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SPACE CALENDAR
Last Updated Wednesday, December 01, 1999 at 10:45 AM PST
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December 1999
* Dec ?? - ICO Delta 3 Launch
* Dec ?? - ORBCOMM-4 Pegasus XL Launch
* Dec 01 - Third Flight Of X-38 (V-132)
* Dec 01 - Venus At Perihelion
* Dec 01 - Asteroid 7619 (1997 AP21) Closest Approach To Earth (1.057
AU)
* Dec 01 - Asteroid 9245 (1998 HF101) Closest Approach To Earth (1.645
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 - Asteroid 1999 VN6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.182 AU)
* Dec 02 - Asteroid 1992 JE Closest Approach To Earth (1.650 AU)
* Dec 03 -[Nov 30] Mars Polar Lander/ Deep Space 2 Lands On Mars
* Dec 03 -[Nov 25] Helios-1B/ Clementine Ariane 4 Launch
* Dec 03 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (20 Degrees)
* Dec 03 - Saturn Occults SAO 093040 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
* 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 03-05 - 9th Annual Australian Space Research Institute Conference,
Canberra, Australia
* Dec 03 - 25th Anniversary (1974), Pioneer 11 Flyby Of Jupiter
* Dec 04 - 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 -[Nov 23] NEAR, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #21
(TCM-21)
* Dec 06 - Asteroid 1999 SK10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.111 AU)
* 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 - Jawsat/ FalconSat/ ASUSat 1/ Opal (StenSat, MASAT, Artemis)
Minotaur Launch
* 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 -[Nov 30] Asteroid 9413 Eichendorff Closest Approach To
Earth (1.430 AU)
* Dec 08-11 - Workshop On Observational And Theoretical Progress In The
Study Of Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef,
Germany
* Dec 09 -[Nov 27] STS-103 Launch, Space Shuttle Discovery,
Hubble Space Telescope 3A
* 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 -[Nov 30] XMM Ariane 504 Launch
* 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 63 Ausonia Occults TYC 5799 00101 (10.0 Magnitude
Star)
* Dec 10 - Asteroid 1999 RH27 Near-Earth Flyby (0.260 AU)
* Dec 10 - Asteroid 4464 Vulcano Closest Approach To Earth (1.123 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 10-16 - PASCOS99: 7th International Symposium On Particles,
Strings and Cosmology, Lake Tahoe, California
* Dec 11 - DMSP Titan 2 Launch
* Dec 11 - Moon Occults Neptune
* Dec 11 - 1st Conference On Light Pollution, Caracas, Venezuela
* 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 - Asteroid 2920 Automedon Occults TAC +10 00879 (10.5 Magnitude
Star)
* Dec 12 - Asteroid 7796 Jaracimrman Closest Approach To Earth (1.460
AU)
* Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
* Dec 13 - Asteroid 1999 VT25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.210 AU)
* Dec 13 - Asteroid 4561 Lemeshev Closest Approach To Earth (1.228 AU)
* 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 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #79 (OTM-79)
* Dec 14 - Mars Passes 0.6 Degrees From Uranus
* Dec 14 - Asteroid 1998 CS1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.753 AU)
* Dec 14 - Asteroid 7673 (1995 UY3) Closest Approach To Earth (1.035 AU)
* Dec 14-16 - 49th JANNAF Propulsion Meeting, Tucson, Arizona
* Dec 14-16 - 1st European Conference On Launch Vehicle Technology,
Toulouse, France
* Dec 15 - Deadline For Name The Penguin Contest
* 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 - Terra Atlas IIAS Launch
* 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 -[Nov 30] Eurockot Rockot Launch (Russia)
* Dec 17 - Asteroid 150 Nuwa Occults TAC +17 00745 (10.5 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 17 - Asteroid 375 Ursula Occults GSC 2921 00075 (10.7 Magnitude
Star)
* Dec 17 - Asteroid 1996 FG3 Closest Approach To Earth (0.483 AU)
* Dec 17 - 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 18 - Asteroid 1817 Katanga Closest Approach To Earth (1.743 AU)
* Dec 19 - KOMPSAT/ ACRIMSAT Taurus Launch
* Dec 19 - Asteroid 690 Wratislavia Occults TYC 1307 01530 (10.6
Magnitude Star)
* Dec 20 - Comet Arend Closest Approach To Earth (1.417 AU)
* Dec 20 - Asteroid 1999 US3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.368 AU)
* Dec 20 -[Nov 28] Asteroid 9468 Brewer Closest Approach To Earth
(1.355 AU)
* Dec 20 - Asteroid 3055 Annapavlova Closest Approach To Earth (1.378
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 - 20th Anniversary (1979), 1st Ariane Launch
* Dec 25 - Asteroid 87 Sylvia Occults SAO 077604 (7.2 Magnitude Star)
* 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, Trajectory Correction Maneuver A (TCM-A)
* Dec 28 - Asteroid 690 Wratisavia Occults SAO 094809 (9.1 Magnitude
Star)
* Dec 28 -[Nov 28] Asteroid 1999 WY Closest Approach To Earth
(1.179 AU)
* 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 30 - Asteroid 2825 Crosby Closest Approach To Earth (0.987 AU)
* 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 ?? - 1st Flight Of The X-34
* Jan ?? - GOES-L Atlas IIA Launch
* 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 03 - Asteroid 3745 Petaev Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU)
* Jan 04 - Earth at Perihelion (0.983 AU from
* Jan 04-07 - ICGC-00: International Conference On Gravitation And
Cosmology, Kharagpur, India
* Jan 05 - Asteroid 1999 VO11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.218 AU)
* 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 Meeting Of The American Astronomical Society (AAS),
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 - STS-99 Launch, Endeavour, Shuttle Radar Topography
* 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 16 - Asteroid 2368 Beltrovata Closest Approach To Earth (1.773 AU)
* Jan 17 - CD RaDIo Proton Launch (Russia)
* Jan 17 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
* Apr 24 -[Nov 25] Comet C/1999 K8 (LINEAR) Perihelion (4.200 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 - Asteroid 4531 Asaro Closest Approach To Earth (0.988 AU)
* Jan 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CS29 at Opposition (42.638 AU - 21.4
Magnitude)
* Jan 20 - Defense Satellite Communications Systems (DSCS 3) Atlas 2A
Launch
* Jan 20 - Comet P/1998 U4 (Spahr) Closest Approach To Earth (3.310 AU)
* Jan 20 - Buzz Aldrin's 70th Birthday (1930)
* Jan 21 - Lunar Eclipse
* Jan 21 - Mercury Passes 2.3 Degrees From Neptune
* Jan 22 - STARDUST, Deep Space Maneuver 1 (DSM-1)
* Jan 22-29 - Conference On Energy Densities In The Universe, Les Arcs,
Savoie, France
* Jan 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CV118 At Opposition (37.907 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Jan 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CW29 at Opposition (41.492 AU - 22.8
Magnitude)
* Jan 23-26 - AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Clearwater,
Florida
* Jan 24 - HETE-2 Pegasus XL Launch
* Jan 24 - Asteroid 1999 TT16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.246 AU)
* Jan 24 - Asteroid 3362 Khufu Near-Earth Flyby (0.293 AU)
* Jan 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CO153 At Opposition (39.938 AU - 23.5
Magnitude)
* Jan 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CQ133 At Opposition (42.222 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Jan 24 - 10th Anniversary (1990), Hiten Launch (Japan Moon Mission)
* Jan 24-28 - Conference On Disks, Planetesimals And Planets, Tenerife,
Spain
* Jan 25 - STARDUST, Collection Of Interstellar Dust Begins (ISP-1)
* Jan 25 -[Nov 29] Asteroid 1037 Davidweilla Closest Approach To
Earth (1.440 AU)
* Jan 25 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CR133 At Opposition (41.266 AU - 24.3
Magnitude)
* Jan 25 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CG119 At Opposition (42.051 AU - 23.8
Magnitude)
* Jan 25 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CH119 At Opposition (45.644 AU - 23.8
Magnitude)
* Jan 27 - Globalstar-7 Delta 2 Launch
* Jan 27 - STARDUST, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #3 (TCM-3)
* Jan 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CF119 At Opposition (38.394 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Jan 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CS153 At Opposition (42.193 AU - 24.4
Magnitude)
* Jan 28 - Mercury Passes 1.2 Degrees From Uranus
* Jan 28 - Asteroid 1995 WL8 Closest Approach To Earth (1.617 AU)
* Jan 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CK119 At Opposition (41.097 AU - 24.1
Magnitude)
* Jan 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CJ119 At Opposition (41.660 AU - 23.6
Magnitude)
* Jan 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CL119 At Opposition (45.757 AU - 22.7
Magnitude)
* Jan 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CP153 At Opposition (46.101 AU - 24.4
Magnitude)
* Jan 30 - DSP-20 Titan 4B Launch
* Jan 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CM119 At Opposition (40.972 AU - 23.9
Magnitude)
* Jan 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CG154 At Opposition (44.701 AU - 23.7
Magnitude)
* Jan 30-Feb 03 - Space Technology And Applications International Forum
(STAIF-2000), Albuquerque, New Mexico
* Jan 31 - Sea Launch Zenit Launch
* Jan 31-Feb 02 - International Workshop On Aerospace Applications On
The Global Position System, Breckenridge, Colorado
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February 2000
* Feb ?? - Manned Launch To Mir Space Station
* Feb ?? - Russian Zvezda Service Module Proton Launch (International
Space Station Element)
* Feb ?? - Artemis/DASH H-IIA Launch (Maiden Launch Of The H-IIA)
* Feb ?? - Skynet-4F Ariane 4 Launch
* Feb ?? - Globalstar-8 Delta 2 Launch
* Feb 01 - ASTRO-E M-V Launch (Japan)
* Feb 01 - Asteroid 1999 GJ4 Closest Approach To Earth (0.654 AU)
* Feb 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CX131 At Opposition (42.220 AU - 23.2
Magnitude)
* Feb 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CU153 At Opposition (41.596 AU - 23.4
Magnitude)
* Feb 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CN119 At Opposition (43.580 AU - 24.5
Magnitude)
* Feb 02 - NEAR, Eros Rendezvous Maneuver
* Feb 02 - Comet C/1999 V1 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (2.409
AU)
* Feb 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CH154 At Opposition (41.966 AU - 23.8
Magnitude)
* Feb 02-04 -[Nov 27] 2nd ISP Workshop On Analytical
Spectrososcopy, Madrid, Spain
* Feb 02-06 - AAS Guidance And Control Conference, Breckenridge,
Colorado
* Feb 03 - Hispasat-1C Atlas 2AS Launch
* Feb 03 - Comet C/1999 L3 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.153 AU)
* Feb 04 - Moon Occults Neptune
* Feb 05 - TSX-5 Pegasus XL Launch
* Feb 05 - Chinese New Year
* Feb 05 - Partial Solar Eclipse (Visible From Antarctica)
* Feb 05 - Moon Occults Uranus
* Feb 05 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 2 Perihelion (1.869 AU)
* Feb 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 1995 DB2 at Opposition (39.205 AU - 23.6
Magnitude)
* Feb 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DG8 At Opposition (60.546 AU - 26.0
Magnitude)
* Feb 07 - Comet C/1999 J4 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.383 AU)
* Feb 07 - Asteroid 1997 XF11 Closest Approach To Earth (1.157 AU)
* Feb 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1995 DA2 at Opposition (33.133 AU - 23.5
Magnitude)
* Feb 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CR29 at Opposition (41.103 AU - 22.9
Magnitude)
* Feb 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CT29 at Opposition (43.856 AU - 22.8
Magnitude)
* Feb 08 - Multi-Spectral Thermal Image (MTI) Taurus Launch
* Feb 09 - Asteroid 1994 JC Closest Approach To Earth (1.235 AU)
* Feb 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DD8 At Opposition (37.087 AU - 26.9
Magnitude)
* Feb 09 - 10th Anniversary (1990), Galileo Venus Flyby
* Feb 09-10 - Royal Society Meeting On Astronomy, Physics And Chemistry
Of H3+, London, England
* Feb 10 - STARDUST At Aphelion
* Feb 10 - Asteroid 1998 BU48 Closest Approach To Earth (25.307 AU -
21.6 Magnitude)
* Feb 11 - Asteroid 1999 DA8 At Opposition (26.240 AU - 26.7 Magnitude)
* Feb 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DB8 At Opposition (37.207 AU - 25.8
Magnitude)
* Feb 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CV29 at Opposition (39.282 AU - 23.2
Magnitude)
* Feb 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DH8 At Opposition (41.588 AU - 24.9
Magnitude)
* Feb 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DF8 At Opposition (43.176 AU - 26.3
Magnitude)
* Feb 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DE8 At Opposition (44.619 AU - 26.2
Magnitude)
* Feb 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DC8 At Opposition (44.898 AU - 26.6
Magnitude)
* Feb 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DA At Opposition (44.939 AU - 24.5
Magnitude)
* Feb 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DZ7 At Opposition (48.958 AU - 25.8
Magnitude)
* Feb 14 - NEAR, Asteroid Eros Arrival
* Feb 14 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
* Feb 14 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (18 Degrees)
* Feb 14 - 10th Anniversary (1990), Voyager 1 Family Portrait Images
* Feb 15 - IMAGE Delta 2 Launch
* Feb 15 - Mercury At Perihelion
* Feb 15 - Asteroid 3800 Karayusuf Closest Approach To Earth (0.586 AU)
* Feb 16 - Asteroid 1999 VU Near-Earth Flyby (0.341 AU)
* Feb 17 - Progress M1 Soyuz Launch (International Space Station 2P)
* Feb 17 - Fourth Flight Of X-38 (V-132)
* Feb 17 - 35th Anniversary (1965), Ranger 8 Launch (Moon Impact
Mission)
* Feb 18 - Asiastar/ Insat-3B Ariane 505 Launch
* Feb 18 - 70th Anniversary (1930), Clyde Tombaugh's Discovery Of Pluto
* Feb 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CY131 At Opposition (37.008 AU - 23.9
Magnitude)
* Feb 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CM153 At Opposition (40.494 AU - 23.7
Magnitude)
* Feb 20 - Asteroid 10199 Chariklo Closest Approach To Earth (12.385 AU
- 17.6 Magnitude)
* Feb 21 - Asteroid 6172 Prokofeana Closest Approach To Earth (1.560 AU)
* Feb 21 - Asteroid 1474 Beira Closest Approach To Earth (1.860 AU)
* Feb 21-25 - Microlensing 2000 Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa
* Feb 22 - Galileo, Io 27 Flyby
* Feb 22 - Venus Passes 0.5 Degrees From Neptune
* Feb 23 - Asteroid 5693 (1993 EA) Closest Approach To Earth (0.938 AU)
* Feb 23 - Asteroid 4486 Mithra Closest Approach To Earth (1.004 AU)
* Feb 23 - Asteroid 1999 LD31 Closest Approach To Earth (1.635 AU)
* Feb 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CZ131 At Opposition (41.979 AU - 24.4
Magnitude)
* Feb 23-25 - 4th International Symposium On Sources And Detection Of
Dark Matter In The Universe, Marina del Rey, California
* Feb 23-29 - Workshop On Mapping The Hidden Universe: The Universe
Behind The Milky Way, Guanajuato, Mexico
* Feb 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CN153 At Opposition (42.284 AU - 24.0
Magnitude)
* Feb 25 - Asteroid 1999 FK21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.336 AU)
* Feb 27 - Comet C/1999 K3 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.929 AU)
* Feb 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CA132 At Opposition (38.671 AU - 23.4
Magnitude)
* Feb 27-Mar 02 - Space 2000 & Robotics 2000 Conference, Albuquerque,
New Mexico
* Feb 29 - Mars Polar Lander, End Of Primary Mission
* Feb 29 - Asteroid 8566 (1996 EN) Closest Approach To Earth (1.092 AU)
* Feb 29 - Asteroid 1994 CN2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.195 AU)
* Feb 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CP133 At Opposition (30.820 AU - 22.5
Magnitude)
* Feb 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CQ29 at Opposition (40.401 AU - 22.8
Magnitude)
* Feb 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CQ153 At Opposition (43.340 AU - 24.0
Magnitude)
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March 2000
* Mar ?? - Mir Deorbited From Earth Orbit
* Mar ?? -[Nov 25] Badr-2 Zenit-2 Launch
* Mar 01 - TDRS-H Atlas Launch
* Mar 01 - Asteroid 1999 NC43 Near-Earth Flyby (0.314 AU)
* Mar 02 - ICO-D1 Delta 3 Launch
* Mar 02 - Moon Occults Neptune
* Mar 03 - Asteroid 5604 1992 FE Near-Earth Flyby (0.2176 AU)
* Mar 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CT153 At Opposition (39.950 AU - 24.2
Magnitude)
* Mar 03-05 - Contact 2000, Santa Clara, California
* Mar 04 - Moon Occults Uranus
* Mar 04 - Moon Occults Venus
* Mar 04 - Venus Passes 0.3 Degrees From Uranus
* Mar 04 - Comet Urata-Niijima Perihelion (4.384 AU)
* Mar 04 - Asteroid 1917 Cuyo Closest Approach To Earth (1.837 AU)
* Mar 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CZ118 At Opposition (47.910 AU - 24.6
Magnitude)
* Mar 06 - Astrophysical Chemistry Group Meeting, London, England
* Mar 07 - NRO Atlas 2AS Launch
* Mar 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1994 ES2 at Opposition (44.204 AU - 24.0
Magnitude)
* Mar 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CY118 At Opposition (33.841 AU - 24.0
Magnitude)
* Mar 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CR153 At Opposition (39.914 AU - 24.3
Magnitude)
* Mar 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CA119 At Opposition (44.160 AU - 24.2
Magnitude)
* Mar 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CB119 At Opposition (40.198 AU - 22.9
Magnitude)
* Mar 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CW118 At Opposition (42.462 AU - 24.1
Magnitude)
* Mar 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CC119 At Opposition (43.292 AU - 23.4
Magnitude)
* Mar 11 - Comet Lovas 2 Perihelion (1.454 AU)
* Mar 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 FS144 At Opposition (40.887 AU - 22.8
Magnitude)
* Mar 11 - 40th Anniversary (1960), Pioneer 5 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
* Mar 12 - Asteroid 1865 Cerberus Closest Approach To Earth (0.440 AU)
* Mar 12 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CD119 At Opposition (44.167 AU - 23.8
Magnitude)
* Mar 13 - Percival Lowell's 145th Birthday (1855)
* Mar 13-17 - 31st Lunar And Planetary Science Conference (LPSC),
Houston, Texas
* Mar 13-17 - Conference On Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Santa
Barbara, California
* Mar 14 - Asteroid 1998 SD15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.337 AU)
* Mar 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CX118 At Opposition (43.706 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Mar 15 - MLV-10 Atlas Launch
* Mar 15 - Asteroid 1999 TC5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.338 AU)
* Mar 15 - 25th Anniversary (1975), Helios 1 Closest Approach To The Sun
(0.309 AU)
* Mar 15-18 - International Workshop On Stars, Gas And Dust In Galaxies,
La Serena, Chile
* Mar 16 - STS-101 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space
Station 2A.2
* Mar 16 - Mercury Passes 0.3 Degrees From Venus
* Mar 16 - Asteroid 1999 TK12 Closest Approach To Earth (0.450 AU)
* Mar 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CE119 At Opposition (28.723 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Mar 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CW131 At Opposition (42.714 AU - 24.5
Magnitude)
* Mar 16 - 25th Anniversary (1975), Mariner 10, 3rd Mercury Flyby
* Mar 16 - Caroline Herschel's 250th Birthday (1750)
* Mar 18 - 35th Anniversary (1965), 1st Spacewalk, Leonov On Voshkhod 2
* Mar 18-25 - IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana
* Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox, 07:25 UT
* Mar 20-24 - European Space Components Conference, Noordwijk, The
Netherlands
* Mar 20-24 - STAR2000 Conference: Dynamics Of Star Clusters And The
Milky Way, Heidelberg, Germany
* Mar 20-24 - Chapman Conference On Space Weather, Clearwater, Florida
* Mar 21 - 35th Anniversary (1965), Ranger 9 Launch (Moon Impact
Mission)
* Mar 22 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 HX11 At Opposition (37.677 AU - 22.7
Magnitude)
* Mar 22 - Kuiper Belt Object 1994 GV9 at Opposition (41.280 AU - 23.4
Magnitude)
* Mar 22-24 - Meeting On Astrophysics With The Rossi X-Ray Timing
Explorer, Greenbelt, Maryland
* Mar 23 - Asteroid 5836 (1993 MF) Closest Approach To Earth (2.148 AU)
* Mar 23 - 35th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 3 Launch
* Mar 25 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 JA132 At Opposition (43.542 AU - 24.2
Magnitude)
* Mar 25 - 345th Anni
ÜÜÜ JN64GB Rimini-Italy
CIAO da IK4ZIH Fabio ! ººº³ººº e-mail: fabios@usa.net
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