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Space Calendar
Last Updated Tuesday, December 01, 1998 at 04:45 AM PST
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December 1998
* 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 -[Nov 24] SWAS (Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite)
Pegasus XL Launch
* 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 -[Nov 30] STS-88 Launch, Endeavour, 1st Space Station
Assembly Flight
* Dec 03 - Globalstar Soyuz Launch
* Dec 03 - Cassini, Deep Space Maneuver (TCM-5)
* Dec 03-04 - 3rd Annual AGN Workshop, Canberra, Australia
* Dec 04 -[Nov 24] SATMEX 5 Ariane 4 Launch
* Dec 04 - Venus Occults 185332 (7.8 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 04 - Asteroid 1866 Sisypus Near-Earth Flyby (0.338 AU)
* Dec 04 - Asteroid 8507 (1991 CB1) Closest Approach To Earth (1.155 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 -[Nov 26] Asteroid 1998 WB2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.017 AU)
* Dec 05 - Cassini Educators Workshop, Pasadena, California
* Dec 05 - 25th Anniversary (1973), Pioneer 10, (Jupiter Flyby
* Dec 05-07 -[Nov 28] Australian Space Research 8th Annual
Conference, North Adelaide, Australia
* 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 07 - Asteroid 1998 VD31 Near-Earth Flyby (0.151 AU)
* Dec 07 -[Nov 25] Asteroid 1998 WM Closest Approach To Earth
(0.546 AU)
* Dec 07 -[Nov 29] Asteroid 1998 WO7 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.609 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 - 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 -[Nov 30] Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
* Dec 13 -[Nov 29] Comet C/1998 W1 (Spahr) Closest Approach To
Earth (0.846 AU)
* 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 -[Nov 26] Asteroid 1998 WZ1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.132 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 - Cosmology Topology In Paris, Paris, France
* Dec 14-18 - 19th Texas Symposium On Relativistic Astrophysics, Paris,
France
* Dec 15 - Panamsat-6B Ariane 4 Launch
* Dec 15 -[Nov 25] IKONOS-1 Athena 2 Launch
* Dec 15 -[Dec 01] Asteroid 4450 Pan Closest Approach To Earth
(1.230 AU)
* Dec 16 - Asteroid 5189 (1990 UQ) Closest Approach To Earth (1.163 AU)
* Dec 17 - LORAL Atlas 2 Launch
* Dec 17 - Asteroid 5402 Kejosmith Closest Approach To Earth (1.021 AU)
* 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 - Asteroid 1993 RR2 Closest Approach To Earth (2.268 AU)
* 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 -[Nov 28] Asteroid 1998 WQ5 Closest Approach To Earth
(1.045 AU)
* Dec 19 - Asteroid 6985 (1994 UF2) Closest Approach To Earth (1.226 AU)
* Dec 19 -[Nov 24] Asteroid 7202 (1995 DX1) Closest Approach To
Earth (1.541 AU)
* Dec 19 -[Dec 01] Asteroid 6979 Shigefumi Closest Approach To
Earth (1.860 AU)
* Dec 19 - Asteroid 4559 Strauss Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 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 - Comet C/1998 U5 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.236 AU)
* Dec 21 - 20th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12 Venus Flyby/Landing
* Dec 21 - 30th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 8 Launch
* Dec 22 - Winter Solstice, 01:55 UT
* Dec 22 -[Nov 30] Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
* 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 24 - Asteroid 7894 (1994 XC1) Closest Approach To Earth (1.754 AU)
* Dec 25 - Mars Climate Orbiter, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #1
(TCM-1)
* Dec 25 - Moon Occults Jupiter
* Dec 25 -[Nov 29] Asteroid 1998 WZ6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.284 AU)
* Dec 25 - Asteroid 5164 Mullo Closest Approach To Earth (0.966 AU)
* Dec 25 - Asteroid 5721 (1984 SO5) Closest Approach To Earth (1.545 AU)
* Dec 25 - 20th Anniversary (1978), Venera 11 Venus Flyby/Landing
* Dec 26 - Asteroid 7474 (1992 TC) Closest Approach To Earth (0.577 AU)
* Dec 26 - Asteroid 7709 (1994 RN1) Closest Approach To Earth (1.438 AU)
* Dec 27 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #58 (OTM-58)
* Dec 27 - NEAR, Eros Satellite Search (A)
* Dec 27 - Asteroid 1998 QT60 Closest Approach To Earth (0.766 AU)
* Dec 28 - NEAR, 2nd Eros Rendezvous Braking Maneuver (RND-2)
* Dec 28 - NEAR, 3rd Eros Rendezvous Braking Maneuver (RND-3)
* Dec 28 -[Nov 29] Asteroid 7072 Beijingdaxue Closest Approach To
Earth (1.710 AU)
* Dec 29 - Asteroid 132 Aethra At Opposition (10.9 Magnitude)
* Dec 29 - Asteroid 67 Asia At Opposition
* Dec 31 - Leap Second Added To World's Clocks
* Dec 31 -[Nov 26] Asteroid 7201 (1994 UF1) Closest Approach To
Earth (1.238 AU)
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January 1999
* Jan ?? -[Nov 26] Chinasat-8 Long March 3B Launch
* Jan 01 - NEAR, Eros Satellite Search (B)
* Jan 01 - Asteroid 6053 (1993 BW3) Closest Approach To Earth (0.585 AU)
* Jan 02 - NEAR, Eros Satellite Search (C)
* Jan 02 - Asteroid 2062 Aten Closest Approach To Earth (1.027 AU)
* Jan 02 - Asteroid 3892 Dezso Closest Approach To Earth (1.883 AU)
* Jan 02 - 40th Anniversary (1959), Luna 1 Launch (1st Moon Mission)
* Jan 03 - Mars Polar Lander/ Deep Space 2 Delta 2 Launch
* Jan 03 - NEAR, 4th Eros Rendezvous Braking Maneuver (RND-4)
* Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
* Jan 03 - Asteroid 7553 (1981 FG) Closest Approach To Earth (1.256 AU)
* Jan 04 - NEAR, Eros Satellite Search (D)
* Jan 04 - Earth at Perihelion (0.983 AU from Sun)
* Jan 04-08 - National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado
* Jan 05 - Venus Passes 1.7 Degrees From Neptune
* Jan 05 - 30th Anniversary (1969), Venera 5 Launch (Soviet Venus
Lander)
* Jan 05-09 - 193rd Meeting Of The American Astronomical Society (AAS),
Austin, Texas
* Jan 07 - Asteroid 6239 Minos Near-Earth Flyby (0.386 AU)
* Jan 07 - Asteroid 7614 (1996 EA) Closest Approach To Earth (1.468 AU)
* Jan 07-14 -[Nov 29] Conference On Inspirations Of Astronomical
Phenomena, Island Republic of Malta
* Jan 08 - Argos/ Sunsat/ Orsted Delta 2 Launch
* Jan 08 -[Nov 25] Asteroid 1998 WS Closest Approach To Earth
(0.887 AU)
* Jan 09 - Cassini At Opposition
* Jan 09 - Asteroid 5261 Eureka Closest Approach To Earth (0.700 AU)
* Jan 10 - NEAR, Asteroid Eros Orbit Insertion
* Jan 10 - Asteroid 4775 Hansen Closest Approach To Earth (1.857 AU)
* Jan 10 - 30th Anniversary (1969), Venera 6 Launch (Soviet Venus
Lander)
* Jan 11 - Comet Tsuchinshan 2 Closest Approach to Earth (0.875 AU)
* Jan 11 - Comet P/1998 U3 (Jager) Closest Approach To Earth (1.262 AU)
* Jan 11 -[Nov 29] Comet C/1198 W3 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To
Earth (3.926 AU)
* Jan 11-14 - 1st Princeton-PUC Workshop On Astrophysics, Pucon, Chile
* Jan 11-15 - Chapman Conference On Magnetospheric Current Systems,
Kono, Hawaii
* Jan 12 - Asteroid 1991 BB Closest Approach To Earth (1.171 AU)
* Jan 12 - Asteroid 7546 (1979 MB4) Closest Approach To Earth (1.508 AU)
* Jan 12 - Asteroid 7451 (1978 PU2) Closest Approach To Earth (2.084 AU)
* Jan 12 -[Nov 24] Technical Workshop On Internet Protocols Over
Satellite, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Jan 13 - JCSat 6 Atlas IIAS Launch
* Jan 13 - Venus Passes 0.9 Degrees From Uranus
* Jan 13 - Mars Occults 139407 (7.1 Magnitude Star)
* Jan 13 - Comet Harrington-Abell Closest Approach To Earth (0.802 AU)
* Jan 13 - Olin Wilson's 90th Birthday (1909)
* Jan 14-18 - 3rd Annual Highlands Stargaze, Okeechobee, Florida
* Jan 15 - Asteroid 2938 Hopi Closest Approach To Earth (2.343 AU)
* Jan 15 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CU29 at Opposition (43.808 AU - 23.0
Magnitude)
* Jan 16 - Asteroid 3849 Incidentia Closest Approach To Earth (1.385 AU)
* Jan 16 - 30th Anniversary (1969), 1st Manned Vehicle Docking & 1st
Crew Exchange (Soyuz 4 & 5)
* Jan 17 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CS29 at Opposition (42.619 - 21.4
Magnitude)
* Jan 18 - Mars Polar Lander, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #1 (TCM-1)
* Jan 18 -[Nov 26] Comet C/1998 W1 (Spahr) Perihelion (1.584 AU)
* Jan 18 - Asteroid 1991 VE Near-Earth Flyby (0.1434 AU)
* Jan 18 -[Nov 30] Asteroid 6618 (1936 SO) Closest Approach To
Earth (0.898 AU)
* Jan 18-22 - European Symposium On Atmospheric Measurements From Space,
Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Jan 20 - NEAR, OCM-1, Eros Orbit 401x200 km
* Jan 21 - Asteroid 4956 Noymer Closest Approach To Earth (1.625 AU)
* Jan 21 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CW29 at Opposition (41.495 AU - 22.8
Magnitude)
* Jan 22 - Asiastar/ Telkom-1 Ariane 504 Launch
* Jan 22 - Asteroid 103 Hera At Opposition
* Jan 23 - Asteroid 5131 (1990 BG) Closest Approach To Earth (0.803)
* Jan 24 - Mars Climate Orbiter, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #2
(TCM-2)
* Jan 24 - Comet C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.747 AU)
* Jan 25 - 5th Anniversary (1994), Clementine Launch (Moon Orbiter)
* Jan 25 - 35th Anniversary (1963), Echo 2 Launch, 1st Joint US-USSR
Program
* Jan 26 -[Nov 28] ROCSAT Athena 1 Launch
* Jan 27 - NEAR, OCM-2, Eros Orbit 205x195 km
* Jan 27 - Milstar-2 Titan 4B Launch
* Jan 27 - Mercury Passes 2.2 Degrees From Neptune
* Jan 27 - Comet Harrington-Abell Perihelion (1.758 AU)
* Jan 28 - Cassini, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #6 (TCM-6)
* Jan 28 - Globalstar Soyuz Launch
* Jan 29 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #59 (OTM-59)
* Jan 29 - Arabsat 3A/ Skynet 4E Ariane 4 Launch
* Jan 29 - 10th Anniversary (1989), Phobos 2 Mars Orbit Insertion
* Jan 29-31 - Pritzker Symposium On The Status Of Inflationary
Cosmology, Chicago, Illinois
* Jan 31 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
* Jan 31 -[Nov 28] Asteroid 6324 (1991 DN1) Closest Approach To
Earth (1.225 AU)
* Jan 31 - Asteroid 3269 Vibert-Douglas Closest Approach To Earth (1.810
AU)
* Jan 31-Feb 04 - Space Technology & Applications International Forum
(STAIF 99), Albuquerque, New Mexico
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February 1999
* Feb ?? - ADEOS II H-2 Launch (Japan)
* Feb ?? - Nimiq-1 Proton Launch (Russia)
* Feb ?? -[Nov 29] Sesat Proton Launch
* Feb 01 - Galileo, Europa 19 Flyby
* Feb 01 - Comet Bowell-Skiff Closest Approach To Earth (1.211 AU)
* Feb 01 - Asteroid 4503 Cleobulus Near-Earth Flyby (0.344 AU)
* Feb 01 - Asteroid 6050 (1992 AE) Closest Approach To Earth (1.528 AU)
* Feb 01 -[Nov 25] Asteroid 5469 (1988 BK4) Closest Approach To
Earth (1.882 AU)
* Feb 01-03 - Pritzker Workship On The Status Of Inflationary Cosmology,
Chicago, Illinois
* Feb 01-05 - Relativistic Cosomology Conference, Cape Town, South
Africa
* Feb 01-05 - 2nd ICRA Network Workshop: The Chaotic Universe, Rome,
Italy
* Feb 02 - Mars Polar Lander, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #2 (TCM-2)
* Feb 02 - Terriers/ Mublcom/ Celestis 03 Pegasus XL Launch
* Feb 02 - Mercury Passes 1.5 Degrees From Uranus
* Feb 03 -[Dec 01] Asteroid 1994 AB1 Closest Approach To Earth
(1.274 AU)
* Feb 03 - 5th Anniversary (1994), STS-60 Launch (Discovery), 1st
Russian Cosmonaut on Space Shuttle, Wake Shield Facility
* Feb 03 - 5th Anniversary (1994), Maiden Flight of NASDA H-2 Launch
Vehicle (Japan)
* Feb 03 - 15th Anniversary (1984), STS-41B Launch (Challenger), 1st
Untethered Spacewalk (Manned Maneuvering Unit)
* Feb 04 - Asteroid 3416 Dorrit Closest Approach To Earth (1.432 AU)
* Feb 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 1995 DB2 at Opposition (39.299 AU - 23.5
Magnitude)
* Feb 05 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #60 (OTM-60)
* Feb 05 - NEAR, OCM-3, Eros Orbit 205x85 km
* Feb 05 - Asteroid 4 Vesta At Opposition (6.2 Magnitude)
* Feb 05 - Asteroid 1992 KD At Opposition
* Feb 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 1995 DA2 at Opposition (33.070 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Feb 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CT29 at Opposition (43.893 AU - 21.5
Magnitude)
* Feb 05 - 25th Anniversary (1974), Mariner 10 Venus Flyby
* Feb 06 - STARDUST Delta 2 Launch (Comet Wild-2 Sample Return Mission)
* Feb 06 - Asteroid 2061 Anza Closest Approach To Earth (1.867 AU)
* Feb 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CR29 at Opposition (40.604 AU - 22.7
Magnitude)
* Feb 07-10 - 1999 AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Colorado
* Feb 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CV29 at Opposition (39.590 AU - 23.1
Magnitude)
* Feb 08 - 5th Anniversary (1994), Maiden Flight of CZ-3A Launcher
(China)
* Feb 08-13 - Symposium On Dynamics Of The Magnetosphere and Its
Coupling to the Ionosphere On Multiple Scales Using INTERBALL, ISTP
and Ground-Based Observations, Zvenigorod, Russia
* Feb 09 -[Nov 29] Comet C/1998 W3 (LINEAR) Perihelion (4.863 AU)
* Feb 10 - Asteroid 4596 (1981 QB) Closest Approach To Earth (1.131 AU)
* Feb 10 - 25th Anniversary (1974), Mars 4 Mars Flyby (Soviet Union)
* Feb 11 - Pluto Crosses Neptune's Orbit And Becomes the Farthest Planet
From the Sun
* Feb 11-12 - In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU III) Technical
Interchange Meeting, Denver, Colorado
* Feb 12 - NEAR, OCM-4, Eros Orbit 102x99 km
* Feb 12 - Asteroid 19 Fortuna At Opposition
* Feb 12 - 25th Anniversary (1974), Mars 5 Mars Flyby (Soviet Union)
* Feb 15 - IKONOS 2 Athena 2 Launch
* Feb 15 - Asteroid 10 Hygiea At Opposition
* Feb 15 - Asteroid 11 Parthenope At Opposition
* Feb 15 - Galileo Galilei's 435th Birthday (1564)
* Feb 16 - Annular Eclipse, Visible From Central Australia
* Feb 16 - Chinese New Year
* Feb 17 - Moon Occults Mercury
* Feb 17 - Asteroid 156 Xanthippe At Opposition
* Feb 17 - Asteroid 6322 (1991 CQ) Closest Approach To Earth (0.525 AU)
* Feb 17 -[Nov 30] Asteroid 2059 Baboquivari Closest Approach To
Earth (1.908 AU)
* Feb 21 - STARDUST, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #1 (TCM-1)
* Feb 21 - Asteroid 1998 QS52 Closest Approach To Earth (0.699 AU)
* Feb 22 - NEAR, OCM-5, Eros Orbit 510x98 km
* Feb 22 - TM-29 Soyuz Launch (Russia)
* Feb 23 - Venus Passes 0.1 Degrees From Jupiter
* Feb 23 - Asteroid 89 Julia At Opposition
* Feb 24 - 20th Anniversary (1979), Solwind P78-1 Launch
* Feb 25 - NEAR, Low-Phase Flyby of Eros
* Feb 25 - Asteroid 1997 DF Closest Approach To Earth (0.611 AU)
* Feb 25 - 30th Anniversary (1969), Mariner 6 Launch (Mars Flyby
Mission)
* Feb 25 - 50th Anniversary (1949), WAC Corporal Launch
* Feb 27 - NEAR, OCM-6, Eros Orbit 500x100 km
* Feb 27 - Asteroid 349 Dembowska At Opposition
* Feb 27 - Asteroid 1992 BL2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.268 AU)
* Feb 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CQ29 at Opposition (40.142 AU - 22.6
Magnitude)
* Feb 28 - Mercury at Perihelion
* Feb 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 1995 DC2 at Opposition (40.172 AU - 23.5
Magnitude)
* Feb 28 - 40th Anniversary (1959), Discoverer 1 Launch (1st Polar
Orbiter)
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March 1999
* Mar ?? - Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Mapping Begins
* Mar ?? - CATSAT Ultralite Launch
* Mar ?? - Globalstar Soyuz Launch
* Mar ?? - Demonstration Sea Launch
* Mar 01 - Iridium 12 Delta 2 Launch
* Mar 01-05 - VLT Opening Symposium, Antofagasta, Chile
* Mar 03 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (18 Degrees)
* Mar 03 - 30th Anniversary (1969), Apollo 9 Launch
* Mar 03 - 40th Anniversary (1959), Pioneer 4 Launch (1st US Moon Flyby)
* Mar 04 -[Nov 24] Asteroid 1998 VD35 Near-Earth Flyby (0.169 AU)
* Mar 04 - Comet P/1998 U4 (Spahr) Perihelion (3.826 AU)
* Mar 04-06 - International Workship On Treasure-Hunting In Astronomical
Plates Archives, Sonneberg, Germany
* Mar 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 1994 ES2 at Opposition (44.307 AU - 24.0
Magnitude)
* Mar 05 - 20th Anniversary (1979), Voyager 1 Flyby of Jupiter
* Mar 07 - Comet P/1998 U3 (Jager) Perihelion (2.153 AU)
* Mar 08 - Orion F3 Delta 3 Launch
* Mar 08 - Comet Tsuchinshan 2 Perihelion (1.771 AU)
* Mar 09 - NEAR, OCM-7, Eros Orbit 165x50 km
* Mar 09 - Comet Skiff-Kosai Perihelion (2.789 AU)
* Mar 09 - 25th Anniversary (1974), Mars 7 Mars Flyby (Soviet Union)
* Mar 10 - Progress M-41 Launch (Russia)
* Mar 10 - Comet C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.534 AU)
* Mar 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 FS144 At Opposition (40.993 AU - 22.7
Magnitude)
* Mar 12 - Intelsat K-TV Ariane 4 Launch
* Mar 12 -[Nov 30] UHF-F10 Atlas 2A Launch
* Mar 12 - Asteroid 1864 Daedalus Closest Approach To Earth (1.331 AU)
* Mar 12 - 25th Anniversary (1974), Mars 6 Mars Flyby/Landing (Soviet
Union)
* Mar 13-17 - 8th UN/ESA Workshop On Basic Space Science: Science
Exploration, Mafraq, Jordan
* Mar 14 - Albert Einstein's 120th Birthday (1879)
* Mar 15 - NEAR, OCM-8, Eros Orbit 56x49 km
* Mar 15 - DOD Titan 4 Launch
* Mar 15-19 - 30th Lunar And Planetary Science Conference, Houston,
Texas
* Mar 16 - Comet Shoemaker 1 Perihelion (1.979 AU)
* Mar 18 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #61 (OTM-61)
* Mar 18 - Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) Launch
* Mar 18 - Asteroid 1991 TB1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.1632 AU)
* Mar 19 - Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) Pegasus XL Launch
* Mar 19 - Venus Passes 2.4 Degrees From Saturn
* Mar 20 - Asteroid 140 Siwa At Opposition
* Mar 21 - Vernal Equinox, 01:46 UT
* Mar 21 - Comet Mueller 3 Perihelion (3.010 AU)
* Mar 21 - Kuiper Belt Object 1994 GV9 at Opposition (41.230 AU - 23.2
Magnitude)
* Mar 22 - Galileo Enters Solar Conjunction
* Mar 22 - 2nd International Conference on Micro/Nanotechnology For
Space Applications, Los Angeles, California
* Mar 22 - F.W.A. Argelander's 200th Birthday (1799)
* Mar 24 -[Dec 01] STS-93 Launch, Space Shuttle Columbia, AXAF-1
* Mar 25 -[Nov 29] Asteroid 12 Victoria At Opposition (10.4
Magnitude)
* Mar 25 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 8 Closest Approach To Earth (2.083 AU)
* Mar 26 - Asteroid 1992 SK Near-Earth Flyby (0.0560 AU)
* Mar 27 - 30th Anniversary (1969), Mariner 7 Launch (Mars Flyby
Mission)
* Mar 28 - Pierre Simon Laplace's 250th Birthday (1749)
* Mar 29 - Asteroid 12 Victoria At Opposition
* Mar 29 - 25th Anniversary (1974), Mariner 10, 1st Mercury Flyby
* Mar 30 - NEAR, OCM-9, Eros Orbit 55x33 km
* Mar 31 - Asteroid 8 Flora At Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
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April 1999
* Apr ?? - Eutelsat-W3/Insat 3B Ariane 505 Launch
* Apr ?? - Astra 2B Ariane 4 Launch
* Apr ?? - GPS IIR-3 Delta 2 Launch
* Apr ?? - Globalstar Soyuz Launch
* Apr 01 - Asteroid 1863 Antinous Near-Earth Flyby (0.1894 AU)
* Apr 02 - Progress M-42 Launch (Russia)
* Apr 02 - Asteroid 5869 Tanith Closest Approach To Earth (0.776 AU)
* Apr 02 - 40th Anniversary (1959), Selection Of The Mercury 7
Astronauts
* Apr 03 - Comet Schorr Perihelion (2.847 AU)
* Apr 04 - Easter Sunday
* Apr 04 - Daylight Savings - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (North America)
* Apr 05-08 -[Nov 26] 1999 National Space Symposium, Colorado
Springs, Colorado
* Apr 06 -[Nov 26] Comet Singer-Brewster Perihelion (2.032 AU)
* Apr 06 - Asteroid 6239 Minos Near-Earth Flyby (0.303 AU)
* Apr 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1993 FW at Opposition (40.975 AU - 23.2
Magnitude)
* Apr 08 - Cassini, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #7 (TCM-7)
* Apr 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 1995 HM5 at Opposition (31.060 AU - 23.0
Magntude)
* Apr 08 - 35th Anniversary (1964), Gemini 1 Launch (Unmanned)
* Apr 09 - Asteroid 1981 Midas Closest Approach To Earth (0.490 AU)
* Apr 10 - Galileo Exits Solar Conjunction
* Apr 10 - Moon Occults Neptune
* Apr 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 KD66 At Opposition (39.894 AU - 25.0
Magnitude)
* Apr 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 KE66 At Opposition (41.061 AU - 25.2
Magnitude)
* Apr 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 KG66 At Opposition (44.199 AU - 25.4
Magnitude)
* Apr 11 - Moon Occults Uranus
* Apr 11 - Venus Occults 76150 (7.7 Magnitude Star)
* Apr 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 KF66 At Opposition (30.139 AU - 24.7
Magnitude)
* Apr 12 - Cosmonauts' Day
* Apr 12 - Asteroid 1580 Betulia Closest Approach To Earth (1.291 AU)
* Apr 12 - 150th Anniversary (1849), de Gasparis' Discovery of Asteroid
Hygiea
* Apr 12-15 - 1999 High Energy Astrophysics Division Meeting,
Charleston, South Carolina
* Apr 12-16 - Cataclysmic Variables: A 60th Birthday Symposium In Honor
Of Brian Warner, Oxford, United Kingdom
* Apr 13 - Galaxy 11 Ariane 4 Launch
* Apr 13-14 - Workshop On Advanced Life Support, Noordwijk, The
Netherlands
* Apr 14 - Moon Occults Mercury
* Apr 14 - Christian Huygens' 370th Birthday (1629)
* Apr 15 - Landsat 7 Delta 2 Launch
* Apr 16 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (27.5 Degrees)
* Apr 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 1994 EV3 at
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