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Space Calendar
Last Updated Monday, October 05, 1998 at 07:57 AM PDT
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October 1998
* Oct ?? - Kitt Peak National Observatory's 40th Birthday (1958)
* Oct ?? - Space Memorabilia Auction, Beverly Hills, California
* Oct 01 -[Oct 05] Mars Polar Lander Arrives At Kennedy Space
Center
* Oct 01 -[Oct 02] Space Discovery First Day Of Issue Stamp
* Oct 01 - Asteroid 236 Honoria at Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
* Oct 01 - Asteroid 1998 SG2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.217 AU)
* Oct 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 1992 QB1 at Opposition (39.906 AU - 23.1
Magnitude)
* Oct 01 - NASA's 40th Birthday (1958)
* Oct 01-03 - 1998 National Aerospace Conference, Dayton, Ohio
* Oct 01-03 - Pushing The Envelope III: From The Mountains Of Earth To
The Mountains Of The Moon, Houston, Texas
* Oct 02 -[Oct 04] Asteroid 1998 SL36 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.438 AU)
* Oct 02 - Meteorite Lecture, Greenbelt, Maryland
* Oct 02 - 4th Annual Toys, Games and Multimedia Workshop: Playing Among
The Planets 98, Pasadena, California
* Oct 02-03 - Astro Assembly 98, North Scituate, Rhode Island
* Oct 03 -[Oct 04] STEX/ATEx Taurus Launch, Successful
* Oct 03 - Asteroid 1998 QO52 Closest Approach To Earth (0.489 AU)
* Oct 04 - Moon Occults Jupiter
* Oct 04 - Asteroid 185 Eunike at Opposition (10.9 Magnitude)
* Oct 04 - Asteroid 532 Herculina at Opposition (10.7 Magnitude)
* Oct 04 -[Oct 04] Asteroid 1998 ST49 Near-Earth Flyby (0.212 AU)
* Oct 04 -[Sep 30] Asteroid 1998 ST27 Near-Earth Flyby (0.220 AU)
* Oct 04 -[Oct 03] Asteroid 1998 SG36 Closest Approach To Earth
(1.145 AU)
* Oct 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 1993 SB at Opposition (30.112 AU - 22.9
Magnitude)
* Oct 04 - Great Debate In 1998: The Nature Of The Universe, Washington
DC
* Oct 04-09 - Optical/IR Interferometry Workshop, Flagstaff, Arizona
* Oct 05 - Asteroid 14 Irene at Opposition (10.6 Magnitude)
* Oct 05 - Asteroid 6852 (1985 CN2) Closest Approach To Earth (1.334 AU)
* Oct 05 - Asteroid 1997 WU22 Closest Approach To Earth (1.353 AU)
* Oct 05 - Venus Revealed Lecture, New York, New York
* OCt 05 -[Oct 05] Lecture On Imaging Extrasolar Planets, College
Park, Maryland
* Oct 05-07 - Workshop on Emerging Scatterometer Applications,
Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Oct 05-07 - 5th International Conference On Remote Sensing for Marine
and Coastal Environments, San Diego, California
* Oct 05-07 - Bulges Mini-Workshop: When And How Do Bulges Form and
Evolve?, Baltimore, Maryland
* Oct 05-09 - Solar Wind 9 Conference, Nantucket, Massachusetts
* Oct 05-10 -[Oct 02] International Conference On 3K Cosmology,
Rome, Italy
* Oct 06 - Comet P/1998 QP54 Perihelion (1.885 AU)
* Oct 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 1996 RQ20 at Opposition (38.550 AU - 22.9
Magnitude)
* Oct 06 -[Oct 03] Galileo Lecture, Westwood, California
* Oct 07 -[Oct 01] Eutelsat-W2/ Sirius-3 Ariane 4 Launch
* Oct 07 -[Sep 29] Asteroid 1998 SB15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.127 AU)
* Oct 07 - Asteroid 5255 Johnsophie Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU)
* Oct 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 SZ10 at Opposition (30.617 AU - 23.5
Magnitude)
* Oct 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1995 QZ9 at Opposition (33.987 AU - 22.9
Magnitude)
* Oct 08 - Hot Bird 5 Atlas 2AS Launch
* Oct 08 - Asteroid 1998 PG Near-Earth Flyby (0.247 AU)
* Oct 08 - Asteroid 5051 (1984 SM) Closest Approach To Earth (1.116 AU)
* Oct 08 - Ejnar Hertzsprung's 125th Birthday (1873)
* Oct 08-11 - 5th Annual Enchanted Skies Star Party, Socorro, New Mexico
* Oct 09 - Moon Occults Aldebaran (Daylight Occultation)
* Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
* Oct 09 - Asteroid 1998 QC1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.181 AU)
* Oct 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1996 SZ4 at Opposition (29.285 AU - 22.7
Magnitude)
* Oct 09 - Radarsat Lecture, Greenbelt, Maryland
* Oct 09-11 - 7th Space Frontier Conference, Los Angeles, California
* Oct 10 - Comet McNaught-Hughes Closest Approach to Earth (1.707 AU)
* Oct 10 - 15th Anniversary (1983), Venera 15 Venus Orbit Insertion
* Oct 11 - Asteroid 1994 TF2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.275 AU)
* Oct 11 - Asteroid 1998 FR11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.346 AU)
* Oct 11 - Asteroid 1620 Geographos Closest Approach To Earth (1.011 AU)
* Oct 11 - Asteroid 6904 (1990 QW1) Closest Approach To Earth (1.294 AU)
* Oct 11 - Asteroid 5731 Zeus Closest Approach To Earth (1.610 AU)
* Oct 11 - 30th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 7 Launch
* Oct 11 - Wilhelm Olbers' 240th Birthday (1758)
* Oct 11-16 - 30th Annual Meeting Of the Division For Planetary
Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin
* Oct 12 - Asteroid 1990 BA Closest Approach To Earth (0.815 AU)
* Oct 12 - Asteroid 6020 Miyamoto Closest Approach To Earth (1.219 AU)
* Oct 12-14 - 9th Annual October Astrophysics Conference, College Park,
Maryland
* Oct 12-16 - Workshop On Dust In The Interstellar Medium, Bern,
Switzerland
* Oct 13 - Asteroid 1998 QP63 Near-Earth Flyby (0.392 AU)
* Oct 13 - Asteroid 1998 RR2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.584 AU)
* Oct 13 - Asteroid 7655 Adamries Closest Approach To Earth (1.412 AU)
* Oct 13 - British Interplanetary Society's 65th Birthday (1933)
* Oct 14 - NEAR, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #15 (TCM-15)
* Oct 14 - Comet Lovas 1 Perihelion (1.692 AU)
* Oct 14 - Asteroid 1036 Ganymed Closest Approach To Earth (0.464 AU)
* Oct 14 - Asteroid 1998 ST4 Closest Approach To Earth (0.947 AU)
* Oct 14 - Asteroid 6893 (1983 RS3) Closest Approach To Earth (1.222 AU)
* Oct 14 - 15th Anniversary (1983), Venera 16 Venus Orbit Insertion
* Oct 14-16 - ESO Conference on Chemical Evolution From Zero to High
Redshift, Garching, Germany
* Oct 14-16 - 9th International Conference On Adaptive Structures and
Technologies, Cambridge, Massachusetts
* Oct 14-16 - Inspection 98, Houston, Texas
* Oct 15 -[Oct 03] Asteroid 1998 SH36 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
* Oct 15 - Asteroid 6047 (1991 TB1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.375 AU)
* Oct 15 - Comet C/1998 M6 (Montani) Perihelion (5.970 AU)
* Oct 15 -[Oct 03] STARDUST Lecture, Pasadena, California
* Oct 15 - Chuck Yeager Lecture, Washington DC
* Oct 15-20 - Mid-Atlantic Star Party, Central North Carolina
* Oct 16 - Moon Occults Mars
* Oct 16 - Comet Klemola Closest Approach to Earth (1.522 AU)
* Oct 16 - Asteroid 4339 Almamater Closest Approach To Earth (0.816 AU)
* Oct 16 -[Oct 03] STARDUST Lecture, Pasadena, California
* Oct 16 - Aerosels And Climate Lecture, Greenbelt, Maryland
* Oct 16-18 - 20th Custer Astronomy Jamboree, Southold, New York
* Oct 17 - Iridium 11 Delta 2 Launch
* Oct 17 - Comet C/1998 P1 (Williams) Perihelion (1.162 AU)
* Oct 17 - Asteroid 44 Nysa at Opposition (9.8 Magnitude)
* Oct 18 - Asteroid 1998 OX4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.177 AU)
* Oct 18 -[Oct 03] 5th Anniversary (1993), STS-58 Launch, Space
Lab Sciences 2
* Oct 18-25 - 15th Annual Okie-Tex Star Party, Fort Davis, Texas
* Oct 19 - UHF-F9 Atlas 2A Launch
* Oct 19-22 - 1st International Conference On Mars Polar Science and
Exploration, Houston, Texas
* Oct 19-23 - Chapman Conference On Space Based Radio Observations at
Long Wavelengths, Paris, France
* Oct 20 -[Oct 02] ARD/ MAQSAT 3 Ariane 503 Launch
* Oct 20 - Asteroid 1991 PM5 Closest Approach To Earth (0.951 AU)
* Oct 20 - Asteroid 7006 (1981 ER31) Closest Approach To Earth (1.615
AU)
* Oct 20 - Kuiper Belt Object 1996 TP66 at Opposition (25.403 AU - 20.7
Magnitude)
* Oct 20-22 - Workshop On Space Exploration and Resources Exploitation
(ExploSpace), Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
* Oct 20-23 - International Conference On The Universe As Seen By ISO,
Paris, France
* Oct 21 - Globalstar-4 Zenit 2 Launch
* Oct 21 - Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
* Oct 21 - Asteroid 1996 TR6 Closest Approach To Earth (0.586 AU)
* Oct 21 - Asteroid 457 Alleghenia Closest Approach To Earth (1.552 AU)
* Oct 21-23 - 2nd International Workshop On The Retrieval of Bio- and
Geo-Physical Parameters From SAR Data For Land Applications,
Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Oct 21-23 - Remote Sensing Applications Conference, Logan, Utah
* Oct 22 - SCD-2/Wing Glove Pegasus XL Launch
* Oct 22 - Asteroid 409 Aspasia Occults SAO 75073 (9.9 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 22 -[Oct 04] Asteroid 1998 SR49 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.453 AU)
* Oct 22 - Kuiper Belt Object 1996 TQ66 at Opposition (33.604 AU - 21.9
Magnitude)
* Oct 22-24 - EVN/JIVE VLBI Symposium #4, Dwingleoo, The Netherlands
* Oct 23 - Saturn at Opposition
* Oct 23 - Asteroid 6841 Gottfriedkirch Closest Approach To Earth (1.585
AU)
* Oct 23-24 - Workship On TeV Astrophysics On Extragalactic Sources,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
* Oct 23-25 - Blackwater Falls Astronomy Weekend, Davis, West Virginia
* Oct 24 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #55 (OTM-55)
* Oct 24 -[Oct 01] Asteroid 1998 SU27 Near-Earth Flyby (0.112 AU)
* Oct 24 -[Sep 29] Asteroid 1998 SC15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.314 AU)
* Oct 24 - Mars Exploration Teachers Workshop, Pasadena, California
* Oct 25 - Deep Space 1 Delta 2 Launch
* Oct 25 - Daylight Savings - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (USA)
* Oct 25 - Asteroid 106 Dione at Opposition (10.7 Magnitude)
* Oct 25 - Asteroid 2099 Opik Closest Approach To Earth (0.492 AU)
* Oct 26 - Asteroid 20 Massalia at Opposition (8.8 Magnitude)
* Oct 26 - Asteroid 674 Rachele at Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
* Oct 26-29 - Annual Meeting Of The Geological Society Of America,
Toronto, Canada
* Oct 26-29 - 34th International Telemetering Conference, San Diego,
California
* Oct 26-29 - 20th Space Simulation Conference, Annapolis, Maryland
* Oct 26-30 - 6th Huntsville Modeling Workshop: The New Millennium
Magnetosphere, Guntersville, Alabama
* Oct 27 - Asteroid 1998 QK56 Near-Earth Flyby (0.285 AU)
* Oct 27 - Asteroid 1989 NA Closest Approach To Earch (1.524 AU)
* Oct 27 - 25th Anniversary (1973), Canon City Meteorite Fall (Hit
Garage)
* Oct 27-30 - Symposium On Solar Physics With Radio Observations,
Kiyosato, Japan
* Oct 28 - Asteroid 7358 (1995 YA3) Closest Approach to Earth (0.438 AU)
* Oct 28 - Asteroid 1508 Kemi Closest Approach to Earth (1.201 AU)
* Oct 28-29 - First International Workshop On Radiowave Propagation
Modelling For SatComm Services at Ku-Band and Above, Noordwijk, The
Netherlands
* Oct 28-30 - Defense & Civil Space Programs Conference, Huntsville,
Alabama
* Oct 29 -[Sep 29] STS-95 Launch, Discovery, Spacehab-SM
* Oct 29 -[Sep 28] Progress M-40/Znamya-2.5 Soyuz U Launch
(Russia)
* Oct 29 -[Sep 28] Tethys Occults PPM 145101 (6.6 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 29 - Comet C/1998 M1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.110 AU)
* Oct 29 - Asteroid 1994 TA Closest Approach to Earth (15.923 AU - 23.7
Magnitude)
* Oct 29-Nov 01 - 8th Annual Meeting Of The American Association Of
Variable Star Observers (AAVSO), Cambridge, Massachusetts
* Oct 30 - Fengyun-1C Long March 4B Launch (China)
* Oct 30 -[Sep 30] Afristar/ GE-5 Ariane 4 Launch
* Oct 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 1996 TL66 at Opposition (34.099 AU - 20.4
Magnitude)
* Oct 30 - Mars Pathfinder Lecture, Greenbelt, Maryland
* Oct 30-31 - NOAA Meeting On Satellites In Our Everyday World, Seattle,
Washington
* Oct 31 - Moon Occults Jupiter
* Oct 31 - Asteroid 6 Hebe Occults GSC 6255-1346 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 31-Nov 06 - IEEE/AIAA Digital Avionics Systems Conference,
Bellevue, Washington
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November 1998
* Nov ?? - Panamsat 8 Proton Launch
* Nov ?? -[Sep 30] Telstar-6 Proton Launch
* Nov 01 - Asteroid 102 Miriam Occults SAO 164159 (8.7 Magnitude Star)
* Nov 01 -[Oct 01] Asteroid 576 Emanuela Occults TAC +096711
(10.4 Magnitude Star)
* Nov 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 1996 TS66 at Opposition (37.825 AU - 21.9
Mag)
* Nov 01 - 35th Anniversary (1963), Polyot 1 Launch (USSR), 1st
Spacecraft With Extensive Maneuver Capability
* Nov 01-04 - 8th Annual Conference On Astronomical Data Analysis
Software and Systems (ADASS '98), Urbana, Illinois
* Nov 02 -[Oct 02] Asteroid 1998 SF35 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.610 AU)
* Nov 02-04 - Workshop on Martian Meteorites, Houston, Texas
* Nov 02-04 - 3rd Annual Raytheon Science Data Centers Symposium, Silver
Spring, Maryland
* Nov 02-05 - ESO Workshop on Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System,
Garching, Germany
* Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
* Nov 03 - 25th Anniversary (1973), Mariner 10 Launch (Venus/ Mercury
Flyby Mission)
* Nov 03-05 - 5th International Workshop On Simulation For European
Space Programs, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Nov 03-06 - Meeting On Gamma Ray Bursts In the Afterglow Era, Rome,
Italy
* Nov 03-07 - IAU Symposium 193: Wolf-Rayet Phenomena in Massive Stars
and Starburst Galaxies, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
* Nov 03-07 - 5th Latin American Conference On Space Geophysics
(V-COLAGE), San Jose, Costa Rica
* Nov 04-06 - Conference On Academic and Industrial Cooperation In Space
Research, Vienna, Austrai
* Nov 05 - Globalstar Soyuz Launch
* Nov 05 - Asteroid 15 Eunomia at Opposition (7.9 Magnitude)
* Nov 07 - Comet Takamizawa Perihelion (1.585 AU)
* Nov 07-08 -[Oct 04] 1st International Meteorite Fair, Gifhorn,
Germany
* Nov 08 - Asteroid 51 Nemausa at Opposition (10.7 Magnitude)
* Nov 08 - Asteroid 4055 Magellan Closest Approach to Earth (0.983 AU)
* Nov 08 - 30th Anniversary (1968), Pioneer 9 Launch
* Nov 09 - Asteroid 69 Hesperia at Opposition (10.8 Magnitude)
* Nov 09 - Mercury Occults 184412 (7.8 Magnitude Star)
* Nov 09-10 - 3rd Tribology Forum Workshop, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Nov 10 - Asteroid 46 Hestia at Opposition (10.7 Magnitude)
* Nov 10 - 30th Anniversary (1968), Zond 6 Launch (Soviet Moon Flyby
Mission)
* Nov 11 - Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation (22 Degrees)
* Nov 11 - Asteroid 1996 Adams Closest Approach To Earth (1.395 AU)
* Nov 11-13 - ESA Workshop On Space Weather, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Nov 12 - Bonum-1 Delta 2 Launch
* Nov 12 - Asteroid 1998 MQ Closest Approach To Earth (0.464 AU)
* Nov 12 - Asteroid 3907 Kilmartin Closest Approach To Earth (1.558 AU)
* Nov 12 - Washington Area Astronomers Meeting, Laurel, Maryland
* Nov 13 -[Oct 02] Insat-2E Ariane 4 Launch
* Nov 13 - Moon Occults Mars
* Nov 13 -[Oct 02] Asteroid 145 Adeona Occults PPM 736551 (10.9
Magnitude Star)
* Nov 13 - 20th Anniversary (1978), HEAO 2 Launch (Einstein X-Ray
Observatory)
* Nov 14 - Asteroid 1997 CX5 Closest Approach To Earth (0.740 AU)
* Nov 14-15 - IAS Microwave Foreground Workshop, Princeton, New Jersey
* Nov 15 -[Oct 04] Asteroid 1998 SS49 Near-Earth Flyby (0.253 AU)
* Nov 15 - Asteroid 7095 Lamettrie Closest Approach To Earth (2.062 AU)
* Nov 15 - 10th Anniversary (1988), 1st & Only Buran Launch (Soviet
Space Shuttle)
* Nov 15 - William Herschell's 260th Birthday (1738)
* Nov 16 - Comet C/1998 G1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.132 AU)
* Nov 16 - Asteroid 6995 (1996 BZ1) Closest Approach To Earth (1.978 AU)
* Nov 16 - 25th Anniversary (1973), Skylab-4 Launch
* Nov 16-17 - Colloquium On SLOSHAT and Liquid Dynamics In Spacecraft,
Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Nov 16-18 - 2nd European Symposium On The Utilization of the
International Space Station, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Nov 16-28 - 8th Latin American Workshop On Plasma Physics, Tandil,
Argentina
* Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak (Potential Meteor Storm)
* Nov 17-19 - AIAA Missile Sciences Conference, Monterey, California
* Nov 18 - Asteroid 270 Anahita at Opposition (10.7 Magnitude)
* Nov 19 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #56 (OTM-56)
* Nov 19 -[Oct 03] SATMEX 5 Ariane 4 Launch
* Nov 19 - IKONOS-1 Athena 2 Launch
* Nov 19 - Comet Kowal-Vavorva Perihelion (2.575 AU)
* Nov 19 -[Sep 28] Asteroid 1998 SY14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
* Nov 19 - Asteroid 4125 Lew Allen Closest Approach To Earth (1.024 AU)
* Nov 19 - Mars Surveyor '98 Lecture, Pasadena, California
* Nov 20 -[Oct 03] FGB (Functional Cargo Block) Proton-K Launch
(Element of the International Space Station)
* Nov 20 -[Oct 03] Asteroid 532 Herculina Occults PPM 709785 (9.8
Magnitude Star)
* Nov 20 - Asteroid 4300 (1955 SG1) Closest Approach To Earth (1.234 AU)
* Nov 20 - Mars Surveyor '98 Lecture, Pasadena, California
* Nov 21 - Comet Giacobini-Zinner Perihelion (1.034 AU)
* Nov 21 -[Oct 04] Asteroid 45 Eugenia Occults SAO 94447 (8.4
Magnitude Star)
* Nov 22 - Galileo, Europa 18 Flyby
* Nov 22-27 - 1st Euro-Asian Space Week on Space Cooperation, Singapore
* Nov 23 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Near-Earth Flyby (0.313 AU)
* Nov 24 - QuikSCAT (Quick Scatterometer) Titan II Launch
* Nov 24 - MCI 1 Atlas 2AS Launch
* Nov 24 - Asteroid 1865 Cerberus Near-Earth Flyby (0.1634 AU)
* Nov 24 - Asteroid 7050 (1982 FE3) Closest Approach To Earth (2.286 AU)
* Nov 24-25 - 12th European Thermal & ECLS Software Workshop, Noordwijk,
The Netherlands
* Nov 24-26 - 3rd European Symposium On Aerothermodynamics For Space
Vehicles, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Nov 25 - Asteroid 1996 FG3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.0384 AU)
* Nov 25 - Asteroid 7017 Uradowan Closest Approach To Earth (1.438 AU)
* Nov 26 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #57 (OTM-57)
* Nov 26 - Asteroid 5 Astraea at Opposition (9.8 Magnitude)
* Nov 26 - Asteroid 1627 Ivar Closest Approach To Earth (1.209 AU)
* Nov 27 - Comet Giacobini-Zinner Closest Approach To Earth (0.850 AU)
* Nov 27 - Asteroid 7344 Summerfield Closest Approach To Earth (1.801
AU)
* Nov 28 - Moon Occults Jupiter
* Nov 28 - Mercury Passes 0.25 Degrees From Venus
* Nov 28 - Asteroid 42 Isis at Opposition (10.6 Magnitude)
* Nov 28 - Asteroid 1989 UR Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
* Nov 28 -[Sep 29] Asteroid 1998 SA15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.151 AU)
* Nov 28 - Comet P/1997 T3 (Lagerkvist-Carsenty) Closest Approach To
Earth (3.457 AU)
* Nov 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 UF25 At Opposition (43.905 AU - 25.5
Magnitude)
* Nov 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 UG25 At Opposition (42.320 AU - 24.8
Magnitude)
* Nov 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 1994 VK8 At Opposition (42.519 AU - 22.9
Magnitude)
* Nov 28 - Solar Eclipse Lecture, Washington DC
* Nov 28 - 15th Anniversary (1983), STS-9 Launch (Columbia), 1st Flight
of Spacelab (ESA)
* Nov 29 - Asteroid 1 Ceres at Opposition (7.0 Magnitude)
* Nov 29 - Asteroid 6265 (1985 TW3) Closest Approach To Earth (1.233 AU)
* Nov 29 - Asteroid 1992 RN1 Closest Approach To Earth (1.486 AU)
* Nov 30-Dec 05 - Euroconference: The Evolution of Galaxies on
Cosmological Timescales, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain
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December 1998
* Dec ?? -[Oct 04] Chinasat-8 Long March 3B Launch
* Dec ?? - JCSat 6 Atlas IIAS Launch
* Dec 01-03 - Origin of the Earth & Moon Conference, Monterey,
California
* Dec 01-03 - 5th ESA Workshop On Advanced Space Technologies for
Robotics and Automation, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Dec 02 - Asteroid 4268 Grebenikov Closest Approach To Earth (1.195 AU)
* Dec 02 - Asteroid 6877 Giada Closest Approach To Earth (1.346 AU)
* Dec 02 - Kuiper Belt Object YY3 at Opposition (29.786 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Dec 02 - Mercury at Perihelion
* Dec 02 - Workshop On Exploiting The Opportunities Of Space, Vienna,
Austria
* Dec 02 - 10th Anniversary (1988), STS-27 Launch (Atlantis), DOD
Classified Mission
* Dec 02 - 5th Anniversary (1993), STS-61 Launch (Endeavour), 1st Hubble
Space Telescope Servicing Mission
* Dec 03 - STS-88 Launch, Endeavour, 1st Space Station Assembly Flight
* Dec 03 -[Oct 02] SWAS (Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite)
Pegasus XL Launch
* Dec 03 -[Oct 05] Globalstar Soyuz Launch
* Dec 03 - Cassini, Deep Space Maneuver (TCM-5)
* Dec 04 - Venus Occults 185332 (7.8 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 04 - Asteroid 1866 Sisypus Near-Earth Flyby (0.338 AU)
* Dec 04 - Asteroid 7172 Multatuli Closest Approach To Earth (1.339 AU)
* Dec 04 - Asteroid 2915 Moskvina Closest Approach To Earth (1.530 AU)
* Dec 04 - Gravity Wave Lecture, Greenbelt, Maryland
* Dec 04 - 20th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus, Venus Orbit Insertion
* Dec 04-06 - International Symposium On Solid State Detectors For The
21st Century, Nara, Japan
* Dec 05 - 25th Anniversary (1973), Pioneer 10, (Jupiter Flyby
* Dec 06 - Asteroid 3362 Khufu Near-Earth Flyby (0.364 AU)
* Dec 06 - Asteroid 7543 Prylis Closest Approach To Earth (3.911 AU)
* Dec 06 - 40th Anniversary (1958), Pioneer 3 Launch (Moon Flyby
Mission)
* Dec 06-10 - American Geophysical Union (AGU) 1998 Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, California
* Dec 07 - Cassini at Aphelion (1.58 AU)
* Dec 07 - Comet Lovas 1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.870 AU)
* Dec 08 - Asteroid 1985 UJ Closest Approach To Earth (0.922 AU)
* Dec 08 - Asteroid 1994 SE Closest Approach To Earth (1.379 AU)
* Dec 09 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke at Opposition (1.251 AU - 15.0
Magnitude)
* Dec 09 - 20th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 2 Landing on Venus
* Dec 09-11 - Conference On Cosmological Contraints On X-Ray Clusters,
Strasbourg, France
* Dec 10 - Mars Climate Orbiter Delta 2 Launch (Mars Orbiter)
* Dec 10 - Asteroid 6054 Ghiberti Closest Approach To Earth (1.550 AU)
* Dec 10 - Asteroid 1916 Boreas Closest Approach To Earth (1.687 AU)
* Dec 11 - Asteroid 52 Europa at Opposition (10.2 Magnitude)
* Dec 11 - Asteroid 245 Vera Occults SAO 77824 (10.2 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 11 - Asteroid 3122 Florence Closest Approach to Earth (1.092 AU)
* Dec 11 - Asteroid 3772 Piaf Closest Approach To Earth (2.191 AU)
* Dec 12 -[Oct 04] Tempo 1 Proton Launch (Russia)
* Dec 12 - Asteroid 7480 Norwan Near-Earth Flyby (0.360 AU)
* Dec 12 - Kuiper Belt Object 1995 WY2 at Opposition (46.432 AU - 23.7
Magnitude)
* Dec 13 - ICO Atlas 2AS Launch
* Dec 13 - Asteroid 6318 Cronkite Closest Approach To Earth (0.588 AU)
* Dec 13 - Asteroid 6326 (1991 FJ1) Closest Approach To Earth (1.451 AU)
* Dec 14 - Asteroid 4957 Brucemurray Closest Approach to Earth (0.718
AU)
* Dec 14 - Asteroid 3288 Seleucus Closest Approach To Earth (1.439 AU)
* Dec 14-18 - 19th Texas Symposium On Relativistic Astrophysics, Paris,
France
* Dec 15 - ROCSAT Athena 1 Launch
* Dec 16 - Globalstar-5 Zenit 2 Launch
* Dec 17 - LORAL Atlas 2 Launch
* Dec 17 - Galileo Europa Mission Lecture, Pasadena, California
* Dec 17 - 95th Anniversary (1903), Wright Brothers' 1st Airplane Flight
* Dec 18 - Nozomi (Planet-B), 2nd Moon Flyby
* Dec 18 - DSP Titan 4B Launch
* Dec 18 - Galileo Europa Mission Lecture, Pasadena, California
* Dec 18 - 5th Anniversary (1993), Thaicom 1 Launch (1st Thailand
Satellite)
* Dec 18 - 40th Anniversary (1958), Score Launch (1st Telecommunication
Satellite)
* Dec 19 - Asteroid 6985 (1994 UF2) Closest Approach To Earth (1.226 AU)
* Dec 20 - NEAR, 1st Eros Rendezvous Braking Maneuver (RND-1)
* Dec 20 - Nozomi (Planet-B), Earth Gravity Assist
* Dec 20 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (21 Degrees)
* Dec 20 - Asteroid 3352 McAuliffe Near-Earth Flyby (0.396 AU)
* Dec 20 - 1st Day Of Ramadan
* Dec 21 - 20th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12 Venus Flyby/Landing
* Dec 21 - 30th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 8 Launch
* Dec 22 - Panamsat-6B Ariane 4 Launch
* Dec 22 - Winter Solstice, 01:55 UT
* Dec 22 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 7 Closest Approach to Earth (1.103 AU)
* Dec 22 - Asteroid 245 Vera Occults SAO 77608 (8.8 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 23 - Cassini, Probe Checkout #3
* Dec 23 - Comet C/1998 G1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach to Earth (1.982 AU)
* Dec 24 - Asteroid 49 Pales Occults PPM 206242 (9.5 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 25 - Mars Climate Orbiter, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #1
(TCM-1)
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