September 26th 05, 11:01 PM
Welcome to the Space Calendar!
This Space Calendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries
for the upcoming year. It is also available on the web at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/
The web version of the Space Calendar includes over 1,500 links to
related
home pages.
This calendar is compiled and maintained by Ron Baalke. Please send
any
updates or corrections to . Note that launch dates
are subject to change at any time. Also, note that anniversary dates
are
listed in 5 year increments only.
The following people have contributed to this month's calendar:
o Vicky Barlow, Michael Blair, Bill Owen, Dieter Kaemmer, Debbie
Calderon,
Patrick Schmeer
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SPACE CALENDAR
September 26, 2005
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.
September 2005
Sep 26 - Cassini, Hyperion Flyby
Sep 27 - Venus Occults PPM 229625 (10.9 Magnitude Star)
Sep 28 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #35 (OTM-35)
* Sep 28 - Comet P/2005 Q4 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.735 AU)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 1620 Geographos Closest Approach To Earth (0.739
AU)
Sep 28 - Ismael Bullialdus' 400th Birthday (1605)
Sep 29 - Syracuse 3-A/Galaxy 15 Ariane 5GS Launch
Sep 29 - Asteroid 68 Leto Occults HIP 76874 (7.9 Magnitude Star)
Sep 30 - Asteroid 243 Ida Occults 2UCAC 36757351 (11.1 Magnitude
Star)
Sep 30 - 30th Anniversary (1975), Charles Kowal's Discovery of
Jupiter Moon Themisto
October 2005
Oct ?? - Egyptsat 1/Saudisat 3/Saudicomsat 3-7/AKS 1 & 2/N-Cube 1
Dnepr 1 Launch
Oct ?? - Resurs O1-05 Zenit 2 Launch
Oct ?? - Meteor-M-N1 Tsyklon 3 Launch
* Oct ?? - Cosmos-Oko N87 Molniya M Launch
* Oct ?? - Falconsat 2/Celestis 5 Falcon 1 Launch
* Oct ?? - Topsat/Tsinghua 2/SSETI-Express/Mozhayets 5/N-Cube 2/Sinah 1
Cosmos 3M Launch
Oct 01 - Soyuz TMA-7 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station
11S)
Oct 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #36 (OTM-36)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 88161 (2000 XK18) Occults HIP 35345 (6.2 Magnitude
Star)
* Oct 02 - NROL-22 Delta 4 Medium Launch
Oct 02 - Venus Occults PPM 264162 (9.4 Magnitude Star)
Oct 02 - Asteroid 6241 Galante Occults HIP 15154 (5.6 Magnitude Star)
Oct 02 - Asteroid 1886 Lowell Closest Approach To Earth (1.507 AU)
Oct 02 - Hayden Planetarium's 70th Birthday (1935)
Oct 03 - Annular Solar Eclipse, Visible From Africa
Oct 03 - Comet C/2005 O2 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth
(2.537 AU)
Oct 03 - Asteroid 2004 HR56 Near-Mars Flyby (0.033 AU)
Oct 03 - Asteroid 4664 Hanner Closest Approach To Earth (1.715 AU)
Oct 03 - 190th Anniversary (1815), Chassigny Meteorite Fall (Mars
Meteorite)
Oct 04 - Moon Occults Mercury
Oct 05 - Mercury Passes 1.3 Degrees From Jupiter
Oct 05 - Comet Chernykh Closest Approach To Earth (1.465 AU)
* Oct 05 - Asteroid 2928 Epstein Occults HIP 24879 (5.0 Magnitude
Star)
Oct 05 - Asteroid 1877 Marsden Closest Approach To Earth (2.658 AU)
Oct 06 - 15th Anniversary (1990), Ulysses Launch (Solar Polar
Orbiter)
* Oct 07 - Asteroid 5855 Yukitsuna Occults HIP 43584 (5.7 Magnitude
Star)
Oct 08 - Cryosat Rokot-KM Launch
Oct 08 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #37 (OTM-37)
* Oct 08 - Comet P/2005 R1 (NEAT) Perihelion (2.046 AU)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 69230 Hermes Closest Approach To Earth (0.818 AU)
Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 09 - Asteroid 7672 Hawking Closest Approach To Earth (1.118 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 1940 Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (1.984 AU)
* Oct 10 - Asteroid 16134 (1999 XE100) Occults HIP 39659 (6.0 Magnitude
Star)
* Oct 10 - Asteroid 243 Ida Occults HIP 9074 (8.4 Magnitude Star)
Oct 10 - Asteroid 2003 UX34 Near-Venus Flyby (0.023 AU)
Oct 10 - Asteroid 5102 Benfranklin Closest Approach To Earth (1.270
AU)
Oct 10 - Very Large Array's (VLA) 25th Birthday (1980)
Oct 11 - Cassini, Dione Flyby
Oct 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) Closest Approach To
Earth (39.985 AU)
Oct 11 - 60th Anniversary (1945), WAC Corporal Launch
Oct 12 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #38 (OTM-38)
* Oct 12 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults 2UCAC 25413554 (11.9 Magnitude
Star)
Oct 12 - Asteroid 51829 Williemccool Closest Approach To Earth (1.416
AU)
* Oct 13 - Shenzhou 6 CZ-2F Launch (2nd China Manned Launch)
* Oct 13 - Comet P/2005 R1 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (1.100 AU)
Oct 13 - Asteroid 2200 Pasadena Closest Approach To Earth (1.766 AU)
Oct 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 2003 UB313 Closest Approach To Earth
(95.937 AU)
* Oct 14 - Comet P/2005 R2 (Van Ness) Closest Approach To Earth (1.767
AU)
Oct 15 - Asteroid 89 Julia At Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
* Oct 15 - Asteroid 2005 SL Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
Oct 15 - Asteroid 4337 Arecibo Closest Approach To Earth (2.556 AU)
Oct 16 - Venus Occults PPM 265560 (7.7 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 16 - Asteroid 3237 Victorplatt Occults HIP 10053 (5.1 Magnitude
Star)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 7853 Confucius Closest Approach To Earth (2.579 AU)
Oct 16 - 30th Anniversary (1975), GOES 1 Launch (1st Weather
Satellite in
Geosynchronous Orbit)
Oct 17 - Partial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17 - Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (1.563 AU)
* Oct 18 - GPS 2RM F-2 Delta 2 Launch
Oct 18 - Comet C/2005 K2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.364
AU)
Oct 19 - NROL-20 Titan 4B Launch (Final Launch of the Titan 4B)
Oct 19 - Venus Occults PPM 265788 (8.7 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 19 - Asteroid 166 Rhodope Occults HIP 49669 (1.4 Magnitude Star)
Oct 19 - Asteroid 6377 Cagney Closest Approach To Earth (2.014 AU)
Oct 19 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's 95th Birthday (1910)
Oct 20 - Asteroid 2041 Lancelot Closest Approach To Earth (1.555 AU)
Oct 20 - 35th Anniversary (1970), Zond 8 Launch (USSR Moon Flyby)
Oct 20 - 100th Anniversary (1905), Max Wolf's Discovery of Asteroid
577 Rhea
Oct 21 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #39 (OTM-39)
Oct 21 - Orionid Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 21 - Asteroid 2004 VG64 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
Oct 21 - Asteroid 9963 Sandage Closest Approach To Earth (0.941 AU)
Oct 21 - Asteroid 3623 Chaplin Closest Approach To Earth (1.655 AU)
Oct 21 - Asteroid 12104 Chesley Closest Approach To Earth (2.063 AU)
Oct 22 - Venus Occults PPM 266118 (8.6 Magnitude Star)
Oct 22 - Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (1.725 AU)
Oct 22 - 30th Anniversary (1975), Venera 9, Venus Landing (USSR Venus
Orbiter/Lander)
Oct 23 - Asteroid 243 Ida CLosest Approach To Earth (1.767 AU)
Oct 23 - Karl Jansky's 100th Birthday (1905)
Oct 24 - Asteroid 9000 HAL Closest Approach To Earth (1.163 AU)
Oct 25 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #40 (OTM-40)
* Oct 25 - Asteroid 845 Naema Occults HIP 83812 (7.1 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 25 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Occults HIP 15640 (9.8 Magnitude Star)
Oct 25 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach to Earth (1.275 AU)
Oct 25 - 30th Anniversary (1975), Venera 10, Venus Landing
Oct 26 - Venus Express Soyuz FG-Fregat Launch
* Oct 26 - Cloudsat/Calipso Delta 2 Launch
Oct 26 - Asteroid 2099 Opik Closest Approach To Earth (0.499 AU)
Oct 27 - Spaceway 2/Telcom 2 Ariane 5ECA Launch
Oct 27 - Comet C/2004 B1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.985
AU)
* Oct 27 - Asteroid 890 Waltraut Occults HIP 18528 (7.8 Magnitude Star)
Oct 27 - Asteroid 67 Asia Closest Approach To Earth (1.362 AU)
Oct 28 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Oct 28 - Comet P/2005 K3 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (0.905
AU)
Oct 28 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 Closest Approach To Earth
(4.790 AU)
* Oct 28 - Asteroid 124 Alkeste Occults HIP 17058 (6.2 Magnitude Star)
Oct 29 - Mars Closest Approach To Earth (0.46 AU)
Oct 29 - Venus Occults PPM 266916 (8.6 Magnitude Star)
Oct 30 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (Europe, North
America)
Oct 30 - Asteroid 3252 Johnny Closest Approach To Earth (1.663 AU)
Oct 30 - Asteroid 4255 Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (3.422
AU)
Oct 31 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #41 (OTM-41)
November 2005
Nov ?? - Hayabusa (MUSES-C), Asteroid 25143 Itokawa Sample Collection
Nov ?? - MTSAT-2 H-2A Launch (Japan)
Nov ?? - Kompsat 2 Rokot KM Launch
Nov ?? - Cosmos-Glonass N87/M5/M6 Proton K-Briz M Launch
Nov ?? - NROL-21 Delta 2 Launch
Nov ?? - C/NOFS Pegasus XL Launch
Nov ?? - Measat 3 Proton M-Briz M Launch
* Nov ?? - Inmarsat 4 F-2 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Nov ?? - Astra 1-KR Proton M-Briz M Launch
Nov ?? - 5th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of the NWA 480 Meteorite
(Mars Meteorite)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (1.887 AU)
Nov 01 - 100th Anniversary (1905), Max Wolf's Discovery of Asteroid
578 Happelia
Nov 02 - Venus Occults PPM 267336 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
* Nov 02 - Comet C/2005 P3 (SWAN) Closest Approach To Earth (1.165 AU)
Nov 02 - Comet P/2005 N2 (Hergenrother) Perihelion (1.426 AU)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 1999 VF22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
Nov 02 - Harlow Shapley's 120th Birthday (1885)
Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 03 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (23 Degrees)
Nov 03 - Venus At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (47 Degrees)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 2000 UK11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
Nov 03 - 100th Anniversary (1905), August Kopff's Discovery of
Asteroid 579 Sidonia
Nov 04 - Asteroid 19 Fortuna At Opposition (8.9 Magnitude)
* Nov 04 - Asteroid 2005 RA3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
Nov 04 - Asteroid 11911 Angel Closest Approach To Earth (1.840 AU)
* Nov 05 - GOES-N Delta 4M Launch
Nov 05 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 0114-01163-1 (11.7 Magnitude
Star)
Nov 05 - Asteroid 327 Columbia Closest Approach To Earth (1.820 AU)
Nov 06 - Venus Occults PPM 267818 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
Nov 06 - Asteroid 1862 Apollo Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU)
Nov 06 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.649 AU)
Nov 07 - Mars At Opposition
Nov 07 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Closest Approach To Earth (0.863 AU)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 55 Pandora Closest Approach To Earth (1.425 AU)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 9951 Tyrannosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.586
AU)
Nov 08 - Asteroid 2005 JE46 Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
Nov 08 - Asteroid 9250 Chamberlin Closest Approach To Earth (2.786
AU)
Nov 08 - 45th Anniversary (1960), Little Joe 5 Launch
Nov 10 - Asteroid 3355 Onizuka Closest Approach To Earth (1.078 AU)
Nov 10 - 35th Anniversary (1970), Luna 17 Launch (USSR Moon Rover)
Nov 11 - Asteroid 32096 Puckett Closest Approach To Earth (1.575 AU)
Nov 11 - Asteroid 1677 Tycho Brahe Closest Approach To Earth (1.701
AU)
Nov 11 - Vesto Slipher's 130th Birthday (1875)
Nov 12 - Asteroid 16761 Hertz Closest Approach To Earth (1.359 AU)
Nov 12 - 25th Anniversary (1980), Voyager 1, Saturn Flyby
Nov 13 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #42 (OTM-42)
Nov 13 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Closest Approach To Earth (0.362 AU)
Nov 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 90377 Sedna Closest Approach To Earth
(87.971 AU)
Nov 14 - Venus Occults PPM 268705 (9.5 Magnitude Star)
Nov 14 - Comet Tempel 2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.873 AU)
Nov 14 - Asteroid 2004 RE84 Near-Ceres Flyby (0.045 AU)
Nov 14 - Asteroid 3350 Scobee Closest Approach To Earth (1.276 AU)
* Nov 15 - Compass 2 Shtil-N Launch
Nov 15 - Comet C/2004 L2 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.780 AU)
Nov 15 - Asteroid 4370 Dickens Closest Approach To Earth (0.875 AU)
Nov 16 - Stardust, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #17 (TCM-17)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 9885 Linux Closest Approach To Earth (1.246 AU)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 9965 GNU Closest Approach To Earth (1.876 AU)
Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 20 - Asteroid 9941 Iguanodon Closest Approach To Earth (1.183 AU)
* Nov 20 - 1st 'Mars' Anniversary, Mars Rover Spirit, Mars Landing
Nov 21 - Comet C/2005 K1 (Skiff) Perihelion (3.693 AU)
Nov 21 - Asteroid 17058 Rocknroll Closest Approach To Earth (1.448
AU)
Nov 21 - Asteroid 9770 Discovery Closest Approach To Earth (1.565 AU)
* Nov 22 - Comet C/2005 Q1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (5.877
AU)
Nov 22 - Asteroid 3169 Ostro Closest Approach To Earth (0.965 AU)
Nov 23 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #43 (OTM-43)
Nov 23 - Comet P/1999 DN3 (Korlevic-Juric) Closest Aproach To Earth
(3.677 AU)
Nov 23 - Asteroid 2001 FO127 Near-Venus Flyby (0.022 AU)
Nov 26 - Cassini, Rhea Flyby
Nov 26 - 40th Anniversary (1965), Asterix 1 Launch (France's 1st
Satellite Launch)
Nov 27 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #44 (OTM-44)
Nov 28 - Asteroid 64070 NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.045 AU)
Nov 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 19521 Chaos Closest Approach To Earth
(40.981 AU)
Nov 28 - Nathaniel Bliss' 305th Birthday (1700)
Nov 29 - 5th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of Y000593 Meteorite (Mars
Meteorite)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 719 Albert Closest Approach To Earth (1.606 AU)
December 2005
* Dec ?? - Suitsat Deployment from International Space Station
Dec ?? - AMC-23 Proton M-Briz M Launch
Dec ?? - GPS 2RM F-3 Delta 2 Launch
Dec ?? - ROC-Sat 3A-F Minotaur Launch
Dec ?? - DMSP-17 Delta 4 Launch
Dec ?? - JAE-Sat Dnepr 1 Launch
Dec ?? - Cosmos-Parus Cosmos 3M Launch
Dec ?? - TWINS-A Pegasus XL Launch
* Dec ?? - GSTB-V2A Soyuz FG-Fregat Launch
* Dec ?? - GeneSat 1 Dnepr 1 Launch
* Dec ?? - Gonets D1/M1/M2 Cosmos 3M Launch
Dec ?? - 5th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of NWA 817 Meteorite (Mars
Meteorite)
* Dec 01 - Comet C/2005 R4 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (4.402
AU)
Dec 01 - Asteroid 7000 Curie Closest Approach To Earth (1.146 AU)
Dec 01 - 45th Anniversary (1960), Sputnik 6 Launch (Carried Two Dogs:
Pchelka & Mushka)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 405 Thia Occults FK6 2597 (5.5 Magnitude Star)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 3808 Tempel Closest Approach To Earth (1.333 AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 5451 Plato Closest Approach To Earth (1.898 AU)
Dec 02 - 10th Anniversary (1995), SOHO Launch
Dec 03 - Asteroid 9949 Brontosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.471
AU)
Dec 03 - 5th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of Y000749 Meteorite (Mars
Meteorite)
Dec 04 - Asteroid 1225 Ariane Closest Approach To Earth (1.123 AU)
Dec 04 - 40th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 7 Launch (Frank Borman & Jim
Lovell)
Dec 05 - Belka-1/Baumanets 1/AIMaSat 1/Unisat 4/Cubesats Dnepr 1
Launch
Dec 05 - Venus Occults PPM 270334 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 06 - TacSat 1/Celestis 6 Falcon 1 Launch
Dec 06 - Asteroid 1994 XL1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 3356 Resnik Closest Approach To Earth (1.453 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 1991 Darwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.484 AU)
Dec 07 - 10th Anniversary (1995), Galileo, Jupiter Orbit Insertion
Dec 07 - Gerard Kuiper's 100th Birthday (1905)
* Dec 08 - Insat 4-A/MSG-2 Ariane 5GS Launch
Dec 08 - Venus Occults PPM 270472 (9.4 Magnitude Star)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 16 Psyche At Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 2062 Aten Closest Approach To Earth (1.646 AU)
Dec 08 - 15th Anniversary (1990), Galileo, 1st Earth Flyby
Dec 08 - 160th Anniversary (1845), Karl Hencke's Discovery of
Asteroid 5 Astraea
Dec 09 - Venus Occults PPM 270545 (9.7 Magnitude Star)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 11 Parthenope At Opposition (9.8 Magnitude)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 2004 HR56 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (1.903 AU)
Dec 10 - Comet C/2005 N3 (Larson) Perihelion (2.197 AU)
Dec 10 - Asteroid 7610 Sudbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.861 AU)
This Space Calendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries
for the upcoming year. It is also available on the web at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/
The web version of the Space Calendar includes over 1,500 links to
related
home pages.
This calendar is compiled and maintained by Ron Baalke. Please send
any
updates or corrections to . Note that launch dates
are subject to change at any time. Also, note that anniversary dates
are
listed in 5 year increments only.
The following people have contributed to this month's calendar:
o Vicky Barlow, Michael Blair, Bill Owen, Dieter Kaemmer, Debbie
Calderon,
Patrick Schmeer
=========================
SPACE CALENDAR
September 26, 2005
=========================
* indicates changes from last month's calendar.
September 2005
Sep 26 - Cassini, Hyperion Flyby
Sep 27 - Venus Occults PPM 229625 (10.9 Magnitude Star)
Sep 28 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #35 (OTM-35)
* Sep 28 - Comet P/2005 Q4 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.735 AU)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 1620 Geographos Closest Approach To Earth (0.739
AU)
Sep 28 - Ismael Bullialdus' 400th Birthday (1605)
Sep 29 - Syracuse 3-A/Galaxy 15 Ariane 5GS Launch
Sep 29 - Asteroid 68 Leto Occults HIP 76874 (7.9 Magnitude Star)
Sep 30 - Asteroid 243 Ida Occults 2UCAC 36757351 (11.1 Magnitude
Star)
Sep 30 - 30th Anniversary (1975), Charles Kowal's Discovery of
Jupiter Moon Themisto
October 2005
Oct ?? - Egyptsat 1/Saudisat 3/Saudicomsat 3-7/AKS 1 & 2/N-Cube 1
Dnepr 1 Launch
Oct ?? - Resurs O1-05 Zenit 2 Launch
Oct ?? - Meteor-M-N1 Tsyklon 3 Launch
* Oct ?? - Cosmos-Oko N87 Molniya M Launch
* Oct ?? - Falconsat 2/Celestis 5 Falcon 1 Launch
* Oct ?? - Topsat/Tsinghua 2/SSETI-Express/Mozhayets 5/N-Cube 2/Sinah 1
Cosmos 3M Launch
Oct 01 - Soyuz TMA-7 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station
11S)
Oct 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #36 (OTM-36)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 88161 (2000 XK18) Occults HIP 35345 (6.2 Magnitude
Star)
* Oct 02 - NROL-22 Delta 4 Medium Launch
Oct 02 - Venus Occults PPM 264162 (9.4 Magnitude Star)
Oct 02 - Asteroid 6241 Galante Occults HIP 15154 (5.6 Magnitude Star)
Oct 02 - Asteroid 1886 Lowell Closest Approach To Earth (1.507 AU)
Oct 02 - Hayden Planetarium's 70th Birthday (1935)
Oct 03 - Annular Solar Eclipse, Visible From Africa
Oct 03 - Comet C/2005 O2 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth
(2.537 AU)
Oct 03 - Asteroid 2004 HR56 Near-Mars Flyby (0.033 AU)
Oct 03 - Asteroid 4664 Hanner Closest Approach To Earth (1.715 AU)
Oct 03 - 190th Anniversary (1815), Chassigny Meteorite Fall (Mars
Meteorite)
Oct 04 - Moon Occults Mercury
Oct 05 - Mercury Passes 1.3 Degrees From Jupiter
Oct 05 - Comet Chernykh Closest Approach To Earth (1.465 AU)
* Oct 05 - Asteroid 2928 Epstein Occults HIP 24879 (5.0 Magnitude
Star)
Oct 05 - Asteroid 1877 Marsden Closest Approach To Earth (2.658 AU)
Oct 06 - 15th Anniversary (1990), Ulysses Launch (Solar Polar
Orbiter)
* Oct 07 - Asteroid 5855 Yukitsuna Occults HIP 43584 (5.7 Magnitude
Star)
Oct 08 - Cryosat Rokot-KM Launch
Oct 08 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #37 (OTM-37)
* Oct 08 - Comet P/2005 R1 (NEAT) Perihelion (2.046 AU)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 69230 Hermes Closest Approach To Earth (0.818 AU)
Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 09 - Asteroid 7672 Hawking Closest Approach To Earth (1.118 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 1940 Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (1.984 AU)
* Oct 10 - Asteroid 16134 (1999 XE100) Occults HIP 39659 (6.0 Magnitude
Star)
* Oct 10 - Asteroid 243 Ida Occults HIP 9074 (8.4 Magnitude Star)
Oct 10 - Asteroid 2003 UX34 Near-Venus Flyby (0.023 AU)
Oct 10 - Asteroid 5102 Benfranklin Closest Approach To Earth (1.270
AU)
Oct 10 - Very Large Array's (VLA) 25th Birthday (1980)
Oct 11 - Cassini, Dione Flyby
Oct 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) Closest Approach To
Earth (39.985 AU)
Oct 11 - 60th Anniversary (1945), WAC Corporal Launch
Oct 12 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #38 (OTM-38)
* Oct 12 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults 2UCAC 25413554 (11.9 Magnitude
Star)
Oct 12 - Asteroid 51829 Williemccool Closest Approach To Earth (1.416
AU)
* Oct 13 - Shenzhou 6 CZ-2F Launch (2nd China Manned Launch)
* Oct 13 - Comet P/2005 R1 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (1.100 AU)
Oct 13 - Asteroid 2200 Pasadena Closest Approach To Earth (1.766 AU)
Oct 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 2003 UB313 Closest Approach To Earth
(95.937 AU)
* Oct 14 - Comet P/2005 R2 (Van Ness) Closest Approach To Earth (1.767
AU)
Oct 15 - Asteroid 89 Julia At Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
* Oct 15 - Asteroid 2005 SL Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
Oct 15 - Asteroid 4337 Arecibo Closest Approach To Earth (2.556 AU)
Oct 16 - Venus Occults PPM 265560 (7.7 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 16 - Asteroid 3237 Victorplatt Occults HIP 10053 (5.1 Magnitude
Star)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 7853 Confucius Closest Approach To Earth (2.579 AU)
Oct 16 - 30th Anniversary (1975), GOES 1 Launch (1st Weather
Satellite in
Geosynchronous Orbit)
Oct 17 - Partial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 17 - Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (1.563 AU)
* Oct 18 - GPS 2RM F-2 Delta 2 Launch
Oct 18 - Comet C/2005 K2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.364
AU)
Oct 19 - NROL-20 Titan 4B Launch (Final Launch of the Titan 4B)
Oct 19 - Venus Occults PPM 265788 (8.7 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 19 - Asteroid 166 Rhodope Occults HIP 49669 (1.4 Magnitude Star)
Oct 19 - Asteroid 6377 Cagney Closest Approach To Earth (2.014 AU)
Oct 19 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's 95th Birthday (1910)
Oct 20 - Asteroid 2041 Lancelot Closest Approach To Earth (1.555 AU)
Oct 20 - 35th Anniversary (1970), Zond 8 Launch (USSR Moon Flyby)
Oct 20 - 100th Anniversary (1905), Max Wolf's Discovery of Asteroid
577 Rhea
Oct 21 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #39 (OTM-39)
Oct 21 - Orionid Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 21 - Asteroid 2004 VG64 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
Oct 21 - Asteroid 9963 Sandage Closest Approach To Earth (0.941 AU)
Oct 21 - Asteroid 3623 Chaplin Closest Approach To Earth (1.655 AU)
Oct 21 - Asteroid 12104 Chesley Closest Approach To Earth (2.063 AU)
Oct 22 - Venus Occults PPM 266118 (8.6 Magnitude Star)
Oct 22 - Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (1.725 AU)
Oct 22 - 30th Anniversary (1975), Venera 9, Venus Landing (USSR Venus
Orbiter/Lander)
Oct 23 - Asteroid 243 Ida CLosest Approach To Earth (1.767 AU)
Oct 23 - Karl Jansky's 100th Birthday (1905)
Oct 24 - Asteroid 9000 HAL Closest Approach To Earth (1.163 AU)
Oct 25 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #40 (OTM-40)
* Oct 25 - Asteroid 845 Naema Occults HIP 83812 (7.1 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 25 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Occults HIP 15640 (9.8 Magnitude Star)
Oct 25 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach to Earth (1.275 AU)
Oct 25 - 30th Anniversary (1975), Venera 10, Venus Landing
Oct 26 - Venus Express Soyuz FG-Fregat Launch
* Oct 26 - Cloudsat/Calipso Delta 2 Launch
Oct 26 - Asteroid 2099 Opik Closest Approach To Earth (0.499 AU)
Oct 27 - Spaceway 2/Telcom 2 Ariane 5ECA Launch
Oct 27 - Comet C/2004 B1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.985
AU)
* Oct 27 - Asteroid 890 Waltraut Occults HIP 18528 (7.8 Magnitude Star)
Oct 27 - Asteroid 67 Asia Closest Approach To Earth (1.362 AU)
Oct 28 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Oct 28 - Comet P/2005 K3 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (0.905
AU)
Oct 28 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 Closest Approach To Earth
(4.790 AU)
* Oct 28 - Asteroid 124 Alkeste Occults HIP 17058 (6.2 Magnitude Star)
Oct 29 - Mars Closest Approach To Earth (0.46 AU)
Oct 29 - Venus Occults PPM 266916 (8.6 Magnitude Star)
Oct 30 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (Europe, North
America)
Oct 30 - Asteroid 3252 Johnny Closest Approach To Earth (1.663 AU)
Oct 30 - Asteroid 4255 Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (3.422
AU)
Oct 31 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #41 (OTM-41)
November 2005
Nov ?? - Hayabusa (MUSES-C), Asteroid 25143 Itokawa Sample Collection
Nov ?? - MTSAT-2 H-2A Launch (Japan)
Nov ?? - Kompsat 2 Rokot KM Launch
Nov ?? - Cosmos-Glonass N87/M5/M6 Proton K-Briz M Launch
Nov ?? - NROL-21 Delta 2 Launch
Nov ?? - C/NOFS Pegasus XL Launch
Nov ?? - Measat 3 Proton M-Briz M Launch
* Nov ?? - Inmarsat 4 F-2 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Nov ?? - Astra 1-KR Proton M-Briz M Launch
Nov ?? - 5th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of the NWA 480 Meteorite
(Mars Meteorite)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (1.887 AU)
Nov 01 - 100th Anniversary (1905), Max Wolf's Discovery of Asteroid
578 Happelia
Nov 02 - Venus Occults PPM 267336 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
* Nov 02 - Comet C/2005 P3 (SWAN) Closest Approach To Earth (1.165 AU)
Nov 02 - Comet P/2005 N2 (Hergenrother) Perihelion (1.426 AU)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 1999 VF22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
Nov 02 - Harlow Shapley's 120th Birthday (1885)
Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 03 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (23 Degrees)
Nov 03 - Venus At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (47 Degrees)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 2000 UK11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
Nov 03 - 100th Anniversary (1905), August Kopff's Discovery of
Asteroid 579 Sidonia
Nov 04 - Asteroid 19 Fortuna At Opposition (8.9 Magnitude)
* Nov 04 - Asteroid 2005 RA3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
Nov 04 - Asteroid 11911 Angel Closest Approach To Earth (1.840 AU)
* Nov 05 - GOES-N Delta 4M Launch
Nov 05 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 0114-01163-1 (11.7 Magnitude
Star)
Nov 05 - Asteroid 327 Columbia Closest Approach To Earth (1.820 AU)
Nov 06 - Venus Occults PPM 267818 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
Nov 06 - Asteroid 1862 Apollo Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU)
Nov 06 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.649 AU)
Nov 07 - Mars At Opposition
Nov 07 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Closest Approach To Earth (0.863 AU)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 55 Pandora Closest Approach To Earth (1.425 AU)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 9951 Tyrannosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.586
AU)
Nov 08 - Asteroid 2005 JE46 Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
Nov 08 - Asteroid 9250 Chamberlin Closest Approach To Earth (2.786
AU)
Nov 08 - 45th Anniversary (1960), Little Joe 5 Launch
Nov 10 - Asteroid 3355 Onizuka Closest Approach To Earth (1.078 AU)
Nov 10 - 35th Anniversary (1970), Luna 17 Launch (USSR Moon Rover)
Nov 11 - Asteroid 32096 Puckett Closest Approach To Earth (1.575 AU)
Nov 11 - Asteroid 1677 Tycho Brahe Closest Approach To Earth (1.701
AU)
Nov 11 - Vesto Slipher's 130th Birthday (1875)
Nov 12 - Asteroid 16761 Hertz Closest Approach To Earth (1.359 AU)
Nov 12 - 25th Anniversary (1980), Voyager 1, Saturn Flyby
Nov 13 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #42 (OTM-42)
Nov 13 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Closest Approach To Earth (0.362 AU)
Nov 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 90377 Sedna Closest Approach To Earth
(87.971 AU)
Nov 14 - Venus Occults PPM 268705 (9.5 Magnitude Star)
Nov 14 - Comet Tempel 2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.873 AU)
Nov 14 - Asteroid 2004 RE84 Near-Ceres Flyby (0.045 AU)
Nov 14 - Asteroid 3350 Scobee Closest Approach To Earth (1.276 AU)
* Nov 15 - Compass 2 Shtil-N Launch
Nov 15 - Comet C/2004 L2 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.780 AU)
Nov 15 - Asteroid 4370 Dickens Closest Approach To Earth (0.875 AU)
Nov 16 - Stardust, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #17 (TCM-17)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 9885 Linux Closest Approach To Earth (1.246 AU)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 9965 GNU Closest Approach To Earth (1.876 AU)
Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 20 - Asteroid 9941 Iguanodon Closest Approach To Earth (1.183 AU)
* Nov 20 - 1st 'Mars' Anniversary, Mars Rover Spirit, Mars Landing
Nov 21 - Comet C/2005 K1 (Skiff) Perihelion (3.693 AU)
Nov 21 - Asteroid 17058 Rocknroll Closest Approach To Earth (1.448
AU)
Nov 21 - Asteroid 9770 Discovery Closest Approach To Earth (1.565 AU)
* Nov 22 - Comet C/2005 Q1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (5.877
AU)
Nov 22 - Asteroid 3169 Ostro Closest Approach To Earth (0.965 AU)
Nov 23 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #43 (OTM-43)
Nov 23 - Comet P/1999 DN3 (Korlevic-Juric) Closest Aproach To Earth
(3.677 AU)
Nov 23 - Asteroid 2001 FO127 Near-Venus Flyby (0.022 AU)
Nov 26 - Cassini, Rhea Flyby
Nov 26 - 40th Anniversary (1965), Asterix 1 Launch (France's 1st
Satellite Launch)
Nov 27 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #44 (OTM-44)
Nov 28 - Asteroid 64070 NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.045 AU)
Nov 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 19521 Chaos Closest Approach To Earth
(40.981 AU)
Nov 28 - Nathaniel Bliss' 305th Birthday (1700)
Nov 29 - 5th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of Y000593 Meteorite (Mars
Meteorite)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 719 Albert Closest Approach To Earth (1.606 AU)
December 2005
* Dec ?? - Suitsat Deployment from International Space Station
Dec ?? - AMC-23 Proton M-Briz M Launch
Dec ?? - GPS 2RM F-3 Delta 2 Launch
Dec ?? - ROC-Sat 3A-F Minotaur Launch
Dec ?? - DMSP-17 Delta 4 Launch
Dec ?? - JAE-Sat Dnepr 1 Launch
Dec ?? - Cosmos-Parus Cosmos 3M Launch
Dec ?? - TWINS-A Pegasus XL Launch
* Dec ?? - GSTB-V2A Soyuz FG-Fregat Launch
* Dec ?? - GeneSat 1 Dnepr 1 Launch
* Dec ?? - Gonets D1/M1/M2 Cosmos 3M Launch
Dec ?? - 5th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of NWA 817 Meteorite (Mars
Meteorite)
* Dec 01 - Comet C/2005 R4 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (4.402
AU)
Dec 01 - Asteroid 7000 Curie Closest Approach To Earth (1.146 AU)
Dec 01 - 45th Anniversary (1960), Sputnik 6 Launch (Carried Two Dogs:
Pchelka & Mushka)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 405 Thia Occults FK6 2597 (5.5 Magnitude Star)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 3808 Tempel Closest Approach To Earth (1.333 AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 5451 Plato Closest Approach To Earth (1.898 AU)
Dec 02 - 10th Anniversary (1995), SOHO Launch
Dec 03 - Asteroid 9949 Brontosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.471
AU)
Dec 03 - 5th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of Y000749 Meteorite (Mars
Meteorite)
Dec 04 - Asteroid 1225 Ariane Closest Approach To Earth (1.123 AU)
Dec 04 - 40th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 7 Launch (Frank Borman & Jim
Lovell)
Dec 05 - Belka-1/Baumanets 1/AIMaSat 1/Unisat 4/Cubesats Dnepr 1
Launch
Dec 05 - Venus Occults PPM 270334 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 06 - TacSat 1/Celestis 6 Falcon 1 Launch
Dec 06 - Asteroid 1994 XL1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 3356 Resnik Closest Approach To Earth (1.453 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 1991 Darwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.484 AU)
Dec 07 - 10th Anniversary (1995), Galileo, Jupiter Orbit Insertion
Dec 07 - Gerard Kuiper's 100th Birthday (1905)
* Dec 08 - Insat 4-A/MSG-2 Ariane 5GS Launch
Dec 08 - Venus Occults PPM 270472 (9.4 Magnitude Star)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 16 Psyche At Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 2062 Aten Closest Approach To Earth (1.646 AU)
Dec 08 - 15th Anniversary (1990), Galileo, 1st Earth Flyby
Dec 08 - 160th Anniversary (1845), Karl Hencke's Discovery of
Asteroid 5 Astraea
Dec 09 - Venus Occults PPM 270545 (9.7 Magnitude Star)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 11 Parthenope At Opposition (9.8 Magnitude)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 2004 HR56 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (1.903 AU)
Dec 10 - Comet C/2005 N3 (Larson) Perihelion (2.197 AU)
Dec 10 - Asteroid 7610 Sudbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.861 AU)