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Space Calendar
Last Updated Monday, October 04, 1999 at 02:45 AM PDT
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October 1999
* Oct ?? - Globalstar Soyuz Launch
* Oct ?? - Sesat Proton Launch
* Oct ?? - CBERS-1/SACI-1 CZ-4B Launch
* Oct 01 - Deadline For Mars Microphone Essay Contest
* Oct 01 - Unmanned 'Space Shuttle' Long March 2E Launch (China)
* Oct 01 -[Sep 28] Asteroid 554 Peraga Occults TYC 1885 0275
(10.0 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 01 - Asteroid 1999 RC32 Near-Earth Flyby (0.338 AU)
* Oct 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 1993 SC at Opposition (33.800 AU - 22.4
Magnitude)
* Oct 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 1996 TK66 at Opposition (41.842 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Oct 01-03 - Mars Week, MIT, Massachussetts
* Oct 01-04 - 8th Annual Antique Telescope Society Meeting, Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada
* Oct 02 -[Oct 03] Comet P/1999 RO28 (LONEOS) Perihelion (1.231
AU)
* Oct 02 - Asteroid 1999 RK45 Near-Earth Flyby (0.108 AU)
* Oct 02 - Asteroid 1999 GK4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.321 AU)
* Oct 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 1992 QB1 At Opposition (39.916 AU - 23.1
Magnitude)
* Oct 02-04 - Workshop On Mars 2001: Integrated Science In Preparation
For Sample Return And Human Exploration, Houston, Texas
* Oct 03 - Cape Canaveral Launch Pad 41 To Be Demolished
* Oct 03 - Asteroid 1999 CU3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.231 AU)
* Oct 03-06 - 9th Annual Conference On Astronomical Data Analysis
Software & Systems, Hawaii
* Oct 04 - Asteroid 1996 BZ3 Closest Approach To Earth (1.241 AU)
* Oct 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 SM165 At Opposition (33.348 AU - 21.8
Magnitude)
* Oct 04 - 40th Anniversay (1959), Luna 3 Launch (Soviet Moon Flyby
Mission)
* Oct 04-06 - Galactic Disks 1999 Workshop, Heidelberg, Germany
* Oct 04-08 - 50th IAF Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* Oct 04-08 - 11th Cambridge Workshop On Cool Stars, Stellar Systems And
The Sun, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain
* Oct 05 - DMSP Titan 2 Launch
* Oct 05 - Asteroid 85 Io At Opposition (10.1 Magnitude)
* Oct 05 -[Oct 02] Comet C/1999 S3 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To
Earth (1.162 AU)
* Oct 05 - Asteroid 2917 Sawyer Hogg Closest Approach To Earth (1.495
AU)
* Oct 05 - Asteroid 2469 Tadjikistan Closest Approach To Earth (2.042
AU)
* Oct 05-08 - International Workshop On Strong Magnetic Fields In
Neutrino Astrophysics, Yaroslavl, Russia
* Oct 06 -[Oct 03] GPS IIR-3 Delta 2 Launch
* Oct 06 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #74 (OTM-74)
* Oct 06 - Asteroid 92 Undina At Opposition (10.8 Magnitude)
* Oct 06 - Asteroid 1999 HP11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.201 AU)
* Oct 06 - Asteroid 1999 RV2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.239 AU)
* Oct 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 1993 SB At Opposition (29.808 AU - 22.9
Magnitude)
* Oct 06-08 - Conference On The Science With The Atacama Large
Millimeter Array, Washington DC
* Oct 06-08 - Symposium On Applications Of Particle Detectors In
Medicine, Biology and Astrophysics, Siegen, Germany
* Oct 07 - Mars Polar Lander, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #3 (TCM-3)
* Oct 07 - Asteroid 1999 OW3 Closest Approach To Earth (2.056 AU)
* Oct 08 - Asteroid 1998 TU3 Closest Approach To Earth (0.774 AU)
* Oct 08 - Asteroid 687 Tinette Closest Approach To Earth (1.012 AU)
* Oct 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 SZ10 At Opposition (30.384 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Oct 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 1995 QZ9 at Opposition (34.096 AU - 22.9
Magnitude)
* Oct 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 1996 RQ20 At Opposition (38.477 AU - 22.9
Magnitude)
* Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
* Oct 09 - Asteroid 1999 RP36 Near-Earth Flyby (0.307 AU)
* Oct 10 - DirecTv-1R Zenit 3SL Sea launch
* Oct 10 - Jupiter Occults 92746 (8.0 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 10 -[Sep 28] Asteroid 48 Doris Occults TAC -16 07318 (11.4
Magnitude Star)
* Oct 10 - Asteroid 3579 (1977 YA) Closest Approach To Earth (1.883 AU)
* Oct 10 - Asteroid 7547 (1979 MO4) Closest Approach To Earth (1.928 AU)
* Oct 10-15 - Meeting Of The AAS Division For Planetary Sciences,
Padova, Italy
* Oct 11 - Galileo, Io 24 Flyby
* Oct 11 - Asteroid 1999 RU2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.248 AU)
* Oct 11-13 - 10th Annual October Astrophysics Conference: Cosmic
Explosions, College Park, Maryland
* Oct 12 -[Oct 02] Asteroid 8476 (1986 QT2) Clossest Approach To
Earth (1.043 AU)
* Oct 12 - Kuiper Belt Object 1996 SZ4 At Opposition (29.126 AU - 22.7
Magnitude)
* Oct 12 - 5th Anniversary (1994), Magellan Burnup In Venus' Atmosphere
* Oct 12 - 35th Anniversary (1964), Voskhod 1 Launch
* Oct 12-13 - 1st Gossamer Spacecraft Workshop, Oxnard, California
* Oct 12-14 - The Four Candidate Earth Explorer Core Missions
Consultative Workshop, Granada, Spain
* Oct 13 -[Oct 04] Comet Ge-Wang Closest Approach To Earth (1.670
AU)
* Oct 13 - Asteroid 3632 Grachevka Closest Approach To Earth (1.255 AU)
* Oct 13 - Asteroid 4747 Jujo Closest Approach To Earth (1.719 AU)
* Oct 14 - Asteroid 1994 TF2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.292 AU)
* Oct 14 - Asteroid 1998 SZ27 Closest Approach To Earth (0.513 AU)
* Oct 14 - Asteroid 10860 (1995 LE) Closest Approach To Earth (0.608 AU)
* Oct 15 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #75 (OTM-75)
* Oct 15 - Jawsat/ FalconSat/ ASUSat 1/ Opal (StenSat, MASAT, Artemis)
Minotaur Launch
* Oct 15 - Asteroid 7664 (1994 TE3) Closest Approach To Earth (1.599 AU)
* Oct 15 - Asteroid 3156 Ellington Closest Approach To Earth (1.942 AU)
* Oct 15-16 - Starry Nights Festival, Yucca Valley, California
* Oct 16 - Asteroid 1999 LF6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)
* Oct 16 - Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Closest Approach To Earth (1.124 AU)
* Oct 16 - Conference To Celebrate 400 Years Of Astronomy On Merseyside,
Liverpool, United Kingdom
* Oct 16 - South Wales Association Of Astronomical Societies (SWAAS)
Convention, Cardiff, United Kingdom
* Oct 17-24 - 4th International Conference On Cosmology, Relativistic
Astrophysics, Moscow, Russia
* Oct 18 -[Sep 29] Orion-2 Ariane 4 Launch
* Oct 18 - Globalstar Soyuz Launch
* Oct 18 - Moon Occults Neptune
* Oct 18 - Asteroid 1994 WZ2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.839 AU)
* Oct 18 - 10th Anniversary (1989), Galileo Launch (Jupiter Orbiter)
* Oct 18-20 - High Energy Solar Physics Workshop, College Park, Maryland
* Oct 18-21 - 4th ESA International Conference On Spacecraft Guidance,
Navigation and Control Systems, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Oct 18-22 - 5th Huntville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium, Huntsville,
Alabama
* Oct 19 - Moon Occults Uranus
* Oct 19 - Asteroid 193 Ambrosia Closest Approach To Earth (1.026 AU)
* Oct 19 - Asteroid 4667 Robbiesh Closest Approach To Earth (1.432 AU)
* Oct 20 - Kuiper Belt Object 1995 TL8 At Opposition (41.555 AU - 21.5
Magnitude)
* Oct 21 -[Sep 29] Garuda-1 Proton Launch
* Oct 21 - Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
* Oct 21 - Mars Occults 186484 (7.6 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 21 - Asteroid 5653 (1992 WD5) Closest Approach To Earth (0.886 AU)
* Oct 21-22 - Atelier PNP 1999: Formation Des Systemes Planetaires,
Paris, France
* Oct 22 - Asteroid 11066 (1992 CC1) Closest Approach To Earth (0.511
AU)
* Oct 23 - Jupiter At Opposition
* Oct 23 - Asteroid 1990 UA Near-Earth Flyby (0.223 AU)
* Oct 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 1996 TP66 at Opposition (25.383 AU - 20.7
Magnitude)
* Oct 24 - Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation (24 Degrees)
* Oct 24 - Comet Schuster Closest Approach To Earth (0.777 AU)
* Oct 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 1996 TQ66 at Opposition (33.628 AU - 22.5
Magnitude)
* Oct 25-28 - Geological Society Of America Annual Meeting, Denver,
Colorado
* Oct 25-28 - 35th International Telemetering Conference, Las Vegas,
Nevada
* Oct 25-29 - International Conference On Astrophysical Plasmas, Mexico
City, Mexico
* Oct 26 - Asteroid 186 Celuta Closest Approach To Earth (1.209 AU)
* Oct 26 - Asteroid 7681 Chenjingrun Closest Approach To Earth (1.410
AU)
* Oct 26-29 - CEOS SAR Workshop, Toulouse, France
* Oct 27 - Asteroid 1999 RQ28 Near-Earth Flyby (0.127 AU)
* Oct 27 - Asteroid 3838 Epona Near-Earth Flyby (0.374 AU)
* Oct 27 - Asteroid 1997 GO27 Closest Approach To Earth (0.462 AU)
* Oct 27 - Asteroid 3922 Heather Closest Approach To Earth (1.572 AU)
* Oct 27 - Space Transportation Day '99, Huntsville, Alabama
* Oct 27-29 - Space Resources Utilization Roundtable, Colorado
* Oct 28 - Comet C/1999 J3 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (0.441 AU)
* Oct 28 - Comet C/1999 J4 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.862 AU)
* Oct 28 - Asteroid 1998 QH2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.775 AU)
* Oct 28 - 25th Anniversary (1974), Luna 23 Launch (Soviet Moon Sample
Return Mission)
* Oct 29 - Asteroid 7681 (1996 YK2) Closest Approach To Earth (1.412 AU)
* Oct 30 - Venus at Greatest Western Elongation (46.5 Degrees)
* Oct 30 - Comet C/1999 K2 (Ferris) Perihelion (5.163 AU)
* Oct 31 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (USA)
* Oct 31 - Asteroid 1342 Brabantia Closest Approach To Earth (1.754 AU)
* Oct 31 - Asteroid 7678 Onoda Closest Approach To Earth (2.088 AU)
* Oct 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 UR43 At Opposition (30.861 AU - 22.0
Magnitude)
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November 1999
* Nov ?? - MTSAT H-2 Launch (Japan)
* Nov 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 1996 TL66 At Opposition (34.067 AU - 20.6
Magnitude)
* Nov 01-04 - AIAA 9th International Space Planes And Hypersonic Systems
And Technologies Conference, Norfolk, Virginia
* Nov 01-05 - 33rd ESLAB Symposium: Star Formation From The Small To The
Large Scale, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Nov 02 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #76 (OTM-76)
* Nov 02 - Asteroid 4546 Franck Closest Approach To Earth (1.292 AU)
* Nov 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WS31 At Opposition (30.523 AU - 23.1
Magnitude)
* Nov 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WA31 At Opposition (38.561 AU - 23.0
Magnitude)
* Nov 02-04 - International Space Business Assembly, Washington DC
* Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
* Nov 03 - Asteroid 1990 SS Near-Earth Flyby (0.356 AU)
* Nov 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 UU43 At Opposition (36.418 AU - 22.9
Magnitude)
* Nov 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 1996 TS66 at Opposition (37.791 AU - 21.9
Mag)
* Nov 03-05 -[Oct 01] Inspection 99, Houston, Texas
* Nov 04 - UHF-F10 Atlas 2A Launch
* Nov 04 - Washington Area Astronomers Meeting, Washington DC
* Nov 05 - ORBCOMM-4 Pegasus XL Launch
* Nov 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WV31 At Opposition (31.712 AU - 22.7
Magnitude)
* Nov 05 -[Oct 02] Conference On Developing US Launch Capability,
Washington DC
* Nov 06 - Saturn At Opposition
* Nov 06 -[Oct 02] Comet C/1999 S3 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.924 AU)
* Nov 07 - Comet Mueller 3 Closest Approach To Earth (2.281 AU)
* Nov 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WT31 At Opposition (38.289 AU - 23.0
Magnitude)
* Nov 08 - Asteroid 1943 Anteros Closest Approach To Earth (0.809 AU)
* Nov 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WV24 At Opposition (37.128 AU - 23.1
Magnitude)
* Nov 08-10 -[Sep 27] Workshop On Massive Stellar Clusters,
Strasbourg, France
* Nov 08-12 - Workshop On ISO Surveys Of A Dusty Universe, Ringberg
Castle, Germany
* Nov 10 - Asteroid 13 Egeria At Opposition (9.8 Magnitude)
* Nov 10-12 - 2nd International Workshop On ERS SAR Interferometry,
Leige, Belgium
* Nov 11 - Asteroid 1994 LC1 Closest Approach To Earth (1.280 AU)
* Nov 12 - Asteroid 8176 (1991 WA) Closest Approach To Earth (0.476 AU)
* Nov 12 - Asteroid 5496 (1973 NA) Closest Approach To Earth (1.485 AU)
* Nov 12 -[Sep 30] Interplanetary Internet Research Seminar,
College Park, Maryland
* Nov 12-13 - 9th Midwest Relativity Meeting, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
* Nov 13 -[Sep 30] GE-4 Ariane 4 Launch
* Nov 13 -[Sep 29] Asteroid 1998 VR Closest Approach To Earth
(0.865 AU)
* Nov 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WW24 At Opposition (30.281 AU - 22.7
Magnitude)
* Nov 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WU31 At Opposition (31.634 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Nov 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 US43 At Opposition (34.225 AU - 23.0
Magnitude)
* Nov 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WA25 At Opposition (41.120 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Nov 14 - Globalstar Soyuz Launch
* Nov 14 - Moon Occults Neptune
* Nov 14 - Asteroid 1998 TF35 Closest Approach To Earth (16.915 AU -
22.0 Magnitude)
* Nov 14 - 30th Anniversary (1969), Apollo 12 Launch
* Nov 15 - Mercury Transits The Sun
* Nov 15 - Moon Occults Uranus
* Nov 15 - Asteroid 9202 (1993 PB) Closest Approach To Earth (0.865 AU)
* Nov 15-19 - Conference On Cosmic Evolution And Galaxy Formation,
Tonantizintla, Puebla, Mexico
* Nov 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WW31 At Opposition (45.367 AU - 23.4
Magnitude)
* Nov 16-18 - 1999 AAS National Conference and 46th Annual Meeting,
Pasadena, California
* Nov 16-19 - 4th RESCEU International Symposium: The Birth And
Evolution Of The Universe, Tokyo, Japan
* Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak (Potential Meteor Storm)
* Nov 17 - Asteroid 3607 Naniwa Closest Approach To Earth (1.211 AU)
* Nov 17 - Kuiper Belt Object WX24 At Opposition (43.953 AU - 23.0
Magnitude)
* Nov 17-19 - Program On Darwin And Astronomy: The Infrared Space
Interferometer, Stockholm, Sweden
* Nov 18 - Asteroid 10165 (1995 BL2) Closest Approach To Earth (0.573
AU)
* Nov 18 - Asteroid 1998 BP26 Closest Approach To Earth (0.911 AU)
* Nov 18 - Asteroid 3314 Beals Closest Approach To Earth (1.142 AU)
* Nov 18 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 VG44 At Opposition (29.827 AU - 21.4
Magnitude)
* Nov 19 - STS-103 Launch, Space Shuttle Discovery, Hubble Space
Telescope 3A
* Nov 19 - Mercury At Perihelion
* Nov 20 - KOMPSAT/ ACRIMSAT Taurus Launch
* Nov 20 - Asteroid 354 Eleonora At Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
* Nov 20 - Asteroid 1998 YW3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.397 AU)
* Nov 20 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WZ31 At Opposition (32.070 AU - 23.2
Magnitude)
* Nov 20 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WH24 At Opposition (41.808 AU - 20.9
Magnitude)
* Nov 20 - Edwin Hubble's 110th Birthday (1889)
* Nov 21 - Asteroid 1998 YW3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.382 AU)
* Nov 21-24 - Colloquium On Quantitative Socio-Dynamics Of Astronomy,
Bischenberg, France
* Nov 22 - Comet Giclas Closest Approach To Earth (1.053 AU)
* Nov 22 - Asteroid 1989 VA Near-Earth Flyby (0.194 AU)
* Nov 22 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Near-Earth Flyby (0.317 AU)
* Nov 22-27 - IAU Symposium 198: The Light Elements And Their Evolution,
Natal, Brazil
* Nov 23 - Terra Atlas IIAS Launch
* Nov 23 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #77 (OTM-77)
* Nov 24 - Asteroid 216 Kleopatra At Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
* Nov 25 - Progress M1 Soyuz Launch (International Space Station 1P)
* Nov 25 - Helios-1B/ Clementine Ariane 4 Launch
* Nov 25 - Mars At Perihelion
* Nov 25 - Asteroid 1276 Ucclia Closest Approach To Earth (1.971 AU)
* Nov 26 - Galileo, Io 25 Flyby
* Nov 26 - Asteroid 337 Devosa At Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
* Nov 26 - Asteroid 1993 DQ1 Closest Approach To Earth (1.701 AU)
* Nov 27 - Comet C/1997 BA6 (Spacewatch) Perihelion (3.436 AU)
* Nov 27 - Asteroid 8567 (1996 HW1) Closest Approach To Earth (1.300 AU)
* Nov 28 - 35th Anniversary (1964), Mariner 4 Launch (Mars Flyby
Mission)
* Nov 29 - Mars Polar Lander, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #4 (TCM-4)
* Nov 29 - Mars Passes 1.7 Degrees From Neptune
* Nov 30 -[Oct 02] GOES-L Atlas IIA Launch
* Nov 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 1994 VK8 At Opposition (42.498 AU - 22.9
Magnitude)
* Nov 30-Dec 01 - 13th European Workshop On Thermal And ECLS Software,
Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Nov 30-Dec 04 - IAU Symposium 1999: The Universe At Low Radio
Frequencies, Pune, India
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December 1999
* Dec ?? - ICO Delta 3 Launch
* Dec 01 - Venus At Perihelion
* Dec 01 - Asteroid 7619 (1997 AP21) Closest Approach To Earth (1.057
AU)
* Dec 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WX31 At Opposition (40.041 AU - 22.4
Magnitude)
* Dec 02 - Mars Polar Lander, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #5 (TCM-5)
* Dec 02 -[Oct 01] Third Flight Of X-38 (V-132)
* Dec 02 - Asteroid 1992 JE Closest Approach To Earth (1.650 AU)
* Dec 03 - Mars Polar Lander/ Deep Space 2 Lands On Mars
* Dec 03 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (20 Degrees)
* Dec 03 - Asteroid 1999 RR28 Near-Earth Flyby (0.319 AU)
* Dec 03 - Asteroid 6456 Golombek Closest Approach To Earth (1.673 AU)
* Dec 03-05 - Planetfest '99, Pasadena, California
* Dec 03 - 25th Anniversary (1974), Pioneer 11 Flyby Of Jupiter
* Dec 04 -[Sep 30] Comet Shoemaker 1 Closest Approach to Earth
(2.027 AU)
* Dec 04 - Kuiper Belt Object YY3 At Opposition (29.828 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Dec 05 - Comet Wiseman-Skiff Closest Approach To Earth (0.700 AU)
* Dec 06 -[Sep 29] STS-99 Launch, Endeavour, Shuttle Radar
Topography
* Dec 06 - TSX-5 Pegasus XL Launch
* Dec 06 - Asteroid 1876 Napolitania Closest Approach To Earth (1.126
AU)
* Dec 06-10 - ASPRS - Pecroa 14/Land Satellite Information III
Conference, Denver, Colorado
* Dec 07 - Asteroid 3951 Zichichi Closest Approach To Earth (0.955 AU)
* Dec 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WY31 At Opposition (44.254 AU - 23.7
Magnitude)
* Dec 08 - XMM Ariane 504 Launch
* Dec 08-11 - Workshop On Observational And Theoretical Progress In The
Study Of Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef,
Germany
* Dec 09 - Comet Machholz 2 Perihelion (0.749 AU)
* Dec 09 - Asteroid 3872 Akirafujii Closest Approach To Earth (1.592 AU)
* Dec 09 - Asteroid 9082 (1994 VR6) Closest Approach To Earth (2.037 AU)
* Dec 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WG24 At Opposition (40.599 AU - 22.6
Magnitude)
* Dec 09 - Kuiper Belt Object WY24 At Opposition (41.013 AU - 23.0
Magnitude)
* Dec 09-11 - Workshop On Helioseismology At Low Angular Degree,
Stanford, California
* Dec 10 - Asteroid 6 Hebe At Opposition (8.3 Magnitude)
* Dec 10 - Asteroid 29 Amphitrite At Opposition (8.8 Magnitude)
* Dec 10 - Asteroid 532 Herculina At Opposition (10.8 Magnitude)
* Dec 10 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 8 Perihelion (2.721 AU)
* Dec 10 - Asteroid 1999 RH27 Near-Earth Flyby (0.260 AU)
* Dec 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WZ24 At Opposition (31.407 AU - 23.2
Magnitude)
* Dec 10 - 25th Anniversary (1974), Helios 1 Launch (Sun Mission)
* Dec 11 - DSP-20 Titan 4B Launch
* Dec 11 - Moon Occults Neptune
* Dec 11-16 - 7th International Symposium On Particles, Strings And
Cosmology, Tahoe City, California
* Dec 12 - Moon Occults Mars
* Dec 12 - Moon Occults Uranus
* Dec 12 -[Oct 04] Asteroid 7796 Jaracimrman Closest Approach To
Earth (1.460 AU)
* Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
* Dec 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 XY95 At Opposition (43.023 AU - 22.7
Magnitude)
* Dec 13-16 - IAU Symposium 179: Cyclical Evolution Of Solar Magnetic
Fields, Kodaikanal, India
* Dec 13-17 - 1999 Fall Meeting Of The American Geophysical Union (AGU),
San Francisco, California
* Dec 14 - Mars Passes 0.6 Degrees From Uranus
* Dec 14 - Asteroid 7673 (1995 UY3) Closest Approach To Earth (1.035 AU)
* Dec 14-16 - 49th JANNAF Propulsion Meeting, Tucson, Arizona
* Dec 15 - Earth Orbiter 1 (EO-1)/ SAC-C Delta 2 Launch
* Dec 15 - Hispasat-1C Atlas 2AS Launch
* Dec 15 - OrbView-3 Pegasus XL Launch
* Dec 15 - Asteroid 1992 QN Closest Approach To Earth (0.722 AU)
* Dec 15 - 15th Anniversary (1984), Vega 1 Launch (Soviet Comet
Halley/Venus Mission)
* Dec 16 - Comet Schuster Perihelion (1.550 AU)
* Dec 16 - Asteroid 1991 VF Closest Approach To Earth (0.763 AU)
* Dec 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 1995 WY2 at Opposition (46.319 AU - 23.7
Magnitude)
* Dec 17 - Asteroid 1996 FG3 Closest Approach To Earth (0.483 AU)
* Dec 17 -[Oct 03] Asteroid 1709 Ukraina Closest Approach To
Earth (1.468 AU)
* Dec 17 - Workshop On Ultramafic Volcanism: From The Earth's Archeon To
Io's Present, San Franciso, California
* Dec 17 - 15th Anniversary (1984), ALH84001 Discovered In Antarctica
(Mars Meteorite)
* Dec 18 - Asteroid 5066 Garradd Closest Approach To Earth (1.254 AU)
* Dec 19 - Globalstar-7 Delta 2 Launch
* Dec 20 - Comet Arend Closest Approach To Earth (1.417 AU)
* Dec 21 - 15th Anniversary (1984), Vega 2 Launch (Soviet Comet
Halley/Venus Mission)
* Dec 22 - Galaxy 11 Ariane 4 Launch
* Dec 22 - Winter Solstice, 07:44 UT
* Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
* Dec 23 - Asteroid 11311 (1993 XN2) Closest Approach To Earth (0.847
AU)
* Dec 24 - STARDUST, Deep Space Manuever 1A (DSM-1A)
* Dec 24 - 20th Anniversary (1979), 1st Ariane Launch
* Dec 26 -[Oct 02] Russian Service Module Proton Launch
(International Space Station Element)
* Dec 26 - STARDUST, Deep Space Manuever 1B (DSM-1B)
* Dec 26 - Asteroid 554 Peraga At Opposition (10.8 Magnitude)
* Dec 26 - 25th Anniversary (1974), Salyut 4 Launch (USSR Space Station)
* Dec 27 - Comet Wild 1 Perihelion (1.961 AU)
* Dec 28 - STARDUST, Deep Space Manuever 1C (DSM-1C)
* Dec 28 - Asteroid 1998 PF Closest Approach To Earth (1.684 AU)
* Dec 28 - Maarten Schmidt's 70th Birthday (1929)
* Dec 29 - Asteroid 14 Irene At Opposition (9.3 Magnitude)
* Dec 31 - Galileo, End Of Galileo Europa Mission
* Dec 31 - Comet C/1999 L3 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.099 AU)
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January 2000
* Jan 01 - Year 2000
* Jan ?? - MightySat II Launch
* Jan ?? - ASTRO-E M-V Launch (Japan)
* Jan ?? - 1st Flight Of The X-34
* Jan 01 - Asteroid 1996 AX1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.702 AU)
* Jan 02 - Comet Tempel 1 Perihelion (1.500 AU)
* Jan 03 - Galileo, Europa 26 Flyby
* Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
* Jan 04 - Earth at Perihelion (0.983 AU from
* Jan 05 - 95th Anniversary (1905), Discovery Of Saturn Moon Elara by
Charles Perrine
* Jan 05-08 - Conference On The Physics Of Accretion And Associated
Outflows, Copenhagen, Denmark
* Jan 07 - 15th Anniversary (1985), Sakigake Launch (Japan Comet Halley
Mission)
* Jan 07 - 390th Anniversary (1610), Galileo Galilei's Discovery Of
Jupiter's Moons
* Jan 08 - Galaxy X-R Ariane 4 Launch
* Jan 08 - Moon Occults Neptune
* Jan 08 - Comet P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.915
AU)
* Jan 09 - Moon Occults Uranus
* Jan 09 - 10th Anniversary (1990), STS-32 Launch (Columbia),
SYNCOMIV-5, IMAX-03, LDEF
* Jan 10 - Asteroid 5828 (1991 AM) Closest Approach To Earth (1.239 AU)
* Jan 10-14 - Conference On The Physics Of Space, Meudon, France
* Jan 11 - Comet Wiseman-Skiff Perihelion (1.569 AU)
* Jan 11 - Asteroid 1998 VO33 Closest Approach To Earth (0.658 AU)
* Jan 11 - Asteroid 6909 Levison Closest Approach To Earth (1.325 AU)
* Jan 11-15 - 195th AAS Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
* Jan 12 - Comet Kearns-Kwee Closest Approach To Earth (1.537 AU)
* Jan 12 - Asteroid 1998 OH Closest Approach To Earth (0.558 AU)
* Jan 12 - Asteroid 1998 VY2 Closest Approach To Earth (2.061 AU)
* Jan 12 - 180th Birthday (1820), Royal Astronomical Society
* Jan 13 - GE-1A Delta 3 Launch
* Jan 13 - Asteroid 4034 (1986 PA) Closest Approach To Earth (0.401 AU)
* Jan 13 - Asteroid 6178 (1986 DA) Closest Approach To Earth (1.153 AU)
* Jan 14 - Mercury Occults 53 Sgr (6.9 Magnitude Star)
* Jan 15 - Comet Machholz 2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.319 AU)
* Jan 15 - Mercury Occults 188511 (7.4 Magnitude Star)
* Jan 17 - CD RaDIo Proton Launch (Russia)
* Jan 17 -[Sep 27] Moon Occults Aldebaran
* Jan 17 - Comet C/1999 K8 (LINEAR) Perihelion (4.845 AU)
* Jan 17 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CU29 at Opposition (43.750 AU - 22.8
Magnitude)
* Jan 18 - Asteroid 1998 XB Closest Approach To Earth (0.938 AU)
* Jan 19 - Kuiper Belt Objec
ÜÜÜ JN64GB Rimini-Italy
CIAO da IK4ZIH Fabio ! ººº³ººº e-mail: fafo_ozzi@hotmail.com
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