Space Calendar - June 27, 2003

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SPACE CALENDAR
June 27, 2003
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.

June 2003
Jun 27 - Comet P/2002 T5 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.934 AU)
Jun 27 - Mars Occults TYC 5817-01202-1 (11.8 Magnitude Star)
Jun 27 - Asteroid 1998 FH12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
* Jun 28 - Mars Exploration Rover B (Opportunity) Delta 2 Launch
* Jun 28 - OrbView-3 Pegasus XL Launch
Jun 28 - Comet Gunn Closest Approach To Earth (1.455 AU)
Jun 28 - Comet C/2003 F1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (4.008 AU)
Jun 29 - Comet C/2003 H3 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.050 AU)
Jun 29 - Comet C/2002 J4 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.824 AU)
Jun 29 - George Hale's 135th Birthday (1868)
Jun 30 - MOST/Mimosa/Monitor E Mock-Up Rokot Launch
Jun 30 - Mercury Passes 1.5 Degrees From Saturn
Jun 30 - Asteriod 108 Hecuba Occults TYC 6872-00875-1 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
Jun 30 - Asteroid 1357 Khama Occults TYC 6832-00557-1 (9.9 Magnitude Star)
Jun 30 - Asteroid 2002 AA29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
Jun 30 - 95th Anniversary (1908), Tunguska Explosion

July 2003
Jul ?? - Gruzomaket Strela Launch
Jul 01 - 2060 Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (11.183 AU)
Jul 02 - Comet Smirnova-Chernykh Closest Approach To Earth (3.385 AU)
Jul 02 - Asteroid 2001 CC21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.200 AU)
Jul 02 - Asteroid 2001 XR31 Near-Earth Flyby (0.278 AU)
Jul 02 - Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (1.951 AU)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 1999 LT7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
Jul 03 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Nozomi Launch (Japan Mars Orbiter)
Jul 04 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
Jul 04 - Henrietta Leavitt's 135th Birthday (1868)
Jul 06 - Comet Whipple Perihelion (3.088 AU)
Jul 06 - Comet Longmore Closest Approach To Earth (2.133 AU)
Jul 06 - Asteroid 2000 WN63 Near-Earth Flyby (0.233 AU)
Jul 06 - 65th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Lysithea
* Jul 07 - Asteroid 469 Argentina Occults HIP 69577 (8.7 Magnitude Star)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 2003 FT3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.157 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 7066 Nessus At Opposition (17.096 AU)
* Jul 08 - Mars Exploration Rover-B (Opportunity), Trajectory Correction Maneuver #1 (TCM-1)
Jul 08 - Venus Passes 0.8 Degrees From Saturn
Jul 08 - Asteroid 2000 QP Near-Earth Flyby (0.213 AU)
Jul 09 - Comet C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT) Perihelion (2.792 AU)
Jul 09 - Asteroid 2003 CC Near-Earth Flyby (0.189 AU)
* Jul 10 - Comet C/2003 KV2 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.063 AU)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 58 Concordia Occults TYC 5737-00035-1 (9.7 Magnitude Star)
Jul 12 - Comet C/2002 X1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.487 AU)
* Jul 12 - Asteroid 313 Chaldae Occults HIP 60655 (7.6 Magnitude Star)
Jul 12 - 15th Anniversary (1988), Phobos 2 Launch (Soviet Mars Orbiter)
Jul 13 - Comet Helin-Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (2.285 AU)
Jul 14 - Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.978 AU)
* Jul 15 - Comet C/2003 KV2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (0.608 AU)
Jul 15 - Comet Jackson-Neujmin Closest Approach To Earth (1.529 AU)
Jul 16 - STARDUST, Trajectory Correction Manuever #9 (TCM-9)
Jul 16 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 4 Perihelion (2.011 AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 2002 MQ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.278 AU)
Jul 17 - Rainbow 1 Atlas 5 Launch
Jul 17 - Moon Occults Mars
Jul 17 - Asteroid 1149 Volga Occults TYC 0543-00599-1 (9.7 Magnitude Star)
* Jul 18 - Asteroid 1263 Varsavia Occults HIP 68516 (6.4 Magnitude Star)
* Jul 18 - Asteroid 2003 HA22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.201 AU)
Jul 19 - Asteroid 2000 OL8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
Jul 21 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 16 Flyby
Jul 21 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Mars 4 Launch (Soviet Mars Mission)
* Jul 23 - DSCS B6 Delta 4 Launch
Jul 25 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Mars 5 Launch (Soviet Mars Orbiter)
Jul 26 - Mercury Passes 0.3 Degrees From Jupiter
Jul 26 - Comet C/2003 J1 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (4.150 AU)
Jul 26 - Asteroid 54509 (2000 PH5) Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)
Jul 26 - Asteroid 2002 PN Near-Earth Flyby (0.126 AU)
Jul 26 - 40th Anniversary (1963), Syncom 2 Launch, 1st Geosynchronous Satellite
* Jul 28 - Bilsat 1/Nigeriasat/BNSCSat 1/Larets/Kitsat 4/Mozhayets 4 Cosmos 3M Launch
Jul 28 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Skylab-3 Launch
Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Jul 30 - Comet C/2002 L9 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (6.363 AU)
Jul 30 - 65th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Carme

August 2003
Aug ?? - SATEC/Unosat VLS-1 Launch (Brazil)
* Aug ?? - Chuang Xing 1 CZ-4B Launch (China)
* Aug ?? - Echostar 9 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Aug ?? - Horizons 1 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Aug 01 - Mars Exploration Rover-A (Spirit), Trajectory Correction Maneuver #2 (TCM-2)
Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 01 - Maria Mitchell's 185th Birthday (1818)
* Aug 02 - SCISAT-1 Pegasus XL Launch
Aug 02 - Comet P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) Closest Approach To Earth (2.139 AU)
Aug 03 - Asteroid 2002 AE9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.292 AU)
Aug 04 - Neptune At Opposition
Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 08 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 2 Launch
Aug 10 - Asteroid 2000 PG5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.174 AU)
Aug 11 - Galileo Enters Solar Conjunction
Aug 11 - Comet Mueller 1 Closest Approach To Earth (2.596 AU)
* Aug 12 - Cosmos Soyuz U Launch
Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 12 - Asteroid 8405 Asbolus Closest Approach To Earth (6.128 AU)
Aug 12 - 25th Anniversary (1978), ISEE-3 (ICE) Launch (Comet Flyby Mission)
Aug 13 - Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Closest Approach To Earth (1.975 AU)
Aug 14 - Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)
Aug 15 - Asteroid 2003 EM1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.176 AU)
Aug 15 - Astreroid 29075 (1950 DA) Closest Approach To Earth (0.681 AU)
* Aug 16 - Asteroid 37655 Illapa Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom Near-Earth Flyby (0.174 AU)
Aug 18 - NRO B-36 Titan 4B Launch
Aug 18 - Comet Hartley 1 Perihelion (1.980 AU)
Aug 20 - Asteroid 2003 GY Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU)
Aug 21 - Asteroid 2002 OA22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.160 AU)
Aug 22 - Asteroid 978 Aidamina Occults TYC 1678-00590-1 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
Aug 22 - Asteroid 1997 GD32 Near-Earth Flyby (0.114 AU)
* Aug 23 - SIRTF Delta 2 Launch
* Aug 24 - Yamal 201/202 Proton K Launch
Aug 24 - Uranus At Opposition
* Aug 24 - Comet du Toit Closest Approach To Earth (1.121 AU)
Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 25 - Asteroid 2000 BM19 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.045 AU)
Aug 25 - Asteroid 1978 CA Near-Earth Flyby (0.324 AU)
Aug 26 - Asteroid 420 Bertholda Occults TYC 5757-00353-1 (8.7 Magnitude Star)
* Aug 27 - Insat 3E/E-Bird/SMART-1 Ariane 5 Launch
* Aug 27 - Mars Closest Approach To Earth
Aug 27 - Comet du Toit Perihelion (1.274 AU)
Aug 27 - Asteroid 1998 CS1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.033 AU)
* Aug 28 - Cosmos 1 Volna Launch (Solar Sail Mission)
Aug 28 - Mars At Opposition
Aug 28 - Asteroid 2002 JR100 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
Aug 28 - Asteroid 2002 AL14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.298 AU)
Aug 28 - 10th Anniversary (1993), Galileo Flyby Of Asteroid Ida & Dactyl
Aug 29 - Comet Russell 4 Perihelion (2.231 AU)
* Aug 30 - Progress M-48 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 12P)
* Aug 30 - Asteroid 2003 MU Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)

September 2003
* Sep ?? - Mars Express, Trajectory Correction Maneuver
Sep ?? - CBERS-2 CZ-4B Launch
Sep ?? - Telstar 8 Zenit 3SL Launch
Sep ?? - NROL-19 Titan 4B Launch
* Sep ?? - Tansuo KT-1 Launch (China)
* Sep ?? - M2A Delta 4 Launch
* Sep ?? - Cosmos Proton K Launch
* Sep ?? - Resurs F2 Soyuz U Launch
* Sep ?? - Cosmos-Glonass N & M Proton K Launch
* Sep ?? - DMSP-16 Titan 2 Launch
Sep 01 - Galileo Exits Solar Conjunction
Sep 01 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 Closest Approach To Earth (4.737 AU)
Sep 02 - Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth (1.407 AU)
* Sep 03 - Superbird 6 Atlas 2AS Launch
Sep 05 - Asteroid 1998 SU4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.188 AU)
* Sep 08 - Mars Exploration Rover-B (Opportunity), Trajectory Correction Maneuver #2 (TCM-2)
Sep 08 - Asteroid 2001 QJ96 Near-Earth Flyby (0.179 AU)
Sep 09 - Moon Occults Mars
Sep 09 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Venera 11 Launch (Soviet Venus Lander)
Sep 10 - IGS-1B/IGS-2B H-2A Launch (Japan)
Sep 11 - Asteroid 357 Ninina Occults HIP 29752 (7.0 Magnitude Star)
Sep 11 - Asteroid 1998 VS Near-Earth Flyby (0.158 AU)
Sep 11 - Asteroid 2002 CD Near-Earth Flyby (0.204 AU)
Sep 12 - Comet C/2002 R3 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.004 AU)
Sep 13 - Comet Kowal 2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.786 AU)
Sep 13 - Asteroid 2000 OK8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.270 AU)
Sep 14 - Asteroid 2001 CL42 Near-Earth Flyby (0.200 AU)
Sep 14 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Zond 5 Launch (Soviet Moon Orbiter)
Sep 14 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12 Launch (Soviet Venus Lander)
Aug 18 - NRO B-36 Titan 4B Launch
Sep 16 - Asteroid 2000 GF2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)
Sep 16 - Asteroid 7336 Saunders Near-Earth Flyby (0.190 AU)
Sep 16 - Asteroid 2000 AG6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.194 AU)
Sep 17 - Asteroid 22771 (1999 CU3) Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
Sep 19 - Comet C/2002 J5 (LINEAR) Perihelion (5.727 AU)
Sep 19 - 155th Anniversary (1848), William and George Bond's Discovery of
Saturn Moon Hyperion
Sep 20 - Asteroid 2002 AG29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.271 AU)
Sep 21 - Galileo, Jupiter Impact
Sep 21 - Asteroid 2001 QL142 Near-Earth Flyby (0.204 AU)
Sep 22 - Comet C/2002 O7 (LINEAR) Perihelion (0.903 AU)
Sep 23 - Autumnal Equinox, 10:47 UT
Sep 23 - Asteroid 27 Euterpe Occults TYC 6844-03116-1 (9.9 Magnitude Star)
Sep 25 - Comet Wild 2 Perihelion (1.590 AU)
Sep 25 - Asteroid 94 Aurora Occults HIP 39424 (5.1 Magnitude Star)
Sep 26 - Mercury Greatest Western Elongation (17 Degrees)
Sep 26 - Asteroid 2063 Bacchus Near-Earth Flyby (0.122 AU)
Sep 26 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 17 Flyby
Sep 28 - Asteroid 1999 TO13 Near-Earth Flyby (0.105 AU)
Sep 29 - Asteroid 1998 RO1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.125 AU)

October 2003
Oct ?? - Lunar TrailBlazer Launch (Commerical Moon Orbiter)
* Oct ?? - Servis 1 Rokot KM Launch
* Oct ?? - Satmex-6 Ariane 5 Launch
Oct 01 - Asteroid 2001 SH276 Near-Earth Flyby (0.263 AU)
Oct 01 - NASA's 45th Birthday (1958)
Oct 02 - Comet Maury Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)
Oct 03 - Comet C/2002 J4 (NEAT) Perihelion (3.634 AU)
Oct 03 - Asteroid 1997 US9 Near-Venus Flyby (0.040 AU)
* Oct 04 - Asteroid 2003 KP2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.181 AU)
Oct 04 - Asteroid 1998 TU3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.195 AU)
Oct 06 - Moon Occults Mars
Oct 07 - UHF F11 Atlas 3 Launch
Oct 07 - Asteroid 1998 UP1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.126 AU)
Oct 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) at Opposition (39.953 AU)
Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 09 - Comet Van Biesbroeck Perihelion (2.415 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 1354 Botha Occults HIP 3652 (9.0 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 10 - Mars Exploration Rover-A (Spirit), Trajectory Correction Maneuver #3 (TCM-3)
Oct 10 - 20th Anniversary (1983), Venera 15, Venus Orbit Insertion
Oct 11 - Asteroid 1991 VA Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
Oct 11 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 7 Launch
Oct 11 - Wilhelm Olbers' 245th Birthday (1758)
Oct 12 - Comet P/2002 O8 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.848 AU)
* Oct 13 - Comet C/2003 K4 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.024 AU)
Oct 13 - British Interplanetary Society 70th Birthday (1933)
Oct 14 - Asteroid 2002 RR25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.158 AU)
* Oct 15 - MLV-14/NROL-18 Atlas II AS Launch
* Oct 16 - Comet C/2003 J1 (NEAT) Perihelion (5.117 AU)
Oct 16 - 20th Anniversary (1983), Venera 16, Venus Orbit Insertion
* Oct 17 - GPS 2R-10 Delta 2 Launch
Oct 17 - Asteroid 2000 HD24 Near-Vesta Flyby (0.038 AU)
Oct 18 - TMA-3 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 7S)
Oct 18 - Asteroid 1990 UA Near-Earth Flyby (0.131 AU)
Oct 18 - Asteroid 2000 FK10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.175 AU)
Oct 18 - Asteroid 4197 (1982 TA) Near-Earth Flyby (0.187 AU)
Oct 19 - Asteroid 2001 SK9 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.048 AU)
Oct 21 - Orionid Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 21 - Asteroid 1998 FG2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
Oct 22 - Comet Wolf-Harrington Closest Approach To Earth (1.289 AU)
Oct 22 - Asteroid 2 Pallas At Opposition (8.3 Magnitude)
Oct 24 - Jupiter Occults PPM 157319 (9.8 Magnitude Star)
Oct 24 - Asteroid 1989 UQ Near-Earth Flyby (0.150 AU)
Oct 24 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Deep Space 1 Launch
Oct 26 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (Europe, North America)
Oct 26 - Moon Occults Venus
Oct 26 - Comet C/2002 X1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.801 AU)
Oct 27 - Asteroid 2002 VS14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.138 AU)
Oct 28 - Asteroid 31662 (1999 HP11) Near-Earth Flyby (0.129 AU)
Oct 30 - Asteroid 2001 KZ66 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
Oct 31 - Asteroid 188 Menippe Occults TYC 1221-01110-1 (9.6 Magnitude Star)

November 2003
Nov ?? - Eutelsat W-3A Proton M Launch
Nov ?? - Cartosat 1 PSLV Launch (India)
Nov ?? - DSP-23 Delta 4 Launch
* Nov ?? - ROC-Sat 2 Athena 1 Launch
* Nov ?? - Inmarsat 4 F-1 Atlas 5 Launch
Nov 01 - Comet C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.051 AU)
Nov 01 - Uranus Occults TYC 5808-00088-1 (11.5 Magnitude Star)
Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 03 - Comet Helin-Roman-Crocket Closest Approach To Earth (2.750 AU)
Nov 03 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Mariner 10 Launch (Venus & Mercury Flyby Mission)
Nov 04 - Asteroid 2002 QF15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.144 AU)
Nov 06 - Gravity Probe B Delta 2 Launch
Nov 06 - Comet C/2002 O7 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (0.962 AU)
Nov 06 - Comet C/2003 A2 (Gleason) Perihelion (11.426 AU)
Nov 06 - Asteroid 2000 EJ26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.149 AU)
* Nov 07 - Mars Exploration Rover-A (Spirit), Trajectory Correction Maneuver #4 (TCM-4)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 2000 VZ44 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
Nov 08 - Comet Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (2.173 AU)
Nov 08 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Pioneer 9 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
Nov 09 - Lunar Eclipse
* Nov 09 - Comet Shoemaker Holt 2 Closest Approach To Earth (2.244 AU)
Nov 09 - Asteroid 1996 AP1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.116 AU)
Nov 10 - Comet C/2002 V2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (5.935 AU)
Nov 10 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Zond 6 Launch (Soviet Moon Orbit & Return)
Nov 11 - Comet C/2001 T4 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (7.798 AU)
* Nov 12 - Asteroid 1990 OS Near-Earth Flyby (0.023 AU)
Nov 12 - Asteroid 1996 GT Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
Nov 13 - Asteroid 1998 XB Near-Earth Flyby (0.145 AU)
Nov 15 - Saturn Occults PPM 96742 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
Nov 15 - Asteroid 1999 XN141 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
Nov 15 - 15th Anniversary (1988), Buran Launch (Soviet Space Shuttle)
Nov 15 - William Herschel's 265th Birthday (1738)
Nov 16 - Comet Oterma Closest Approach To Earth (4.611 AU)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 2000 WN10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.181 AU)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Near-Earth Flyby (0.343 AU)
Nov 16 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Skylab 4 Launch
Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 17 - Comet Encke Near-Earth Flyby (0.261 AU)
Nov 18 - Alan Shepard's 80th Birthday (1923)
* Nov 21 - Mars Exploration Rover-B (Opportunity), Trajectory Correction Maneuver #3 (TCM-3)
Nov 22 - Mars Occults PPM 207297 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
Nov 22 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 18 Flyby
Nov 23 - Solar Eclipse (Visible From Antarctica)
Nov 25 - Moon Occults Mercury
Nov 25 - Saturn Occults PPM 96684 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
Nov 26 - Kuiper Belt Object 19521 Chaos At Opposition (41.117 AU)
Nov 28 - Comet Holt-Olmstead Closest Approach To Earth (1.531 AU)
Nov 28 - Asteroid 29 Amphitrite At Opposition (8.8 Magnitude)
Nov 28 - Asteroid 1998 UT18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU)
Nov 29 - Christian Doppler's 200th Birthday (1803)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 1996 JG Near-Earth Flyby (0.142 AU)

December 2003
* Dec ?? - Shenzhou V Launch (1st Chinese Manned Space Mission)
Dec ?? - Sitch 1-M Tsyklon 3 Launch
Dec ?? - Ekspress AM-22 Proton K Launch
* Dec ?? - Double Star 1 CZ-2C/CTS Launch
* Dec ?? - Delta 4 Heavy Demo Launch
* Dec ?? - Anik F-2 Ariane 5 Launch
* Dec ?? - Cosmos-USPM Tsyklon 2 Launch
Dec 02 - Asteroid 2003 KU2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.162 AU)
Dec 03 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Pioneer 10, Jupiter Flyby
Dec 04 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 1, Venus Orbit Insertion
Dec 06 - Asteroid 2000 YJ11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.146 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 2001 WF49 Near-Earth Flyby (0.152 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 2000 WJ10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.190 AU)
Dec 09 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (21 Degrees)
Dec 09 - Comet West-Hartley Perihelion (2.129 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 1999 YC Near-Pallas Flyby (0.040 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 2001 MT18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.174 AU)
Dec 09 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 2, Venus Atmospheric Probes
Dec 11 - Asteroid 14 Irene At Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
Dec 11 - Asteroid 2001 XX4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.091 AU)
Dec 11 - Annie Jump Cannon's 140th Birthday (1863)
Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
* Dec 14 - Nozomi, Mars Orbit Insertion
Dec 14 - Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.560 AU)
Dec 15 - Saturn Occults PPM 94676 (9.8 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 17 - Falcon Launch (Inaugural Test Launch)
Dec 17 - 100th Anniversary (1903), Wright Brothers' First Airplane Flight
* Dec 19 - GPS 2R-11 Delta 2 Launch
* Dec 20 - Beagle 2 Separation From Mars Express
Dec 20 - Asteroid 3362 Khufu Near-Earth Flyby (0.195 AU)
Dec 21 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 8 Launch
Dec 21 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12, Venus Landing
Dec 22 - Winter Solstice (07:04 UT)
Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 22 - Asteroid 925 Alphonsina Occults HIP 23799 (6.3 Magnitude Star)
Dec 22 - 15th Anniversary (1988), Discovery of LEW 88516 (Mars Meteorite)
Dec 24 - Mars Occults PPM 143331 (10.1 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 24 - Deep Space Network's 40th Birthday (1963)
Dec 25 - Comet C/2002 T6 (LINEAR-NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.662 AU)
Dec 25 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Venera 11, Venus Landing
Dec 26 - Asteroid 2002 XP37 Near-Earth Flyby (0.268 AU)
* Dec 27 - Beagle 2 Lands On Mars
* Dec 27 - Mars Express, Mars Orbit Insertion
* Dec 27 - Mars Exploration Rover-A (Spirit), Trajectory Correction Maneuver #5 (TCM-5)
* Dec 29 - SWIFT Delta 2 Launch
Dec 29 - Comet Encke Perihelion (0.338 AU)
Dec 30 - Venus Passes 1.8 Degrees From Neptune
Dec 31 - Saturn At Opposition
Dec 31 - Asteroid 1995 CR Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)

January 2004
Jan ?? - MTSAT-1RA H-2A Launch
* Jan ?? - AMC-12 Proton K Launch
* Jan ?? - MB-Sat 1 Atlas 3B Launch
* Jan ?? - Intersputnik M-100 F-1 Rokot-Briz Launch
* Jan ?? - Agrani 2 Ariane 5 Launch
Jan 02 - STARDUST, Comet Wild 2 Encounter
* Jan 02 - Mars Exploration Rover-A (Spirit), Trajectory Correction Maneuver #6 (TCM-6)
Jan 02 - 45th Anniversary (1959), Luna 1 Launch (1st Moon Flyby)
* Jan 03 - Mars Exploration Rover-A (Spirit), Trajectory Correction Maneuver #7 (TCM-7)
Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
Jan 04 - Mars Exploration Rover A (Spirit), Mars Landing
Jan 04 - GOES-N Delta III Launch
Jan 04 - Earth at Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
Jan 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 20000 Varuna At Opposition (42.219 AU)
Jan 05 - 35th Anniversary (1969), Venera 5 Launch (Soviet Venus Lander)
Jan 06 - Asteroid 2002 XT90 Near-Earth Flyby (0.200 AU)
Jan 08 - Mars Occults PPM 143928 (9.9 Magnitude Star)
Jan 09 - Comet Jackson-Neujmin Perihelion (1.389 AU)
Jan 09 - Asteroid 2002 AA29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
Jan 10 - 35th Anniversary (1969), Venera 6 Launch (Soviet Venus Lander)
* Jan 11 - Comet C/2003 L2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.657 AU)
Jan 11 - Asteroid 2002 CQ11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.152 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 2001 FC58 Near-Venus Flyby (0.047 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 2956 Yeomans Closest Approach To Earth (1.907 AU)
Jan 15 - Aura Delta 2 Launch
Jan 15 - Venus Passes 0.9 Degrees From Uranus
* Jan 15 - Comet C/2003 L2 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.900 AU)
Jan 15 - Asteroid 2001 BE10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.060 AU)
Jan 15 - Asteroid 2000 CH59 Near-Earth Flyby (0.200 AU)
Jan 16 - Asteroid 1996 AE2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.127 AU)
Jan 17 - DSP-22 Titan 4B Launch
* Jan 17 - Mars Exploration Rover-B (Opportunity), Trajectory Correction Maneuver #4 (TCM-4)
Jan 17 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (24 Degrees)
Jan 17 - Venus Occults PPM 240224 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
Jan 17 - Comet C/2002 T5 Closest Approach To Earth (3.121 AU)
Jan 18 - Asteroid 2212 Hephaistos Near-Mercury Flyby (0.033 AU)
Jan 21 - Asteroid 2002 AL14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.156 AU)
Jan 22 - Chinese New Year
Jan 22 - Comet Vaisala 1 Perihelion (1.796 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 1997 AC11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.166 AU)
* Jan 23 - Mars Exploration Rover-B (Opportunity), Trajectory Correction Maneuver #5 (TCM-5)
* Jan 24 - Mars Exploration Rover-B (Opportunity), Trajectory Correction Maneuver #6 (TCM-6)
Jan 25 - Mars Exploration Rover B (Opportunity), Mars Landing
Jan 25 - 10th Anniversary (1994), Clementine Launch (USA Moon Orbiter)
Jan 28 - Venus Occults PPM 207251 (9.8 Magnitude Star)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 2002 PN Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)
* Jan 30 - Progress M1-11 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 13P)

February 2004
Feb ?? - Rosetta Ariane 5 Launch (Comet Orbiter & Lander)
Feb 01 - 1st Anniversary (2003), Space Shuttle Columbia Accident
Feb 01 - 5th Anniversary (1999), Galileo, Europa 19 Flyby
Feb 01 - Asteroid 2000 SU180 Near-Earth Flyby (0.148 AU)
Feb 02 - STARDUST, Deep Space Maneuver #4 (DSM-4)
Feb 02 - Asteroid 6239 Minos Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
Feb 04 - Asteroid 2002 PZ39 Near-Earth Flyby (0.152 AU)
Feb 05 - Asteroid 2001 CP36 Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU)
Feb 05 - 30th Anniversary (1974), Mariner 10, Venus Flyby
Feb 07 - Comet P/2002 X2 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.351 AU)
Feb 07 - Astronomical Society of the Pacific's 115th Birthday (1889)
Feb 07 - William Huggins' 180th birthday (1824)
Feb 09 - 5th Anniversary (1999), STARDUST Launch
Feb 10 - Asteroid 2000 WO107 Near-Earth Flyby (0.190 AU)
Feb 10 - 30th Anniversary (1974), Mars 4, Mars Flyby
Feb 12 - 30th Anniversary (1974), Mars 5, Mars Orbit Insertion
Feb 13 - Jupiter Occults PPM 157614 (11.3 Magnitude Star)
Feb 13 - Comet C/2003 E1 (NEAT) Perihelion (3.245 AU)
Feb 13 - Asteroid 2000 DK8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.162 AU)
Feb 13 - Asteroid 2001 KA67 Near-Vesta Flyby (0.044 AU)
Feb 14 - Comet C/2003 A2 (Gleason) Closest Approach To Earth (10.451 AU)
Feb 15 - Mercury Passes 1.9 Degrees From Neptune
Feb 15 - Galileo Galilei's 440th Birthday (1564)
Feb 18 - Venus Occults PPM 143762 (8.7 Magnitude Star)
Feb 20 - Venus Occults PPM 143928 (9.9 Magnitude Star)
Feb 20 - 10th Anniversary (1994), Clementine, Moon Orbit Insertion
Feb 22 - Comet C/2003 H1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.241 AU)
Feb 24 - 35th Anniversary (1969), Mariner 6 Launch (Mars Flyby Mission)
Feb 26 - Moon Occults Mars
Feb 27 - Mercury Passes 1.4 Degrees From Uranus
Feb 28 - Asteroid 2000 EV70 Near-Earth Flyby (0.164 AU)
Feb 28 - Asteroid 5555 Wimberly Closest Approach To Earth (2.051 AU)
Feb 29 - Asteroid 2000 UL11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.163 AU)

March 2004
Mar ?? - NRO Delta 4 Medium Launch
* Mar ?? - AMC-13 Ariane 5 Launch
Mar 03 - 35th Anniversary (1969), Apollo 9 Launch
Mar 04 - Jupiter At Opposition
Mar 05 - 25th Anniversary (1979), Voyager 1, Jupiter Flyby
Mar 10 - MESSENGER Delta 2 Launch (NASA Mercury Orbiter)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 2002 CD Near-Earth Flyby (0.167 AU)
Mar 13 - Venus Occults PPM 118153 (8.4 Magnitude Star)
Mar 14 - Albert Einstein's 125th Birthday (1879)
Mar 15 - Comet C/2003 H1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.335 AU)
Mar 17 - Comet Wolf-Harrington Perihelion (1.579 AU)
Mar 18 - Asteroid 2002 SY269 Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 2002 GD2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.120 AU)
Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox, 06:49 UT
Mar 23 - Comet West-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (1.317 AU)
Mar 23 - Asteroid 2001 FE7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
Mar 23 - Asteroid 10199 Chariklo Closest Approach To Earth (12.150 AU)
Mar 23 - Pierre Laplace's 255th Birthday (1749)
Mar 25 - Moon Occults Mars
Mar 26 - Venus Occults PPM 92330 (8.3 Magnitude Star)
Mar 27 - Asteroid 2002 GQ Near-Earth Flyby (0.103 AU)
Mar 27 - 35th Anniversary (1969), Mariner 7 Launch (USA Mars Flyby)
Mar 29 - Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation (19 Degrees)
Mar 29 - Venus Greatest Eastern Elongation (46 Degrees)
Mar 29 - 30th Anniversary (1974), Mariner 10, 1st Mercury Flyby

April 2004
Apr 01 - Genesis, End of Science Collection
Apr 02 - 45th Anniversary (1959), Selection Of The Mercury 7 Astronauts
* Apr 03 - Venus Crosses the Pleiades (M45)
Apr 04 - Asteroid 2001 HB Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
Apr 06 - Comet C/2002 L9 (NEAT) Perihelion (7.032 AU)
Apr 08 - 40th Anniversary (1964), Gemini 1 Launch (Unmanned)
Apr 11 - Easter Sunday
Apr 12 - Comet Howell Perihelion (1.368 AU)
Apr 12 - Asteroid 2001 GO2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.146 AU)
Apr 12 - 155th Anniversary (1849), de Gasparis' Discovery of Asteroid 10 Hygiea
Apr 13 - Venus Occults PPM 93503 (11.6 Magnitude Star)
Apr 13 - Asteroid 5554 Keesey Closest Approach To Earth (1.696 AU)
* Apr 14 - Comet C/2002 J5 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (5.527 AU)
Apr 14 - Christiaan Huygens' 375th Birthday (1629)
Apr 15 - Asteroid 1998 XN17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.160 AU)
Apr 16 - Asteroid 2001 HJ31 Near-Earth Flyby (0.006 AU)
* Apr 18 - Comet P/2001 YX127 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.750 AU)
Apr 19 - Partial Solar Eclipse (Visible From South Africa)
Apr 19-25 - Astronomy Week
* Apr 25 - TMA-4 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 8S)
Apr 20 - Comet Tempel 2 Closest Approach To Earth (2.030 AU)
Apr 20 - Asteroid 1999 DJ4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU)
Apr 20 - Asteroid 2002 QQ40 Near-Venus Flyby (0.048 AU)
Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
Apr 22 - Comet Vaisala 1 Closest Approach To Earth (1.096 AU)
* Apr 22 - Asteroid 5261 Eureka Closest Approach To Earth (0.667 AU)
Apr 23 - Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) Perihelion (0.614 AU)
Apr 24 - Astronomy Day
Apr 30 - Asteroid 41429 2000 GE2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.135 AU)

May 2004
May 01 - 55th Anniversary (1949), Gerard Kuiper's Discovery of Neptune Moon Nereid
May 04 - Asteroid 2001 FD90 Near-Earth Flyby (0.139 AU)
May 04 - 15th Anniversary (1989), Magellan Launch (Venus Orbiter)
May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
May 05 - 5th Anniversary (1999), Galileo, Callisto 20 Flyby
* May 07 - Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (0.322 AU)
May 08 - Asteroid 2001 US16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
May 09 - Comet Kowal 2 Perihelion (1.396 AU)
May 14 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (25 Degrees)
May 15 - Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) Perihelion (0.962 AU)
May 16 - 35th Anniversary (1969), Venera 5, Venus Impact
May 17 - Comet Hartley 2 Perihelion (1.036 AU)
May 17 - 35th Anniversary (1969), Venera 6, Venus Impact
May 18 - 30th Anniversary (1969), Apollo 10 Launch
May 19 - Comet C/2002 T7 Closest Approach To Earth (0.266 AU)
May 20 - Asteroid 21374 1997 WS22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.171 AU)
May 21 - Moon Occults Venus
May 24 - Asteroid 2000 JS66 Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)
* May 25 - Progress M-49 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 14P)
May 25 - Genesis, Trajectory Correction Manuever #7 (TCM-7)
May 25 - Mars Passes 1.6 Degrees From Saturn
May 25 - Comet P/2003 CP7 (LINEAR-NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.541 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 2001 YV3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.182 AU)
May 28 - 45th Anniversary (1959), Jupiter C Launch Of Two Monkeys (Able & Baker)
May 29 - 30th Anniversary (1974), Luna 22 Launch (Soviet Moon Orbiter)
May 29 - 85th Anniversary (1919), Solar Eclipse Confirms Einstein's General Theory Of Relativity
May 31 - Asteroid 2000 FM10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.138 AU)

June 2004
* Jun ?? - Lunar-A Launch (Japan Moon Orbiter & Penetrator)
* Jun ?? - Double Star 2 CZ-2C/CTS Launch
* Jun 02 - Asteroid 1999 XM141 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
* Jun 03 - Asteroid 1999 LD6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.106 AU)
* Jun 05 - Comet C/2003 F1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.789 AU)
* Jun 05 - John Couch Adams' 185th Birthday (1819)
* Jun 07 - Comet P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) Perihelion (2.623 AU)
* Jun 08 - Venus Transits The Sun
* Jun 09 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach To Earth (1.610 AU)
* Jun 11 - Cassini, Phoebe Flyby
* Jun 11 - Pluto At Opposition
* Jun 11 - Asteroid 1999 LX1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.185 AU)
* Jun 12 - Mercury Passes 1.3 Degrees From Venus
* Jun 12 - Comet P/2003 L1 (Scotti) Closest Approach To Earth (4.298 AU)
* Jun 13 - Jet Propulsion Lab's 60th Birthday (1944)
* Jun 14 - Asteroid 1993 KH Near-Earth Flyby (0.132 AU)
* Jun 18 - Comet C/2003 E1 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.528 AU)
* Jun 18 - William Lassell's 205th Birthday (1799)
* Jun 20 - Asteroid 2000 EE104 Near-Venus Flyby (0.050 AU)
* Jun 21 - Summer Solstice (00:57 UT)
* Jun 24 - MESSENGER, Venus Flyby
* Jun 24 - Asteroid 2000 AG6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.117 AU)
* Jun 24 - 5th Anniversary (1999), Cassini 2nd Venus Flyby
* Jun 24 - 30th Anniversary (1974), Salyut 3 Launch (USSR Space Station)
* Jun 26 - Mercury Passes 2.1 Degrees From Saturn
* Jun 26 - Asteroid 25143 (1998 SF36) Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)
* Jun 26 - Asteroid 2002 AA29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.122 AU)
* Jun 28 - Comet C/2003 J1 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (4.847 AU)
* Jun 30 - Genesis, Trajectory Correction Manuever #8 (TCM-8)
* Jun 30 - NOAA-N Delta 2 Launch
* Jun 30 - 5th Anniversary (1999), Galileo, Callisto 21 Encounter

Nice site.

I've added it to my favorites.

Thanks,
F Marion

(Ron Baalke) wrote in to say:
Welcome to the Space Calendar!


Ooops -- too late for this entry to carry over from an earlier one:

Jun 21 - Summer Solstice (19:10 UT)

That's the longest daylight day, but I have the latest sunset coming
more like sometime between today and July 4, at 8:07 pm for Long Beach
CA.

The earliest sunrise (what's a sunrise???) was between Jun 8 and Jun
17 at 5:41 am for Long Beach CA.


Tide Tool on my Visor Edge doesn't go finer than 1 min deltas, and the
slope of the curve is pretty low at that point, so lotsa uncertaintity
in that measure.

/dps

Sky&Telescope's "Skygazer's Almanac" says latest sunset June 28th,
earliest
sunrise June 14. I think that's for latitude 40N.

40N lat is correct for those dates.

If I recall correctly, the sunset and sunrise curves are slightly out of
sync mostly because Earth's orbit is slightly elliptical.

I believe the elliptical orbit accounts for most of the offset. I would
imagine that adding the earths tilt into the equation adds something to it
too.

F Marion