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Date: 26-Jan-1997 04:16am GMT
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Subject: Space Calendar - January 25, 1997
Welcome to the Space Calendar!
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for the upcoming year. It is also available on the World Wide Web at:
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The following people have contributed to this month's calendar:
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Marc Rayman, Eric Mathis, Andre Gelinas, Paul Ruscher,
J. Loftus, Michael Holmes, Carlos Adib, Francois Cerbelaud,
Jacek Kruk Cracow, Dirk Orgassa, Philippe Berthe, Eleanor Helin
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SPACE CALENDAR
January 25, 1997
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.
January 1997
Jan ?? - Indostar 1 Launch (Indonesia)
Jan ?? - DFH-3 Long March Launch
Jan ?? - LMLV Launch
Jan ?? - Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch
Jan 25 - Asteroid 1989 UQ Near-Earth Flyby (0.2286 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 471 Papagena Occults PPM 073029 (9.5 Magnitude Star)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 168 Sibylla Occults PPM 156600 (7.8 Magnitude Star)
Jan 27 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Apollo 1 Fire
Jan 28 - Galileo, Solar Conjunction Ends
Jan 28 - Mars Occults 7.2 Magnitude Star
Jan 29 - NEAR, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #4 (TCM-4)
Jan 29 - Minuteman III Launch
* Jan 30 - Nahuel-1A/GE-2 Ariane 4 Launch
Jan 30 - Comet 1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) Perihelion (2.4783 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 24 Themis at Opposition (10.6 Magnitude)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 48 Doris at Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
Jan 31 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 187956 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
February 1997
* Feb ?? - NASA Space Summit
Feb ?? - Hot Bird 3 Launch
Feb ?? - Mabuhay-1 Long March Launch (Philippines/China)
Feb 01 - Venus Passes 1 Degree South of Neptune
Feb 01 - Asteroid 20 Massalia Occults 9.4 Magnitude Star
Feb 02 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Burnup of Salyut 4 Space Station (USSR)
Feb 03 - Comet Russell 4 Perihelion (2.23 AU)
Feb 04 - Mars Pathfinder, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #2 (TCM-2)
* Feb 04 - Asteroid 84 Klio Occults PPM 091967 (9.9 Magnitude Star)
Feb 05 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 3 Launch
Feb 06 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #19 (OTM-19)
Feb 06 - Comet Holt-Olmstead Perihelion (2.15 AU)
Feb 06 - Venus Passes 0.3 Degrees South of Jupiter
* Feb 07 - Chinese Year 4634 Begins
Feb 07 - VSOP-Muses-B M-5 Launch (Japan)
Feb 07 - Minisat-01 Pegasus XL Launch
Feb 07 - Mercury Passes 1.4 Degrees South of Neptune
Feb 07 - Venus Passes 0.2 Degrees South of Uranus
* Feb 07 - Asteroid 936 Kunigunde Occults PPM 265431 (9.1 Magnitude Star)
* Feb 07 - Asteroid 511 Davida Occults PPM 119290 (10.2 Magnitude Star)
Feb 07 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Soyuz 24 Launch (USSR)
* Feb 08 - USAF Titan 4B Launch (1st Launch of Titan 4B)
Feb 08 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Ulysses Flyby of Jupiter
* Feb 10 - Soyuz TM-25 Launch (Russia)
Feb 10 - Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach to Earth (1.9245 AU)
* Feb 10 - Asteroid 451 Patientia Occults GSC 2471-1267 (9.8 Magnitude Star)
* Feb 11 - STS-82 Launch, Discovery, Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission #2
Feb 12 - Mercury Passes 1 Degree South of Jupiter
* Feb 12 - 50th Anniversary (1947), Sikhote-Alin Meteorite Shower
Feb 13 - Mercury Passes 0.9 Degrees South of Uranus
* Feb 14 - Lewis LMLV-1 Launch
Feb 14 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Luna 20 Launch (Soviet Moon Sample
Return)
Feb 15 - JCSAT-4 Atlas-2AS Launch
Feb 16 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #20 (OTM-20)
Feb 16 - Jupiter Passes 0.2 Degrees North of Uranus
* Feb 18 - Asteroid 445 Edna Occults PPM 068862 (6.9 Magnitude Star)
* Feb 18 - Asteroid 100 Hekate Occults PPM 128061 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
Feb 20 - Galileo, 2nd Europa Flyby (Orbit 6)
Feb 20 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Friendship 7 Launch (John Glenn)
Feb 22 - Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Sweden/USA)
Feb 23 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #21 (OTM-21)
Feb 23 - Asteroid 1991 CS Near-Earth Flyby (0.2229 AU)
Feb 23 - 10th Anniversary (1987) of Supernova 1987A Explosion
* Feb 24 - Asteroid 64 Angelina at Opposition (10.3 Magnitude)
Feb 26 - Progress M-34 Launch (Russia)
* Feb 26 - Asteroid 386 Siegena Occults PPM 153989 (9.1 Magnitude Star)
* Feb 28 - Intelsat 801 Ariane 4 Launch
* Feb 28 - Comet Hale-Bopp Crosses the Ecliptic Plane
March 1997
Mar ?? - Thaicom-3/BSAT-1A Ariane 4 Launch (ESA/Japan)
Mar ?? - Feng Yun-2B Long March 4 Launch (China)
* Mar 01 - Asteroid 139 Juewa at Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
Mar 01 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Venera 13 Venus Flyby/Landing (USSR)
Mar 02 - Mercury Passes 0.8 Degrees from Venus
Mar 02 - Asteroid 16 Psyche at Opposition (10.3 Magnitude)
* Mar 02 - Asteroid 71 Niobe at Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
Mar 03 - SWAS Pegasus XL Launch
Mar 03 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Pioneer 10 Launch (Jupiter/Saturn Flyby)
* Mar 05 - Tempo-2 Atlas-2A Launch
Mar 05 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Venera 14 Venus Flyby/Landing (USSR)
Mar 07 - John Herschel's 205th Birthday (1792)
Mar 09 - Solar Eclipse, Visible from Russia, Arctic
Mar 09 - Comet Hale-Bopp Crosses Over Earth's Orbit
Mar 10 - Asteroid 1990VA Near-Earth Flyby (0.2069 AU)
Mar 10 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Discovery of Rings Around Uranus
Mar 11 - Asteroid 6 Hebe at Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
Mar 11 - Asteroid 18 Melpomente at Opposition (10.1 Magnitude)
Mar 13 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #22 (OTM-22)
* Mar 13 - Summer Solstice on Mars
* Mar 14 - Comet Hale-Bopp Occults PPM 63645 (10.9 Magnitude Star)
Mar 14 - Comet Wirtanen Perihelion (1.065 AU)
Mar 15 - Mars Pathfinder Passes Mars Global Surveyor En Route to Mars
Mar 15 - Forte Pegasus XL Launch
Mar 16 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Maiden Launch of the Titan 2 Rocket
* Mar 16 - 35th Anniversary (1962), 1st Cosmos Launch (USSR)
Mar 17 - Mars at Opposition
Mar 20 - Comet Schwasmann-Wachmann 2 Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.2461 AU)
Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox, 13:55 UT
Mar 20 - Mercury Passes 1.9 Degrees From Saturn
Mar 22 - Mars Global Surveyor, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #2 (TCM-2)
Mar 22 - Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU)
* Mar 22 - India's Year 1919 Begins
Mar 22 - 15th Anniversary (1982), STS-3 Launch (Columbia)
Mar 24 - Partial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 26 - Comet Helin-Roman-Alu 1 Perihelion (3.715 AU)
Mar 27 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Venera 8 Launch (Venus Lander)
Mar 28 - 195th Anniversary (1802), Wilhelm Olber's Discovery of the 2nd Asteroid, Pallas
Mar 29 - 190th Anniversary (1807), Wilhelm Olber's Discovery of Asteroid 4 Vesta
Mar 31 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #23 (OTM-23)
Mar 31 - Venus Passes 0.9 Degrees from Saturn
* Mar 31 - 10th Anniversary (1987), Kvant Launch, Astrophysics Observatory Module Added
To Mir
April 1997
Apr ?? - Iridium-3 Launch
Apr ?? - Panamsat-6 Ariane 4 Launch
Apr ?? - Apstar-2R Long March Launch
Apr ?? - Tempo-1 Proton Launch
* Apr ?? - Early Bird Cosmos Launch (USA/Russia)
Apr 01 - Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU)
Apr 02 - Asteroid 306 Unitas Occults PPM 721049 (9.5 Magnitude Star)
* Apr 03 - STS-83 Launch, Columbia, Materials Science Lab-1 (MSL-1)
Apr 04 - Galileo, Europa Observations (Orbit 7)
Apr 05 - Galileo, 3rd Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 7)
Apr 05 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (19 Degrees)
Apr 06 - Daylight Savings, Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (North America)
Apr 07 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #24 (OTM-24)
Apr 07 - Moon Occults Saturn
Apr 07 - Moon Occults Venus
Apr 07 - Asteroid 14 Irene Occults 13.6 Magnitude Star
Apr 10 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Apr 11 - Asteroid 7 Iris at Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
* Apr 12 - International Astronomy Day
* Apr 14 - Clark LMLV-1 Launch
Apr 15 - Asteroid 13 Egeria Occults 11.8 Magnitude Star
Apr 15 - Asteroid 29 Amphitrite at Opposition (9.2 Magnitude)
Apr 15 - Wilbur Wright's 130th Birthday (1867)
Apr 16 - Asteroid 13 Egeria at Opposition (10.0 Magnitude)
* Apr 16 - Asteroid 324 Bamberga Occults SAO 79765 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
Apr 16 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Apollo 16 Launch (Manned Moon Landing)
Apr 17 - Comet Boethin Perihelion (1.158 AU)
Apr 17 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 3 Launch (Moon Lander)
* Apr 18 - Asteroid 139 Juewa Occults PPM 127356 (9.4 Magnitude Star)
Apr 19 - Goldstone Open House, Near Barstow, California
Apr 19 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Salyut 7 Space Station Launch (USSR)
Apr 20 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
Apr 21 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #25 (OTM-25)
Apr 21 - Mars Global Surveyor, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #3 (TCM-3)
Apr 22 - Mercury Passes 2.7 Degrees from Venus
* Apr 24 - GOES-K Atlas Launch
Apr 24 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Soyuz 1 Accident, Cosmonaut Killed
Apr 25 - Asteroid 13 Egeria Occults 10.2 Magnitude Star
Apr 26 - Progress M-35 Launch (Russia)
* Apr 26 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Ariel 1 Launch (1st United Kingdom
Satellite)
* Apr 26 - 30th Anniversary (1967), San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial
Launch)
* Apr 29 - Asteroid 139 Juewa Occults PPM 127386 (7.5 Magnitude Star)
May 1997
May ?? - Intelsat 802 Ariane 4 Launch
May ?? - Sinosat-1 Long March 3B Launch
May ?? - Panamsat-5 Proton Launch
May 01 - SNOE Pegasus XL Launch
May 04 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #26 (OTM-26)
May 04 - Moon Occults Saturn
May 04 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 4 Launch
May 05 - Moon Occults Mercury
May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
May 06 - Galileo, Callisto Observations (Orbit 8)
* May 06 - Comet Hale-Bopp Crosses the Ecliptic Plane
May 06 - Comet Wild 2 Perihelion (1.57 AU)
May 07 - Galileo, 4th Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 8)
* May 07 - Mars Pathfinder, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #3 (TCM-3)
May 07 - 5th Anniversary (1992), STS-49 Launch, 1st Flight of Endeavour
* May 08 - Islamic Year 1418 Begins at Sunset
* May 08 - 35th Anniversary (1962), 1st Atlas Centaur Launch
* May 09 - Asteroid 42 Isis at Opposition (10.4 Magnitude)
May 10 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #27 (OTM-27)
May 11 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 110219 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
May 15 - STS-84 Launch, Atlantis, 6th Shuttle-Mir Mission, SPACEHAB
* May 15 - 10th Anniversary (1987), 1st Energiya Launch (USSR)
May 21 - NEAR, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #5 (TCM-5)
May 21 - Asteroid 2554 Skiff Occults Jupiter
May 22 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (25 Degrees)
* May 22 - Asteroid 354 Eleonora Occults PPM 163336 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
May 23 - Seastar Pegasus XL Launch
May 23 - Comet Encke Perihelion (0.331 AU)
May 24 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Aurora 7 Launch (Scott Carpenter)
May 25 - Pluto at Opposition
May 26 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 93006 (7.0 Magnitude Star)
May 28 - Comet Hartley 1 Perihelion (1.819 AU)
May 30 - GFO-1 Launch
May 30 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 93181 (8.3 Magnitude Star)
* May 31-Jun 01 - Jet Propulsion Lab Open House, Pasadena, California
June 1997
Jun ?? - Astra-1G Proton Launch
Jun ?? - UHF-F8 Atlas 2 Launch
Jun ?? - Superbird-C Atlas 2 Launch
Jun 01 - Moon Occults Saturn
Jun 02 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #28 (OTM-28)
* Jun 03 - Asteroid 354 Eleonora at Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
* Jun 07 - 5th Anniversary (1992), EUVE Launch
Jun 12 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Venera 4 Launch (Soviet Venus Lander)
Jun 13 - Moon Occults Mars
Jun 14 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Mariner 5 Launch (Venus Flyby)
Jun 15 - Comet Mrkos, Closest Approach to Earth (1.7968 AU)
* Jun 17 - Comet 1997 A1 Periehlion (3.174 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid 15 Eunomia at Opposition (9.2 Magnitude)
Jun 18 - Jupiter Occults PPM 239210 (10.0 Magnitude Star)
Jun 19 - Asteroid 1992 LR Near-Earth Flyby (0.2426 AU)
Jun 20 - NEAR, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #6 (TCM-6)
Jun 21 - Summer Solstice, 08:20 UT
Jun 22 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #29 (OTM-29)
* Jun 24 - Mars Pathfinder, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #4 (TCM-4)
Jun 24 - Soyuz TM-26 Launch (Russia)
Jun 24 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Soyuz T-6 Launch (USSR)
Jun 25 - Galileo, 2nd Callisto Flyby (Orbit 9)
Jun 26 - Galileo, Ganymede Observations (Orbit 9)
Jun 27 - NEAR, Asteroid Mathilde Flyby
* Jun 27 - 15th Anniversary (1982), STS-4 Launch (Columbia), 1st Shuttle DOD Mission
Jun 28 - Moon Occults Saturn
* Jun 29 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke at Opposition (15.5 Magnitude)
July 1997
Jul ?? - Sirius-2 Launch (Sweden)
Jul ?? - Iridium-4 Launch
Jul ?? - COMETS H-II Launch (Japan)
Jul ?? - Ariane-502 Launch
Jul ?? - Telstar-5 Proton Launch
Jul 01 - ORBCOMM-1 Pegasus XL Launch
Jul 01 - Asteroid 14 Irene at Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
Jul 01 - 150th Anniversary (1847), Hind's Discovery of the Asteroid 6 Hebe
Jul 02 - Asteroid 20 Massalia at Opposition (10.9 Magnitude)
* Jul 02 - Asteroid 44 Nysa at Opposition (10.6 Magnitude)
Jul 03 - NEAR, Deep Space Maneuver (TCM-8)
Jul 03 - 5th Anniversary (1992), SAMPEX Launch
* Jul 04 - Mars Pathfinder, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #5 (TCM-5)
Jul 04 - Mars Pathfinder Lands on Mars
Jul 04 - Comet Encke, Near-Earth Flyby (0.1901 AU)
Jul 04 - Earth at Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
* Jul 05 - Asteroid 51 Nemausa at Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
Jul 06 - Asteroid 3671 Dionysus Near-Earth Flyby (0.1144 AU)
Jul 06 - 310th Anniversary (1687), Isaac Newton's Principia Published
Jul 08 - Asteroid 1988 XB Near-Earth Flyby (0.1080 AU)
Jul 10 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #30 (OTM-30)
Jul 10 - Alvan Clark's 165th Birthday (1832)
Jul 10 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Telstar 1 Launch, First Active Real-Time Communications
Satellite
Jul 10 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Giotto Flyby of Comet Grigg-Skjellerup.
Jul 12 - Asteroid 2 Pallas at Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
* Jul 12 - Asteroid 287 Nephtys at Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
Jul 13 - Langley Research Center's 80th Birthday (1917)
Jul 16 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 98435 (8.6 Magnitude Star)
Jul 16 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 138979 (8.5 Magnitude Star)
Jul 17 - STS-85 Launch, Discovery, CRISTA-SPAS
Jul 18 - Comet Helfenzrieder Perihelion
Jul 19 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Explorer 35 Launch (Moon Orbiter)
Jul 20 - Progress M-36 Launch (Russia)
* Jul 21 - Asteroid 9 Metis Occults PPM 118511 (9.1 Magnitude Star)
Jul 21 - Neptune at Opposition
Jul 22 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Venera 8 Venus Landing
Jul 23 - NEAR, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #9 (TCM-9)
* Jul 23 - 25th Anniversary (1972), ERTS-1 Launch
Jul 24 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Geotail Launch
Jul 25 - Moon Occults Saturn
Jul 25 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 98906 (8.2 Magnitude Star)
Jul 29 - Moon Occults Aldebaran, Visible from Southern USA
Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Jul 29 - Uranus at Opposition
Jul 29 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Burnup of Salyut 6 Space Station (USRR)
* Jul 31 - Step-4 Pegasus XL Launch
Jul 31 - 5th Anniversary (1992), STS-46 Launch (Atlantis), Eureca, Tethered
Satellite
August 1997
Aug ?? - Lunar-A M5 Launch (Japan Moon Mission)
Aug ?? - ACE Delta-2 Launch
Aug ?? - P-91/Sunsat/Orsted Delta 2 Launch
Aug ?? - Intelsat 803 Ariane 4 Launch
Aug ?? - Globalstar-1 Delta 2 Launch
Aug ?? - US Air Force Titan 4 Launch
Aug ?? - Galaxy-8i Atlas 2 Launch
Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 01 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 5 Launch
Aug 03 - Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)
Aug 04 - Mars Pathfinder, End of Primary Mission
* Aug 04 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults SAO 104597 (7.5 Magnitude Star)
Aug 04 - Asteroid 306 Unitas at Opposition (10.7 Magnitude)
Aug 05 - Moon Occults Mercury
* Aug 05 - Asteroid 67 Asia at Opposition (10.0 Magnitude)
Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 07 - Comet Gehrels 2 Perihelion (2.000 AU)
Aug 08 - Galileo, Jupiter Magnetotail Exploration
Aug 08 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #31 (OTM-31)
Aug 08 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Burnup of Salyut 5 Space Station (USSR)
Aug 09 - Jupiter at Opposition
Aug 10 - 5th Anniversary (1992), TOPEX/Poseidon Launch
* Aug 10 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Kitsat A Launch, 1st Korean Satellite
Aug 10 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Observation of Only Known Meteor Known to Enter and
Leave Earth's Atmosphere (Utah, Canada)
Aug 11 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 3 Launch
Aug 11 - 120th Anniversary (1877), Asaph Hall's Discovery of Mars Moon Deimos
Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
* Aug 12 - Asteroid 19 Fortuna Occults PPM 206231 (8.9 Magnitude Star)
Aug 12 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 4 Launch
Aug 13 - 150th Anniversary (1847), Hind's Discovery of Asteroid 7 Iris
Aug 15 - Terriers Pegasus XL Launch
Aug 15 - Comet Haneda-Campos Perihelion (1.267 AU)
Aug 15 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 158218 (8.6 Magnitude Star)
Aug 16 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 158243 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
Aug 17 - 120th Anniversary (1877), Asaph Hall's Discovery of Mars Moon Phobos
Aug 19 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Soyuz T-7 Launch (USSR)
Aug 20 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Voyager 2 Launch
Aug 21 - Moon Passes 0.008 Degress South of Saturn
Aug 22 - Moon Occults Saturn
Aug 22 - Asteroid 5 Astraea at Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
Aug 23 - Mars Global Surveyor, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #4 (TCM-4)
Aug 23 - Asteroid 19 Fortuna at Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)
* Aug 24 - Asteroid 138 Tolosa at Opposition (10.6 Magnitude)
Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 27 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Mariner 2 Launch (Venus Flyby Mission)
Aug 28 - Asteroid 1986 PA Near-Earth Flyby (0.2061 AU)
Aug 30 - Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Perihelion (0.997 AU)
Aug 30 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Discovery of 1992 QB1 by
David Jewitt and Jane Luu, First Kuiper Belt Object
September 1997
Sep ?? - Echostar-3 Atlas-2AS Launch
Sep ?? - Sky One Proton Launch
Sep 01 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Issue of Theodore Von Karman Stamp
Sep 02 - Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible From Australia & New Zealand
Sep 04 - Asteroid 1 Ceres at Opposition (7.7 Magnitude)
Sep 05 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Voyager 1 Launch
Sep 08 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 5 Launch (Moon Lander)
Sep 09 - 105th Anniversary (1892), Edward Barnard's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Amalthea
* Sep 11 - STS-86 Launch, Atlantis, 7th Shuttle-Mir Mission, Logitics Module
Sep 12 - Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Orbit Insertion
Sep 12 - 5th Anniversary (1992), STS-47 Launch (Endeavour), 1st Japanese Spacelab
Sep 13 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #32 (OTM-32)
* Sep 15 - Asteroid 70 Panopaea at Opposition (10.8 Magnitude)
Sep 16 - Lunar Eclipse, Visible from the Eastern Hemisphere
* Sep 16 - Closest Full Moon of 1997 (356,966 km)
Sep 16 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (18 Degrees)
Sep 16 - Asteroid 40 Harmonia at Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)
Sep 16 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 159135 (8.9 Magnitude Star)
Sep 17 - Galileo, 3rd Callisto Flyby (Orbit 10)
* Sep 17 - Asteroid 52 Europa at Opposition (10.9 Magnitude)
Sep 17 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's 140th Birthday (1857)
Sep 18 - Moon Occults Saturn
Sep 18 - Asteroid 27 Euterpe Occults PPM 094351 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
Sep 20 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #33 (OTM-33)
Sep 20 - Progress M-38 Launch (Russia)
Sep 21 - Mars Global Surveyor, Aerobraking Begins
Sep 21 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 159278 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
Sep 22 - Autumnal Equinox (23:56 UT)
Sep 25 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Mars Observer Launch
Sep 26 - Asteroid Ra-Shalom Near-Earth Flyby (0.1705 AU)
Sep 27 - Asteroid 8 Flora at Opposition (8.1 Magnitude)
Sep 29 - Comet Wolf-Harrington Perihelion (1.582 AU)
Sep 29 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Salyut 6 Space Station Launch (USSR)
* Sep 29 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Alouette 1 Launch, 1st Canadian Satellite
October 1997
Oct ?? - Globalstar-2 Delta 2 Launch
Oct ?? - Hot Bird-4 Launch
Oct ?? - Insat-2E Proton Launch
Oct ?? - Iridium-6 Launch
Oct ?? - DSCS-IIIB Atlas 2 Launch
Oct ?? - AsiaSat 3 Proton Launch
* Oct ?? - NOAA-K Titan 2 Launch
Oct 03 - Asteroid 89 Julia Occults PPM 046655 (8.2 Magnitude Star)
Oct 03 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Zagami Meteorite Fall (Mars Meteorite)
Oct 03 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Sigma 7 Launch (Walter Schirra)
Oct 04 - 40th Anniversary (1957), Sputnik 1 Launch
Oct 05 - Robert Goddard's 115th Birthday (1882)
* Oct 05 - European Southern Observatory's 35th Birthday (1962)
Oct 06 - Cassini Titan 4B Launch (Saturn Orbiter)
Oct 08 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Pioneer Venus Burnup in the Atmosphere of Venus
Oct 09 - Lunar Prospector LLV2 Launch (Moon Orbiter)
Oct 09 - STS-87 Launch, Columbia, USMP-4, Spartan-201
Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
* Oct 09 - Asteroid 10 Hygiea Occults GSC 1852 0469 (10.3 Magnitude Star)
Oct 09 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Peekskill Meteorite Fall (Hit Car in New York)
Oct 09 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Soyuz 25 Launch (USSR)
Oct 10 - Saturn at Opposition
Oct 10 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Mariner 2 Discovery of Solar Winds
* Oct 12 - Jewish Year 5758 Begins at Sunset
Oct 14 - 50th Anniversary (1947), Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier
Oct 15 - Moon Occults Saturn
Oct 17 - Asteroid 4 Vesta at Oppostion (6.4 Magnitude)
Oct 18 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #34 (OTM-34)
* Oct 18 - Asteroid 103 Hera at Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
Oct 18 - 150th Anniversary (1847), Hind's Discovery of Asteroid Flora
Oct 18 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Venera 4, Venus Landing
Oct 18 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Kowall's Discovery of Chiron
Oct 19 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Oct 19 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Mariner 5, Venus Flyby
Oct 20 - Sir Christopher Wren's 365th Birthday (1632)
Oct 21 - Orionid Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 21 - Yerkes Observatory's 100th Birthday (1897)
Oct 22 - 5th Anniversary (1992), STS-52 Launch (Columbia), LAGEOS-S
* Oct 23 - Asteroid 97 Klotho at Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)
Oct 24 - Asteroid 1989 VA Near-Earth Flyby (0.2404 AU)
Oct 25 - Venus Passes 2.1 Degrees South of Mars
Oct 25 - Henry Russell's 120th Birthday (1877)
Oct 26 - Daylight Savings - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (USA)
Oct 31 - Comet Johnson Perihelion (2.308 AU)
November 1997
Nov ?? - Intelsat 804 Ariane 4 Launch
Nov ?? - LMTI-1 Atlas 2 Launch
Nov ?? - ARD/Telecom Ariane-503 Launch
Nov 01 - Comet Neujmin 2 Perihelion (1.274 AU)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 11 Parthenope at Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
* Nov 02 - Asteroid 69 Leto at Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
Nov 03 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #35 (OTM-35)
Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
* Nov 03 - 40th Anniversary (1957), Sputnik 2 Launch (Carried Laika the Dog)
Nov 06 - Galileo, 3rd Europa Flyby (Orbit 11)
Nov 06 - Venus at Greatest Eastern Elongation (47 Degrees)
Nov 06 - Asteroid 37 Fides at Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
Nov 07 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 6 Launch (Moon Lander)
Nov 08 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Wethersfield Meteorite Fall (Hit House)
Nov 09 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Apollo 4 Launch (1st Saturn V Launch)
Nov 10 - Comet Helin-Roman-Alu 2 Perihelion (1.910 AU)
Nov 10 - Mars Occults 186240 (7.3 Magnitude Star)
* Nov 10 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Anik 1 Launch, 1st Canadian Communications
Satellite
* Nov 11 - Triple Shadow Transit on Jupiter, 03:34 UT
Nov 11 - 15th Anniversary (1982), STS-5 Launch (Columbia)
Nov 12 - Moon Occults Saturn
Nov 13 - Jupiter Occults SAO 104174 (8.9 Magnitude Star)
Nov 13 - Jupiter Occults SAO 164156 (6.0 Magnitude Star)
Nov 14 - Comet duToit-Hartley Perihelion (1.201 AU)
Nov 15 - Asteroid 89 Julia at Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
Nov 17 - Asteroid 9 Metis at Opposition (8.3 Magnitude)
* Nov 17 - Asteroid 80 Sappho at Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 17 - Henry Gellibrand 400th Birthday
Nov 19 - Comet Russell 3 Perihelion (2.510 AU)
Nov 19 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 184890 (9.4 Magnitude Star)
Nov 20 - Comet Shoemaker-Holt 1 Perihelion (3.05 AU)
Nov 22 - Comet Mueller 2 Perihelion (2.412 AU)
Nov 23 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Meteosat-1 Launch (1st ESA Launch)
Nov 25 - Possible Venus Occultation of 188069 (9.0 Magnitude Star)
Nov 26 - Asteroid Hathor Near-Earth Flyby (0.2428 AU)
* Nov 27 - FGB (Functional Cargo Block) Proton-K Launch (1st Element
of the International Space Station)
Nov 27 - Comet Shoemaker-Holt 1 Closest Approach to Earth (2.0632 AU)
Nov 28 - Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation (21 Degrees)
Nov 28 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 185854 (8.0 Magnitude Star)
Nov 29 - Comet Biela (Lost Comet) Perihelion (0.803 AU)
Nov 29 - Neptune Occults SAO 188797 (9.1 Magnitude Star)
* Nov 29 - Asteroid 23 Thalia Occults PPM 094222 (9.6 Magitude Star)
* Nov 30 - Asteroid 79 Eurynome at Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
December 1997
Dec ?? - Chinastar-1 Long March 3B Launch (China)
Dec ?? - Eutelsat 1 Atlas 2A Launch
Dec 02 - 5th Anniversary (1992), STS-53 Launch (Discovery), DOD Mission
Dec 04 - STS-88 Launch, Endeavour, International Space Station Module
Dec 05 - Comet Pons-Gambart Perihelion (0.820 AU)
Dec 07 - Galileo, End of Primary Mission
Dec 07 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Apollo 17 Launch
Dec 08 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Galileo, 2nd Earth Flyby
Dec 09 - Asteroid 23 Thalia at Opposition (9.2 Magnitude)
Dec 09 - Moon Occults Saturn, Visible From North America
Dec 09 - Venus Passes 2.5 Degrees From Neptune
Dec 10 - Asteroid 10 Hygiea at Opposition (10.3 Magnitude)
Dec 10 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Soyuz 26 Launch (USSR)
Dec 11 - Venus at Greatest Brilliancy (-4.7 Magnitude)
Dec 12 - Soyuz TM-27 Launch (Russia)
Dec 12 - Comet Taylor at Perihelion (1.948 AU)
Dec 13 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
* Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 13 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Pioneer 8 Launch
Dec 14 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Mariner 2 Venus Flyby
Dec 15 - Edward Barnard's 140th Birthday (1857)
Dec 16 - Mars Passes 1.6 Degrees South of Neptune
Dec 16 - Arthur C. Clarke's 80th Birthday (1917)
* Dec 17 - 40th Anniversary (1957), 1st Successful Atlas Launch
Dec 19 - Asteroid 27 Euterpe at Opposition (8.4 Magnitude)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 1992 BF Near-Earth Flyby (0.1721 AU)
Dec 21 - Winter Solstice (20:07 UT)
Dec 21 - Asteroid Tantalus Near-Earth Flyby (0.1379 AU)
Dec 21 - Comet Hartley 2 Perihelion (1.032 AU)
Dec 22 - Venus Passes 1.1 Degrees North of Mars
* Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 23 - Venus Passes 3 Degrees West of Uranus
Dec 23 - 325th Anniversary (1672), Cassini's Discovery of
Saturn Moon Rhea
Dec 25 - Asteroid 39 Laetitia at Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)
Dec 25 - Isaac Newton's 355th Birthday (1642)
Dec 27 - Progress M-37 Launch (Russia)
Dec 27 - Mars Passes 0.6 Degrees From Uranus
Dec 28 - Arthur Eddington's 115th Birthday (1882)
Dec 29 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Discovery of ALHA77005
(Mars Meteorite)
Dec 30 - Asteroid 12 Victoria at Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
January 1998
* Jan ?? - Voyager 1 Overtakes Pioneer 10
* Jan 03 - Earth at Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
* Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
* Jan 05 - Moon Occults Saturn
* Jan 06 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (23 Degrees)
* Jan 06 - 20th Anniversary (1978), Discovery of Comet Wild 2 By Paul Wild
* Jan 07 - Comet Neujimin Perihelion
* Jan 07 - Venus Passes 3.9 Degrees From Neptune
* Jan 07 - Mars at Perihelion
* Jan 07 - 30th Anniversary (1968), Surveyor 7 Launch (Moon Lander)
* Jan 08 - 25th Anniversary (1973), Luna 21 Launch (Soviet Moon Lander/Rover)
* Jan 08 - 5th Anniversary (1993), Sakigake, Earth Flyby
* Jan 08 - Frank Dyson's 130th Birthday (1868)
* Jan 13 - 5th Anniversary (1993), STS-54 Launch (Endeavour), TDRS-F
* Jan 15 - STS-89 Launch, Discovery, 8th Shuttle-Mir Mission
* Jan 16 - Mars Global Surveyor, Aerobraking Ends
* Jan 20 - Simon Mayr's 425th Birthday (1573)
* Jan 21 - Mars Passes 0.2 Degrees From Jupiter
* Jan 22 - NEAR, Earth Flyby
* Jan 24 - Mercury Occults 187729 (6.5 Magnitude Star)
* Jan 25 - Venus at Perihelion
* Jan 26 - 20th Anniversary (1978), IUE Launch
* Jan 26 - 15th Anniversary (1983), IRAS Launch
* Jan 27 - 90th Anniversary (1908), P. Melotte's Discovery of Jupiter
Moon Pasiphae
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Subj: Space Calendar - 02/22/97
Welcome to the Space Calendar!
This Space Calendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries
for the upcoming year. It is also available on the World Wide Web at:
http://newproducts.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/
The WWW version of the Space Calendar includes over 750 links to related
home pages.
This calendar is compiled and maintained by Ron Baalke. Please send any
updates or corrections to [email protected]. Note that launch dates
are subject to change at any time. Also, note that anniversary dates are
listed in 5 year increments only.
The following people have contributed to this month's calendar:
Gareth Williams, Vojko Kogj, Andre Jelinas, Michael Holmes,
Yoshiro Yamada, Ralph Ballweg, F. Cerarca, Rafael Schultz,
Pam Rastall, Joe Gillin, Philippe Berthe, Andrew Yee, George Diller
=========================
SPACE CALENDAR
February 22, 1997
=========================
* indicates changes from last month's calendar.
February 1997
* Feb 23 - USAF Titan 4B Launch (1st Launch of Titan 4B)
Feb 23 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #21 (OTM-21)
Feb 23 - Asteroid 1991 CS Near-Earth Flyby (0.2229 AU)
Feb 23 - 10th Anniversary (1987) of Supernova 1987A Explosion
Feb 24 - Asteroid 64 Angelina at Opposition (10.3 Magnitude)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 386 Siegena Occults PPM 153989 (9.1 Magnitude Star)
* Feb 27 - Bernard Lyot's 100th Birthday (1897)
* Feb 28 - Intelsat 801 Ariane 4 Launch
Feb 28 - Comet Hale-Bopp Crosses the Ecliptic Plane
March 1997
Mar ?? - Feng Yun-2B Long March 4 Launch (China)
* Mar ?? - Iridium-2 Delta 2 Launch
* Mar 01 - Comet 1997 B1 Kobayashi at Perihelion (2.062 AU)
Mar 01 - Asteroid 139 Juewa at Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
Mar 01 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Venera 13 Venus Flyby/Landing (USSR)
Mar 02 - Mercury Passes 0.8 Degrees from Venus
Mar 02 - Asteroid 16 Psyche at Opposition (10.3 Magnitude)
Mar 02 - Asteroid 71 Niobe at Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
* Mar 02-08 - Spaceweek
Mar 03 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Pioneer 10 Launch (Jupiter/Saturn Flyby)
* Mar 04 - Comet Hale-Bopp Directly Above The Sun (1.04 AU)
* Mar 05 - Progress M-34 Launch (Russia)
Mar 05 - Tempo-2 Atlas-2A Launch
Mar 05 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Venera 14 Venus Flyby/Landing (USSR)
Mar 07 - John Herschel's 205th Birthday (1792)
Mar 09 - Solar Eclipse, Visible from Russia, Arctic
Mar 09 - Comet Hale-Bopp Crosses Over Earth's Orbit
Mar 10 - Asteroid 1990VA Near-Earth Flyby (0.2069 AU)
Mar 10 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Discovery of Rings Around Uranus
Mar 11 - Asteroid 6 Hebe at Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
Mar 11 - Asteroid 18 Melpomente at Opposition (10.1 Magnitude)
Mar 13 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #22 (OTM-22)
Mar 13 - Summer Solstice on Mars
* Mar 14 - Minisat-01 Pegasus XL Launch
Mar 14 - Comet Hale-Bopp Occults PPM 63645 (10.9 Magnitude Star)
* Mar 14 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Mar 14 - Comet Wirtanen Perihelion (1.065 AU)
Mar 15 - Mars Pathfinder Passes Mars Global Surveyor En Route to Mars
Mar 16 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Maiden Launch of the Titan 2 Rocket
Mar 16 - 35th Anniversary (1962), 1st Cosmos Launch (USSR)
Mar 17 - Mars at Opposition
* Mar 18 - Asteroid 1275 Cimbria Occults PPM 720568 (9.9 Magnitude Star)
* Mar 20 - Mars Global Surveyor, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #2 (TCM-2)
Mar 20 - Comet Schwasmann-Wachmann 2 Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.2461 AU)
Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox, 13:55 UT
Mar 20 - Mercury Passes 1.9 Degrees From Saturn
* Mar 21 - Asteroid 377 Campania Occults SAO 138801 (8.4 Magnitude Star)
Mar 22 - Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU)
Mar 22 - India's Year 1919 Begins
Mar 22 - 15th Anniversary (1982), STS-3 Launch (Columbia)
* Mar 23 - Asteroid 732 Tjilaki Occults PPM 232217 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
* Mar 23 - Wernher Von Braun's 85th Birthday (1912)
Mar 24 - Partial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 26 - Comet Helin-Roman-Alu 1 Perihelion (3.715 AU)
Mar 27 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Venera 8 Launch (Venus Lander)
Mar 28 - 195th Anniversary (1802), Wilhelm Olber's Discovery of the 2nd Asteroid, Pallas
Mar 29 - 190th Anniversary (1807), Wilhelm Olber's Discovery of Asteroid 4 Vesta
Mar 31 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #23 (OTM-23)
Mar 31 - Venus Passes 0.9 Degrees from Saturn
Mar 31 - 10th Anniversary (1987), Kvant Launch, Astrophysics Observatory Module Added
To Mir
April 1997
* Apr ?? - SWAS Pegasus XL Launch
* Apr ?? - Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch
Apr ?? - Iridium-3 Launch
Apr ?? - Apstar-2R Long March Launch
Apr ?? - Tempo-1 Proton Launch
Apr ?? - Early Bird Cosmos Launch (USA/Russia)
* Apr ?? - Lewis LMLV-1 Launch
Apr 01 - Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU)
* Apr 01 - Venus at Opposition
* Apr 02 - DMSP Titan 2 Launch
Apr 02 - Asteroid 306 Unitas Occults PPM 721049 (9.5 Magnitude Star)
Apr 03 - STS-83 Launch, Columbia, Materials Science Lab-1 (MSL-1)
Apr 04 - Galileo, Europa Observations (Orbit 7)
* Apr 04 - Thaicom-3/BSAT-1A Ariane 4 Launch (ESA/Japan)
Apr 05 - Galileo, 3rd Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 7)
Apr 05 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (19 Degrees)
Apr 06 - Daylight Savings, Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (North America)
Apr 07 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #24 (OTM-24)
Apr 07 - Moon Occults Saturn
Apr 07 - Moon Occults Venus
Apr 07 - Asteroid 14 Irene Occults 13.6 Magnitude Star
Apr 10 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Apr 11 - Asteroid 7 Iris at Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
Apr 12 - International Astronomy Day
Apr 15 - Asteroid 13 Egeria Occults 11.8 Magnitude Star
Apr 15 - Asteroid 29 Amphitrite at Opposition (9.2 Magnitude)
Apr 15 - Wilbur Wright's 130th Birthday (1867)
Apr 16 - Asteroid 13 Egeria at Opposition (10.0 Magnitude)
Apr 16 - Asteroid 324 Bamberga Occults SAO 79765 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
Apr 16 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Apollo 16 Launch (Manned Moon Landing)
Apr 17 - Comet Boethin Perihelion (1.158 AU)
Apr 17 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 3 Launch (Moon Lander)
Apr 18 - Asteroid 139 Juewa Occults PPM 127356 (9.4 Magnitude Star)
Apr 19 - Goldstone Open House, Near Barstow, California
Apr 19 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Salyut 7 Space Station Launch (USSR)
Apr 20 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
* Apr 20 - Comet 1997 C1 Gehrels Perihelion (2.1705 AU)
Apr 21 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #25 (OTM-25)
Apr 21 - Mars Global Surveyor, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #3 (TCM-3)
Apr 22 - Mercury Passes 2.7 Degrees from Venus
Apr 24 - GOES-K Atlas Launch
Apr 24 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Soyuz 1 Accident, Cosmonaut Killed
Apr 25 - Asteroid 13 Egeria Occults 10.2 Magnitude Star
Apr 26 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Ariel 1 Launch (1st United Kingdom
Satellite)
Apr 26 - 30th Anniversary (1967), San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial
Launch)
* Apr 29 - Panamsat-6 Ariane 4 Launch
Apr 29 - Asteroid 139 Juewa Occults PPM 127386 (7.5 Magnitude Star)
May 1997
* Jun ?? - Intelsat 802 Ariane 4 Launch
May ?? - Sinosat-1 Long March 3B Launch
May ?? - Panamsat-5 Proton Launch
* May ?? - Forte Pegasus XL Launch
* May ?? - Inmarsat-3 F-4/Insat-2D Ariane 4 Launch
* May ?? - Clark LMLV-1 Launch
May 01 - SNOE Pegasus XL Launch
May 04 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #26 (OTM-26)
May 04 - Moon Occults Saturn
May 04 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 4 Launch
May 05 - Moon Occults Mercury
May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
May 06 - Galileo, Callisto Observations (Orbit 8)
May 06 - Comet Hale-Bopp Crosses the Ecliptic Plane
May 06 - Comet Wild 2 Perihelion (1.57 AU)
May 07 - Galileo, 4th Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 8)
May 07 - Mars Pathfinder, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #3 (TCM-3)
May 07 - 5th Anniversary (1992), STS-49 Launch, 1st Flight of Endeavour
May 08 - Islamic Year 1418 Begins at Sunset
May 08 - 35th Anniversary (1962), 1st Atlas Centaur Launch
May 09 - Asteroid 42 Isis at Opposition (10.4 Magnitude)
May 10 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #27 (OTM-27)
May 11 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 110219 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
May 15 - STS-84 Launch, Atlantis, 6th Shuttle-Mir Mission, SPACEHAB
May 15 - 10th Anniversary (1987), 1st Energiya Launch (USSR)
May 21 - NEAR, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #5 (TCM-5)
May 21 - Asteroid 2554 Skiff Occults Jupiter
May 22 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (25 Degrees)
May 22 - Asteroid 354 Eleonora Occults PPM 163336 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
May 23 - Seastar Pegasus XL Launch
May 23 - Comet Encke Perihelion (0.331 AU)
May 24 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Aurora 7 Launch (Scott Carpenter)
May 25 - Pluto at Opposition
* May 26 - Progress M-35 Launch (Russia)
May 26 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 93006 (7.0 Magnitude Star)
May 28 - Comet Hartley 1 Perihelion (1.819 AU)
* May 29 - John F. Kennedy's 80th Birthday (1917)
May 30 - GFO-1 Launch
* May 30 - Comet C/1996 R3 Perihelion (1.770 AU)
May 30 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 93181 (8.3 Magnitude Star)
May 31-Jun 01 - Jet Propulsion Lab Open House, Pasadena, California
June 1997
Jun ?? - Astra-1G Proton Launch
Jun ?? - UHF-F8 Atlas 2 Launch
Jun ?? - Superbird-C Atlas 2 Launch
* Jun ?? - Intelsat 802 Ariane 4 Launch
Jun 01 - Moon Occults Saturn
Jun 02 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #28 (OTM-28)
Jun 03 - Asteroid 354 Eleonora at Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
Jun 07 - 5th Anniversary (1992), EUVE Launch
Jun 12 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Venera 4 Launch (Soviet Venus Lander)
Jun 13 - Moon Occults Mars
Jun 14 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Mariner 5 Launch (Venus Flyby)
* Jun 15 - Comet Hale-Bopp is 3.5 degrees from Comet Encke
Jun 15 - Comet Mrkos, Closest Approach to Earth (1.7968 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid 15 Eunomia at Opposition (9.2 Magnitude)
Jun 18 - Jupiter Occults PPM 239210 (10.0 Magnitude Star)
Jun 19 - Asteroid 1992 LR Near-Earth Flyby (0.2426 AU)
* Jun 19 - Comet 1997 A1 Perihelion (3.159 AU)
Jun 20 - NEAR, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #6 (TCM-6)
Jun 21 - Summer Solstice, 08:20 UT
Jun 22 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #29 (OTM-29)
Jun 24 - Mars Pathfinder, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #4 (TCM-4)
Jun 24 - Soyuz TM-26 Launch (Russia)
Jun 24 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Soyuz T-6 Launch (USSR)
Jun 25 - Galileo, 2nd Callisto Flyby (Orbit 9)
Jun 26 - Galileo, Ganymede Observations (Orbit 9)
Jun 27 - NEAR, Asteroid Mathilde Flyby
Jun 27 - 15th Anniversary (1982), STS-4 Launch (Columbia), 1st Shuttle DOD Mission
Jun 28 - Moon Occults Saturn
Jun 29 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke at Opposition (15.5 Magnitude)
July 1997
Jul ?? - Sirius-2 Launch (Sweden)
Jul ?? - Iridium-4 Launch
Jul ?? - COMETS H-II Launch (Japan)
Jul ?? - Telstar-5 Proton Launch
* Jul ?? - Hot Bird-3 Launch
Jul 01 - ORBCOMM-1 Pegasus XL Launch
Jul 01 - Asteroid 14 Irene at Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
* Jul 01 - Asteroid 409 Aspasia at Opposition (10.7 Magnitude)
Jul 01 - 150th Anniversary (1847), Hind's Discovery of the Asteroid 6 Hebe
Jul 02 - Asteroid 20 Massalia at Opposition (10.9 Magnitude)
Jul 02 - Asteroid 44 Nysa at Opposition (10.6 Magnitude)
Jul 03 - NEAR, Deep Space Maneuver (TCM-8)
Jul 03 - 5th Anniversary (1992), SAMPEX Launch
Jul 04 - Mars Pathfinder, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #5 (TCM-5)
Jul 04 - Mars Pathfinder Lands on Mars
Jul 04 - Comet Encke, Near-Earth Flyby (0.1901 AU)
Jul 04 - Earth at Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
Jul 05 - Asteroid 51 Nemausa at Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
Jul 06 - Asteroid 3671 Dionysus Near-Earth Flyby (0.1144 AU)
Jul 06 - 310th Anniversary (1687), Isaac Newton's Principia Published
Jul 08 - Asteroid 1988 XB Near-Earth Flyby (0.1080 AU)
Jul 10 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #30 (OTM-30)
* Jul 10 - Asteroid 532 Herculina at Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)
Jul 10 - Alvan Clark's 165th Birthday (1832)
Jul 10 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Telstar 1 Launch, First Active Real-Time Communications
Satellite
Jul 10 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Giotto Flyby of Comet Grigg-Skjellerup.
Jul 12 - Asteroid 2 Pallas at Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
Jul 12 - Asteroid 287 Nephtys at Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
Jul 13 - Langley Research Center's 80th Birthday (1917)
Jul 16 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 98435 (8.6 Magnitude Star)
Jul 16 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 138979 (8.5 Magnitude Star)
Jul 17 - STS-85 Launch, Discovery, CRISTA-SPAS
Jul 18 - Comet Helfenzrieder Perihelion
Jul 19 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Explorer 35 Launch (Moon Orbiter)
Jul 20 - Progress M-36 Launch (Russia)
Jul 21 - Asteroid 9 Metis Occults PPM 118511 (9.1 Magnitude Star)
Jul 21 - Neptune at Opposition
Jul 22 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Venera 8 Venus Landing
Jul 23 - NEAR, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #9 (TCM-9)
Jul 23 - 25th Anniversary (1972), ERTS-1 Launch
Jul 24 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Geotail Launch
Jul 25 - Moon Occults Saturn
Jul 25 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 98906 (8.2 Magnitude Star)
* Jul 27 - Asteroid 444 Gyptis at Opposition (10.8 Magnitude)
Jul 29 - Moon Occults Aldebaran, Visible from Southern USA
Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Jul 29 - Uranus at Opposition
Jul 29 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Burnup of Salyut 6 Space Station (USRR)
Jul 31 - 5th Anniversary (1992), STS-46 Launch (Atlantis), Eureca, Tethered
Satellite
August 1997
Aug ?? - Lunar-A M5 Launch (Japan Moon Mission)
Aug ?? - ACE Delta-2 Launch
Aug ?? - P-91/Sunsat/Orsted Delta 2 Launch
Aug ?? - Intelsat 803 Ariane 4 Launch
Aug ?? - Globalstar-1 Delta 2 Launch
Aug ?? - US Air Force Titan 4 Launch
Aug ?? - Galaxy-8i Atlas 2 Launch
* Aug ?? - Indostar 1 Ariane 4 Launch (Indonesia)
Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 01 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 5 Launch
Aug 03 - Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)
Aug 04 - Mars Pathfinder, End of Primary Mission
Aug 04 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults SAO 104597 (7.5 Magnitude Star)
Aug 04 - Asteroid 306 Unitas at Opposition (10.7 Magnitude)
Aug 05 - Moon Occults Mercury
Aug 05 - Asteroid 67 Asia at Opposition (10.0 Magnitude)
* Aug 06 - Step-4 Pegasus XL Launch
Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 07 - Comet Gehrels 2 Perihelion (2.000 AU)
Aug 08 - Galileo, Jupiter Magnetotail Exploration
Aug 08 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #31 (OTM-31)
Aug 08 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Burnup of Salyut 5 Space Station (USSR)
Aug 09 - Jupiter at Opposition
Aug 10 - 5th Anniversary (1992), TOPEX/Poseidon Launch
Aug 10 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Kitsat A Launch, 1st Korean Satellite
Aug 10 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Observation of Only Known Meteor Known to Enter and
Leave Earth's Atmosphere (Utah, Canada)
Aug 11 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 3 Launch
Aug 11 - 120th Anniversary (1877), Asaph Hall's Discovery of Mars Moon Deimos
Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 12 - Asteroid 19 Fortuna Occults PPM 206231 (8.9 Magnitude Star)
Aug 12 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 4 Launch
Aug 13 - 150th Anniversary (1847), Hind's Discovery of Asteroid 7 Iris
Aug 15 - Terriers Pegasus XL Launch
Aug 15 - Comet Haneda-Campos Perihelion (1.267 AU)
Aug 15 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 158218 (8.6 Magnitude Star)
Aug 16 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 158243 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
Aug 17 - 120th Anniversary (1877), Asaph Hall's Discovery of Mars Moon Phobos
Aug 19 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Soyuz T-7 Launch (USSR)
Aug 20 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Voyager 2 Launch
Aug 21 - Moon Passes 0.008 Degress South of Saturn
Aug 22 - Moon Occults Saturn
Aug 22 - Asteroid 5 Astraea at Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
Aug 23 - Asteroid 19 Fortuna at Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)
Aug 24 - Asteroid 138 Tolosa at Opposition (10.6 Magnitude)
* Aug 25 - Mars Global Surveyor, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #4 (TCM-4)
Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 27 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Mariner 2 Launch (Venus Flyby Mission)
Aug 28 - Asteroid 1986 PA Near-Earth Flyby (0.2061 AU)
Aug 30 - Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Perihelion (0.997 AU)
Aug 30 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Discovery of 1992 QB1 by
David Jewitt and Jane Luu, First Kuiper Belt Object
September 1997
* Sep ?? - Lunar Prospector LMLV Launch (Moon Orbiter)
Sep ?? - Echostar-3 Atlas-2AS Launch
Sep ?? - Sky One Proton Launch
* Sep ?? - Ariane-502 Launch
Sep 01 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Issue of Theodore Von Karman Stamp
Sep 02 - Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible From Australia & New Zealand
Sep 04 - Asteroid 1 Ceres at Opposition (7.7 Magnitude)
Sep 05 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Voyager 1 Launch
* Sep 06 - Asteroid 258 Tyche at Opposition (10.9 Magnitude)
Sep 08 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 5 Launch (Moon Lander)
Sep 09 - 105th Anniversary (1892), Edward Barnard's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Amalthea
* Sep 10 - Asteroid 130 Elektra at Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
Sep 12 - Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Orbit Insertion
Sep 12 - 5th Anniversary (1992), STS-47 Launch (Endeavour), 1st Japanese Spacelab
Sep 13 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #32 (OTM-32)
Sep 15 - Asteroid 70 Panopaea at Opposition (10.8 Magnitude)
Sep 16 - Lunar Eclipse, Visible from the Eastern Hemisphere
Sep 16 - Closest Full Moon of 1997 (356,966 km)
Sep 16 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (18 Degrees)
Sep 16 - Asteroid 40 Harmonia at Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)
Sep 16 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 159135 (8.9 Magnitude Star)
Sep 17 - Galileo, 3rd Callisto Flyby (Orbit 10)
Sep 17 - Asteroid 52 Europa at Opposition (10.9 Magnitude)
Sep 17 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's 140th Birthday (1857)
* Sep 18 - STS-86 Launch, Atlantis, 7th Shuttle-Mir Mission, Logitics Module
Sep 18 - Moon Occults Saturn
Sep 18 - Asteroid 27 Euterpe Occults PPM 094351 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
* Sep 18 - Asteroid 532 Herculina Occults SAO 187475 (9.4 Magnitude Star)
Sep 20 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #33 (OTM-33)
Sep 20 - Progress M-38 Launch (Russia)
Sep 21 - Mars Global Surveyor, Aerobraking Begins
Sep 21 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 159278 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
Sep 22 - Autumnal Equinox (23:56 UT)
Sep 25 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Mars Observer Launch
Sep 26 - Asteroid Ra-Shalom Near-Earth Flyby (0.1705 AU)
Sep 27 - Asteroid 8 Flora at Opposition (8.1 Magnitude)
Sep 29 - Comet Wolf-Harrington Perihelion (1.582 AU)
Sep 29 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Salyut 6 Space Station Launch (USSR)
Sep 29 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Alouette 1 Launch, 1st Canadian Satellite
October 1997
Oct ?? - Globalstar-2 Delta 2 Launch
Oct ?? - Hot Bird-4 Launch
Oct ?? - Insat-2E Proton Launch
Oct ?? - Iridium-6 Launch
Oct ?? - DSCS-IIIB Atlas 2 Launch
Oct ?? - AsiaSat 3 Proton Launch
Oct ?? - NOAA-K Titan 2 Launch
Oct 03 - Asteroid 89 Julia Occults PPM 046655 (8.2 Magnitude Star)
Oct 03 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Zagami Meteorite Fall (Mars Meteorite)
Oct 03 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Sigma 7 Launch (Walter Schirra)
Oct 04 - 40th Anniversary (1957), Sputnik 1 Launch
Oct 05 - Robert Goddard's 115th Birthday (1882)
Oct 05 - European Southern Observatory's 35th Birthday (1962)
Oct 06 - Cassini Titan 4B Launch (Saturn Orbiter)
Oct 08 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Pioneer Venus Burnup in the Atmosphere of Venus
Oct 09 - STS-87 Launch, Columbia, USMP-4, Spartan-201
Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
* Oct 09 - Comet C/1997 D1 Mueller Perihelion (2.375 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 10 Hygiea Occults GSC 1852 0469 (10.3 Magnitude Star)
Oct 09 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Peekskill Meteorite Fall (Hit Car in New York)
Oct 09 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Soyuz 25 Launch (USSR)
Oct 10 - Saturn at Opposition
Oct 10 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Mariner 2 Discovery of Solar Winds
Oct 12 - Jewish Year 5758 Begins at Sunset
Oct 14 - 50th Anniversary (1947), Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier
Oct 15 - Moon Occults Saturn
Oct 17 - Asteroid 4 Vesta at Oppostion (6.4 Magnitude)
Oct 18 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #34 (OTM-34)
Oct 18 - Asteroid 103 Hera at Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
Oct 18 - 150th Anniversary (1847), Hind's Discovery of Asteroid Flora
Oct 18 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Venera 4, Venus Landing
Oct 18 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Kowall's Discovery of Chiron
Oct 19 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Oct 19 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Mariner 5, Venus Flyby
Oct 20 - Sir Christopher Wren's 365th Birthday (1632)
Oct 21 - Orionid Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 21 - Yerkes Observatory's 100th Birthday (1897)
Oct 22 - 5th Anniversary (1992), STS-52 Launch (Columbia), LAGEOS-S
Oct 23 - Asteroid 97 Klotho at Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)
Oct 24 - Asteroid 1989 VA Near-Earth Flyby (0.2404 AU)
Oct 25 - Venus Passes 2.1 Degrees South of Mars
Oct 25 - Henry Russell's 120th Birthday (1877)
Oct 26 - Daylight Savings - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (USA)
Oct 31 - Comet Johnson Perihelion (2.308 AU)
November 1997
Nov ?? - Intelsat 804 Ariane 4 Launch
Nov ?? - LMTI-1 Atlas 2 Launch
Nov ?? - ARD/Telecom Ariane-503 Launch
Nov 01 - Comet Neujmin 2 Perihelion (1.274 AU)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 11 Parthenope at Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 69 Leto at Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
Nov 03 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #35 (OTM-35)
Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
* Nov 03 - Asteroid 196 Philomela at Opposition (10.9 Magnitude)
Nov 03 - 40th Anniversary (1957), Sputnik 2 Launch (Carried Laika the Dog)
Nov 06 - Galileo, 3rd Europa Flyby (Orbit 11)
Nov 06 - Venus at Greatest Eastern Elongation (47 Degrees)
Nov 06 - Asteroid 37 Fides at Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
Nov 07 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 6 Launch (Moon Lander)
Nov 08 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Wethersfield Meteorite Fall (Hit House)
Nov 09 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Apollo 4 Launch (1st Saturn V Launch)
Nov 10 - Comet Helin-Roman-Alu 2 Perihelion (1.910 AU)
Nov 10 - Mars Occults 186240 (7.3 Magnitude Star)
* Nov 10 - Asteroid 144 Vibilia at Opposition (10.0 Magnitude)
Nov 10 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Anik 1 Launch, 1st Canadian Communications
Satellite
Nov 11 - Triple Shadow Transit on Jupiter, 03:34 UT
Nov 11 - 15th Anniversary (1982), STS-5 Launch (Columbia)
Nov 12 - Moon Occults Saturn
Nov 13 - Jupiter Occults SAO 104174 (8.9 Magnitude Star)
Nov 13 - Jupiter Occults SAO 164156 (6.0 Magnitude Star)
Nov 14 - Comet duToit-Hartley Perihelion (1.201 AU)
Nov 15 - Asteroid 89 Julia at Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
Nov 17 - Asteroid 9 Metis at Opposition (8.3 Magnitude)
Nov 17 - Asteroid 80 Sappho at Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 17 - Henry Gellibrand 400th Birthday
Nov 19 - Comet Russell 3 Perihelion (2.510 AU)
Nov 19 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 184890 (9.4 Magnitude Star)
Nov 20 - Comet Shoemaker-Holt 1 Perihelion (3.05 AU)
Nov 22 - Comet Mueller 2 Perihelion (2.412 AU)
Nov 23 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Meteosat-1 Launch (1st ESA Launch)
Nov 25 - Possible Venus Occultation of 188069 (9.0 Magnitude Star)
Nov 26 - Asteroid Hathor Near-Earth Flyby (0.2428 AU)
Nov 27 - FGB (Functional Cargo Block) Proton-K Launch (1st Element
of the International Space Station)
Nov 27 - Comet Shoemaker-Holt 1 Closest Approach to Earth (2.0632 AU)
Nov 28 - Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation (21 Degrees)
Nov 28 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 185854 (8.0 Magnitude Star)
Nov 29 - Comet Biela (Lost Comet) Perihelion (0.803 AU)
Nov 29 - Neptune Occults SAO 188797 (9.1 Magnitude Star)
Nov 29 - Asteroid 23 Thalia Occults PPM 094222 (9.6 Magitude Star)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 79 Eurynome at Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
December 1997
Dec ?? - Chinastar-1 Long March 3B Launch (China)
Dec ?? - Eutelsat 1 Atlas 2A Launch
* Dec 01 - Asteroid 349 Dembowska at Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
Dec 02 - 5th Anniversary (1992), STS-53 Launch (Discovery), DOD Mission
* Dec 03 - Asteroid 532 Herculina Occults SAO 189113 (9.0 Magnitude Star)
Dec 04 - STS-88 Launch, Endeavour, International Space Station Module
Dec 05 - Comet Pons-Gambart Perihelion (0.820 AU)
Dec 07 - Galileo, End of Primary Mission
* Dec 07 - Asteroid 349 Dembowska Occults SAO 76598 (8.7 Magnitude Star)
Dec 07 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Apollo 17 Launch
Dec 08 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Galileo, 2nd Earth Flyby
Dec 09 - Moon Occults Saturn, Visible From North America
Dec 09 - Venus Passes 2.5 Degrees From Neptune
Dec 09 - Asteroid 23 Thalia at Opposition (9.2 Magnitude)
* Dec 09 - Asteroid 356 Liguria at Opposition (10.6 Magnitude)
Dec 10 - Asteroid 10 Hygiea at Opposition (10.3 Magnitude)
Dec 10 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Soyuz 26 Launch (USSR)
Dec 11 - Venus at Greatest Brilliancy (-4.7 Magnitude)
Dec 12 - Soyuz TM-27 Launch (Russia)
Dec 12 - Comet Taylor at Perihelion (1.948 AU)
Dec 13 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 13 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Pioneer 8 Launch
* Dec 13 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Relay 1 Launch
Dec 14 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Mariner 2 Venus Flyby
Dec 15 - Edward Barnard's 140th Birthday (1857)
Dec 16 - Mars Passes 1.6 Degrees South of Neptune
Dec 16 - Arthur C. Clarke's 80th Birthday (1917)
Dec 17 - 40th Anniversary (1957), 1st Successful Atlas Launch
Dec 19 - Asteroid 27 Euterpe at Opposition (8.4 Magnitude)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 1992 BF Near-Earth Flyby (0.1721 AU)
Dec 21 - Winter Solstice (20:07 UT)
Dec 21 - Asteroid Tantalus Near-Earth Flyby (0.1379 AU)
Dec 21 - Comet Hartley 2 Perihelion (1.032 AU)
Dec 22 - Venus Passes 1.1 Degrees North of Mars
Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 23 - Venus Passes 3 Degrees West of Uranus
Dec 23 - 325th Anniversary (1672), Cassini's Discovery of
Saturn Moon Rhea
Dec 25 - Asteroid 39 Laetitia at Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)
Dec 25 - Isaac Newton's 355th Birthday (1642)
Dec 27 - Progress M-37 Launch (Russia)
* Dec 27 - Comet Hale-Bopp at Opposition
Dec 27 - Mars Passes 0.6 Degrees From Uranus
Dec 28 - Arthur Eddington's 115th Birthday (1882)
Dec 29 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Discovery of ALHA77005
(Mars Meteorite)
Dec 30 - Asteroid 12 Victoria at Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
January 1998
Jan ?? - Voyager 1 Overtakes Pioneer 10
Jan 03 - Earth at Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
Jan 05 - Moon Occults Saturn
Jan 06 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (23 Degrees)
Jan 06 - 20th Anniversary (1978), Discovery of Comet Wild 2 By Paul Wild
Jan 07 - Comet Neujimin Perihelion
Jan 07 - Venus Passes 3.9 Degrees From Neptune
Jan 07 - Mars at Perihelion
Jan 07 - 30th Anniversary (1968), Surveyor 7 Launch (Moon Lander)
Jan 08 - 25th Anniversary (1973), Luna 21 Launch (Soviet Moon Lander/Rover)
Jan 08 - 5th Anniversary (1993), Sakigake, Earth Flyby
Jan 08 - Frank Dyson's 130th Birthday (1868)
Jan 13 - 5th Anniversary (1993), STS-54 Launch (Endeavour), TDRS-F
Jan 15 - STS-89 Launch, Discovery, 8th Shuttle-Mir Mission
Jan 16 - Mars Global Surveyor, Aerobraking Ends
Jan 20 - Simon Mayr's 425th Birthday (1573)
Jan 21 - Mars Passes 0.2 Degrees From Jupiter
* Jan 21 - Bengt Stromgren's 90th Birthday (1908)
Jan 22 - NEAR, Earth Flyby
* Jan 22 - 30th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 5 Launch
Jan 24 - Mercury Occults 187729 (6.5 Magnitude Star)
* Jan 24 - 20th Anniversary (1978), Progress 1 Launch (USSR)
* Jan 24 - 20th Anniversary (1978), Cosmos 954 Reentry (Radioactive Debris Landed in Canada)
Jan 25 - Venus at Perihelion
Jan 26 - 20th Anniversary (1978), IUE Launch
Jan 26 - 15th Anniversary (1983), IRAS Launch
Jan 27 - 90th Anniversary (1908), P. Melotte's Discovery of Jupiter
Moon Pasiphae
* Jan 31 - 40th Anniversary (1958), Explorer 1 Launch
February 1998
* Feb 01 - Moon Occults Saturn
* Feb 02 - Mercury Passes 2.0 Degrees From Neptune
* Feb 08 - Mercury Passes 1.3 Degrees From Uranus
* Feb 08 - Jules Verne's 170th Birthday (1828)
* Feb 12 - Asteroid 3361 Orpheus Near-Earth Flyby (0.1668 AU)
* Feb 12 - Marcel Minnaert's 105th Birthday (1893)
* Feb 14 - Edouard Baillaud's 150th Birthday (1848)
* Feb 14 - Fritz Zwicky's 100th Birthday (1898)
* Feb 16 - 50th Anniversary (1948), Kuiper's Discovery of Uranus Moon Miranda
* Feb 19 - Copernicus' 525th Birthday (1473)
* Feb 22 - Asteroid 5590 1990 VA Near-Earth Flyby (0.2383 AU)
* Feb 22 - Mercury Passes 1.0 Degree From Jupiter
* Feb 23 - Comet McNaught-Hughes Perihelion (2.116 AU)
* Feb 24 - 30th Anniversary (1968), Discovery of the First Pulsar
* Feb 26 - Solar Eclipse, Visible from Galapagos, S. America & Carribean
* Feb 27 - Moon Occults Mars
* Feb 27 - Comet Tempel-Tuttle Perihelion (0.977 AU)
* Feb 28 - Asteroid 1988 EG Near-Earth Flyby (0.0316 AU)
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Subj: [ASTRO] Space Calendar - May 31, 1997
Welcome to the Space Calendar!
I haven't sent out a Space Calendar for the past two months because
I've beem busy putting over 4,000 Comet Hale-Bopp images on my
Comet Hale-Bopp home page (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/comet).
This Space Calendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries
for the upcoming year. It is also available on the World Wide Web at:
http://newproducts.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/
The WWW version of the Space Calendar includes over 700 links to related
home pages.
This calendar is compiled and maintained by Ron Baalke. Please send any
updates or corrections to [email protected]. Note that launch dates
are subject to change at any time. Also, note that anniversary dates are
listed in 5 year increments only.
The following people have contributed to this month's calendar:
George Diller, Igor Lissov, Michael Holmes, Norbert Bangert,
Andre Gelinas, Brad Jarvis, Philippe Berthe, Dirk Orgassa,
Jacek Kruk, Stephen Hunt, Joe Cassady, Ralph Ballweg
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SPACE CALENDAR
May 31, 1997
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.
May 1997
May 31-Jun 01 - Jet Propulsion Lab Open House, Pasadena, California
June 1997
Jun ?? - UHF-F8 Atlas 2 Launch
Jun 01 - Moon Occults Saturn
Jun 02 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #28 (OTM-28)
* Jun 03 - Inmarsat-3 F-4/Insat-2D Ariane 4 Launch
Jun 03 - Asteroid 354 Eleonora at Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
Jun 07 - 5th Anniversary (1992), EUVE Launch
Jun 12 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Venera 4 Launch (Soviet Venus Lander)
Jun 13 - Moon Occults Mars
Jun 14 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Mariner 5 Launch (Venus Flyby)
Jun 15 - Comet Hale-Bopp is 3.5 degrees from Comet Encke
Jun 15 - Comet Mrkos, Closest Approach to Earth (1.7968 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid 15 Eunomia at Opposition (9.2 Magnitude)
Jun 18 - Jupiter Occults PPM 239210 (10.0 Magnitude Star)
Jun 19 - Asteroid 1992 LR Near-Earth Flyby (0.2426 AU)
Jun 19 - Comet 1997 A1 Perihelion (3.159 AU)
Jun 20 - NEAR, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #6 (TCM-6)
Jun 21 - Summer Solstice, 08:20 UT
Jun 22 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #29 (OTM-29)
* Jun 22 - Progress M-35 Launch (Russia)
Jun 24 - Mars Pathfinder, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #4 (TCM-4)
Jun 24 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Soyuz T-6 Launch (USSR)
Jun 25 - Galileo, 2nd Callisto Flyby (Orbit 9)
* Jun 25 - Intelsat 802 Ariane 4 Launch
Jun 26 - Galileo, Ganymede Observations (Orbit 9)
Jun 27 - NEAR, Asteroid Mathilde Flyby
Jun 27 - 15th Anniversary (1982), STS-4 Launch (Columbia), 1st Shuttle DOD Mission
* Jun 28 - Early Bird Cosmos Launch (USA/Russia)
Jun 28 - Moon Occults Saturn
Jun 29 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke at Opposition (15.5 Magnitude)
July 1997
* Jul ?? - Iridium-3 Launch
Jul ?? - Iridium-4 Launch
Jul ?? - Telstar-5 Proton Launch
Jul ?? - Hot Bird-3 Launch
* Jul ?? - Astra-1G Proton Launch
* Jul ?? - Feng Yun-2B Long March 4 Launch (China)
* Jul 01 - STS-94 Launch, Columbia, MSL-1R
Jul 01 - Asteroid 14 Irene at Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
Jul 01 - Asteroid 409 Aspasia at Opposition (10.7 Magnitude)
Jul 01 - 150th Anniversary (1847), Hind's Discovery of the Asteroid 6 Hebe
* Jul 02 - Seastar Pegasus XL Launch
Jul 02 - Asteroid 20 Massalia at Opposition (10.9 Magnitude)
Jul 02 - Asteroid 44 Nysa at Opposition (10.6 Magnitude)
Jul 03 - NEAR, Deep Space Maneuver (TCM-8)
Jul 03 - 5th Anniversary (1992), SAMPEX Launch
Jul 04 - Mars Pathfinder, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #5 (TCM-5)
Jul 04 - Mars Pathfinder Lands on Mars
Jul 04 - Comet Encke, Near-Earth Flyby (0.1901 AU)
Jul 04 - Earth at Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
Jul 05 - Asteroid 51 Nemausa at Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
Jul 06 - Asteroid 3671 Dionysus Near-Earth Flyby (0.1144 AU)
Jul 06 - 310th Anniversary (1687), Isaac Newton's Principia Published
* Jul 08 - Superbird-C Atlas 2 Launch
Jul 08 - Asteroid 1988 XB Near-Earth Flyby (0.1080 AU)
Jul 10 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #30 (OTM-30)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 532 Herculina at Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)
Jul 10 - Alvan Clark's 165th Birthday (1832)
Jul 10 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Telstar 1 Launch, First Active Real-Time Communications
Satellite
Jul 10 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Giotto Flyby of Comet Grigg-Skjellerup.
* Jul 12 - GSP-2R Navstar Delta 2 Launch
* Jul 12 - Panamsat-5 Proton Launch
Jul 12 - Asteroid 2 Pallas at Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
Jul 12 - Asteroid 287 Nephtys at Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
Jul 13 - Langley Research Center's 80th Birthday (1917)
Jul 16 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 98435 (8.6 Magnitude Star)
Jul 16 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 138979 (8.5 Magnitude Star)
Jul 18 - Comet Helfenzrieder Perihelion
Jul 19 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Explorer 35 Launch (Moon Orbiter)
Jul 20 - Progress M-36 Launch (Russia)
Jul 21 - Asteroid 9 Metis Occults PPM 118511 (9.1 Magnitude Star)
Jul 21 - Neptune at Opposition
Jul 22 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Venera 8 Venus Landing
Jul 23 - NEAR, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #9 (TCM-9)
Jul 23 - 25th Anniversary (1972), ERTS-1 Launch
Jul 24 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Geotail Launch
Jul 25 - Moon Occults Saturn
Jul 25 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 98906 (8.2 Magnitude Star)
Jul 27 - Asteroid 444 Gyptis at Opposition (10.8 Magnitude)
Jul 29 - Moon Occults Aldebaran, Visible from Southern USA
Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Jul 29 - Uranus at Opposition
Jul 29 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Burnup of Salyut 6 Space Station (USRR)
Jul 31 - 5th Anniversary (1992), STS-46 Launch (Atlantis), Eureca, Tethered
Satellite
August 1997
Aug ?? - Lunar-A M5 Launch (Japan Moon Mission)
Aug ?? - Intelsat 803 Ariane 4 Launch
Aug ?? - US Air Force Titan 4 Launch
Aug ?? - Galaxy-8i Atlas 2 Launch
* Aug ?? - Apstar-2R Long March Launch
* Aug ?? - Sinosat-1 Long March 3B Launch
* Aug ?? - Forte Pegasus XL Launch
* Aug 01 - Terriers/Mublcom Pegasus XL Launch
Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 01 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 5 Launch
Aug 03 - Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)
Aug 04 - Mars Pathfinder, End of Primary Mission
Aug 04 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults SAO 104597 (7.5 Magnitude Star)
Aug 04 - Asteroid 306 Unitas at Opposition (10.7 Magnitude)
* Aug 05 - Soyuz TM-26 Launch (Russia)
Aug 05 - Moon Occults Mercury
Aug 05 - Asteroid 67 Asia at Opposition (10.0 Magnitude)
Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
* Aug 07 - STS-85 Launch, Discovery, CRISTA-SPAS 2
Aug 07 - Comet Gehrels 2 Perihelion (2.000 AU)
Aug 08 - Galileo, Jupiter Magnetotail Exploration
Aug 08 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #31 (OTM-31)
Aug 08 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Burnup of Salyut 5 Space Station (USSR)
Aug 09 - Jupiter at Opposition
Aug 10 - 5th Anniversary (1992), TOPEX/Poseidon Launch
Aug 10 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Kitsat A Launch, 1st Korean Satellite
Aug 10 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Observation of Only Known Meteor Known to Enter and
Leave Earth's Atmosphere (Utah, Canada)
Aug 11 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 3 Launch
Aug 11 - 120th Anniversary (1877), Asaph Hall's Discovery of Mars Moon Deimos
Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 12 - Asteroid 19 Fortuna Occults PPM 206231 (8.9 Magnitude Star)
Aug 12 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 4 Launch
Aug 13 - 150th Anniversary (1847), Hind's Discovery of Asteroid 7 Iris
* Aug 14 - Argos/Orsted/Sunsat Delta 2 Launch
Aug 15 - Comet Haneda-Campos Perihelion (1.267 AU)
Aug 15 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 158218 (8.6 Magnitude Star)
Aug 16 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 158243 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
* Aug 17 - Comets-1 H-II Launch (Japan)
Aug 17 - 120th Anniversary (1877), Asaph Hall's Discovery of Mars Moon Phobos
* Aug 19 - Echostar-3 Atlas-2AS Launch
Aug 19 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Soyuz T-7 Launch (USSR)
Aug 20 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Voyager 2 Launch
* Aug 21 - ACE Delta-2 Launch
Aug 21 - Moon Passes 0.008 Degress South of Saturn
* Aug 22 - Sirius-2/Indostar 1 Ariane 4 Launch (Sweden/Indonesia)
Aug 22 - Moon Occults Saturn
Aug 22 - Asteroid 5 Astraea at Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
Aug 23 - Asteroid 19 Fortuna at Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)
* Aug 24 - Step-4 Pegasus XL Launch
Aug 24 - Asteroid 138 Tolosa at Opposition (10.6 Magnitude)
Aug 25 - Mars Global Surveyor, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #4 (TCM-4)
Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 27 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Mariner 2 Launch (Venus Flyby Mission)
Aug 28 - Asteroid 1986 PA Near-Earth Flyby (0.2061 AU)
Aug 30 - Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Perihelion (0.997 AU)
Aug 30 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Discovery of 1992 QB1 by
David Jewitt and Jane Luu, First Kuiper Belt Object
September 1997
Sep ?? - Sky One Proton Launch
Sep ?? - Ariane-502 Launch
Sep 01 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Issue of Theodore Von Karman Stamp
Sep 02 - Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible From Australia & New Zealand
Sep 04 - Asteroid 1 Ceres at Opposition (7.7 Magnitude)
Sep 05 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Voyager 1 Launch
Sep 06 - Asteroid 258 Tyche at Opposition (10.9 Magnitude)
Sep 08 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 5 Launch (Moon Lander)
Sep 09 - 105th Anniversary (1892), Edward Barnard's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Amalthea
Sep 10 - Asteroid 130 Elektra at Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
Sep 12 - Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Orbit Insertion
Sep 12 - 5th Anniversary (1992), STS-47 Launch (Endeavour), 1st Japanese Spacelab
Sep 13 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #32 (OTM-32)
* Sep 15 - GFO-1 Taurus Launch
Sep 15 - Asteroid 70 Panopaea at Opposition (10.8 Magnitude)
Sep 16 - Lunar Eclipse, Visible from the Eastern Hemisphere
Sep 16 - Closest Full Moon of 1997 (356,966 km)
Sep 16 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (18 Degrees)
Sep 16 - Asteroid 40 Harmonia at Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)
Sep 16 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 159135 (8.9 Magnitude Star)
Sep 17 - Galileo, 3rd Callisto Flyby (Orbit 10)
Sep 17 - Asteroid 52 Europa at Opposition (10.9 Magnitude)
Sep 17 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's 140th Birthday (1857)
Sep 18 - STS-86 Launch, Atlantis, 7th Shuttle-Mir Mission, Logitics Module
Sep 18 - Moon Occults Saturn
Sep 18 - Asteroid 27 Euterpe Occults PPM 094351 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
Sep 18 - Asteroid 532 Herculina Occults SAO 187475 (9.4 Magnitude Star)
Sep 20 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #33 (OTM-33)
Sep 20 - Progress M-38 Launch (Russia)
Sep 21 - Mars Global Surveyor, Aerobraking Begins
Sep 21 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 159278 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
* Sep 22 - Lunar Prospector LMLV Launch (Moon Orbiter)
Sep 22 - Autumnal Equinox (23:56 UT)
Sep 25 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Mars Observer Launch
Sep 26 - Asteroid Ra-Shalom Near-Earth Flyby (0.1705 AU)
Sep 27 - Asteroid 8 Flora at Opposition (8.1 Magnitude)
Sep 29 - Comet Wolf-Harrington Perihelion (1.582 AU)
Sep 29 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Salyut 6 Space Station Launch (USSR)
Sep 29 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Alouette 1 Launch, 1st Canadian Satellite
October 1997
Oct ?? - Globalstar-2 Delta 2 Launch
Oct ?? - Hot Bird-4 Launch
Oct ?? - Insat-2E Proton Launch
Oct ?? - Iridium-6 Launch
Oct ?? - DSCS-IIIB Atlas 2 Launch
Oct ?? - AsiaSat 3 Proton Launch
* Oct ?? - Panamsat-6 Ariane 4 Launch
Oct 03 - Asteroid 89 Julia Occults PPM 046655 (8.2 Magnitude Star)
Oct 03 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Zagami Meteorite Fall (Mars Meteorite)
Oct 03 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Sigma 7 Launch (Walter Schirra)
Oct 04 - 40th Anniversary (1957), Sputnik 1 Launch
Oct 05 - Robert Goddard's 115th Birthday (1882)
Oct 05 - European Southern Observatory's 35th Birthday (1962)
Oct 06 - Cassini Titan 4B Launch (Saturn Orbiter)
Oct 08 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Pioneer Venus Burnup in the Atmosphere of Venus
Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 09 - Comet C/1997 D1 Mueller Perihelion (2.375 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 10 Hygiea Occults GSC 1852 0469 (10.3 Magnitude Star)
Oct 09 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Peekskill Meteorite Fall (Hit Car in New York)
Oct 09 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Soyuz 25 Launch (USSR)
Oct 10 - Saturn at Opposition
Oct 10 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Mariner 2 Discovery of Solar Winds
Oct 12 - Jewish Year 5758 Begins at Sunset
Oct 14 - 50th Anniversary (1947), Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier
* Oct 15 - ORBCOMM-1/SNOE Pegasus XL Launch
Oct 15 - Moon Occults Saturn
Oct 17 - Asteroid 4 Vesta at Oppostion (6.4 Magnitude)
* Oct 18 - Globalstar-1 Delta 2 Launch
Oct 18 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #34 (OTM-34)
Oct 18 - Asteroid 103 Hera at Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
Oct 18 - 150th Anniversary (1847), Hind's Discovery of Asteroid Flora
Oct 18 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Venera 4, Venus Landing
Oct 18 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Kowall's Discovery of Chiron
Oct 19 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Oct 19 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Mariner 5, Venus Flyby
Oct 20 - Sir Christopher Wren's 365th Birthday (1632)
Oct 21 - Orionid Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 21 - Yerkes Observatory's 100th Birthday (1897)
Oct 22 - 5th Anniversary (1992), STS-52 Launch (Columbia), LAGEOS-S
Oct 23 - Asteroid 97 Klotho at Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)
Oct 24 - Asteroid 1989 VA Near-Earth Flyby (0.2404 AU)
Oct 25 - Venus Passes 2.1 Degrees South of Mars
Oct 25 - Henry Russell's 120th Birthday (1877)
Oct 26 - Daylight Savings - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (USA)
Oct 31 - Comet Johnson Perihelion (2.308 AU)
November 1997
Nov ?? - Intelsat 804 Ariane 4 Launch
Nov ?? - LMTI-1 Atlas 2 Launch
Nov ?? - ARD/Telecom Ariane-503 Launch
Nov 01 - Comet Neujmin 2 Perihelion (1.274 AU)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 11 Parthenope at Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 69 Leto at Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
Nov 03 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #35 (OTM-35)
Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 03 - Asteroid 196 Philomela at Opposition (10.9 Magnitude)
Nov 03 - 40th Anniversary (1957), Sputnik 2 Launch (Carried Laika the Dog)
Nov 06 - Galileo, 3rd Europa Flyby (Orbit 11)
Nov 06 - Venus at Greatest Eastern Elongation (47 Degrees)
Nov 06 - Asteroid 37 Fides at Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
Nov 07 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 6 Launch (Moon Lander)
Nov 08 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Wethersfield Meteorite Fall (Hit House)
Nov 09 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Apollo 4 Launch (1st Saturn V Launch)
Nov 10 - Comet Helin-Roman-Alu 2 Perihelion (1.910 AU)
Nov 10 - Mars Occults 186240 (7.3 Magnitude Star)
Nov 10 - Asteroid 144 Vibilia at Opposition (10.0 Magnitude)
Nov 10 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Anik 1 Launch, 1st Canadian Communications
Satellite
Nov 11 - Triple Shadow Transit on Jupiter, 03:34 UT
Nov 11 - 15th Anniversary (1982), STS-5 Launch (Columbia)
Nov 12 - Moon Occults Saturn
* Nov 13 - STS-87 Launch, Columbia, USMP-4, Spartan-201
Nov 13 - Jupiter Occults SAO 104174 (8.9 Magnitude Star)
Nov 13 - Jupiter Occults SAO 164156 (6.0 Magnitude Star)
Nov 14 - Comet duToit-Hartley Perihelion (1.201 AU)
Nov 15 - Asteroid 89 Julia at Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
Nov 17 - Asteroid 9 Metis at Opposition (8.3 Magnitude)
Nov 17 - Asteroid 80 Sappho at Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 17 - Henry Gellibrand 400th Birthday
Nov 19 - Comet Russell 3 Perihelion (2.510 AU)
Nov 19 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 184890 (9.4 Magnitude Star)
Nov 20 - Comet Shoemaker-Holt 1 Perihelion (3.05 AU)
Nov 22 - Comet Mueller 2 Perihelion (2.412 AU)
Nov 23 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Meteosat-1 Launch (1st ESA Launch)
Nov 25 - Possible Venus Occultation of 188069 (9.0 Magnitude Star)
Nov 26 - Asteroid Hathor Near-Earth Flyby (0.2428 AU)
Nov 27 - FGB (Functional Cargo Block) Proton-K Launch (1st Element
of the International Space Station)
Nov 27 - Comet Shoemaker-Holt 1 Closest Approach to Earth (2.0632 AU)
Nov 28 - Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation (21 Degrees)
Nov 28 - Possible Mercury Occultation of SAO 185854 (8.0 Magnitude Star)
Nov 29 - Comet Biela (Lost Comet) Perihelion (0.803 AU)
Nov 29 - Neptune Occults SAO 188797 (9.1 Magnitude Star)
Nov 29 - Asteroid 23 Thalia Occults PPM 094222 (9.6 Magitude Star)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 79 Eurynome at Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
December 1997
Dec ?? - Chinastar-1 Long March 3B Launch (China)
Dec ?? - Eutelsat 1 Atlas 2A Launch
* Dec ?? - Clark LMLV-1 Launch
Dec 01 - Asteroid 349 Dembowska at Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
Dec 02 - 5th Anniversary (1992), STS-53 Launch (Discovery), DOD Mission
Dec 03 - Asteroid 532 Herculina Occults SAO 189113 (9.0 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 04 - Skynet Delta 2 Launch
Dec 05 - Comet Pons-Gambart Perihelion (0.820 AU)
Dec 07 - Galileo, End of Primary Mission
Dec 07 - Asteroid 349 Dembowska Occults SAO 76598 (8.7 Magnitude Star)
Dec 07 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Apollo 17 Launch
Dec 08 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Galileo, 2nd Earth Flyby
Dec 09 - Moon Occults Saturn, Visible From North America
Dec 09 - Venus Passes 2.5 Degrees From Neptune
Dec 09 - Asteroid 23 Thalia at Opposition (9.2 Magnitude)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 356 Liguria at Opposition (10.6 Magnitude)
Dec 10 - Asteroid 10 Hygiea at Opposition (10.3 Magnitude)
Dec 10 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Soyuz 26 Launch (USSR)
Dec 11 - Venus at Greatest Brilliancy (-4.7 Magnitude)
Dec 12 - Soyuz TM-27 Launch (Russia)
Dec 12 - Comet Taylor at Perihelion (1.948 AU)
Dec 13 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 13 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Pioneer 8 Launch
Dec 13 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Relay 1 Launch
Dec 14 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Mariner 2 Venus Flyby
* Dec 15 - TRACE Pegasus XL Launch
Dec 15 - Edward Barnard's 140th Birthday (1857)
Dec 16 - Mars Passes 1.6 Degrees South of Neptune
Dec 16 - Arthur C. Clarke's 80th Birthday (1917)
Dec 17 - 40th Anniversary (1957), 1st Successful Atlas Launch
Dec 19 - Asteroid 27 Euterpe at Opposition (8.4 Magnitude)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 1992 BF Near-Earth Flyby (0.1721 AU)
Dec 21 - Winter Solstice (20:07 UT)
Dec 21 - Asteroid Tantalus Near-Earth Flyby (0.1379 AU)
Dec 21 - Comet Hartley 2 Perihelion (1.032 AU)
Dec 22 - Venus Passes 1.1 Degrees North of Mars
Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 23 - Venus Passes 3 Degrees West of Uranus
Dec 23 - 325th Anniversary (1672), Cassini's Discovery of
Saturn Moon Rhea
Dec 25 - Asteroid 39 Laetitia at Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)
Dec 25 - Isaac Newton's 355th Birthday (1642)
Dec 27 - Progress M-37 Launch (Russia)
Dec 27 - Comet Hale-Bopp at Opposition
Dec 27 - Mars Passes 0.6 Degrees From Uranus
Dec 28 - Arthur Eddington's 115th Birthday (1882)
Dec 29 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Discovery of ALHA77005
(Mars Meteorite)
Dec 30 - Asteroid 12 Victoria at Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
January 1998
Jan ?? - Voyager 1 Overtakes Pioneer 10
* Jan ?? - NOAA-K Titan 2 Launch
Jan 03 - Earth at Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
Jan 05 - Moon Occults Saturn
Jan 06 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (23 Degrees)
Jan 06 - 20th Anniversary (1978), Discovery of Comet Wild 2 By Paul Wild
Jan 07 - Comet Neujimin Perihelion
Jan 07 - Venus Passes 3.9 Degrees From Neptune
Jan 07 - Mars at Perihelion
Jan 07 - 30th Anniversary (1968), Surveyor 7 Launch (Moon Lander)
Jan 08 - 25th Anniversary (1973), Luna 21 Launch (Soviet Moon Lander/Rover)
Jan 08 - 5th Anniversary (1993), Sakigake, Earth Flyby
Jan 08 - Frank Dyson's 130th Birthday (1868)
Jan 13 - 5th Anniversary (1993), STS-54 Launch (Endeavour), TDRS-F
Jan 15 - STS-89 Launch, Discovery, 8th Shuttle-Mir Mission
Jan 16 - Mars Global Surveyor, Aerobraking Ends
Jan 20 - Simon Mayr's 425th Birthday (1573)
Jan 21 - Mars Passes 0.2 Degrees From Jupiter
Jan 21 - Bengt Stromgren's 90th Birthday (1908)
Jan 22 - NEAR, Earth Flyby
Jan 22 - 30th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 5 Launch
Jan 24 - Mercury Occults 187729 (6.5 Magnitude Star)
Jan 24 - 20th Anniversary (1978), Progress 1 Launch (USSR)
Jan 24 - 20th Anniversary (1978), Cosmos 954 Reentry (Radioactive Debris Landed in Canada)
Jan 25 - Venus at Perihelion
Jan 26 - 20th Anniversary (1978), IUE Launch
Jan 26 - 15th Anniversary (1983), IRAS Launch
Jan 27 - 90th Anniversary (1908), P. Melotte's Discovery of Jupiter
Moon Pasiphae
Jan 31 - 40th Anniversary (1958), Explorer 1 Launch
February 1998
Feb 01 - Moon Occults Saturn
Feb 02 - Mercury Passes 2.0 Degrees From Neptune
Feb 08 - Mercury Passes 1.3 Degrees From Uranus
Feb 08 - Jules Verne's 170th Birthday (1828)
Feb 12 - Asteroid 3361 Orpheus Near-Earth Flyby (0.1668 AU)
Feb 12 - Marcel Minnaert's 105th Birthday (1893)
Feb 14 - Edouard Baillaud's 150th Birthday (1848)
Feb 14 - Fritz Zwicky's 100th Birthday (1898)
Feb 16 - 50th Anniversary (1948), Kuiper's Discovery of Uranus Moon Miranda
Feb 19 - Copernicus' 525th Birthday (1473)
Feb 22 - Asteroid 5590 1990 VA Near-Earth Flyby (0.2383 AU)
Feb 22 - Mercury Passes 1.0 Degree From Jupiter
Feb 23 - Comet McNaught-Hughes Perihelion (2.116 AU)
Feb 24 - 30th Anniversary (1968), Discovery of the First Pulsar
Feb 26 - Solar Eclipse, Visible from Galapagos, S. America & Carribean
Feb 27 - Moon Occults Mars
Feb 27 - Comet Tempel-Tuttle Perihelion (0.977 AU)
Feb 28 - Asteroid 1988 EG Near-Earth Flyby (0.0316 AU)
March 1998
* Mar 01 - Moon Occults Saturn
* Mar 02 - Comet Kowal 2 Perihelion (1.397 AU)
* Mar 04 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 3 Perihelion (2.817 AU)
* Mar 04 - Mercury Occults 146752 (6.5 Magnitude Star)
* Mar 07 - Venus Passes 3.8 Degrees From Neptune
* Mar 10 - Mercury Passes 1.0 Degree From Mars
* Mar 12 - Comet Meunier-Dupouy Perihelion (3.072 AU)
* Mar 14 - Mercury at Perihelion
* Mar 15 - 25th Anniversary (1973), San Juan Capistrano Meteorite Fall
* Mar 15 - Mars Global Surveyor, Mapping Begins
* Mar 18 - Venus Passes 3.3 Degrees From Uranus
* Mar 19 - STS-90 Launch, Columbia, NEUROLAB, EDO
* Mar 19 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (18 Degrees)
* Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox (19:54 UT)
* Mar 21 - Mercury Passes 5.0 Degrees From Saturn
* Mar 23 - Cassini, Perihelion (0.68 AU)
* Mar 24 - Moon Occults Venus
* Mar 24 - 5th Anniversary (1993), Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
* Mar 24 - Walter Baade's 105th Birthday (1893)
* Mar 26 - Moon Occults Jupiter
* Mar 27 - Venus, Greatest Western Elongation (46 Degrees)
* Mar 29 - Moon Occults Saturn
* Mar 31 - Mercury Passes 3.8 Degrees From Mars
April 1998
* Apr 02 - STS-90 Launch, Columbia, Neurolab
* Apr 02 - Mars Passes 1.9 Degrees From Saturn
* Apr 03 - 25th Anniversary (1973), Salyut 2 Space Station Launch (USSR)
* Apr 04 - 30th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 6 Launch
* Apr 05 - Daylight Savings - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (North America)
* Apr 06 - 25th Anniversary (1973), Pioneer 11 Launch (Jupiter/Saturn
Flyby Mission)
* Apr 07 - 30th Anniversary (1968), Luna 14 Launch (Soviet Moon Orbiter)
* Apr 11 - Comet Harrington-Wilson Perihelion (1.889 AU)
* Apr 13 - Comet Montani Perihelion (3.017 AU)
* Apr 17 - Ulysses At Jupiter's Orbit
* Apr 19 - Comet Tsuchinshan 1 Perihelion (1.496 AU)
* Apr 21 - Cassini, 1st Venus Flyby
* Apr 22 - Venus Passes 0.3 Degrees From Jupiter
* Apr 23 - Moon Occults Venus
* Apr 23 - Moon Occults Jupiter
* Apr 24 - Moon Occults Mercury
* Apr 26 - 150th Anniversary (1848), Graham's Discovery of Asteroid Metis
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