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Welcome to the Space Calendar!
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November 2001
* Nov ?? - NRO Titan 4B Launch
* Nov ?? - GPS-2R Delta 2 Launch
* Nov ?? - EKV PLV Launch
* Nov 01 - Asteroid 1998 TU3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.257 AU)
* Nov 01 - Asteroid 2001 UA5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.271 AU)
* Nov 01 - Asteroid 1993 VB Closest Approach To Earth (0.403 AU)
* Nov 01-10 - Geological Society Of America Annual Meeting, Boston,
Massachusetts
* Nov 02 - Asteroid 9 Metis Occults TYC 1925-01576-1 (11.3 Magnitude
Star)
* Nov 02 - Asteroid 895 Helio Occults HIP 46552 A (7.5 Magnitude Star)
* Nov 02 - Asteroid 895 Helio Occults HIP 46552 B (8.9 Magnitude Star)
* Nov 02 - Asteroid 2001 UX4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.174 AU)
* Nov 02 - Asteroid 2001 UP16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.311 AU)
* Nov 02 - Asteroid 2001 TB45 Closest Approach To Earth (0.403 AU)
* Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
* Nov 03 - Moon Occults Saturn
* Nov 03 - Asteroid 23 Thalia At Opposition (10.1 Magnitude)
* Nov 03 - Comet C/2000 Y1 (Tubbiolo) Closest Approach To Earth (7.182
AU)
* Nov 03 - Asteroid 2000 CR101 Closest Approach To Earth (0.649 AU)
* Nov 03 - Jersey Astro Conference, Cranford, New Jersey
* Nov 04 - Mercury Passes 0.6 Degrees From Venus
* Nov 04 - Comet C/2000 SV74 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.195
AU)
* Nov 04 - Asteroid 2001 UW16 Closes Approach To Earth (0.413 AU)
* Nov 04 - Asteroid 2001 HY7 Closest Approach To Earth (0.449 AU)
* Nov 04 - Asteroid 2001 UV16 Closest Approach To Earth (0.852 AU)
* Nov 04 - Asteroid 16465 (1990 FV1) Closest Approach To Earth (0.864
AU)
* Nov 04 - 5th Anniversary (1996), Galileo, Callisto 3 Flyby
* Nov 04 - 20th Anniversary (1981), Venera 14 Launch (Soviet Venus
Lander)
* Nov 04-10 - 12th International Workshop On Room-Temperature
Semiconductors, X- and Gamma-Ray Detectors, San Diego, California
* Nov 05 - Mars Passes 2.1 Degrees From Neptune
* Nov 05 - Asteroid 2001 TX1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.151 AU)
* Nov 05 - Asteroid 2001 UY16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.212 AU)
* Nov 05 - Fred Whipple's 95th Birthday (1906)
* Nov 05-09 - Meeting On Gamma Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy, Woods
Hole, Massachusetts
* Nov 05-09 - Conference: Disks Of Galaxies: Kinematics, Dynamics and
Pertubations, Puebla, Mexico
* Nov 06 - Asteroid 2001 QA143 Near-Earth Flyby (0.198 AU)
* Nov 06 - 35th Anniversary (1966), Lunar Orbiter 2 Launch
* Nov 06-08 - Joint ESA/NASA Space Flight Safety Conference, Noordwijk,
The Netherlands
* Nov 07 -[Nov 07] Asteroid 2001 VB Near-Earth Flyby (0.163 AU)
* Nov 07 - Asteroid 2001 UW17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.302 AU)
* Nov 07 - Asteroid 2001 HC Closest Approach To Earth (0.548 AU)
* Nov 07 - 5th Anniversary (1996), Mars Global Surveyor Launch
* Nov 07-08 - Workshop on Techniques of Planets and Life Beyond the
Solar System, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
* Nov 07-10 - SRT Meeting: The Impact of Large Antennas on
Radioastronomy and Space Science, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
* Nov 08 - Asteroid 2001 TC45 Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU)
* Nov 08 - Asterid 2001 UE18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.197 AU)
* Nov 08 - Asteroid 1991 VE Near-Earth Flyby (0.331 AU)
* Nov 08 - Edmund Halley's 345th Birthday (1656)
* Nov 09 - Comet C/2001 Q6 (NEAT) Perihelion (1.408 AU)
* Nov 09 - Asteroid 2001 TZ44 Closest Approach To Earth (0.409 AU)
* Nov 09 - Asteroid 1999 JU6 Closest Approach To Earth (0.639 AU)
* Nov 10 - Asteroid 134 Sophropsyne Occults TYC 2478-00232-1 (9.3
Magnitude Star)
* Nov 10 - Asteroid 1200 Imperatrix Occults TYC 0633-01049-1 (9.8
Magnitude Star)
* Nov 10 -[Nov 04] Asteroid 445 Edna Occults TYC 1119-00205 (9.8
Magnitude Star)
* Nov 10 - Asteroid 2000 SP43 Closest Approach To Earth (0.755 AU)
* Nov 10-16 -[Nov 06] Conference of High Performance Computing
and Networking, Denver, Colorado
* Nov 11 - 35th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 12 Launch
* Nov 12 - Asteroid 2001 QO142 Near-Earth Flyby (0.373 AU)
* Nov 12 - Asteroid 2001 QK142 Closest Approach To Earth (0.682 AU)
* Nov 12 - Asteroid 2000 PJ5 Closest Approach To Earth (0.788 AU)
* Nov 12-18 -[Nov 06] Chiefland Star Party, Chiefland, Florida
* Nov 13 -[Nov 08] Asteroid 124 Alkeste Occults TYC 1304-00456
(9.3 Magnitude Star)
* Nov 13 - Asteroid 2001 TX44 Near-Earth Flyby (0.254 AU)
* Nov 13 - Asteroid 1989 VA Closest Approach To Earth (0.645 AU)
* Nov 13 - Asteroid 1997 UH9 Closest Approach To Earth (0.824 AU)
* Nov 13 - Asteroid 1999 VL12 Closest Approach To Earth (0.865 AU)
* Nov 13 - Asteroid 1981 Midas Closest Approach To Earth (1.126 AU)
* Nov 13-15 - Exploring Mars With TES: A Data User's Workshop, Tempe
Arizona
* Nov 13-16 - 5th RESCEU International Symposium On New Trends In
Theoritical and Observational Cosmology, Tokyo, Japan
* Nov 14 - Asteroid 8176 (1991 WA) Closest Approach To Earth (0.593 AU)
* Nov 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 YA2 At Opposition (43.491 AU - 23.4
Magnitude)
* Nov 14 - 30th Anniversary (1971), Mariner 9, Mars Orbit Insertion
* Nov 15 - CubeSats Dnepr Launch
* Nov 15 - Asteroid 2001 MF1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.444 AU)
* Nov 15-18 - RNA Based Life Conference, Bloomington, Indiana
* Nov 16 - Genesis, L1 Orbit Insertion
* Nov 16-19 - Advanced Research Workshop On The Optics Of Cosmic Dust,
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
* Nov 17 - NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin Resigns
* Nov 17 - Progress Soyuz Launch (International Space Station 7P)
* Nov 17 -[Nov 07] Leonids Meteor Shower Peak (Potential Meteor
Storm)
* Nov 17 - Asteroid 22099 (2000 EX106) Near-Earth Flyby (0.243 AU)
* Nov 17 - Asteroid 2000 YH2 Closest Approach To Earth (25.838 AU - 22.5
Magnitude)
* Nov 18 - Comet Brooks 2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.176 AU)
* Nov 18 - Comet Harrington Closest Approach To Earth (1.333 AU)
* Nov 18 - Asteroid 2000 WN10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.200 AU)
* Nov 18 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Near-Earth Flyby (0.328 AU)
* Nov 18 - Asteroid 2001 BA40 Near-Earth Flyby (0.376 AU)
* Nov 18 - Asteroid 2061 Anza Closest Approach To Earth (0.644 AU)
* Nov 18 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 YC2 At Opposition (37.686 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Nov 18 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 YZ1 At Opposition (41.125 AU - 24.1
Magnitude)
* Nov 18 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 YX1 At Opposition (41.415 AU - 23.0
Magnitude)
* Nov 18 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 YW1 At Opposition (41.931 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Nov 19 - Asteroid 2001 TP103 Closest Approach To Earth (0.424 AU)
* Nov 19 - Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.721 AU)
* Nov 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 YB2 At Opposition (37.542 AU - 22.6
Magnitude)
* Nov 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 YD2 At Opposition (37.516 AU - 23.7
Magnitude)
* Nov 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 WW12 At Opposition (38.520 AU - 23.5
Magnitude)
* Nov 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 YY1 At Opposition (43.364 AU - 23.5
Magnitude)
* Nov 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 WV12 At Opposition (44.010 AU - 23.3
Magnitude)
* Nov 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 YF2 At Opposition (45.862 AU - 23.6
Magnitude)
* Nov 19-23 - IAU Symposium 209: Planetary Nebulae - Their Evolution and
Role in the Universe, Canberra, Australia
* Nov 19-20 -[Nov 04] ARTES Applications Workshop, Noordjwidk,
The Netherlands
* Nov 20 - Comet C/2001 RX14 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (4.114
AU)
* Nov 20 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 WX12 At Opposition (36.766 AU - 23.4
Magnitude)
* Nov 20 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 YG2 At Opposition (38.186 AU - 23.6
Magnitude)
* Nov 20 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 YE2 At Opposition (39.563 AU - 24.0
Magnitude)
* Nov 21 - Asteroid 11 Parthenope At Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
* Nov 21 - Asteroid 2000 AC6 Near-Venus Flyby (0.096 AU)
* Nov 21 - Asteroid 2000 WM63 Near-Earth Flyby (0.188 AU)
* Nov 21 - Asteroid 2000 RN77 Near-Earth Flyby (0.280 AU)
* Nov 21 - Asteroid 1999 TA10 Closest Approach To Earth (0.771 AU)
* Nov 22 - Asteroid 2000 QJ1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.890 AU)
* Nov 23 -[Nov 09] Kosmos Proton K Launch (Russia)
* Nov 23 - Comet Elst-Pizarro Perihelion (2.635 AU)
* Nov 24 - Comet Reinmuth 2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.908 AU)
* Nov 25 - Asteroid 1990 UN Near-Mars Flyby (0.042 AU)
* Nov 26 -[Nov 09] Progress M1 Soyuz-U Launch (International
Space Station 6P)
* Nov 26 - Intelsat 903 Proton K Launch
* Nov 26 -[Nov 09] DirecTV-5 Ariane 4 Launch
* Nov 26 - Mars Passes 0.7 Degrees From Uranus
* Nov 26 - Asteroid 2001 UX16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.141 AU)
* Nov 26 - Asteroid 2001 UC18 Closest Approach To Earth (0.420 AU)
* Nov 26 - Asteroid 10563 Izhdubar Closest Approach To Earth (0.455 AU)
* Nov 26 - Asteroid 1995 UO5 Closest Approach To Earth (0.820 AU)
* Nov 26-30 - Symposium On New Visions Of The X-Ray Universe In The
XMM-Newton and Chandra Era, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Nov 26-30 - International Conference On Physics and Astrophysics Of
Quark-Gluon Plasma, Jaipur, India
* Nov 26-Dec 01 - 33rd Annual Meeting of the AAS Division of Planetary
Science, New Orleans, Louisiana
* Nov 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 WO183 At Opposition (40.969 AU - 23.5
Magnitude)
* Nov 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 WN183 At Opposition (44.026 AU - 23.5
Magnitude)
* Nov 27 - 30th Anniversary (1971), Mars 2, Mars Orbit Insertion/Lander
Crash
* Nov 28 - Asteroid 4 Vesta At Opposition (6.5 Magnitude)
* Nov 28 - Comet Ashbrook-Jackson Closest Approach To Earth (2.211 AU)
* Nov 28 - Asteroid 1999 HY1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.816 AU)
* Nov 28-30 - 25th Annual Software Engineering Workshop, Greenbelt,
Maryland
* Nov 29 - STS-108 Launch, Space Shuttle Endeavour, Space Station
Utilization Flight 1
* Nov 29 - Asteroid 2001 TY44 Near-Earth Flyby (0.154 AU)
* Nov 30 - Badr-B/Meteor-3M/Kompass Zenit-2 Launch
* Nov 30 - Asteroid P/2001 MD7 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.254 AU)
* Nov 30 - Asteroid 563 Suleika At Opposition (10.6 Magnitude)
* Nov 30 - Asteroid 1999 RM45 Near-Mars Flyby (0.083 AU)
* Nov 30 - Asteroid 1998 VO33 Closest Approach To Earth (1.041 AU)
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December 2001
* Dec ?? - NRO Atlas Launch
* Dec ?? - Astra 1K Proton Launch
* Dec ?? - TDRS-I Atlas II Launch
* Dec ?? -[Nov 04] Shenzhou 3 CZ-2F Launch (China)
* Dec 01 - Moon Occults Saturn
* Dec 01 - Asteroid 2009 Voloshina Occults HIP 11249 (5.5 Magnitude
Star)
* Dec 01 - Asteroid 2001 RY11 Closest Approach To Earth (0.459 AU)
* Dec 01 - Asteroid 2000 NL10 Closest Approach To Earth (0.626 AU)
* Dec 01 - Asteroid 2000 GJ147 Closest Approach To Earth (1.098 AU)
* Dec 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 2000 WT169 At Opposition (43.884 AU - 22.6
Magnitude)
* Dec 02 - Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (0.316
AU)
* Dec 02 - Saturn Occults TYC 1275-00354-1 (10.8 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 02 - Asteroid 3551 Verenia Closest Approach To Earth (0.924 AU)
* Dec 02 - 30th Anniversary (1971), Mars 3 Arrival At Mars (Soviet Mars
Lander & Orbiter)
* Dec 03 - Saturn At Opposition
* Dec 03 - Asteroid 1269 Rollandia Occults TYC 0634-00054-1 (9.4
Magnitude Star)
* Dec 03 - Asteroid 1998 SD15 Closest Approach To Earth (0.913 AU)
* Dec 03-06 - Workshop On X-Ray Spectroscopy of Active Galactic Nuclei
with Chandra and XMM-Newton, Garching, Germany
* Dec 03-07 - Conference On Galaxies: The Third Dimension, Mexico
* Dec 03-07 - Annecy Workshop On Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays,
Annecy-le-Vieux Dede, France
* Dec 04 - Asteroid 2000 SY2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.409 AU)
* Dec 04 - 5th Anniversary (1996), Mars Pathfinder Launch
* Dec 06 - Asteroid 168 Sibylla Occults HIP 20019 (8.5 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 06 - Asteroid 1998 WO7 Closest Approach To Earth (0.617 AU)
* Dec 07 - Jason/ TIMED Delta 2 Launch
* Dec 07 - Asteroid 1999 YR14 Closest Approach To Earth (0.537 AU)
* Dec 07 - Asteroid 1994 AW1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.629 AU)
* Dec 07 - Asteroid 2001 KY66 Closest Approach To Earth (0.798 AU)
* Dec 07 - Asteroid 1999 XO141 Closest Approach To Earth (0.871 AU)
* Dec 08 - Comet Shajn-Schaldach Closest Approach To Earth (1.784 AU)
* Dec 08 - Asteroid 105 Artemis Occults TYC 5463-00901-1 (9.8 Magnitude
Star)
* Dec 08 - Asteroid 24 Themis At Opposition (10.9 Magnitude)
* Dec 09 - Asteroid 395 Delia Occults TYC 1830-01346-1 (9.8 Magnitude
Star)
* Dec 09 - Asteroid 1997 NC1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.288 AU)
* Dec 09 -[Nov 08] Asteroid 2001 SS107 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.816 AU)
* Dec 10 - Ulysses, End Of 4th Solar Passage
* Dec 10 - Asteroid 1998 FW4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.312 AU)
* Dec 10 - Asteroid 1999 VP11 Closest Approach To Earth (1.048 AU)
* Dec 10-11 - International Workshop On Blazar Astrophysics With
BeppoSAX And Other Observatories, Frascati, Italy
* Dec 10-12 - 1st ESA Workshop On Satellite Navigation, Noordwijk, The
Netherlands
* Dec 10-14 - American Geophysical Union 2001 Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, California
* Dec 11-14 - 3rd European Conference On Structures and Technologies:
Challenges For Future Launchers, Strasbourg, France
* Dec 12-16 - 30th Conference On High Energy Physics and Cosmology, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida
* Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
* Dec 13 - Asteroid 1998 PG Closest Approach To Earth (0.671 AU)
* Dec 13 - Asteroid 12538 (1998 OH) Closest Approach To Earth (0.965 AU)
* Dec 14 - Annular Solar Eclipse (Visible From Hawaii, Pacific Ocean &
Central America)
* Dec 14 - Moon Occults Venus
* Dec 14 - Asteroid 22 Kalliope At Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)
* Dec 14 - Tycho Brahe's 455th Birthday (1546)
* Dec 15 - Asteroid 1303 Luthera Occults TYC 2460-00063-1 (9.8 Magnitude
Star)
* Dec 15 - Asteroid 6050 (1992 AE) Closest Approach To Earth (0.816 AU)
* Dec 15 - Asteroid 1998 XE12 Closest Approach To Earth (1.100 AU)
* Dec 15 - 35th Anniversary (1966), Audouin Dollfus' Discovery of Saturn
Moon Janus
* Dec 16 - Comet Wolf Closest Approach To Earth (2.651 AU)
* Dec 16 - Asteroid 712 Boliviana Occults TYC 0717-00205-1 (9.5
Magnitude Star)
* Dec 16 - Asteroid 1998 WT24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)
* Dec 16 - Asteroid 451 Patientia At Opposition (10.4 Magnitude)
* Dec 16 - Asteroid 11054 (1991 FA) Near-Earth Flyby (0.202 AU)
* Dec 16 - Asteroid 1994 PM Closest Approach To Earth (0.637 AU)
* Dec 17 - HESSI Pegasus XL Launch
* Dec 17 - Jupiter Occults TYC 1894-00662-1 (10.5 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 17 - Asteroid 2001 SK276 Near-Earth Flyby (0.377 AU)
* Dec 17-19 - Mars Atmospheric Chemistry and Astrobiology Workshop,
Pasadena, California
* Dec 17-19 - Space Weather Workshop: Looking towards a European Space
Weather Programme, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
* Dec 18 - NRO Titan 4B Launch
* Dec 18 - Asteroid 40 Harmonia At Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)
* Dec 19 - Echostar 7 Atlas 3 Launch
* Dec 19 - Kosmos Tsyklon M Launch (Russia)
* Dec 19 - Asteroid 48 Doris At Opposition (10.9 Magnitude)
* Dec 19 - 5th Anniversary (1996), Galileo, Europa 4 Flyby
* Dec 20 - Deadline For SIRTF Naming Contest
* Dec 20 -[Nov 03] DMSP-16 Titan 2 Launch
* Dec 21 - Winter Solstice, 19:12 UT
* Dec 21 - Asteroid 2001 MG1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.981 AU)
* Dec 21 - 35th Anniversary (1966), Luna 13 Launch (Soviet Moon Lander)
* Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
* Dec 22 - Comet P/1993 K2 (Helin-Lawrence) Perihelion (3.110 AU)
* Dec 22 - Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Closest Approach To Earth (2.471 AU)
* Dec 22 - Asteroid 712 Boliviana At Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
* Dec 22 - Asteroid 1998 WD31 Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)
* Dec 22 - Asteroid 2001 SE286 Near-Earth Flyby (0.144 AU)
* Dec 22 - Asteroid 2000 WO107 Closest Approach To Earth (0.589 AU)
* Dec 23 - Asteroid 116 Sirona At Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
* Dec 24 - Asteroid 1998 WT Closest Approach To Earth (0.930 AU)
* Dec 25 - Asteroid 2001 AD2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
* Dec 26 - Asteroid 2001 KZ66 Closest Approach To Earth (0.831 AU)
* Dec 27 - Asteroid 1999 YA Closest Approach To Earth (0.831 AU)
* Dec 27 - Asteroid 1999 OW3 Closest Approach To Earth (0.934 AU)
* Dec 27 - Johanus Kepler's 430th Birthday (1571)
* Dec 28 - Moon Occults Saturn
* Dec 28 - Asteroid 5645 (1990 SP) Near-Earth Flyby (0.230 AU)
* Dec 29 - Comet Borrelly Closest Approach To Earth (1.281 AU)
* Dec 29 - Asteroid 3362 Khufu Near-Earth Flyby (0.160 AU)
* Dec 30 - Lunar Eclipse
* Dec 30 - Asteroid 654 Zelinda Occults TYC 1361-00333-1 (9.5 Magnitude
Star)
* Dec 30 - Asteroid 2001 QW108 Closest Approach To Earth (0.591 AU)
* Dec 31 -[Nov 03] OICETS J-1 Launch (Japan)
* Dec 31 -[Nov 09] Comet C/2001 U6 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To
Earth (4.187 AU)
* Dec 31 - Asteroid 1303 Luthera Occults HIP 34462 (6.4 Magnitude Star)
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January 2002
* Jan ?? - Echostar 8 Proton K Launch
* Jan 01 - Jupiter At Opposition
* Jan 01 - Asteroid 2001 ND13 Closest Approach To Earth (0.546 AU)
* Jan 03 - Earth at Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
* Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
* Jan 03 - Comet Wild 4 Closest Approach To Earth (2.280 AU)
* Jan 04 - Comet C/2001 T4 (NEAT) Perihelion (8.555 AU)
* Jan 04 - Asteroid 1993 KH Closest Approach To Earth (0.986 AU)
* Jan 04 - Wilhelm Beer's 205th Birthday (1797)
* Jan 06-10 - 199th AAS Meeting, Washington, DC
* Jan 08 - Comet Machholz 1 Perihelion (0.124 AU)
* Jan 08 - Comet Machholz 1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.862 AU)
* Jan 08 - Stephen Hawking's 60th Birthday (1942)
* Jan 09 - Mercury Passes 1.2 Degrees From Neptune
* Jan 10 - Comet P/2001 R1 (LONEOS) Near-Mars Flyby (0.014 AU)
* Jan 10 - Asteroid 1996 TE9 Closest Approach To Earth (0.904 AU)
* Jan 10-11 - Symposium On Galaxies: Mind Over Matter, Washington DC
* Jan 11 - Comet Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (1.702 AU)
* Jan 11 - Asteroid 2340 Hathor Near-Earth Flyby (0.2553 AU)
* Jan 11 - Asteroid 1998 HL1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.544 AU)
* Jan 11 - 215th Anniversary (1787), William Herschel's Discovery of
Uranus Moons Titania and Oberon
* Jan 12 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (19 Degrees)
* Jan 12 - Comet C/1999 U4 (Catalina-Skiff) Closest Approach To Earth
(4.415 AU)
* Jan 12 - Sergei Korolev's 95th Birthday (1907)
* Jan 14 - Comet Metcalf-Brewington Closest Approach To Earth (2.312 AU)
* Jan 14 - Asteroid 516 Amherstia Occults HIP 36335 (7.6 Magnitude Star)
* Jan 14-17 - 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada
* Jan 15 - Envisat-1 Ariane 5 Launch
* Jan 16 - Asteroid 7431 (1991 VK) Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)
* Jan 17 - Galileo, Io 33 Flyby
* Jan 17 - Coriolis Titan 2 Launch
* Jan 17 - Comet P/2001 Q2 (Petriew) Closest Approach To Earth (1.221
AU)
* Jan 18 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 Perihelion (3.409 AU)
* Jan 19 - Asteroid 2001 QM153 Near-Earth Flyby (0.358 AU)
* Jan 19 - Asteroid 1998 SV4 Closest Approach To Earth (0.773 AU)
* Jan 19 - Asteroid 1998 XN2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.935 AU)
* Jan 21 - Asteroid 1794 Finsen Occults TYC 0154-02070-1 (9.9 Magnitude
Star)
* Jan 21 - Asteroid 3103 Eger Closest Approach To Earth (0.456 AU)
* Jan 21 - Asteroid 1996 GT Closest Approach To Earth (0.608 AU)
* Jan 21 - Asteroid 5590 (1990 VA) Closest Approach To Earth (0.668 AU)
* Jan 21-25 - IAU Colloquium 186: Cometary Science After Hale-Bopp,
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
* Jan 22 - Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (0.555 AU)
* Jan 22 - Asteroid 4660 Nereus Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
* Jan 23 - Asteroid 2001 OB36 Closest Approach To Earth (0.967 AU)
* Jan 24 - Moon Occults Saturn
* Jan 24 - Asteroid 2001 CC21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.206 AU)
* Jan 25 - Venus Passes 1.3 Degrees From Neptune
* Jan 25 - Asteroid 2001 TX16 Closest Approach To Earth (0.483 AU)
* Jan 25 - Asteroid 2001 AF2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.557 AU)
* Jan 26 - Moon Occults Jupiter
* Jan 26 - Mercury Passes 4.4 Degrees From Venus
* Jan 26 - Mercury Passes 3.2 Degrees From Neptune
* Jan 27 - Comet P/2001 T3 (NEAT) Perihelion (2.523 AU)
* Jan 27 - Comet Wilson-Harrington Closest Approach To Earth (2.120 AU)
* Jan 27 - Asteroid 366 Vicentina Occults HIP 3712 (9.0 Magnitude Star)
* Jan 27 - Asteroid 2000 AZ93 Near-Earth Flyby (0.160 AU)
* Jan 27 - Asteroid 1997 AQ18 Closest Approach To Earth (0.640 AU)
* Jan 27 - 35th Anniversary (1967), Apollo 1 Fire
* Jan 27-31 - 2002 AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, San Antonio,
Texas
* Jan 28 - Comet Spacewatch Perihelion (1.529 AU)
* Jan 28 - Asteroid 3361 Orpheus Near-Earth Flyby (0.170 AU)
* Jan 28 - Asteroid 2000 BD19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.349 AU)
* Jan 29 - Comet Gehrels 3 Closest Approach To Earth (2.673 AU)
* Jan 31 - Comet d'Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (2.337 AU)
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February 2002
* Feb ?? - Milstar 2-F3 Titan 4B Launch
* Feb 01 -[Nov 04] ADEOS II H-2 Launch (Japan)
* Feb 01 - Asteroid 1999 ND43 Closest Approach To Earth (0.647 AU)
* Feb 02 - Asteroid 2000 CK33 Near-Earth Flyby (0.351 AU)
* Feb 02 - Asteroid 2000 BJ19 Closest Approach To Earth (0.915 AU)
* Feb 02 - 25th Anniversary (1977), Burnup of the Salyut 4 Space Station
(USSR)
* Feb 03 - Comet d'Arrest Perihelion (1.353 AU)
* Feb 03 - Asteroid 2000 SY2 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.047 AU)
* Feb 03 - Asteroid 5143 Heracles Closest Approach To Earth (0.503 AU)
* Feb 03 - Asteroid 1994 RH Closest Approach To Earth (0.802 AU)
* Feb 04 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 Closest Approach To Earth (2.424
AU)
* Feb 04 - Asteroid 2000 SP43 Near-Venus Flyby (0.090 AU)
* Feb 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 2001 CZ31 At Opposition (40.045 AU - 20.6
Magnitude)
* Feb 04-09 - 4th International Conference On Dark Matter In Astro and
Particle Physics, Cape Town, South Africa
* Feb 05 - 35th Anniversary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 3 Launch
* Feb 05-07 - Workshop on Integrated Modeling of Telescopes, Lund,
Sweden
* Feb 05-10 - COSPAR Colloquium - Plasma Processes In The Near-Earth
Space: INTERBALL And Beyond, Sofia, Bulgaria
* Feb 06 - Asteroid 1998 SU27 Near-Earth Flyby (0.141 AU)
* Feb 07 - Comet Finlay Perihelion (1.034 AU)
* Feb 07 - Comet P/2000 Y3 (Scotti) Closest Approach To Earth (3.405 AU)
* Feb 07 - Venus Passes 0.7 Degrees From Uranus
* Feb 07 - 25th Anniversary (1977), Soyuz 24 Launch (USSR)
* Feb 08 - Iridium Delta 2 Launch
* Feb 08 - Comet Kushida-Muramatsu Closest Approach To Earth (2.150 AU)
* Feb 08 - Asteroid 16834 (1997 WU22) Closest Approach To Earth (0.607
AU)
* Feb 08 - Asteroid 1999 MM Closest Approach To Earth (0.908 AU)
* Feb 08 - 10th Anniversary (1992), Ulysses Flyby Of Jupiter
* Feb 09 - Comet C/2000 OF8 (Spacewatch) Closest Approach To Earth
(2.152 AU)
* Feb 09 - Asteroid 1943 Anteros Closest Approach To Earth (0.441 AU)
* Feb 10 - Asteroid 712 Boliviana Occults HIP 26555 (8.6 Magnitude Star)
* Feb 10 - Asteroid 2000 CF59 Closest Approach To Earth (0.816 AU)
* Feb 10-16 -[Nov 07] Cedar Key Star Party, Cedar Key, Florida
* Feb 11 - Asteroid 2001 QQ142 Closest Approach To Earth (0.481 AU)
* Feb 11 - 5th Anniversary (1997), STS-82 Launch (2nd Hubble Servicing
Mission)
* Feb 12 - Chinese New Year
* Feb 12 - Asteroid 1999 CV8 Closest Approach To Earth (0.431 AU)
* Feb 12 - Asteroid 1998 XS16 Closest Approach To Earth (0.698 AU)
* Feb 12 - 55th Anniversary (1947), Sikhote-Alin Meteorite Shower
* Feb 13 - Comet C/1999 F1 (Catalina) Perihelion (5.787 AU)
* Feb 13 - Comet C/2000 A1 (Montani) Closest Approach To Earth (9.306
AU)
* Feb 13 - Asteroid 2001 QP153 Near-Earth Flyby (0.244 AU)
* Feb 13-17 -[Nov 09] Orange Blossom Star Party, near
Bro
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