Asteroid 4589 McDowell Closest Approach To Earth (1.536 AU)
May 25 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Galileo, Callisto 30 Flyby
May 25 - 55th Anniversary (1961), John F. Kennedy's Moon Goal Speech
* May 26 - Soyuz TMA-20M Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 47S)
May 26 - Comet P/2012 T1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.632 AU)
May 26 - Comet P/2008 O2 (McNaught) At Opposition (3.608 AU)
* May 26 - Asteroid 270553 Loureed Closest Approach To Earth (1.775 AU)
May 26 - Asteroid 6318 Cronkite Closest Approach To Earth (2.561 AU)
May 26 - Sally Ride's 65th Birthday (1951)
May 26 - Richard Carrington's 190th Birthday (1826)
May 27 - Comet P/2007 R3 (Gibbs) Perihelion (2.521 AU)
May 27 - Comet P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.184 AU)
May 27 - Comet C/2011 KP36 (Spacewatch) Perihelion (4.881 AU)
May 27 - 85th Anniversary (1931), 1st US Full Scale Wind Tunnel Opened at
Langley Field Research Center
May 28 - Comet 140P/Bowell-Skiff At Opposition (2.358 AU)
May 28 - Comet P/2010 P4 (WISE) Closest Approach To Earth (2.813 AU)
May 28 - Comet P/2000 S1 (Skiff) At Opposition (3.005 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 9523 Torino Closest Approach To Earth (1.372 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 3414 Champollion Closest Approach To Earth (1.387 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 11020 Orwell Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 88705 Potato Closest Approach To Earth (1.895 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 2742 Gibson Closest Approach To Earth (2.087 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (2.217 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 588 Achilles Closest Approach To Earth (4.896 AU)
* May 28 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Mars 3 Launch (USSR Mars Orbiter/Lander)
May 28 - Alfred Nier's 105th Birthday (1911)
* May 28 - Placidus Fixlmillner's 295th Birthday (1721)
May 29 - Comet P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR) At Opposition (3.185 AU)
May 29 - Asteroid 4125 Lew Allen Closest Approach To Earth (0.866 AU)
May 29 - Asteroid 3852 Glennford Closest Approach To Earth (2.490 AU)
May 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 2007 JH43 At Opposition (39.549 AU)
May 30 - Comet P/2014 W2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.631 AU)
May 30 - Comet 210P/Christensen At Opposition (4.259 AU)
May 30 - Asteroid 9253 Oberth Closest Approach To Earth (1.356 AU)
May 30 - Asteroid 7225 Huntress Closest Approach To Earth (1.604 AU)
May 30 - Asteroid 14061 Nagincox Closest Approach To Earth (1.701 AU)
May 30 - Asteroid 241 Germania Closest Approach To Earth (2.090 AU)
May 30 - Asteroid 2598 Merlin Closest Approach To Earth (2.359 AU)
May 30 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Mariner 9 Launch (USA Mars Orbiter)
May 30 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Surveyor 1 Launch (USA Moon Lander)
May 30 - Joseph Kennedy's 100th Birthday (1916)
May 31 - Comet C/2014 Y1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.727 AU)
May 31 - Comet 216P/LINEAR Perihelion (2.150 AU)
May 31 - Comet 136P/Mueller Perihelion (2.977 AU)
May 31 - Comet P/2008 O2 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (3.605 AU)
May 31 - Asteroid 37655 Illapa Closest Approach To Earth (1.017 AU)
May 31 - Asteroid 13606 Bean Closest Approach To Earth (1.170 AU)
May 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 278361 (2007 JJ43) At Opposition (40.132 AU)
June 2016
* Jun ?? - IRNSS-1G PSLV-XL Launch
* Jun ?? - Microscope Ariane 5 Launch
* Jun ?? - Uragan-M Soyuz-21b/Fregat-M Launch
* Jun 01 - Comet P/2012 T1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.626 AU)
* Jun 01 - Asteroid 24997 Petergabriel Closest Approach To Earth (1.225 AU)
* Jun 01 - Asteroid 73520 Boslough Closest Approach To Earth (2.217 AU)
* Jun 01 - Asteroid 8423 Macao Closest Approach To Earth (2.642 AU)
* Jun 01 - 5th Anniversary (2011), Final Landing of Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-134)
* Jun 02 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Surveyor 1, Moon Landing
* Jun 02 - Comet C/2014 OE4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.755 AU)
* Jun 02 - Asteroid 73511 Lovas Closest Approach To Earth (1.923 AU)
* Jun 03 - Saturn At Opposition
* Jun 03 - Comet P/1999 J6 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (2.744 AU)
* Jun 03 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 9 Launch (Thomas Stafford & Eugene Cernan)
* Jun 03 - Asteroid 228029 MANIAC Closest Approach To Earth (0.940 AU)
* Jun 03 - Asteroid 7644 Cslewis Closest Approach To Earth (1.663 AU)
* Jun 03 - Asteroid 73520 Boslough Closest Approach To Earth (1.810 AU)
* Jun 03 - Asteroid 293 Brasilia Closest Approach To Earth (1.916 AU)
* Jun 03 - Asteroid 1604 Tombaugh Closest Approach To Earth (2.041 AU)
* Jun 03 - Asteroid 656 Beagle Closest Approach To Earth (2.159 AU)
* Jun 03 - Asteroid 624 Hektor Closest Approach To Earth (4.290 AU)
* Jun 03 - James Hutton's 290th Birthday (1726)
* Jun 04 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #451 (OTM-451)
* Jun 04 - Comet 14P/Wolf At Opposition (3.123 AU)
* Jun 04 - Comet 70P/Kojima At Opposition (3.170 AU)
* Jun 04 - Asteroid 90022 Apache Point Closest Approach To Earth (1.537 AU)
* Jun 04 - Asteroid 508 Princetonia Closest Approach To Earth (2.134 AU)
* Jun 04 - Asteroid 18125 Brianwilson Closest Approach To Earth (2.183 AU)
* Jun 04 - Asteroid 1125 China Closest Approach To Earth (2.647 AU)
* Jun 04 - 70th Anniversary (1946), Great Eruptive Prominence of 1946
* Jun 05 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (24 Degrees)
* Jun 05 - Comet P/2015 A3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.031 AU)
* Jun 05 - Asteroid 87 Sylvia Occults 2UCAC 21818498 (12.3 Magnitude Star)
* Jun 05 - Asteroid 3360 Syrinx Closest Approach To Earth (0.293 AU)
* Jun 05 - Asteroid 9777 Enterprise Closest Approach To Earth (0.946 AU)
* Jun 05 - Asteroid 6560 Pravdo Closest Approach To Earth (1.156 AU)
* Jun 05 - Asteroid 876 Scott Closest Approach To Earth (2.121 AU)
* Jun 05 - Asteroid 5107 Laurenbacall Closest Approach To Earth (2.384 AU)
* Jun 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 KZ39 At Opposition (45.124 AU)
* Jun 05 - 25th Anniversary (1991), STS-40 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, Spacelab)
* Jun 06 - Asteroid 2006 JF42 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
* Jun 06 - Asteroid 9325 Stonehenge Closest Approach To Earth (1.449 AU)
* Jun 06 - Asteroid 2531 Cambridge Closest Approach To Earth (2.077 AU)
* Jun 06 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Soyuz 11 Launch
* Jun 06 - Thomas Russell Wilkins' 125th Birthday (1891)
* Jun 06 - Regiomontanus' 580th Birthday (1436)
* Jun 07 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
* Jun 07 - Comet 73P-AY/Schwassmann-Wachmann Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
* Jun 07 - Comet 73P-AZ/Schwassmann-Wachmann Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
* Jun 07 - Comet P/2010 N1 (WISE) Closest Approach To Earth (0.741 AU)
* Jun 07 - Comet P/2004 T1 (LINEAR-NEAT) At Opposition (2.870 AU)
* Jun 07 - Asteroid 13123 Tyson Closest Approach To Earth (1.025 AU)
* Jun 07 - Asteroid 65803 Didymos Closest Approach To Earth (1.742 AU)
* Jun 07 - Asteroid 2864 Soderblom Closest Approach To Earth (1.854 AU)
* Jun 07 - Asteroid 8103 Fermi Closest Approach To Earth (1.857 AU)
* Jun 07 - Asteroid 18728 Grammier Closest Approach To Earth (2.029 AU)
* Jun 07 - 60th Anniversary (1956), Dogs Albina & Kozyavka Launched Into Space
* Jun 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 174567 Varda At Opposition (46.017 AU)
* Jun 08 - Joe Veverka's 75th Birthday (1941)
* Jun 09 - Comet P/2001 H5 (NEAT) At Opposition (2.088 AU)
* Jun 09 - Comet 157P/Tritton Closest Approach To Earth (2.368 AU)
* Jun 09 - Asteroid 2009 KR4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
* Jun 09 - Asteroid 2579 Spartacus Closest Approach To Earth (1.031 AU)
* Jun 09 - Asteroid 2688 Halley Closest Approach To Earth (1.743 AU)
* Jun 09 - Asteroid 249516 Aretha Closest Approach To Earth (2.273 AU)
* Jun 09 - Asteroid 3341 Hartmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.319 AU)
* Jun 09 - Asteroid 48575 Hawaii Closest Approach To Earth (2.353 AU)
* Jun 09 - 55th Anniversary (1961), Venus Flytrap Meteorite Launch
* Jun 09 - 150th Anniversary (1866), Knyahinya Meteorite Shower in Russia
* Jun 10 - Comet 252P/LINEAR At Opposition (0.548 AU)
* Jun 10 - Comet 214P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.578 AU)
* Jun 10 - Comet 202P/Scotti Perihelion (2.518 AU)
* Jun 10 - Asteroid 9998 ISO Closest Approach To Earth (1.245 AU)
* Jun 10 - Asteroid 10111 Frensel Closest Approach To Earth (1.569 AU)
* Jun 10 - Yanga Fernandez's 45th Birthday (1971)
* Jun 10 - Antonin Becvar's 115th Birthday (1901)
* Jun 10 - John Dollond's 310th Birthday (1706)
* Jun 11 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #452 (OTM-452)
* Jun 11 - Asteroid 3353 Jarvis Closest Approach To Earth (0.709 AU)
* Jun 11 - Asteroid 1095 Tulipa Closest Approach To Earth (2.044 AU)
* Jun 11 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Google Earth Released
* Jun 12 - Asteroid 2002 LY1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU))
* Jun 12 - Asteroid 3989 Odin Closest Approach To Earth (1.422 AU)
* Jun 12 - Asteroid 4922 Leshin Closest Approach To Earth (1.730 AU)
* Jun 12 - Asteroid 11836 Eileen Closest Approach To Earth (2.191 AU)
* Jun 12 - Hermann Ganswindt's 160th Birthday (1856)
* Jun 13 - Comet 157P/Tritton Perihelion (1.358 AU)
* Jun 13 - Asteroid 2409 Chapman Closest Approach To Earth (1.201 AU)
* Jun 13 - Asteroid 9162 Kwiila Closest Approach To Earth (1.238 AU)
* Jun 13 - Asteroid 15614 Pillinger CLosest Approach To Earth (1.874 AU)
* Jun 13 - Luis Alvarez's 105th Birthday (1911)
* Jun 13 - Erwin Muller's 105th Birthday (1911)
* Jun 13 - James Maxwell's 185th Birthday (1831)
* Jun 14 - Comet P/2011 A2 (Scotti) Perihelion (1.553 AU)
* Jun 14 - Asteroid 22521 ZZ Top Closest Approach To Earth (1.111 AU)
* Jun 14 - Asteroid 19535 Rowanatkinson Closest Approach To Earth (1.309 AU)
* Jun 14 - Asteroid 2999 Dante Closest Approach To Earth (1.458 AU)
* Jun 14 - Asteroid 87 Sylvia Closest Approach To Earth (2.363 AU)
* Jun 14 - Charles-Augustin Coulomb's 280th Birthday (1736)
* Jun 15 - Comet 46P/Wirtanen At Opposition (4.084 AU)
* Jun 15 - Asteroid 382758 (2003 GY) Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
* Jun 15 - Asteroid 6154 Stevesynnott Closest Approach To Earth (1.008 AU)
* Jun 15 - Asteroid 6135 Billowen Closest Approach To Earth (1.257 AU)
* Jun 15 - Asteroid 17058 Rocknroll Closest Approach To Earth (1.783 AU)
* Jun 15 - Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark Closest Approach To Earth (2.453 AU)
* Jun 15 - Plutino 28978 Ixion At Opposition (38.939 AU)
* Jun 16 - Comet P/2005 W4 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (0.781 AU)
* Jun 16 - Comet 118P/Shoemaker-Levy Perihelion (1.980 AU)
* Jun 16 - Asteroid 2002 LT38 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
* Jun 16 - Asteroid 1677 Tycho Brahe Closest Approach To Earth (1.340 AU)
* Jun 16 - Asteroid 3728 IRAS Closest Approach To Earth (2.307 AU)
* Jun 16 - Robert Burnham, Jr.'s 85th Birthday (1931)
* Jun 16 - 105th Anniversary (1911), Kilbourn Meteorite Fall (Hit Barn in Wisconsin)
* Jun 16 - Julius Plucker's 215th Birthday (1801)
* Jun 17 - Comet P/2010 B2 (WISE) Closest Approach To Earth (2.248 AU)
* Jun 17 - Asteroid 8256 Shenzhou Closest Approach To Earth (1.684 AU)
* Jun 17 - Asteroid 449 Hamburga Closest Approach To Earth (1.818 AU)
* Jun 17 - Asteroid 15550 Sydney Closest Approach To Earth (1.856 AU)
* Jun 17 - Centaur Object 5145 Pholus At Opposition (25.904 AU)
* Jun 18 - Comet P/2000 S1 (Skiff) Closet Approach To Earth (2.948 AU)
* Jun 18 - Asteroid 11714 Mikebrown Closest Approach To Earth (1.167 AU)
* Jun 18 - Allan Sandage's 90th Birthday (1926)
* Jun 19 - Comet 73P-AY/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (1.026 AU)
* Jun 19 - Comet 73P-AZ/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (1.027 AU)
* Jun 19 - Comet 266P/Christensen At Opposition (3.637 AU)
* Jun 19 - Asteroid 10958 Mont Blanc Closest Approach To Earth (1.335 AU)
* Jun 19 - Asteroid 4034 Vishnu Closest Approach To Earth (1.351 AU)
* Jun 19 - Asteroid 69263 Big Ben Closest Approach To Earth (1.697 AU)
* Jun 20 - Summer Solstice, 22:34 UT
* Jun 20 - Comet 219P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.825 AU)
* Jun 20 - Comet 103P/Hartley At Opposition (2.314 AU)
* Jun 20 - Comet C/2015 H2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.206 AU)
* Jun 20 - Asteroid 2009 CV Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)
* Jun 20 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar At Opposition (41.947 AU)
* Jun 20 - 20th Anniversary (1996), STS-78 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, Spacelab)
* Jun 21 - Comet P/2004 T1 (LINEAR-NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.843 AU)
* Jun 21 - Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell At Oppositoin (4.250 AU)
* Jun 21 - Asteroid 2013 ND15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
* Jun 21 - Asteroid 3953 Perth Closest Approach To Earth (1.273 AU)
* Jun 21 - Asteroid 264020 Stuttgart Closest Approach To Earth (1.677 AU)
* Jun 21 - Asteroid 293909 Matterhorn Closest Approach To Earth (1.701 AU)
* Jun 21 - Asteroid 171381 Taipei Closest Approach To Earth (1.872 AU)
* Jun 21 - Herbert Friedman's 100th Birthday (1916)
* Jun 22 - Comet C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (0.640 AU)
* Jun 22 - Asteroid 87 Sylvia Occults TYC 6815-03609-1 (11.7 Magnitude Star)
* Jun 22 - Asteroid 263251 Pandabear Closest Approach To Earth (1.187 AU)
* Jun 22 - Asteroid 16522 Tell Closest Approach To Earth (2.037 AU)
* Jun 22 - Asteroid 3259 Brownlee Closest Approach To Earth (2.044 AU)
* Jun 22 - Asteroid 6030 Zolensky Closest Approach To Earth (2.191 AU)
* Jun 22 - 40th Anniversary (1976), Salyut 5 Launch (USSR Space Station)
* Jun 23 - Comet 198P/ODAS At Opposition (3.892 AU)
* Jun 23 - Asteroid 215423 Winnecke Closest Approach To Earth (1.033 AU)
* Jun 23 - Asteroid 3199 Nefertiti Closest Approach To Earth (1.850 AU)
* Jun 23 - Asteroid 4701 Milani Closest Approach To Earth (1.869 AU)
* Jun 24 - Asteroid 2010 NY65 Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
* Jun 24 - Asteroid 2014 OL339 Closest Approach To Earth (0.277 AU)
* Jun 24 - Asteroid 85585 Mjolnir Closest Approach To Earth (0.747 AU)
* Jun 24 - Asteroid 4037 Ikeya Closest Approach To Earth (2.215 AU)
* Jun 24 - Centaur Object 10370 Hylonome At Opposition (22.364 AU)
* Jun 24 - Ellison Onizuka's 70th Birthday (1946)
* Jun 24 - 135th Anniversary (1881) - William Huggins Makes 1st Photographic Spectrum of a Comet (1881 III)
* Jun 25 - Comet P/1999 J6 (SOHO) At Opposition (2.824 AU)
* Jun 26 - Comet C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (0.659 AU)
* Jun 26 - Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova At Opposition (1.665 AU)
* Jun 26 - Comet C/2014 W5 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.066 AU)
* Jun 26 - Comet 293P/Spacewatch At Opposition (3.828 AU)
* Jun 26 - Comet C/2015 H2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.202 AU)
* Jun 26 - Asteroid 15371 Steward Closest Approach To Earth (1.684 AU)
* Jun 26 - Centaur Object 55576 Amycus At Opposition (18.752 AU)
* Jun 27 - Centaur Object 10199 Chariklo At Opposition (14.377 AU)
* Jun 27 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Discovery of SAU 060 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
* Jun 27 - 20th Anniversary (1996), Galileo, Ganymede 1 Flyby
* Jun 27 - 85th Anniversary (1931), Tatahouine Meteorite Shower in Tunisia
* Jun 27 - Merle Tuve's 115th Birthday (1901)
* Jun 28 - Comet 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT At Opposition (1.979 AU)
* Jun 28 - Asteroid 19620 Auckland Closest Approach To Earth (2.082 AU)
* Jun 28 - Neptune Trojan 2008 LC18 At Opposition (31.444 AU)
* Jun 28 - 105th Anniversary (1911), Nakhla Meteorite Fall in Egypt (Mars Meteorite, Hit Dog)
* Jun 29 - Asteroid 13667 Samthurman Closest Approach To Earth (1.486 AU)
* Jun 29 - Asteroid 9766 Bradbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.631 AU)
* Jun 29 - Asteroid 4547 Massachusetts Closest Approach To Earth (1.762 AU)
* Jun 30 - Dawn, End of Primary Mission
* Jun 30 - Tundra 12L Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M Launch
* Jun 30 - Comet 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR Perihelion (1.430 AU)
* Jun 30 - Asteroid 12608 Aesop Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU)
* Jun 30 - Asteroid 4257 Ubasti Closest Approach To Earth (1.758 AU)
* Jun 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 307261 (2002 MS4) At Opposition (45.827 AU)
* Jun 30 - 45th Anniversary (1971), Death of 3 Cosmonauts in Soyuz 11