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Space Calendar
Last Updated Thursday, January 07, 1999 at 04:45 AM PST
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January 1999
* Jan ?? - Chinasat-8 Long March 3B Launch
* Jan 01 - Asteroid 6053 (1993 BW3) Closest Approach To Earth (0.585 AU)
* Jan 02 - Asteroid 1998 YR11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.344 AU)
* 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 -[Jan 04] Mars Polar Lander/ Deep Space 2 Delta 2
Launch, Successful
* Jan 03 -[Jan 04] NEAR, Rendezvous Maneuver, Successful
* Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
* Jan 03 - Asteroid 7553 (1981 FG) Closest Approach To Earth (1.256 AU)
* Jan 03 - Asteroid 5828 (1991 AM) Closest Approach To Earth (1.934 AU)
* 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 -[Jan 06] 193rd Meeting Of The American Astronomical
Society (AAS), Austin, Texas
* Jan 06 -[Jan 05] Asteroid 313 Chaldaea Occults 59 Orionis (6.0
Magnitude Star)
* Jan 07 - Asteroid 6239 Minos Near-Earth Flyby (0.386 AU)
* Jan 07 - Asteroid 1998 XQ16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.395 AU)
* Jan 07 - Asteroid 7614 (1996 EA) Closest Approach To Earth (1.468 AU)
* Jan 07-14 - Conference On Inspirations Of Astronomical Phenomena,
Island Republic of Malta
* Jan 08 - Asteroid 1998 WS Closest Approach To Earth (0.887 AU)
* Jan 09 - Cassini At Opposition
* Jan 09 - Asteroid 389 Industria At Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
* Jan 09 - Asteroid 5261 Eureka Closest Approach To Earth (0.700 AU)
* Jan 10 - Comet C/1998 X1 (ODAS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.716 AU)
* 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 - Asteroid 1998 XR16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.161 AU)
* Jan 11 - 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 1998 YW5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.238 AU)
* 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 - 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 - Argos/ Sunsat/ Orsted Delta 2 Launch
* 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 - Asteroid 196 Philomela At Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
* 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 -[Jan 06] Mars Polar Lander, Trajectory Correction
Maneuver #1 (TCM-1)
* Jan 18 - Comet C/1998 W1 (Spahr) Perihelion (1.584 AU)
* Jan 18 - Asteroid 6618 (1936 SO) Closest Approach To Earth (0.898 AU)
* Jan 18 - Asteroid 6976 (1993 KD2) Closest Approach To Earth (1.618 AU)
* Jan 18-22 - European Symposium On Atmospheric Measurements From Space,
Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Jan 19 - Asteroid 1991 VE Near-Earth Flyby (0.157 AU)
* Jan 20 - Asteroid 1998 YQ11 Closest Approach To Earth (0.490 AU)
* 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 - Asteroid 103 Hera At Opposition
* Jan 23 - 2nd Test Flight Of The X-38 (V-131)
* Jan 23 - Asteroid 5131 (1990 BG) Closest Approach To Earth (0.803)
* Jan 24 - Comet C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.747 AU)
* Jan 25 - Mars Climate Orbiter, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #2
(TCM-2)
* Jan 25 - Comet P/1998 X2 (Bowell-Skiff) Closest Approach To Earth
(1.329 AU)
* Jan 25 -[Jan 03] Asteroid 1998 YF27 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.595 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 - ROCSAT Athena 1 Launch
* Jan 27 - Mercury Passes 2.2 Degrees From Neptune
* Jan 27 - Comet Harrington-Abell Perihelion (1.758 AU)
* Jan 27-28 - Harsh Environments Initiative Workshop, Noordwijk, The
Netherlands
* Jan 28 - Cassini, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #6 (TCM-6)
* Jan 28 - Globalstar Soyuz Launch
* Jan 28 - Asteroid 1991 VB Closest Approach To Earth (1.218 AU)
* Jan 28-29 - Workshop On X-Ray Interferometry, Boulder, Colorado
* Jan 29 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #59 (OTM-59)
* Jan 29 - 10th Anniversary (1989), Phobos 2 Mars Orbit Insertion
* Jan 29-31 - Pritzker Symposium On The Status Of Inflationary
Cosmology, Chicago, Illinois
* Jan 30 - Telstar-6 Proton Launch
* Jan 31 -[Jan 05] Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
* Jan 31 - 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 ?? - Sesat Proton Launch
* Feb 01 - Galileo, Europa 19 Flyby
* 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 - 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 - International Symposium On Mars Exploration Program &
Sample Return Missions, Paris, France
* 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 - Mercury Passes 1.5 Degrees From Uranus
* Feb 03 - Arabsat 3A/ Skynet 4E Ariane 4 Launch
* Feb 03 - 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 9671 (1997 TU9) Closest Approach To Earth (1.020 AU)
* 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 - 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 - 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 - Asteroid 19 Fortuna At Opposition (10.2 Magnitude)
* Feb 11-12 - In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU III) Technical
Interchange Meeting, Denver, Colorado
* Feb 12 - 25th Anniversary (1974), Mars 5 Mars Flyby (Soviet Union)
* Feb 14 - Asteroid 10 Hygiea At Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
* Feb 15 - IKONOS 2 Athena 2 Launch
* Feb 15 - Galileo Galilei's 435th Birthday (1564)
* Feb 16 -[Jan 02] Annular Eclipse, Visible From Central
Australia
* Feb 16 - Asteroid 11 Parthenope At Opposition (10.0 Magnitude)
* Feb 16 -[Jan 03] Asteroid 40 Harmonia At Opposition (9.8
Magnitude)
* 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 - Asteroid 2059 Baboquivari Closest Approach To Earth (1.908
AU)
* Feb 17 - Asteroid 4384 (1990 AA) Closest Approach To Earth (2.017 AU)
* Feb 17-19 - AAS Workshop On Human Space Flight, Houston, Texas
* Feb 18 - Asteroid 5863 Tara Closest Approach To Earth (1.944 AU)
* Feb 20 - First Flight Of X-38 (V-132)
* Feb 21 - STARDUST, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #1 (TCM-1)
* Feb 21 - Asiasat-3S Proton Launch
* Feb 21 - Asteroid 1998 QS52 Closest Approach To Earth (0.699 AU)
* Feb 22 - TM-29 Soyuz Launch (Russia)
* Feb 22-26 - Workshop On Small Missions For Astrophysics, Los Alamos,
New Mexico
* Feb 23 - Venus Passes 0.1 Degrees From Jupiter
* Feb 23 - Asteroid 5736 Sanford Closest Approach To Earth (2.098 AU)
* Feb 24 -[Jan 07] Asteroid 89 Julia At Opposition
* Feb 24 - 20th Anniversary (1979), Solwind P78-1 Launch
* Feb 25 -[Jan 01] Asteroid 1992 BF Near-Earth Flyby (0.365 AU)
* 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 26 - Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) Pegasus XL Launch
* Feb 27 - DSP Titan 4B Launch
* 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 02 - Asteroid 1998 XB Near-Earth Flyby (0.343 AU)
* 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 - 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 05-07 - Contact XVI, Santa Clara, California
* 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 - 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 (40.960 AU - 22.9
Magnitude)
* Mar 10-12 - Workshop On Optical And Infrared Spectroscopy Of
Circumstellar Matter, Tattenburg, Germany
* Mar 12 - Intelsat K-TV Ariane 4 Launch
* Mar 12 - Eutelsat W3 Atlas 2AS 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 -[Jan 06] Asteroid 60 Echo At Opposition (10.4
Magnitude)
* Mar 14 - Asteroid 1998 YP11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.266 AU)
* Mar 14 - Asteroid 5378 Ellyett Closest Approach To Earth (0.996 AU)
* Mar 14 - Albert Einstein's 120th Birthday (1879)
* 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 16-18 - International Symposium On Atmospheric Reentry Vehicles
And Systems, Arachon, France
* Mar 17 - Asteroid 4730 (1980 XZ) Closest Approach To Earth (2.197 AU)
* Mar 18 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #61 (OTM-61)
* Mar 18 - Asteroid 1991 TB1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.1632 AU)
* Mar 19 - Venus Passes 2.4 Degrees From Saturn
* Mar 19-22 - 7th Annual South Pacific Star Party, Wiruna, Australia
* Mar 20 - Asteroid 140 Siwa At Opposition
* Mar 21 - Astra-1H Proton Launch
* Mar 21 - Vernal Equinox, 01:46 UT
* Mar 21 -[Jan 02] Asteroid 39 Laetitia At Opposition (10.4
Magnitude)
* Mar 21 - Comet Mueller 3 Perihelion (3.010 AU)
* Mar 21 - Asteroid 7079 (1986 RR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.813 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 -[Jan 01] F.W.A. Argelander's 200th Birthday (1799)
* Mar 22-24 - Workshop On Helioseismology At Moderate And High Spherical
Harmonic Degree, Tuscon, Arizona
* Mar 25 - 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 - Asteroid 37 Fides At Opposition (10.8 Magnitude)
* Mar 28 - Asteroid 5349 Paulharris Closest Approach To Earth (1.899 AU)
* Mar 28 - Pierre Simon Laplace's 250th Birthday (1749)
* Mar 29 - Asteroid 12 Victoria At Opposition
* Mar 29 - Asteroid 1994 RH Closest Approach To Earth (1.741 AU)
* Mar 29 - 25th Anniversary (1974), Mariner 10, 1st Mercury Flyby
* Mar 29-Apr 01 -[Jan 01] International Conference On Imaging The
Universe In Three Dimensions, Walnut Creek, California
* Mar 31 - GOES-L Atlas IIA Launch
* Mar 31 - Asteroid 8 Flora At Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
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April 1999
* Apr ?? - Insat 3B Ariane 505 Launch
* Apr ?? - Globalstar Soyuz Launch
* Apr 01 - Terriers/ Mublcom/ Celestis 03 Pegasus XL Launch
* Apr 01 - Asteroid 1863 Antinous Near-Earth Flyby (0.1894 AU)
* Apr 01 - Asteroid 9400 (1994 TW1) Closest Approach To Earth (1.637 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 - 1999 National Space Symposium, Colorado Springs, Colorado
* Apr 06 - 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 07-09 - International Conference On Perspectives On Radio
Astronomy, Amsterdan, The Netherlands
* Apr 08 - STS-93 Launch, Space Shuttle Columbia, AXAF-1
* Apr 08 - Milstar-2 Titan 4B Launch
* 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 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia At Opposition (10.8 Magnitude)
* 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 Opposition (43.701 AU - 23.5
Magnitude)
* Apr 17-18 - International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA) Annual
Meeting, Denver, Colorado
* Apr 18 - Asteroid 1992 KD Closest Approach To Earth (1.073 AU)
* Apr 19-22 - 17th Annual Space Power Workshop, Long Beach, California
* Apr 19-23 - Space Weather Week, Boulder, Colorado
* Apr 19-23 - 24th General Assembly Of The European Geophysical Society,
The Hague, The Netherlands
* Apr 20 - TELKOM/ Eutelsat-W4 Ariane 504 Launch
* Apr 20 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
* Apr 20 - Asteroid 9 Metis At Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
* Apr 20 -[Jan 04] Asteroid 124 Alkeste At Opposition (11.0
Magnitude)
* Apr 20 - Venus at Perihelion
* Apr 21 - Asteroid 3103 Eger Closest Approach To Earth (1.021 AU)
* Apr 21-23 -[Jan 06] International Symposium Of Space Travel,
Bremen, Germany
* Apr 22 - GPS IIR-3 Delta 2 Launch
* Apr 22 - Asteroid 387 Aquitania At Opposition
* Apr 23-24 - Minor Planet Astrometry And Photometry Workshop,
Flagstaff, Arizona
* Apr 24 - Mars At Opposition
* Apr 25-28 - AIAA International Space Station Service Vehicles
Conference, Houston, Texas
* Apr 26 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 6 Closest Approach To Earth (2.066 AU)
* Apr 27 - QuikSCAT (Quick Scatterometer) Titan II Launch
* Apr 27 - Asteroid 1989 ML Near-Earth Flyby (0.2520 AU)
* Apr 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 1994 JQ1 at Opposition (41.9 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Apr 28 - Abrixas Cosmos Launch (Germany)
* Apr 28-30 - Workshop On Thermal Emission Spectroscopy And Analysis Of
Dust, Disks, And Regoliths, Houston, Texas
* Apr 30 - Deadline For Name The Deep Space 2 Microprobes Contest
* Apr 30 - Asteroid 88 Thisbe At Opposition (10.6 Magnitude)
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May 1999
* May ?? - Globalstar Soyuz Launch
* May ?? - Panamsat 1R Ariane 4 Launch
* May ?? - Astra 2B Ariane 4 Launch
* May ?? - Nimiq-1 Proton Launch (Russia)
* May 01 - TSX-5 Pegasus XL Launch
* May 01 - Mercury Passes 1.6 Degrees From Jupiter
* May 01 - 50th Anniversary (1949), Gerard Kuiper's Discovery of Nereid
(Neptune Moon)
* May 02 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #62 (OTM-62)
* May 02 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 6 Perihelion (1.135 AU)
* May 03-07 - 2nd EGS Alfven Conference On Auroral Particle
Acceleration, Stockholm, Sweden
* May 04 - Comet Forbes Perihelion (1.446 AU)
* May 04 - 10th Anniversary (1989), Magellan Launch (Venus Orbiter)
* May 05 - Galileo, Callisto 20 Flyby
* May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
* May 05 - Asteroid 1995 LH Closest Approach To Earth (1.549 AU)
* May 06 - Comet Faye Perihelion (1.657 AU)
* May 06-07 - International Colloquium On Space Law, Perugia, Italy
* May 07 - Moon Occults Neptune
* May 08 - Moon Occults Uranus
* May 09 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #63 (OTM-63)
* May 10 - Asteroid 1991 JG1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.317 AU)
* May 10-12 - 22nd ESTEC Antenne Workshop On Antenna Measurements,
Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* May 11-13 - Leonid Meteroid Storm And Satellite Threat Conference,
Manhatten Beach, California
* May 12-15 -[Jan 02] Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society (MAPS)
Conference, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
* May 13 - STS-96 Launch, Space Shuttle Discovery, ISS-2A.1
* May 13 - Mercury Passes 0.6 Degrees From Saturn
* May 14 - Comet P/1998 X2 (Bowell-Skiff) Perihelion (1.972 AU)
* May 15 - UHF-F10 Atlas 2A Launch
* May 16 - 30th Anniversary (1969), Venera 5 Venus Impact
* May 17 - 30th Anniversary (1969), Venera 6 Venus Impact
* May 18 - Jupiter at Perihelion
* May 18 - Asteroid 8405 (1995 GO) At Opposition (7.985 AU - 18.5
Magnitude)
* May 18 - 2060 Chiron at Oppositon (8.445 AU - 16.1 Magnitude)
* May 18 - 30th Anniversary (1969), Apollo 10 Launch
* May 20 -[Jan 06] Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE)
Delta II Launch
* May 20 -[Jan 05] Globalstar Delta 2 Launch
* May 21 - Asteroid 1998 HD14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.264 AU)
* May 21 - Venus Occults 78995 (7.5 Magnitude Star)
* May 21 - Venus Occults 79012 (7.7 Magnitude Star)
* May 23 - Asteroid 27 Euterpe At Opposition (10.4 Magnitude)
* May 23 - Asteroid 1980 Tezcatlipoca Closest Approach To Earth (1.017
AU)
* May 24-28 - International Conference On Optical And IR Interferometry
From Ground And Space, Dana Point, California
* May 26 - Asteroid 23 Thalia At Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
* May 26 -[Jan 01] Asteroid 30 Urania At Opposition (10.8
Magnitude)
* May 26-28 - 4th International Space University Syposium: International
Space Station - Creating New Opportunities, Strasboug, France.
* May 27 - Mercury at Perihelion
* May 28 - Asteroid 3 Juno At Opposition (10.2 Magnitude)
* May 28 - 35th Anniversary (1964), 1st Launch of the Saturn 1 Rocket
* May 28 -[Jan 02] 40th Anniversary (1959), Jupiter C Launch Of
Two Monkeys (Able & Baker)
* May 28-31 - 31st Annual Riverside Telescope Makers Conference, Camp
Oaks, California
* May 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 1994 JS at Opposition (34.136 AU - 23.4
Magnitude)
* May 29 - 25th Anniversary (1974), Luna 22 Launch (Soviet Moon Orbiter)
* May 29-Jun 03 - 7th European Symposium On Life Scienc
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CIAO da IK4ZIH Fabio ! ººº³ººº e-mail: fafo_ozzi@hotmail.com
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