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Calendar
Last Updated Tuesday, December 04, 2001 at 02:45 AM PST
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December 2001
* Dec ?? - NRO Atlas Launch
* Dec ?? - Astra 1K Proton Launch
* Dec ?? - Shenzhou 3 Long March 2F Launch (China)
* Dec 01 -[Dec 04] Kosmos Proton K Launch (Russia), Successful
* Dec 01 -[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 2001 VF75 Near-Earth Flyby (0.162 AU)
* 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 -[Dec 04] Genesis, Begin Of Solar Wind Sample Capture
* Dec 03 - Saturn At Opposition
* Dec 03 -[Nov 28] Asteroid 254 Augusta Occults HIP 17573 (3.9
Magnitude Star)
* 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 - 16th International Conference On Space Flight Dynamics,
Pasadena, California
* 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 -[Dec 01] STS-108 Launch, Space Shuttle Endeavour, Space
Station Utilization Flight 1
* Dec 04 -[Nov 29] Asteroid 1263 Varsavia Occults HIP 24521 (8.5
Magnitude Star)
* Dec 04 - Asteroid 2000 SY2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.409 AU)
* Dec 04 - 5th Anniversary (1996), Mars Pathfinder Launch
* Dec 04-05 -[Nov 28] 3rd Information Power Grid (IPG) Workshop,
Palo Alto, California
* Dec 05 -[Dec 04] Asteroid 2001 WK15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.156 AU)
* Dec 06 - Asteroid 168 Sibylla Occults HIP 20019 (8.5 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 06 -[Dec 01] Asteroid 5070 Arai Occults HIP 8303 (8.4
Magnitude Star)
* Dec 06 - Asteroid 1998 WO7 Closest Approach To Earth (0.617 AU)
* Dec 07 -[Nov 29] 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 -[Dec 04] Asteroid 105 Artemis Occults TYC 5463-00901-1
(9.8 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 08 - Asteroid 24 Themis At Opposition (10.9 Magnitude)
* Dec 09 - Comet P/2001 TU80 (LINEAR-NEAT) Perihelion (1.937 AU)
* 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 - 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 - Asteroid 2001 WR5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
* Dec 11-12 -[Nov 28] 2001 Microelectronics Reliability and
Qualification Workshop, Pasadena, California
* Dec 11-14 - 3rd European Conference On Structures and Technologies:
Challenges For Future Launchers, Strasbourg, France
* Dec 12 -[Dec 01] Asteroid 2001 WH1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
* 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 - STARDUST, Solar Conjuction Begins
* 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 - Asteroid 2000 WO107 Closest Approach To Earth (0.586 AU)
* Dec 19 - 5th Anniversary (1996), Galileo, Europa 4 Flyby
* Dec 20 - Deadline For SIRTF Naming Contest
* Dec 20 - DMSP-16 Titan 2 Launch
* Dec 20 - Asteroid 2001 WH2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.196 AU)
* Dec 21 - Winter Solstice, 19:12 UT
* Dec 21 - Comet C/2001 W1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.422 AU)
* 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 23 - Asteroid 116 Sirona At Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
* Dec 24 -[Dec 04] Comet C/2001 W2 (Batters) Perihelion (1.050
AU)
* Dec 24 - Comet C/2001 W1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.401 AU)
* Dec 24 - Asteroid 1998 WT Closest Approach To Earth (0.930 AU)
* Dec 25 - Asteroid 2001 AD2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
* Dec 25 -[Dec 04] Asteroid 2001 WL15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.268 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 - Comet C/2001 U6 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (4.209 AU)
* 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 - STARDUST, Solar Conjuntion Ends
* Dec 31 - OICETS J-1 Launch (Japan)
* Dec 31 - Asteroid 1303 Luthera Occults HIP 34462 (6.4 Magnitude Star)
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January 2002
* Jan ?? -[Dec 01] Mars Odyssey, End Of Aerobraking
* Jan ?? - Echostar 8 Proton K Launch
* Jan ?? - TDRS-I Atlas II 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 - Asteorid 2001 WG2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.607 AU)
* 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 - Asteroid 2001 TN41 Closest Approach To Earth (0.508 AU)
* Jan 08 - Stephen Hawking's 60th Birthday (1942)
* Jan 09 - Mercury Passes 1.2 Degrees From Neptune
* Jan 09 - Asteroid 2001 WF2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.203 AU)
* 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 2001 UU92 Near-Earth Flyby (0.128 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 -[Dec 01] Milstar 2-F3 Titan 4B Launch
* 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 TU80 (LINEAR-NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth
(0.987 AU)
* 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 - HESSI Pegasus XL Launch
* Jan 24 - Moon Occults Saturn
* Jan 24 - Asteroid 2001 CC21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.208 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 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 ?? - UniSat 2 Dnepr 1 Launch
* Feb 01 - ADEOS II H-2 Launch (Japan)
* Feb 01 - Comet P/2001 T3 (NEAT) Perihelion (2.506 AU)
* 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 - 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 - Orange Blossom Star Party, near Brooksville, Florida
* Feb 14 -[Nov 29] STS-109 Launch, Space Shuttle Columbia, 4th
Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission
* Feb 14 - Comet Finlay Closest Approach To Earth (1.844 AU)
* Feb 14 - Asteroid 2001 QC96 Closest Approach To Earth (0.460 AU)
* Feb 14 - Asteroid 2000 EV106 Closest Approach To Earth (0.519 AU)
* Feb 14 - 30th Anniversary (1972), Luna 20 Launch (Soviet Moon Sample
Return)
* Feb 15 - Progress 7 Soyuz Launch (International Space Station)
* Feb 17 - Comet P/2001 R1 (LONEOS) Perihelion (1.361 AU)
* Feb 17 - Asteroid 1996 DH Closest Approach To Earth (0.980 AU)
* Feb 18 - Asteroid 2001 SK162 Near-Earth Flyby (0.181 AU)
* Feb 20 - 5th Anniversary (1997), Galileo, Europa 6 Flyby
* Feb 20 - 40th Anniversary (1962), Friendship 7 Launch (John Glenn)
* Feb 21 - Moon Occults Saturn
* Feb 21 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (27 Degrees)
* Feb 22 - Comet Spitaler Closest Approach To Earth (2.283 AU)
* Feb 22 - Asteroid 2001 FD58 Near-Earth Flyby (0.211 AU)
* Feb 22 - Asteroid 2001 VH75 Closest Approach To Earth (0.420 AU)
* Feb 22 - Asteroid 2001 BE10 Closest Approach To Earth (0.933 AU)
* Feb 23 - Moon Occults Jupiter
* Feb 23 - Asteroid 3800 Karayusuf Closest Approach To Earth (0.583 AU)
* Feb 23 - Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (1.192 AU)
* Feb 23 - 15th Anniversary (1987), Supernova 1987A Explosion
* Feb 24 - Mercury Passes 0.5 Degrees From Neptune
* Feb 25 - Comet Spitaler Perihelion (2.127 AU)
* Feb 25 - Asteroid 78 Diana Occults TYC 1198-01072-1 (8.6 Magnitude
Star)
* Feb 25 - Asteroid 1992 DU Near-Earth Flyby (0.041 AU)
* Feb 25-28 - Conference On Black Holes: Theory Confronts Reality, Three
Years Later, Santa Barbara, California
* Feb 25-Mar 01 -[Nov 29] International Conference On
Communicating Astromony, Tenerife, Spain
* Feb 26 - Asteroid 4341 Poseidon Near-Earth Flyby (0.376 AU)
* Feb 26-28 - Science Data Processing Workshop 2002, Greenbelt, Maryland
* Feb 27 - GRACE Eurockot Rokot KM Launch
* Feb 27 - Bernard Lyot's 105th Birthday (1897)
* Feb 28 - Asteroid 2000 EJ26 Near-Venus Flyby (0.039 AU)
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March 2002
* Mar 01 - 20th Anniversary (1982), Venera 13 Venus Flyby/Landing
* Mar 02 - Asteroid 2000 BM19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.140 AU)
* Mar 03 - Comet C/2000 B4 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (6.560 AU)
* Mar 03 - Asteroid 2000 DM8 Closest Approach To Earth (0.569 AU)
* Mar 03 - 30th Anniversary (1972), Pioneer 10 Launch (Jupiter Flyby
Mission)
* Mar 04-07 - ESO/CERN/ESA Symposium On Astronomy, Cosmology and
Fundamental Physics, Garching, Germany
* Mar 04-08 - IAU Colloquium 187: Exotic Stars as Challenges to
Evolution, Miami, Florida
* Mar 05 - Asteroid 2001 CB21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)
* Mar 05 - Asteroid 5828 (1991 AM) Closest Approach To Earth (0.408 AU)
* Mar 05 - Asteroid 1999 CT8 Closest Approach To Earth (0.796 AU)
* Mar 05 - 20th Anniversary (1982), Venera 14 Venus Flyby/Landing
* Mar 05-06 - Meeting On Infrared Astronomy from Antartica, Boston,
Massachusetts
* Mar 05-07 - International Conference On Light Pollution, La Serena,
Chile
* Mar 06 - Asteroid 2001 EB18 Closest Approach To Earth (0.505 AU)
* Mar 06 - Joseph Fraunhofer's 215th Birthday (1787)
* Mar 07 - IS-1 Delta 2 Launch
* Mar 07 - Comet C/1999 F1 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (5.672
AU)
* Mar 07 - John Herschel's 210th Birthday (1792)
* Mar 08 - 25th Anniversary (1977), Discovery of Uranus' Rings
* Mar 09 - Mercury Passes 1.2 Degrees From Uranus
* Mar 09-16 - 2002 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana
* Mar 10 - Asteroid 1999 JT6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.191 AU)
* Mar 10-15 - Workshop On Galactic Star Formation Across the Stellar
Mass Spectrum, La Serena, Chile
* Mar 11 - Comet Longmore Closest Approach To Earth (1.668 AU)
* Mar 11 - Asteroid 1999 HF1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.177 AU)
* Mar 11-13 - XEUS Workshop: Studying the Evolution of the Hot Universe,
Garching, Germany
* Mar 11-15 - 33rd Lunar And Planetary Science Conference (LPSC),
Houston, Texas
* Mar 11-15- SOHO-11 Symposium: From Solar Min to Max: Half a Solar
Cycle with SOHO, Davos, Switzerland
* Mar 13 - STARDUST, Deep Space Maneuver #2 (DSM-2)
* Mar 13 - Asteroid 1999 XX262 Closest Approach To Earth (0.561 AU)
* Mar 13 - Asteroid 2000 EE14 Closest Approach To Earth (0.591 AU)
* Mar 14 - Comet Hartley 3 Closest Approach To Earth (2.236 AU)
* Mar 14 - Asteroid 79 Eurynome Occults TYC 1334-00068-1 (9.7 Magnitude
Star)
* Mar 15 - Asteroid 1999 OR3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
* Mar 16 - Asteroid 2000 GD2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
* Mar 16 - Asteroid 2001 QD96 Near-Earth Flyby (0.255 AU)
* Mar 16 - Asteroid 2001 SL9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.279 AU)
* Mar 16-23 - Meeting On The Cosmological Model, Les Arcs, France
* Mar 17 - Comet Gunn Closest Approach To Earth (2.414 AU)
* Mar 18 - Asteroid 1997 EH29 Closest Approach To Earth (0.932 AU)
* Mar 18-20 -[Nov 28] Workshop On The 3D Sun and Inner
Heliosphere: The STEREO View, Paris, France
* Mar 19 - Asteroid 4947 Ninkasi Closest Approach To Earth (0.538 AU)
* Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox, 19:03 UT
* Mar 20 - Moon Occults Saturn
* Mar 20 - Asteroid 2001 TC2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.212 AU)
* Mar 20 - Asteroid 5645 (1990 SP) Near-Earth Flyby (0.314 AU)
* Mar 20 - Asteroid 2001 TZ44 Closest Approach To Earth (0.926 AU)
* Mar 21 -[Nov 30] STS-110 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space
Station Assembly Flight 8A
* Mar 21 - Asteroid 1999 YF3 Closest Approach To Earth (0.791 AU)
* Mar 22 - Comet Russell 2 Perihelion (2.290 AU)
* Mar 22 - Asteroid 2001 ED18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
* Mar 22 - Asteroid 2001 TC45 Closest Approach To Earth (0.708 AU)
* Mar 23 - Wernher von Braun's 90th Birthday (1912)
* Mar 24 - EOS-PM AQUA Delta 2 Launch
* Mar 25 - Asteroid 1819 Laputa Occults FK6 2705 (5.2 Magnitude Star)
* Mar 25 - Asteroid 2000 GB82 Closest Approach To Earth (0.756 AU)
* Mar 25-Apr 19 - 2nd APC Workshop: New Frontiers in CMB Physics, Paris,
France
* Mar 26 - Asteroid 2001 FC58 Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
* Mar 27 - 30th Anniversary (1972), Venera 8 Launch
* Mar 27-29 - Stellar Abundances & Nucleosynthesis Conference, Seattle,
Washington
* Mar 28 - Comet C/2001 C1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (5.105 AU)
* Mar 28 - 200th Anniversary (1802), Wilhelm Olbers' Discovery Of
Asteroid 2 Pallas
* Mar 29 - Comet P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth
(3.224 AU)
* Mar 29 - Asteroid 2001 KB67 Near-Earth Flyby (0.389 AU)
* Mar 29 - 195th Anniversary (1807), Wilhelm Olbers' Discovery Of
Asteroid 4 Vesta
* Mar 30 - Asteroid 2001 VB76 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
* Mar 31 - Comet Kohoutek Closest Approach To Earth (2.492 AU)
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April 2002
* Apr ?? - End of Mars Global Surveyor Extended Mission
* Apr ?? - Inaugural Launch Of the Delta 4
* Apr 01 - Asteroid 2000 CH59 Near-Venus Flyby (0.016 AU)
* Apr 02 - Asteroid 1998 HM3 Closest Approach To Earth (0.800 AU)
* Apr 03 - Comet Anderson-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.283 AU)
* Apr 05 - Asteroid 1995 UO5 Closest Approach To Earth (0.480 AU)
* Apr 06 - Comet Kushida Closest Approach To Earth (2.128 AU)
* Apr 07 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (North America,
Europe)
* Apr 07 - Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth (1.621 AU)
* Apr 07-11 -[Nov 28] 2nd Annual Astrobiology Science Conference
2002, Moffett Field, California
* Apr 08 - Comet C/2001 G1 Closest Approach To Earth (7.322 AU)
* Apr 08 - Asteroid 2001 GO2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
* Apr 08-12 - Symposium On Galaxy Evolution - Theory and Observations,
Cozumel, Mexico
* Apr 09 - Jupiter Occults TYC 1880-00482-1 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
* Apr 10 - Comet Kopff Closest Approach To Earth (1.767 AU)
* Apr 10 - Asteroid 1999 LT7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.138 AU)
* Apr 11 - Asteroid 1999 GT3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.302 AU)
* Apr 12 - Asteroid 2000 EE104 Near-Earth Flyby (0.126 AU)
* Apr 15 - Asteroid 79 Eurynome
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