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Space Calendar
Last Updated Sunday, January 07, 2001 at 02:45 AM PST
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January 2001
* Jan 01 - Start of the New Millennium
* Jan ?? - Intelsat 901 Ariane 4 Launch
* Jan 01 - Asteroid 2000 SS164 Near-Earth Flyby (0.367 AU)
* Jan 01 -[Jan 03] Asteroid 2000 YO29 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.575 AU)
* Jan 01 -[Jan 02] 200th Anniversary (1801), Guiseppe Piazzi's
Discovery Of The First Asteroid (Ceres)
* Jan 02 - Asteroid 1998 VD35 Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)
* Jan 02 - Asteroid 7480 Norwan Closest Approach To Earth (0.495 AU)
* Jan 02 - Asteroid 1999 CF9 Closest Approach To Earth (1.535 AU)
* Jan 03 - ORBCOMM-6 Pegasus XL Launch
* Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
* Jan 03 -[Jan 05] Earth At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
* Jan 03 - Asteroid 12 Victoria Occults TYC 0626-01189-1 (8.2 Magnitude
Star)
* Jan 03 - Asteroid 4688 (1980 WF) Near-Earth Flyby (0.1701 AU)
* Jan 03 - Asteroid 3362 Khufu Near-Earth Flyby (0.2174 AU)
* Jan 03 - Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom Closest Approach To Earth (0.456 AU)
* Jan 03-06 - 24th Symposium On Nuclear Physics, Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
* Jan 04 - Venus Occults HIP 109811 (8.2 Magnitude Star)
* Jan 04 - Asteroid 1991 AQ Near-Earth Flyby (0.396 AU)
* Jan 04 - Asteroid 11398 (1998 YP11) Closest Approach To Earth (1.019
AU)
* Jan 04 - Asteroid 1999 FN53 Closest Approach To Earth (1.285 AU)
* Jan 04-08 - IAU Colloquium 183: Small Telescope Astronomy On Global
Scales, Kenting, Taiwan
* Jan 05 -[Jan 03] Shenzhou 2 Long March Launch (China)
* Jan 05 -[Jan 06] STARDUST, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #5
(TCM-5), Successful
* Jan 06 - Comet Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak Perihelion (1.052 AU)
* Jan 06 - Comet Ashbrook-Jackson Perihelion (2.305 AU)
* Jan 06 -[Jan 06] Asteroid 2001 AF2 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.475 AU)
* Jan 07 - Cassini Closest Approach To Jupiter Moon Sinope (7.0 million
kilometers)
* Jan 07 - Asteroid 2000 SR43 Closest Approach To Earth (0.490 AU)
* Jan 07 - Asteroid 1997 WS22 Closest Approach To Earth (0.564 AU)
* Jan 07-11 - 197th AAS Meeting, San Diego, California
* Jan 08 -[Jan 03] XM-1 Sea Launch Zenit-3SL Launch
* Jan 08 -[Jan 05] Eurasiasat-1 Ariane 4 Launch
* Jan 08 - Asteroid 2000 GO82 Closest Approach To Earth (1.609 AU)
* Jan 08-11 - 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting And Exhibit, Reno,
Nevada
* Jan 08-11 - National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado
* Jan 08-12 - 8th International Symposium On Physical Measurements &
Signatures In Remote Sensing, Aussois, France
* Jan 09 - Lunar Eclipse
* Jan 09 -[Jan 04] Asteroid 2000 YK29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.325 AU)
* Jan 10 - Asteroid 2000 YK4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.173 AU)
* Jan 10 - Asteroid 7474 (1992 TC) Closest Approach To Earth (0.686 AU)
* Jan 10-12 - Workshop On QSO Hosts And Their Environments, Granada,
Spain
* Jan 11 - Asteroid 372 Palma Occults TYC 3280-01930-1 (10.0 Magnitude
Star)
* Jan 11 - Asteroid 2000 CK33 Near-Earth Flyby (0.199 AU)
* Jan 11 -[Jan 04] Asteroid 2000 YJ29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.374 AU)
* Jan 11 - Asteroid 1999 EE5 Closest Approach To Earth (0.979 AU)
* Jan 11 - Asteroid 11405 (1999 CV3) Closest Approach To Earth (1.277
AU)
* Jan 12 -[Jan 03] Asteroid 2000 YM29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.279 AU)
* Jan 12 - Asteroid 1998 SD15 Closest Approach To Earth (0.483 AU)
* Jan 12 -[Jan 06] Asteroid 2000 YH66 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.532 AU)
* Jan 12 -[Dec 31] Asteroid 2000 VJ61 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.650 AU)
* Jan 12 - Asteroid 1998 VO33 Closest Approach To Earth (1.159 AU)
* Jan 12 - Asteroid 1997 XF11 Closest Approach To Earth (1.480 AU)
* Jan 12 - Asteroid 7977 (1977 QQ5) Closest Approach To Earth (1.640 AU)
* Jan 13 - Asteroid 2000 XK47 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
* Jan 14 - Mercury Passes 2.2 Degrees From Neptune
* Jan 15 - STARDUST, Earth Flyby
* Jan 15 - Cassini Closest Approach To Jupiter Moon Carme (7.5 million
kilometers)
* Jan 15 - Comet Smirnova-Chernykh Perihelion (3.546 AU)
* Jan 15 - Asteroid 1998 FX2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.943 AU)
* Jan 15 - 25th Anniversary (1976), Helios 2 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
* Jan 15-19 - Meeting On Magnetic Fields Across The Hertzsprung-Russell
Diagram, Santiago, Chile
* Jan 16 - Ulysses, End Of 3rd Solar Passage
* Jan 16 -[Jan 01] Asteroid 2000 SE45 Near-Earth Flyby (0.270 AU)
* Jan 17 - Venus At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (47 Degrees)
* Jan 17 - Asteroid 1997 TZ16 Near-Mars Flyby (0.083 AU)
* Jan 18 - DMSP-16 Titan 2 Lauch
* Jan 18 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Closest Approach To Earth (1.798
AU)
* Jan 18 - Asteroid 1994 AW1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.258 AU)
* Jan 18 - Asteroid 1998 XE12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.303 AU)
* Jan 18-21 - Highlands Stargaze 2001, Florida
* Jan 19 -[Jan 04] STS-98 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis,
International Space Station 5A
* Jan 19-21 - Camellia Nights Star Party, Lloyd, Florida
* Jan 20 -[Jan 02] Asteroid 2000 WE147 Closest Approach To Earth
(1.749 AU)
* Jan 20-26 - LASE 2001 Conference: High-Power Lasers and Applications,
San Jose, California
* Jan 20-27 - Conference On Very High Energy Phenomena In The Universe,
Les Arcs, France
* Jan 21 -[Jan 04] Asteroid 2000 YN29 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.902 AU)
* Jan 21 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 CO105 At Opposition (48.421 AU - 22.8
Magnitude)
* Jan 22 - Mercury Passes 0.4 Degrees From Uranus
* Jan 22 -[Jan 03] Asteroid 2000 RN77 Near-Earth Flyby (0.296 AU)
* Jan 22 -[Jan 04] Asteroid 2000 UV13 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.639 AU)
* Jan 23 -[Dec 31] Asteroid 3564 Talthyblus Occults TYC
2973--01090-1 (9.7 Magnitude Star)
* Jan 23-27 - Workshop On Dwarf Galaxies And Their Environment, Bad
Honnef near Bonn, Germany
* Jan 24 - Chinese New Year
* Jan 24 -[Jan 06] NEAR, Eros Orbital Correction Maneuver #21
(OCM-21)
* Jan 24 -[Dec 31] Comet C/2000 Y2 Perihelion (2.830 AU)
* Jan 24 -[Jan 04] Asteroid 2000 YF29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)
* Jan 24 - Asteroid 1992 BL2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.125 AU)
* Jan 24 - Asteroid 1862 Apollo Closest Approach To Earth (1.254 AU)
* Jan 24 - 15th Anniversary (1986), Voyager 2 Flyby Of Uranus
* Jan 24-26 - 1st Landing Site Workshop for the 2003 Mars Exploration
Rovers, Mountain View, California
* Jan 25 - NRO Titan 4B Launch
* Jan 25 - Asteroid 1999 YK5 Closest Approach To Earth (0.554 AU)
* Jan 25 - Joseph Lagrange's 265th Birthday (1736)
* Jan 26 - Asteroid 2000 OY21 Closest Approach To Earth (0.601 AU)
* Jan 26 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CL158 At Opposition (33.161 AU - 22.3
Magnitude)
* Jan 27 - NEAR, Eros Orbital Correction Maneuver #22 (OCM-22)
* Jan 27 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Perihelion (0.937 AU)
* Jan 27 - Comet C/2000 O1 (Koehn) Perihelion (5.922 AU)
* Jan 27 -[Jan 03] Asteroid 83 Beatrix Occults TYC 1945-00581-1
(10.4 Magnitude Star)
* Jan 27 -[Jan 02] Asteroid 1208 Trollus Occults HIP 6389 (8.4
Magnitude Star)
* Jan 27 - Asteroid 5590 (1990 VA) Closest Approach To Earth (0.547 AU)
* Jan 27 - Asteroid 2202 Pele Closest Approach To Earth (1.229 AU)
* Jan 28 - NEAR, Eros Orbital Correction Maneuver #23 (OCM-23)
* Jan 28 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (18 Degrees)
* Jan 28 - Asteroid 284 Amalia Occults TYC 5522-01688-01 (8.1 Magnitude
Star)
* Jan 28 - 15th Anniversary (1986), Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion
* Jan 29 - Asteroid 2000 FM10 Closest Approach To Earth (0.692 AU)
* Jan 29 - Asteroid 1981 Midas Closest Approach To Earth (1.943 AU)
* Jan 29-Feb 01 - Military Sensing Symposium: Missile Defense, Monterey,
California
* Jan 30 - GPS 2R-7 Delta 2 Launch
* Jan 30 -[Jan 03] Asteroid 1998 XN17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.225 AU)
* Jan 30 - Asteroid 5131 (1990 BG) Closest Approach To Earth (0.443 AU)
* Jan 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 CY105 At Opposition (48.704 - 23.5
Magnitude)
* Jan 31 - End Of Mars Global Surveyor Primary Mission
* Jan 31 - Sicra 1/Skynet 4F Ariane 4 Launch
* Jan 31 - Comet P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth
(2.508 AU)
* Jan 31 - Comet C/2000 A1 (Montani) Closest Approach To Earth (8.828
AU)
* Jan 31 - Asteroid 2000 KP44 Closest Approach To Earth (1.601 AU)
* Jan 31 - Asteroid 1998 QW2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.884 AU)
* Jan 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 CR105 At Opposition (52.348 AU - 23.4
Magnitude)
* Jan 31 - 30th Anniversary (1971), Apollo 14 Launch (3rd Manned Moon
Landing)
* Jan 31 - 35th Anniversary (1966), Luna 9 Launch (Soviet Moon Lander)
* Jan 31 - 40th Anniversary (1961), Mercury-Redstone 2 Launch With Ham
The Chimpanzee
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February 2001
* Feb ?? -[Jan 06] Mir Space Station Deorbited?
* Feb ?? - Globalstar-8 Delta 2 Launch
* Feb ?? - GPS 2R Delta 2 Launch
* Feb ?? - XM-2 Sea Launch Zenit-3SL Launch
* Feb ?? - Odin Start-1 Launch
* Feb ?? -[Dec 31] Breeze-M/Ekran-M16 Proton-M Launch
* Feb 01 - Progress M1 Soyuz Launch (International Space Station 4P)
* Feb 01 -[Jan 06] Asteroid 18 Melpomeme Occults TAC -06 07853
(11.0 Magnitude Star)
* Feb 01 - Asteroid 2246 Bowell Occults PPM 174750 (6.2 Magnitude Star)
* Feb 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 CP114 At Opposition (39.373 AU - 24.0
Magnitude)
* Feb 02 - Milstar 2-F2 Titan 4B Launch
* Feb 02 - Comet C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley) Closest Approach To Earth
(1.287 AU)
* Feb 02 -[Jan 07] Mars Occults TYC 6175-00073-1 (11.0 Magnitude
Star)
* Feb 02 - Asteroid 5646 (1990 TR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.823 AU)
* Feb 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 CM114 At Opposition (43.821 AU - 23.5
Magnitude)
* Feb 03 - Asteroid 1998 BZ7 Closest Approach To Earth (0.584 AU)
* Feb 03 - 35th Anniversary (1966), Luna 9 Landing On Moon (1st Moon
Landing)
* Feb 04 - Asteroid 2000 EX106 Closest Approach To Earth (0.420 AU)
* Feb 04 - Asteroid 2000 PJ5 Closest Approach To Earth (0.457 AU)
* Feb 04 - Asteroid 2000 NL10 Closest Approach To Earth (0.839 AU)
* Feb 04 - Asteroid 1990 TG1 Closest Approach To Earth (1.321 AU)
* Feb 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 CM105 At Opposition (40.773 AU - 22.8
Magnitude)
* Feb 05 - NEAR, Eros Orbital Correction Maneuver #24 (OCM-24)
* Feb 05 -[Jan 04] Comet C/2000 Y1 (Tubbiolo) Perihelion (7.971
AU)
* Feb 05 -[Jan 04] Asteroid 472 Roma Occults TYC 1437-02659-1
(9.6 Magnitude Star)
* Feb 05 -[Jan 06] Asteroid 2000 WC67 Near-Earth Flyby (0.283 AU)
* Feb 05 - Asteroid 1999 VF22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.379 AU)
* Feb 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 CP105 At Opposition (33.493 AU - 23.0
Magnitude)
* Feb 05-08 - Conference On The Calibration Legacy Of The ISO Mission,
Madrid, Spain
* Feb 05-09 - Conference On Astrophysical Ages And Time Scales, Hilo,
Hawaii
* Feb 06 -[Jan 07] Asteroid 173 Ino Occults HIP 12598 (7.7
Magnitude Star)
* Feb 06 - 10th Anniversary (1991), Salyut-7 Burnup In Earth's
Atmosphere (Soviet Union Space Station)
* Feb 07 - Comet Mueller 4 Perihelion (2.647 AU)
* Feb 07 -[Jan 05] Asteroid 2000 WT168 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.881 AU)
* Feb 07 - Asteroid 6569 (1993 MO) Closest Approach To Earth (0.915 AU)
* Feb 07 - Clyde Tombaugh's 95th Birthday (1906)
* Feb 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 CN114 At Opposition (43.097 AU - 23.7
Magnitude)
* Feb 09 -[Dec 31] Comet C/2000 Y2 Closest Approach To Earth
(1.865 AU)
* Feb 09 - Comet Ciffreo Closest Approach To Earth (2.131 AU)
* Feb 09 -[Jan 07] Asteroid 2000 VM2 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.408 AU)
* Feb 09 - Asteroid 2000 LN10 Closest Approach To Earth (0.852 AU)
* Feb 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 CQ105 At Opposition (49.529 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Feb 11 - Comet C/2000 B4 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (5.970 AU)
* Feb 11 - 5th Anniversary (1996), Saturn Ring Plane Crossing (3 of 3)
* Feb 11-14 - 2001 AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Santa
Barbara, California
* Feb 11-15 - Space Technology And Applications International Forum,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
* Feb 12 - NEAR, Lands On Asteroid Eros, End Of Mission
* Feb 12 - Asteroid 2000 XL44 Near-Earth Flyby (0.311 AU)
* Feb 12 - Asteroid 2000 BD19 Closest Approach To Earth (0.524 AU)
* Feb 12-13 - FIRST Science Workshop, San Diego, California
* Feb 12-16 - ISOPHOT Workshop On PHT32 Oversampled Mapping, Villafranca
del Castillo, Spain
* Feb 13 - Comet P/1999 WJ7 (Korlevic) Closest Approach To Earth (2.707
AU)
* Feb 13 - Asteroid 2000 WO148 Near-Earth Flyby (0.153 AU)
* Feb 13 -[Jan 04] Asteroid 2000 YE29 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.498 AU)
* Feb 13 - Asteroid 4450 Pan Closest Approach To Earth (0.521 AU)
* Feb 14 - STARDUST, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #6 (TCM-6)
* Feb 14 - Asteroid 2000 YG4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.132 AU)
* Feb 14 - Asteroid 19356 (1997 GH3) Near-Earth Flyby (0.146 AU)
* Feb 15 - Mercury Passes 4.3 Degrees From Uranus
* Feb 15 - Comet Daniel Closest Approach To Earth (1.956 AU)
* Feb 15-16 - Meeting On Physics Potential of Supernova II Neutrino
Detection, Marina del Rey, California
* Feb 16 - Asteroid 3199 Nefertiti Closest Approach To Earth (0.701 AU)
* Feb 16 - Asteroid 1996 TO5Closest Approach To Earth (1.100 AU)
* Feb 16 - Asteroid 2000 EE173 Closest Approach To Earth (22.365 AU -
22.4 Magnitude)
* Feb 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 CO114 At Opposition (47.982 AU - 23.8
Magnitude)
* Feb 17 - Asteroid 2000 QU7 Closest Approach To Earth (0.841 AU)
* Feb 17 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 CQ104 At Opposition (34.896 AU - 23.9
Magnitude)
* Feb 17 - 5th Anniversary (1996), NEAR Launch
* Feb 18 - Asteroid 2000 SJ344 Near-Earth Flyby (0.244 AU)
* Feb 18 -[Jan 05] Asteroid 1997 AP10 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.755 AU)
* Feb 18 - Asteroid 16063 (1999 NV36) Closest Approach To Earth (1.611
AU)
* Feb 19 - Comet Reinmuth 2 Perihelion (1.890 AU)
* Feb 19 - Asteroid 1994 EF2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.465 AU)
* Feb 19 - Asteroid 2000 CO101 Closest Approach To Earth (0.522 AU)
* Feb 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 CN105 At Opposition (44.579 AU - 21.8
Magnitude)
* Feb 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 CP104 At Opposition (45.477 AU - 23.7
Magnitude)
* Feb 19 - 15th Anniversary (1986), Mir Space Station Launch
* Feb 19-23 - Symposium Galileo 2001, Tenerife, Spain
* Feb 19-25 - Southern Cross Astronomical Society Winter Star Party,
Florida Keys, Florida
* Feb 21 - Asteroid 1620 Geographos Near-Earth Flyby (0.391 AU)
* Feb 21-22 - Meeting on the Origin and Early Evolution of Solid Matter
in the Solar System, London, United Kingdom
* Feb 21-23 -[Jan 06] Forum On Innovative Approaches To Outer
Planetary Exploration 2001-2020, Houston, Texas
* Feb 22 - Asteroid 2000 RM12 Closest Approach To Earth (0.758 AU)
* Feb 22 - Asteroid 2000 KB Closest Approach To Earth (1.901 AU)
* Feb 22 - Washington DC Area Astronomers Meeting, Greenbelt, Maryland
* Feb 22 - 40th Anniversary (1961), Kosmos 110 Launch (Carried Two Dogs:
Veterok & Ugolyok)
* Feb 23 - BSAT 2A/Eurobird Ariane 509 Launch
* Feb 23 - Asteroid 5693 (1993 EA) Closest Approach To Earth (1.097 AU)
* Feb 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DF9 At Opposition (38.822 AU - 22.0
Magnitude)
* Feb 24 - Asteroid 2000 GX127 Closest Approach To Earth (0.490 AU)
* Feb 25 - Comet Spitaler Perihelion (2.127 AU)
* Feb 26 - Asteroid 1998 FH74 Near-Earth Flyby (0.244 AU)
* Feb 26 - Asteroid 1998 EC3 Closest Approach To Earth (1.095 AU)
* Feb 26 - Asteroid 10199 Chariklo Closest Approach To Earth (12.269 AU)
* Feb 26 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 CQ114 At Opposition (44.124 AU - 23.1
Magnitude)
* Feb 26-27 - NOAO Workshop On The Reduction Of Gemini AO Data, Tuscon,
Arizona
* Feb 27 - Comet Kohoutek Perihelion (1.787 AU)
* Feb 27 - Asteroid 2000 RW37 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
* Feb 27 - Asteroid 1998 WT Near-Earth Flyby (0.143 AU)
* Feb 27 - Asteroid 2000 EE14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.184 AU)
* Feb 28 - Cassini, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #17 (TCM-17)
* Feb 28 - Asteroid 8567 (1996 HW1) Closest Approach To Earth (1.927 AU)
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March 2001
* Mar ?? - Milstar 2-F3 Titan 4B Launch
* Mar ?? - Badr-2/Meteor-3M Zenit-2 Launch
* Mar 01 - STS-102 Launch, Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Station
Assembly Flight 5A.1, Multi-Purpose Logistics Module-1 (Leonardo)
* Mar 01 - Asteroid 2000 ET70 Near-Earth Flyby (0.362 AU)
* Mar 01 - Asteroid 1993 KH Closest Approach To Earth (0.677 AU)
* Mar 01 - Asteroid 1998 BB10 Closest Approach To Earth (0.678 AU)
* Mar 01 - 35th Anniversary (1966), Venera 3 Impact On Venus
* Mar 02 - Asteroid 5261 Eureka Closest Approach To Earth (0.773 AU)
* Mar 02 - Asteroid 1997 EH29 Closest Approach To Earth (0.807 AU)
* Mar 02-04 - Delmarva Stargazers Mirror Grinding Seminar, Smyrna,
Delaware
* Mar 03 - Asteroid 2000 PN9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
* Mar 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 CS105 At Opposition (37.315 AU - 23.1
Magnitude)
* Mar 04 - Asteroid 2000 AF6 Closest Approach To Earth (0.491 AU)
* Mar 04 - Asteroid 1999 CU3 Closest Approach To Earth (0.897 AU)
* Mar 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 CH105 At Opposition (43.010 AU - 23.2
Magnitude)
* Mar 04 - 220th Anniversary (1781), Herschel's Discovery Of Uranus
* Mar 05 -[Jan 06] Asteroid 1950 DA Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
* Mar 05 - Asteroid 1999 HZ1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.182 AU)
* Mar 05-10 - IAU Symposium 106: Cosmic Masers: From Protostars To
Blackholes, Rio do Janeiro, Brazil
* Mar 06 - Asteroid 248 Lameia Occults HIP 54110 (6.9 Magnitude Star)
* Mar 06 -[Jan 05] Asteroid 238 Hypatia Occults SAO 138387 (9.5
Magnitude Star)
* Mar 06 - Asteroid 2000 PO30 Closest Approach To Earth (0.927 AU)
* Mar 06 - 15th Anniversary (1986), Vega 1, Comet Halley Flyby
* Mar 06-08 - Symposium On The New Century Of X-Ray Astronomy, Kanagawa,
Japan
* Mar 06-09 - Joint SOHO-ACE Workshop 2001, Bern Switzerland
* Mar 07 - Asteroid 2000 EZ106 Closest Approach To Earth (0.451 AU)
* Mar 07 - Asteroid 2000 AQ219 Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 AU)
* Mar 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CM158 At Opposition (27.754 AU - 22.5
Magnitude)
* Mar 08 - 15th Anniversary (1986), Suisei, Comet Halley Flyby
* Mar 08-10 - AGN Workshop On Mass Outflow In Active Galactic Nuclei:
New Perspectives, Washington DC
* Mar 09 - Asteroid 1995 LG Closest Approach To Earth (0.726 AU)
* Mar 09 - Asteroid 2000 PM8 Closest Approach To Earth (1.213 AU)
* Mar 09 - 15th Anniversary (1986), Vega 2, Comet Halley Flyby
* Mar 10 - Mercury Passes 4.4 Degrees From Uranus
* Mar 10-17 - 2001 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana
* Mar 10-17 - Meeting On Galaxy Clusters and the High Redshift Universe
Observed In X-Rays, Savoie, France
* Mar 11 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (27 Degrees)
* Mar 11 -[Jan 03] Comet C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) Closest
Approach To Earth (0.831 AU)
* Mar 11 - Asteroid 2000 CH59 Closest Approach To Earth (0.546 AU)
* Mar 11 - Asteroid 3004 Knud Closest Approach To Earth (1.010 AU)
* Mar 11 - 15th Anniversary (1986), Sakigake, Comet Halley Flyby
* Mar 12 - Asteroid 2000 SH8 Closest Approach To Earth (0.440 AU)
* Mar 12-16 - 32nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston,
Texas
* Mar 12-16 - IAU Symposium On Extragalactic Star Clusters, Pucon, Chile
* Mar 12-16 - Chapman Conference On Storm-Substorm Relationship,
Lonavala in Mumbai, India
* Mar 12-16 - ISOPHOT Workshop On PHT32 Oversampled Mapping, Villafranca
del Castillo, Spain
* Mar 13 - Asteroid 1998 YN1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.148 AU)
* Mar 13 - 15th Anniversary (1986), Giotto, Comet Halley Flyby
* Mar 14 - Comet Smirnova-Chernykh Closest Approach To Earth (2.567 AU)
* Mar 15 - NRO Atlas 2 Launch
* Mar 15 - Asteroid 2000 EC98 Closest Approach To Earth (14.243 AU -
20.9 Magnitude)
* Mar 16 - Comet Kojima Closest Approach To Earth (1.508 AU)
* Mar 16 - Asteroid 1998 NU Near-Earth Flyby (0.390 AU)
* Mar 16 - Asteroid 2000 OG Closest Approach To Earth (1.679 AU)
* Mar 16 - 35th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 8 Launch
* Mar 17 - Asteroid 1999 FK21 Closest Approach To Earth (0.609 AU)
* Mar 17 - Asteroid 9498 Westerbork Closest Approach To Earth (1.419 AU)
* Mar 18 - Asteroid 2000 PK5 Closest Approach To Earth (1.147 AU)
* Mar 19 - Asteroid 1997 UH9 Closest Approach To Earth (0.554 AU)
* Mar 19 - Asteroid 1999 JB Closest Approach To Earth (1.368 AU)
* Mar 19-21 - International Symposium On International Scientific
Cooperation On Board Mir, Lyon, France
* Mar 19-21 - 3rd European Conference On Space Debris, Darmstadt,
Germany
* Mar 19-24 - International Conference: Sri Lankan Skies and Sir Arthur
- a 2001 Odyssey, Colombo, Sri Lanka
* Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox, 13:14 UT
* Mar 21 - Comet Hartley 3 Perihelion (2.478 AU)
* Mar 21 -[Jan 02] Asteroid 1997 DF Closest Approach To Earth
(0.745 AU)
* Mar 21-23 - Meeting On Young Stars Near Earth: Progress and Prospects,
Mountain View, California
* Mar 22 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 FX53 At Opposition (37.568 AU - 24.0
Magnitude)
* Mar 22-25 - Kisatchie Star Party, Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana
* Mar 23-26 - 9th Annual South Pacific Star Party, Wiruna, Australia
* Mar 24 - Comet C/1999 Y1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.091 AU)
* Mar 25 - Asteroid 2000 JH5 Closest Approach To Earth (1.027 AU)
* Mar 25 - 5th Anniverary (1996), Comet Hyakutake Near-Earth Flyby (0.10
AU)
* Mar 25 - 40th Anniversary (1961), Sputnik 10 Launch (Carried A Dog:
Zvezdochka)
* Mar 26 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 GM147 At Opposition (36.839 AU - 23.7
Magnitude)
* Mar 26-30 - ISOPHOT Workshop On PHT32 Oversampled Mapping, Pasadena,
California
* Mar 26-30 - Stellar Astrophysics Conference: The Link Between Stars
And Cosmology, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
* Mar 27 - Asteroid 2000 SP43 Closest Approach To Earth (0.544 AU)
* Mar 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 GK147 At Opposition (32.936 AU - 24.2
Magnitude)
* Mar 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 FE8 At Opposition (34.511 AU - 22.2
Magnitude)
* Mar 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 FA8 At Opposition (41.879 AU - 23.7
Magnitude)
* Mar 27-30 - Conference On Large Lenses And Prisms, London, England
* Mar 28 - Docking Compartment 1 Soyuz Launch (International Space
Station 4R)
* Mar 28 - HESSI Pegasus XL Launch
* Mar 28 - Asteroid 1983 VA Closest Approach To Earth (1.261 AU)
* Mar 28 - Asteroid 5626 (1991 FE) Closest Approach To Earth (1.880 AU)
* Mar 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 FB8 At Opposition (39.989 AU - 24.3
Magnitude )
* Mar 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 FG8 At Opposition (43.140 AU - 24.1
Magnitude)
* Mar 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 FH8 At Opposition (43.574 AU - 23.1
Magnitude)
* Mar 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 FF8 At Opposition (44.878 AU - 24.3
Magnitude)
* Mar 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 FC8 At Opposition (45.380 AU - 24.7
Magnitude)
* Mar 28 - 15th Anniversary (1986), ICE, Comet Halley Distant Flyby
* Mar 28-30 - Satellite 2001 Conference, Washington DC
* Mar 29 - Asteroid 1998 SF36 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
* Mar 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 FH8 At Opposition (44.143 AU - 23.7
Magnitude)
* Mar 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 FD8 At Opposition (39.048 AU - 22.8
Magnitude)
* Mar 31 - 35th Anniversary (1966), Luna 10 Launch (Soviet Moon Orbiter)
* Mar 31 - 5th Bi-Annual Queensland Astronomy Education Conference,
Queensland, Australia
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April 2001
* Apr 01 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (North America)
* Apr 01 - Venus Occults 109102 (6.7 Magnitude Star)
* Apr 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 GX146 At Opposition (43.633 A
ÜÜÜ JN64GB Rimini-Italy
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