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Space
Calendar
Last Updated Thursday, January 10, 2002 at 02:45 AM PST
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January 2002
* Jan ?? - Echostar 8 Proton K Launch
* Jan ?? -[Jan 10] Shenzhou 3 Long March 2F Launch (China)
* Jan ?? -[Jan 03] DirecTV-5 Proton Launch
* Jan 01 - Jupiter At Opposition
* Jan 01 - Asteroid 2001 ND13 Closest Approach To Earth (0.546 AU)
* Jan 01 -[Jan 07] Asteroid 2001 QM 153 Closest Approach To Earth
(0.641 AU)
* Jan 02 - 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 -[Jan 10] Asteroid 2002 AX1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.182 AU)
* Jan 04 - Asteroid 1993 KH Closest Approach To Earth (0.986 AU)
* Jan 04 - Wilhelm Beer's 205th Birthday (1797)
* Jan 05 - Asteroid 2001 YE4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU)
* Jan 06 - Asteroid 2001 XU30 Near-Earth Flyby (0.103 AU)
* Jan 06 - Asteorid 2001 WG2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.607 AU)
* Jan 06-10 -[Jan 08] 199th AAS Meeting, Washington, DC
* Jan 07 -[Jan 07] Asteroid 712 Boliviana Occults TYC
0715-01351-1 (9.9 Magnitude Star)
* Jan 07 - Asteroid 2001 YB5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.0055 AU)
* Jan 07 -[Jan 10] Asteroid 2002 AV Near-Earth Flyby (0.037 AU)
* Jan 07 - Asteroid 2001 XR30 Near-Earth Flyby (0.199 AU)
* Jan 08 - Comet Machholz 1 Perihelion (0.124 AU)
* Jan 08 - Comet Machholz 1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.862 AU)
* Jan 08 - Comet C/2001 X1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.739 AU)
* Jan 08 -[Jan 10] Asteroid 2002 AY1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)
* Jan 08 - Asteroid 2001 TN41 Closest Approach To Earth (0.508 AU)
* Jan 08 -[Jan 09] 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 09-10 -[Jan 08] Meeting: Accretion and Transport of
Planetismals in Turbulent Discs, Nice, France
* Jan 10 -[Jan 08] Mars Odyssey, End Of Aerobraking
* Jan 10 - Comet P/2001 R1 (LONEOS) Near-Mars Flyby (0.014 AU)
* Jan 10 -[Jan 06] Asteroid 275 Sapientia Occults TYC 0035-01043
(9.1 Magnitude Star)
* 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 304 Olga Occults TYC 0114-01683 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
* Jan 11 -[Jan 10] Asteroid 2002 AA2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.117 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 -[Jan 10] Asteroid 2002 AB2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU)
* Jan 12 -[Jan 10] Asteroid 2002 AD2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.178 AU)
* Jan 12 - Sergei Korolev's 95th Birthday (1907)
* Jan 14 - Milstar 2-F3 Titan 4B Launch
* Jan 14 - Comet Metcalf-Brewington Closest Approach To Earth (2.312 AU)
* Jan 14 -[Jan 07] Asteroid 516 Amherstia Occults HIP 36335 (7.6
Magnitude Star)
* Jan 14 -[Jan 08] Asteroid 2868 Upupa Occults HIP 42950 (7.8
Magnitude Star)
* Jan 14 - Asteroid 1998 BG9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.230 AU)
* Jan 14-16 - Conference: New Views of the Moon, Europe, Berlin, Germany
* Jan 14-17 - 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada
* Jan 15 -[Jan 09] Asteroid 4821 Bianucci Occults HIP 23589 (6.2
Magnitude Star)
* Jan 15 - Asteroid 2001 YP3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)
* Jan 16 - Insat 3C Ariane 4 Launch
* Jan 16 -[Jan 10] Asteroid 754 Malabar Occults HIP 57132 (8.2
Magnitude Star)
* Jan 16 - Asteroid 7431 (1991 VK) Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)
* Jan 17 -[Jan 08] 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 - STARDUST, Deep Space Maneuver #2 (DSM-2)
* Jan 18 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 Perihelion (3.409 AU)
* Jan 18 - Asteroid 134 Sophrosyne Occults TYC 2480-01151-1 (9.9
Magnitude Star)
* Jan 19 - Asteroid 2001 YF1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.454 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 19 - Symposium: Mars on Earth: Life on Mars, Milton Keynes,
England
* 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 - Asteroid 1997 NJ6 Closest Approach To Earth (0.690 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 24 - Asteroid 2001 XR1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.444 AU)
* Jan 25 - Venus Passes 1.3 Degrees From Neptune
* Jan 25 - Comet C/2001 X1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.028 AU)
* Jan 25 - Asteroid 2001 TX16 Closest Approach To Earth (0.483 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 26 - Asteroid 2001 AF2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.544 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 8 Flora Occults TYC 0850-00385-1 (9.5 Magnitude
Star)
* Jan 27 - Asteroid 2001 YT3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.278 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 27-Feb 02 - Conference: Ultra High Energy Particles from Space,
Aspen, Colorado
* Jan 28 - Comet Spacewatch Perihelion (1.529 AU)
* Jan 28 - Asteroid 2000 AZ93 Near-Earth Flyby (0.160 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 29 - Asteroid 2001 YE1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU)
* Jan 31 -[Jan 03] MDS-1/VEP-3/DASH H-2A Launch (Japan)
* 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 ?? - Envisat-1 Ariane 5 Launch
* Feb ?? -[Jan 05] TDRS-I Atlas II Launch
* Feb 01 - DMSP-16 Titan 2 Launch
* 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 - Comet P/2001 X2 (Scotti) Closest Approach To Earth (1.531 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 03-09 - 2002 Aspen Winter Conference on Particle Physics, Aspen,
Colorado
* 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 04-09 - 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 06-08 - Conference: Science with the GTC, Granada, Spain
* 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 (0.606
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 -[Jan 10] Asteroid 2002 AZ1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.136 AU)
* Feb 13 - Asteroid 2001 QP153 Near-Earth Flyby (0.244 AU)
* Feb 13-17 - Orange Blossom Star Party, near Brooksville, Florida
* 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 16-17 - Croxteth Park Star Party Weekend, Liverpool, England.
* 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 - Echostar 7 Atlas 3B Launch
* 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 - 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 - Bernard Lyot's 105th Birthday (1897)
* Feb 28 -[Jan 09] STS-109 Launch, Space Shuttle Columbia, 4th
Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission
* Feb 28 - Asteroid 2000 EJ26 Near-Venus Flyby (0.039 AU)
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March 2002
* Mar ?? - Galaxy 3C Zenit 3SL Launch
* Mar ?? - Intelsat 903 Proton K Launch
* Mar 01 - 20th Anniversary (1982), Venera 13 Venus Flyby/Landing
* Mar 03 - Comet C/2000 B4 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (6.560 AU)
* Mar 03 - Asteroid 2000 BM19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.140 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 - GRACE Eurockot Rokot KM Launch
* 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 - GPS 2R-8 Delta 2 Launch
* Mar 06 -[Jan 07] Asteroid 2001 CB21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)
* 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 -[Jan 04] Asteroid 2001 YJ4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.330 AU)
* Mar 07 - John Herschel's 210th Birthday (1792)
* Mar 08 - Asteroid 1999 DK3 Closest Approach To Earth (0.809 AU)
* 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 09-16 - Meeting On The Gamma - Ray Universe, Les Arcs, Savoie,
France
* Mar 10 - Asteroid 9 Metic Occults TYC 1921-02423-1 (9.2 Magnitude
Star)
* Mar 10 - Asteroid 31669 (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), South
Lake, Texas
* Mar 11-15- SOHO-11 Symposium: From Solar Min to Max: Half a Solar
Cycle with SOHO, Davos, Switzerland
* 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 17 - Asteroid 11066 Sigurd Closest Approach To Earth (0.927 AU)
* Mar 18 - Asteroid 1997 EH29 Closest Approach To Earth (0.932 AU)
* Mar 18-20 - Workshop On The 3D Sun and Inner Heliosphere: The STEREO
View, Paris, France
* Mar 19 - Asteroid 10165 (1995 BL2) Closest Approach To Earth (0.512
AU)
* 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 2000 HT15 Closest Approach To Earth (0.705 AU)
* Mar 20 - Asteroid 2001 TZ44 Closest Approach To Earth (0.926 AU)
* 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 - Asteroid 654 Zelinda Occults TYC 0168-02620-1 (10.0 Magnitude
Star)
* Mar 27 - Asteroid 1997 XF11 Closest Approach To Earth (0.831 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 - Deadline For Shoemaker Near-Earth Object Grants
* Mar 31 - Comet Kohoutek Closest Approach To Earth (2.492 AU)
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April 2002
* Apr 01 - Asteroid 2000 CH59 Near-Venus Flyby (0.016 AU)
* Apr 01 - Asteroid 2001 XR1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.449 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 03 - Asteroid 2001 SG262 Closest Approach To Earth (0.834 AU)
* Apr 04 - STS-110 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space Station
Assembly Flight 8A
* Apr 04 - Asteroid 1993 VB Closest Approach To Earth (0.735 AU)
* Apr 05 - Asteroid 30997 (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 -[Jan 04] 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 12-13 - 9th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race, Huntsville, Alabama
* Apr 15 - Asteroid 79 Eurynome Occults TYC 1351-00397-1 (9.7 Magnitude
Star)
* Apr 15 - 30th Anniversary (1972), Apollo 16 Launch (Manned Moon
Landing)
* Apr 15-21 -[Jan 04] Astronomy Week
* Apr 16 - Moon Occults Saturn
* Apr 16 - Asteroid 1999 TF5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.159 AU)
* Apr 16 - Asteroid 2001 QC34 Near-Earth Flyby (0.214 AU)
* Apr 16 - Wilbur Wright's 135th Birthday (1867)
* Apr 17 - Asteroid 2001 RY47 Closest Approach To Earth (0.449 AU)
* Apr 17 - Asteroid 2001 OG108 Closest Approach To Earth (0.554 AU)
* Apr 17 - 35th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 3 Launch (Moon Lander)
* Apr 18 - Asteroid 2000 SL Near-Earth Flyby (0.169 AU)
* Apr 18 - Asteroid 2000 GG2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.808 AU)
* Apr 19 -[Jan 07] Asteroid 1999 GU3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
* Apr 19 - Asteroid 2000 EA107 Near-Earth Flyby (0.269 AU)
* Apr 20 -[Jan 04] Astronomy Day
* Apr 20 -[Jan 10] Asteroid 2001 XN254 Near-Earth Flyby (0.072
AU)
* Apr 20 - Asteroid 2001 LO7 Closest Approach To Earth (0.762 AU)
* Apr 20 - Asteroid 11885 (1990 SS) Closest Approach To Earth (0.770 AU)
* Apr 20-23 - Meeting of the High Energy Astrophysics Division,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
* Apr 21-24 - Division on Dynamical Astronomy Meeting, Portland, Oregon
* Apr 21-26 - 27th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society,
Nice, France
* Apr 22 - Soyuz TM Launch (International Space Station Flight 4S)
* Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
* Apr 22-25 -[Jan 09] 3rd AIAA Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, Denver,
Colorado
* Apr 22-26 - European Geophysical Society XXVII General Meeting, Nice,
France
* Apr 23 - Asteroid 2000 FL10 Closest Approach To Earth (0.999 AU)
* Apr 23-27 - Conference On Matter and Energy in Clusters of Galaxies,
Chung-Li, Taiwan
* Apr 24 - Asteroid 2001 YU3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.348 AU)
* Apr 24 - Asteroid 2001 UV16 Closest Approach To Earth (0.948 AU)
* Apr 24-30 - 5th Alexander Friedmann International Seminar on
Gravitation and Cosmology, Joao Pessoa, Brazil
* Apr 26 - Comet C/2001 W2 (Batters) Closest Approach To Earth (1.861
AU)
* Apr 26 - Comet P/1993 K2 (Helin-Lawrence) Closest Approach To Earth
(2.380 AU)
* Apr 28 - Asteroid 2001 XQ30 Closest Approach To Earth (0.682 AU)
* Apr 30 - Eutelsat Delta 4 Launch (Inaugural Launch Of the Delta 4)
* Apr 30 - Comet C/2000 SV74 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.541 AU)
* Apr 30 - Asteroid 2001 UW16 Closest Approach To Earth (0.796 AU)
* Apr 30 - Asteroid 2000 GM137 Closest Approach To Earth (5.949 AU)
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May 2002
* May 01-03 - NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop, Moffett Field,
California
* May 02 -[Jan 04] Space Day
* May 02 - STS-111 Launch, Space Shuttle Endeavour, Space Station
Utilization Flight (UF-2)
* May 02 - Asteroid 1165 Imprinetta Occults HIP 70302 (9.8 Magnitude
Star)
* May 03 - Asteroid 1999 JV6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.263 AU)
* May 03 - Asteroid 1685 Toro Closest Approach To Earth (0.973 AU)
* May 04 - Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation (20 Degrees)
* May 04 - Mars Passes 2.2 Degrees From Saturn
* May 04 - Asteroid 4034 (1986 PA) Closest Approach To Earth (0.498 AU)
* May 04 - 35th Anniversary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 4 Launch
* May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
* May 05 - Asteroid 2001 TN41 Near-Earth Flyby (0.170 AU)
* May 05 - Asteroid 6455 (1992 HE) Near-Earth Flyby (0.366 AU)
* May 06 - Asteroid 2001 FZ57 Near-Earth Flyby (0.176 AU)
* May 06-09 -[Jan 10] Symposium: Astrophysics of Life, Baltimore,
Maryland
* May 06-10 - 1st Potsdam Thinkshop On Sunspots and Starspots, Potsdam,
Germany
* May 06-11 - 6th European Space Power Conference, Porto, Portugal
* May 07 - Venus Passes 2.4 Degrees From Saturn
* May 07 - Comet C/2001 C1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (4.410 AU)
* May 07 - Asteroid 1993 BD2 Near-Mars Flyby (0.091 AU)
* May 08 - Asteroid 1999 JZ10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
* May 08 - Asteroid 2001 VG5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.124 AU)
* May 08-11 - Conference On Ethno-Astronomy In The Western African
Sub-Region, Nsukka, Nigeria
* May 10 - Venus Passes 0.3 Degrees From Mars
* May 10 - Asteroid 10563 Izhdubar Near-Earth Flyby (0.262 AU)
* May 11 - Asteroid 1998 KV2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.739 AU)
* May 13 - Comet Smirnova
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