February 2000

     Feb ?? - GLONASS Proton Launch (Russia)
     Feb 01 -[Feb 02] Progress-M43 Soyuz-U Launch (Russia), Successful
     Feb 01 - Asteroid 34 Circe Occults TAC +03 05766 (10.8 Magnitude Star)
     Feb 01 - Comet C/1999 L3 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.033 AU)
     Feb 01 - Asteroid 1999 GJ4 Closest Approach To Earth (0.654 AU)
     Feb 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CX131 At Opposition (42.220 AU - 23.2 Magnitude)
     Feb 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CU153 At Opposition (41.596 AU - 23.4 Magnitude)
     Feb 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CN119 At Opposition (43.580 AU - 24.5 Magnitude)
     Feb 01-04 - International Symposium: From Solar Corona Through Interplanetary Space,
                        Into Earth's Magnetosphere And Ionosphere, Kiev,   Ukraine
     Feb 02 -[Jan 30] Asteroid 1028 Lydina Occults TAC +32 03139 (11.1 Magnitude Star)
     Feb 02 -[Feb 06] Asteroid 2000 BH19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.155 AU)
     Feb 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CH154 At Opposition (41.966 AU - 23.8 Magnitude)
     Feb 02-04 - 2nd ISP Workshop On Analytical Spectrososcopy, Madrid, Spain
     Feb 02-06 - AAS Guidance And Control Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado
     Feb 03 -[Feb 04] NEAR, Eros Rendezvous Maneuver, Successful
     Feb 03 -[Feb 04] Cosmos 2369 Zenit-2 Launch (Russia), Successful
     Feb 03 -[Feb 05] Hispasat-1C Atlas 2AS Launch, Successful
     Feb 03 -[Feb 03] Setsubun In Japan
     Feb 04 - Moon Occults Neptune
     Feb 04 -[Feb 05] Asteroid 2000 BO19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
     Feb 04 -[Feb 05] Asteroid 2000 BK19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
     Feb 04-05 - European AstroFest 2000, London, England
     Feb 05 - Chinese New Year
     Feb 05 -[Feb 02] Manned Chinese Launch?
     Feb 05 - Partial Solar Eclipse (Visible From Antarctica)
     Feb 05 - Moon Occults Uranus
     Feb 05 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 2 Perihelion (1.869 AU)
     Feb 06 - Jupiter Occults TYC 0622 00113 (10.7 Magnitude Star)
     Feb 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 1995 DB2 at Opposition (39.205 AU - 23.6 Magnitude)
     Feb 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DG8 At Opposition (60.546 AU - 26.0 Magnitude)
     Feb 07 -[Feb 04] Asteroid 59 Elpis Occults HIP 19359 (8.9 Magnitude Star)
     Feb 07 - Comet C/1999 J4 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.383 AU)
     Feb 07 - Asteroid 1997 XF11 Closest Approach To Earth (1.157 AU)
     Feb 07 -[Feb 05] Asteroid 2000 BJ19 Closest Approach To Earth (1.294 AU)
     Feb 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1995 DA2 at Opposition (33.133 AU - 23.5 Magnitude)
     Feb 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CR29 at Opposition (41.103 AU - 22.9 Magnitude)
     Feb 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CT29 at Opposition (43.856 AU - 22.8 Magnitude)
     Feb 07 -[Jan 31] Galileo Lecture, Los Angeles, California
     Feb 07 -[Jan 30] 1st Anniversary (1999), STARDUST Launch
     Feb 08 - NEAR, Eros Rendezvous Maneuver
     Feb 08 -[Feb 04] Globalstar-7 Delta 2 Launch
     Feb 08 -[Feb 06] ASTRO-E M-V Launch (Japan)
     Feb 08 -[Feb 06] Asteroid 2000 BF19 Closest Approach To Earth (0.884 AU)
     Feb 08-09 - Deep Space 1 Project Technology Validation Symposium, Pasadena, California
     Feb 08-11 - Meeting On Comparative Aeronomy In The Solar System, Yosemite, California
     Feb 09 -[Feb 02] 1st Soyuz-Fregat Launch (Russia)
     Feb 09 - Comet C/1999 V1 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (2.084 AU)
     Feb 09 - Asteroid 1994 JC Closest Approach To Earth (1.235 AU)
     Feb 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DD8 At Opposition (37.087 AU - 26.9 Magnitude)
     Feb 09 - 10th Anniversary (1990), Galileo Venus Flyby
     Feb 09-10 - Royal Society Meeting On Astronomy, Physics And Chemistry Of H3+, London, England
     Feb 10 - STARDUST At Aphelion
     Feb 10 - Asteroid 1998 BU48 Closest Approach To Earth (25.307 AU - 21.6 Magnitude)
     Feb 11 -[Feb 04] STS-99 Launch, Endeavour, Shuttle Radar Topography
     Feb 11 - Asteroid 1999 DA8 At Opposition (26.240 AU - 26.7 Magnitude)
     Feb 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DB8 At Opposition (37.207 AU - 25.8 Magnitude)
     Feb 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CV29 at Opposition (39.282 AU - 23.2 Magnitude)
     Feb 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DH8 At Opposition (41.835 AU - 25.0 Magnitude)
     Feb 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DF8 At Opposition (43.176 AU - 26.3 Magnitude)
     Feb 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DE8 At Opposition (44.619 AU - 26.2 Magnitude)
     Feb 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DC8 At Opposition (44.898 AU - 26.6 Magnitude)
     Feb 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DA At Opposition (44.939 AU - 24.5 Magnitude)
     Feb 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 DZ7 At Opposition (48.958 AU - 25.8 Magnitude)
     Feb 12 -[Feb 04] Garuda-1 Proton Launch
     Feb 13 - Asteroid 489 Comacini Occults SAO 115231 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
     Feb 14 - NEAR, Asteroid Eros Orbit Insertion
     Feb 14 - Moon Occults Aldebaran
     Feb 14 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (18 Degrees)
     Feb 14 -[Feb 06] Comet P/2000 B3 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.699 AU)
     Feb 14 - 10th Anniversary (1990), Voyager 1 Family Portrait Images
     Feb 15 - Asteroid 102 Miriam Occults HIP 37136 (6.8 Magnitude Star)
     Feb 15 - Asteroid 195 Eurykleia Occults SAO 58392 (8.2 Magnitude Star)
     Feb 15 - Mercury At Perihelion
     Feb 15 - Asteroid 3800 Karayusuf Closest Approach To Earth (0.586 AU)
     Feb 16 - Superbird 4 Ariane 4 Launch
     Feb 16 - Asteroid 1999 VU Near-Earth Flyby (0.339 AU)
     Feb 17 - Progress M1 Soyuz Launch (International Space Station 2P)
     Feb 17 - 35th Anniversary (1965), Ranger 8 Launch (Moon Impact Mission)
     Feb 17-22 - AAAS Annual Meeting and Science Innovation Exposition, Washington DC
     Feb 18 - 70th Anniversary (1930), Clyde Tombaugh's Discovery Of Pluto
     Feb 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CY131 At Opposition (37.008 AU - 23.9 Magnitude)
     Feb 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CM153 At Opposition (40.494 AU - 23.7 Magnitude)
     Feb 20 - Multi-Spectral Thermal Image (MTI) Taurus Launch
     Feb 20 - Asteroid 2000 AY93 Closest Approach To Earth (0.551 AU)
     Feb 20 - Asteroid 10199 Chariklo Closest Approach To Earth (12.385 AU - 17.6 Magnitude)
     Feb 21 -[Jan 30] Asteroid 6172 Prokofeana Closest Approach To Earth (1.560 AU)
     Feb 21 - Asteroid 1474 Beira Closest Approach To Earth (1.860 AU)
     Feb 21-24 - 1st IVS General Meeting, Kotzting, Germany
     Feb 21-25 - Microlensing 2000 Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa
     Feb 22 - Galileo, Io 27 Flyby
     Feb 22 - STARDUST, Aerogel Collector Deployment
     Feb 22 - Venus Passes 0.5 Degrees From Neptune
     Feb 23 - Asteroid 5693 (1993 EA) Closest Approach To Earth (0.938 AU)
     Feb 23 - Asteroid 4486 Mithra Closest Approach To Earth (1.004 AU)
     Feb 23 -[Jan 31] Asteroid 3908 Nyx Closest Approach To Earth (1.318 AU)
     Feb 23 - Asteroid 1999 LD31 Closest Approach To Earth (1.652 AU)
     Feb 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CZ131 At Opposition (41.979 AU - 24.4 Magnitude)
     Feb 23-24 - Workshop On Discovery Missions Program: Lessons Learned, Houston, Texas
     Feb 23-25 - 4th International Symposium On Sources And Detection Of Dark Matter In The Universe, Marina del Rey, California
     Feb 23-29 - Workshop On Mapping The Hidden Universe: The Universe Behind The Milky Way, Guanajuato, Mexico
     Feb 24 - Third Flight Of X-38 (V-132)
     Feb 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CN153 At Opposition (42.284 AU - 24.0 Magnitude)
     Feb 25 -[Feb 05] Asteroid 2000 BL19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.140 AU)
     Feb 25 - Asteroid 1999 FK21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.336 AU)
     Feb 26 -[Jan 31] Asteroid 44 Nysa Occults SAO 13986 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
     Feb 27 - Comet C/1999 K3 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.929 AU)
     Feb 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CA132 At Opposition (38.671 AU - 23.4 Magnitude)
     Feb 27-Mar 02 - Space 2000 & Robotics 2000 Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico
     Feb 28 - Sea Launch/ICO Zenit-3SL Launch
     Feb 28 - Comet C/2000 A1 (Montani) Perihelion (9.783 AU)
     Feb 29 -[Jan 31] Express A2 Proton Launch (Russia)
     Feb 29 -[Feb 01] Asteroid 1357 Khama Occults SAO 76874 (8.4 Magnitude Star)
     Feb 29 - Asteroid 8566 (1996 EN) Closest Approach To Earth (1.092 AU)
     Feb 29 - Asteroid 1994 CN2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.195 AU)
     Feb 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CP133 At Opposition (30.820 AU - 22.5 Magnitude)
     Feb 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 1997 CQ29 at Opposition (40.401 AU - 22.8 Magnitude)
     Feb 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CQ153 At Opposition (43.340 AU - 24.0 Magnitude)
     Feb 29-Mar 04 - Symposium On Magetic Reconnection In Space And Laboratory Plasmas, Tokyo, Japan
 
 

March 2000

     Mar ?? - Badr-2 Zenit-2 Launch
     Mar ?? - 2nd Soyuz-Fregat Launch (Cluster Replicas)
     Mar ?? - Eurockot Rockot Launch (Russia)
     Mar ?? - Sirius Satellite Radio Proton Launch
     Mar 01 - Asteroid 1999 NC43 Near-Earth Flyby (0.314 AU)
     Mar 02 - IMAGE Delta 2 Launch
     Mar 02 - Moon Occults Neptune
     Mar 03 - Asteroid 15 Eunomia At Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
     Mar 03 - Asteroid 5604 1992 FE Near-Earth Flyby (0.2176 AU)
     Mar 03 - Asteroid 4995 (1984 QR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.595 AU)
     Mar 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CT153 At Opposition (39.950 AU - 24.2 Magnitude)
     Mar 03-05 - Contact 2000, Santa Clara, California
     Mar 04 - Moon Occults Uranus
     Mar 04 - Moon Occults Venus
     Mar 04 - Venus Passes 0.3 Degrees From Uranus
     Mar 04 - Comet Urata-Niijima Perihelion (4.384 AU)
     Mar 04 - Asteroid 1917 Cuyo Closest Approach To Earth (1.837 AU)
     Mar 06 - Comet C/1999 H3 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.185 AU)
     Mar 06 - Astrophysical Chemistry Group Meeting, London, England
     Mar 06-09 - International Conference On Solar Eruptive Events, Washington DC
     Mar 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CY118 At Opposition (33.939 AU - 24.0 Magnitude)
     Mar 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1994 ES2 at Opposition (44.204 AU - 24.0 Magnitude)
     Mar 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CR153 At Opposition (39.914 AU - 24.3 Magnitude)
     Mar 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CA119 At Opposition (44.160 AU - 24.2 Magnitude)
     Mar 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CB119 At Opposition (40.198 AU - 22.9 Magnitude)
     Mar 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CW118 At Opposition (42.462 AU - 24.1 Magnitude)
     Mar 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CC119 At Opposition (43.292 AU - 23.4 Magnitude)
     Mar 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CZ118 At Opposition (44.571 AU - 24.4 Magnitude)
     Mar 11 -[Feb 02] Asteroid 181 Eucharis Occults TAC +16 3617 (10.6 Magnitude Star)
     Mar 11 - Comet Lovas 2 Perihelion (1.454 AU)
     Mar 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 FS144 At Opposition (40.887 AU - 22.8 Magnitude)
     Mar 11 - 40th Anniversary (1960), Pioneer 5 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
     Mar 11-18 - 20th Moriond Astrophysics Meeting: Cosmological Physics With Gravitational Lensing, Savoie, France
     Mar 12 - Asteroid 1865 Cerberus Closest Approach To Earth (0.440 AU)
     Mar 12 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CD119 At Opposition (44.167 AU - 23.8 Magnitude)
     Mar 13 - Percival Lowell's 145th Birthday (1855)
     Mar 13-17 - 31st Lunar And Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), Houston, Texas
     Mar 14 - Gamma Ray Observatory Deorbited From Earth Orbit?
     Mar 14 - Asteroid 45 Eugenia At Opposition (10.8 Magnitude)
     Mar 14 - Asteroid 1998 SD15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.337 AU)
     Mar 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CX118 At Opposition (43.706 AU - 23.3 Magnitude)
     Mar 14-17 - ITP Conference On Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Santa Barbara, California
     Mar 15 - MLV-10 Atlas Launch
     Mar 15 - Asteroid 1999 TC5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.338 AU)
     Mar 15 - 25th Anniversary (1975), Helios 1 Closest Approach To The Sun (0.309 AU)
     Mar 15-18 - International Workshop On Stars, Gas And Dust In Galaxies, La Serena, Chile
     Mar 16 -[Feb 04] AsiaStar/ Insat-3B Ariane 505 Launch
     Mar 16 - Mercury Passes 0.3 Degrees From Venus
     Mar 16 - Asteroid 1999 TK12 Closest Approach To Earth (0.450 AU)
     Mar 16 - Asteroid 3671 Dionysus Closest Approach To Earth (1.409 AU)
     Mar 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CE119 At Opposition (28.723 AU - 23.3 Magnitude)
     Mar 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 CW131 At Opposition (42.714 AU - 24.5 Magnitude)
     Mar 16 - 25th Anniversary (1975), Mariner 10, 3rd Mercury Flyby
     Mar 16 - Caroline Herschel's 250th Birthday (1750)
     Mar 18 - 35th Anniversary (1965), 1st Spacewalk, Leonov On Voshkhod 2
     Mar 18-25 - IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana
     Mar 19 - Asteroid 1991 DB Near-Earth Flyby (0.102 AU)
     Mar 20 - NRO Atlas 2AS Launch
     Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox, 07:25 UT
     Mar 20-24 - European Space Components Conference, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
     Mar 20-24 - STAR2000 Conference: Dynamics Of Star Clusters And The Milky Way, Heidelberg, Germany
     Mar 20-24 - Chapman Conference On Space Weather, Clearwater, Florida
     Mar 21 -[Feb 03] Asteroid 52 Europa At Opposition (10.4 Magnitude)
     Mar 21 - Comet Clark Closest Approach To Earth (1.755 AU)
     Mar 21 - 35th Anniversary (1965), Ranger 9 Launch (Moon Impact Mission)
     Mar 22 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 HX11 At Opposition (37.677 AU - 22.7 Magnitude)
     Mar 22 - Kuiper Belt Object 1994 GV9 at Opposition (41.280 AU - 23.4 Magnitude)
     Mar 22-24 - Meeting On Astrophysics With The Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer, Greenbelt, Maryland
     Mar 23 - Asteroid 2139 Makharadze Closest Approach To Earth (1.812 AU)
     Mar 23 - Asteroid 5836 (1993 MF) Closest Approach To Earth (2.148 AU)
     Mar 23 - Washington Area Astronomers Meeting, College Park, Maryland
     Mar 23 - 35th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 3 Launch
     Mar 25 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 JA132 At Opposition (43.542 AU - 24.2 Magnitude)
     Mar 25 - 345th Anniversary (1655), Huygens Discovery Of Saturn Moon Titan
     Mar 26 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (Europe)
     Mar 26 - Asteroid 1992 FL1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.493 AU)
     Mar 26 - Asteroid 1999 JV127 Closest Approach To Earth (21.723 AU)
     Mar 26 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 HN151 At Opposition (38.907 AU - 24.8 Magnitude)
     Mar 26 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 HO151 At Opposition (44.028 AU - 24.8 Magnitude)
     Mar 26-30 - 219th American Chemical Society National Meeting: Geochemistry And The Origins Of Life, San Francisco, California
     Mar 27 - Asteroid 1994 QC Near-Earth Flyby (0.283 AU)
     Mar 27 - Asteroid 4954 Eric Closest Approach To Earth (1.565 AU)
     Mar 27-29 - Workshop on Photolysis and Radiolysis of Outer Solar System Ices, Laurel, Maryland
     Mar 27-30 - ISTP Science Workshop, Greenbelt, Maryland
     Mar 27-31 - Symposium On Astronomical Telescopes And Instrumentation, Munich, Germany
     Mar 27-31 - 28th International Symposium On Remote Sensing Of Environment, Capetown, South Africa
     Mar 27-31 - IAU Colloquium 180: Towards Models And Constants For Sub-Microarcsecond Astrometry, Washington DC
     Mar 28 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (27.8 Degrees)
     Mar 28 - Asteroid 1 Ceres At Opposition (7.0 Magnitude)
     Mar 29 -[Feb 01] Asteroid 51 Nemausa At Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
     Mar 29 - Asteroid 1862 Apollo Closest Approach To Earth (0.868 AU)
     Mar 29 - Asteroid 1992 SL Closest Approach To Earth (1.142 AU)
     Mar 29 - Asteroid 1999 HD12 Closest Approach To Earth (13.066 AU - 24.2 Magntiude)
     Mar 30 - LMI-3 Proton Launch
     Mar 30 - Moon Occults Neptune
     Mar 30 -[Feb 03] Asteroid 44 Nysa Occults SAO 139222 (10.1 Magnitude Star)
     Mar 30 - Asteroid 1627 Ivar Closest Approach To Earth (1.049 AU)
     Mar 30-Apr 01 - 3rd Annual Conference On Laboratory Astrophysics With Intense Lasers, Houston, Texas
     Mar 31 -[Feb 02] Soyuz TM Launch (Mir-28 Crew)
     Mar 31 - Moon Occults Uranus
     Mar 31 - Asteroid 1997 GH28 Closest Approach To Earth (0.925 AU)
     Mar 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 HY11 At Opposition (38.640 AU - 24.3 Magnitude)
 
 

April 2000

     Apr ?? - Artemis/DASH H-2A Launch (Maiden Launch Of The H-2A)
     Apr ?? - Galaxy 4-R Ariane 4 Launch
     Apr ?? -[Jan 31] Sesat Proton Launch
     Apr 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 HB12 At Opposition (35.324 AU - 22.3 Magnitude)
     Apr 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 HZ11 At Opposition (38.050 AU - 24.3 Magnitude)
     Apr 02 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (North America)
     Apr 02 - Progress M1 Soyuz Launch (International Space Station 3P)
     Apr 02 - Asteroid 26 Proserpina At Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
     Apr 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 HR11 At Opposition (41.400 AU - 23.3 Magnitude)
     Apr 03 -[Feb 06] DSP-20 Titan 4B Launch
     Apr 03 - Comet Wild 1 Closest Approach To Earth (1.256 AU)
     Apr 03 - Asteroid 6564 Asher Closest Approach To Earth (0.742 AU)
     Apr 03-05 - 1st Annual Astrobiology Science Conference, Mountain View, California
     Apr 03-05 - IAF Specialists Symposium: Bringing Space Into Education, Strasbourg, France
     Apr 03-06 - AIAA Space Inflatables Forum, Atlanta, Georgia
     Apr 03-07 - Millennium Conference On Earth, Planetary & Solar System Sciences, 25th General Assembly Of The European Geophysical Society,
     Florence, Italy
     Apr 03-08 - 5th International Conference On Radioactive Nuclear Beams, Divonne, France
     Apr 03-09 - Astronomy Week
     Apr 04 -[Feb 01] Asteroid 1999 XR35 Closest Approach To Earth (0.949 AU)
     Apr 05 - Comet C/1999 J2 (Skiff) Perihelion (7.110 AU)
     Apr 05 - Asteroid 5297 (1988 HE) Closest Approach To Earth (1.697 AU)
     Apr 05-07 - ESA-CERN Workshop: Fundamental Physics In Space And Related Topics, Geneva, Switzerland
     Apr 06 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #86 (OTM-86)
     Apr 06 - Mars Passes 1.0 Degrees From Jupiter
     Apr 06 - Asteroid 3122 Florence Closest Approach To Earth (1.527 AU)
     Apr 06 - Asteroid 7103 (1953 GH) Closest Approach To Earth (1.968 AU)
     Apr 07 -[Feb 02] Asteroid 44 Nysa At Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
     Apr 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1993 FW at Opposition (40.947 AU - 23.2 Magnitude)
     Apr 08 - Astronomy Day
     Apr 08 - Asteroid 1994 PM Near-Earth Flyby (0.270 AU)
     Apr 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 HR151 At Opposition (38.939 AU - 24.6 Magnitude)
     Apr 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1995 HM5 at Opposition (30.854 AU - 23.0 Magntude)
     Apr 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 HH151 At Opposition (31.714 AU - 23.5 Magnitude)
     Apr 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 HL151 At Opposition (37.299 AU - 23.9 Magnitude)
     Apr 09-12 - Meeting On Dynamical Astronomy, Yosemite National Park, California
     Apr 09-14 - AP2000 Millennium Conference On Antennas & Propagation, Davos, Switzerland
     Apr 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 KG66 At Opposition (44.199 AU - 25.4 Magnitude)
     Apr 10-14 - Conference On The Chronology Of Mars In Comparison With Inner Solar Bodies, Bern, Switzerland
     Apr 10-14 - IAU Colloquium 181: Dust In The Solar System And Other Planetary Systems, Canterbury, England
     Apr 10-15 - IAU Symposium 200: The Formation Of Binary Stars, Potsdam, Germany
     Apr 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 KD66 At Opposition (39.896 AU - 25.0 Magnitude)
     Apr 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 KE66 At Opposition (41.061 AU - 25.2 Magnitude)
     Apr 11 - 30th Anniversary (1970), Apollo 13 Launch (Attempted Manned Moon Landing)
     Apr 11-14 - Symposium: A Decade Of Hubble Space Telescope Science, Baltimore, Maryland
     Apr 12 - Mercury Occults 147015 (7.3 Magnitude Star)
     Apr 13 - STS-101 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space Station 2A.2A
     Apr 13 -[Feb 04] Earth Orbiter 1 (EO-1)/ SAC-C Delta 2 Launch
     Apr 13 - Fourth Flight Of X-38 (V-132)
     Apr 13 - Asteroid 1992 DC Closest Approach To Earth (0.853 AU)
     Apr 13 - Asteroid 1998 PG Closest Approach To Earth (1.801 AU)
     Apr 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 KF66 At Opposition (30.151 AU - 24.7 Magnitude)
     Apr 14 - Eutelsat-W4 Atlas 3A Launch
     Apr 14 - Asteroid 20 Massalia At Opposition (9.2 Magnitude)
     Apr 14-15 - International Meeting On Eclipses And The Solar Corona, Paris, France
     Apr 14-17 - Spacetime 2000: Annual Conference Of The Royal Astronimical Society Of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
     Apr 15 -[Feb 05] TSX-5 Pegasus XL Launch
     Apr 15 - Mars Passes 2.3 Degrees From Saturn
     Apr 15 - Asteroid 5145 Pholus Closest Approach To Earth (14.108 AU - 18.9 Magnitude)
     Apr 15 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 HA12 At Opposition (39.571 AU - 23.9 Magnitude)
     Apr 16 - Asteroid 7914 (1978 UW7) Closest Approach To Earth (1.353 AU)
     Apr 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 HG12 At Opposition (41.985 AU - 23.7 Magnitude)
     Apr 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 HV11 At Opposition (42.475 AU - 23.5 Magnitude)
     Apr 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 HS11 At Opposition (42.765 AU - 22.6 Magnitude)
     Apr 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 HU11 At Opposition (42.813 AU - 23.7 Magnitude)
     Apr 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 1994 EV3 at Opposition (43.680 AU - 23.5 Magnitude)
     Apr 16-19 - Leonid MAC Workshop, Tel Aviv, Israel
     Apr 17 - Asteroid 11500 (1989 UR) Near-Earth Flyby (0.270 AU)
     Apr 17 - Asteroid 10370 (1995 DW2) At Opposition (18.186 AU - 20.8 Magnitude)
     Apr 17 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 HW11 At Opposition (40.750 AU - 23.0 Magnitude)
     Apr 17 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 HT11 At Opposition (40.765 AU - 23.4 Magnitude)
     Apr 17 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 GS46 At Opposition (40.901 AU - 23.0 Magnitude)
     Apr 17 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 HH12 At Opposition (42.988 AU - 23.7 Magnitude)
     Apr 17-19 - Pheno 2000 Symposium: Phenomenology For The NU Century, Madison, Wisconsin
     Apr 17-20 - Geoscience 2000 Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom
     Apr 17-21 - IAU Colloquium 182: Sources And Scintillations: Refraction And Scattering In Radio Astronomy, Guiyang, China
     Apr 18 - Comet Ciffreo Perihelion (1.713 AU)
     Apr 18 - Asteroid 1997 TD Closest Approach To Earth (1.631 AU)
     Apr 18 - 10th Anniversary (1990), Hiten, Moon Flyby
     Apr 19 - Asteroid 1999 VS6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.134 AU)
     Apr 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 KR16 At Opposition (38.173 AU - 21.6 Magnitude)
     Apr 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 1996 GQ21 At Opposition (39.524 AU - 21.3 Magnitude)
     Apr 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 KS16 At Opposition (39.823 AU - 23.9 Magnitude)
     Apr 19 - 25th Anniversary (1975), Aryabhata Launch (India's First Satellite)
     Apr 20 - Asteroid 3552 Don Quixote Closest Approach To Earth (2.120 AU)
     Apr 21 - GPS 2R-4 Delta 2 Launch
     Apr 21 - Comet Swift-Gehrels Perihelion (1.340 AU)
     Apr 22 - Earth Day
     Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
     Apr 22 - Jupiter Passes 0.1 Degrees From 93108 (7.7 Magnitude Star)
     Apr 22 - Asteroid 5332 (1990 DA) Closest Approach To Earth (1.745 AU)
     Apr 23 - Easter Sunday
     Apr 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 JE132 At Opposition (37.137 AU - 24.4 Magnitude)
     Apr 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 JK132 At Opposition (38.113 AU - 25.1 Magnitude)
     Apr 24 - Comet C/1999 K8 (LINEAR) Perihelion (4.200 AU)
     Apr 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 JH132 At Opposition (41.002 AU - 25.8 Magnitude)
     Apr 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 JD132 At Opposition (41.606 AU - 24.0 Magnitude)
     Apr 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 KK17 At Opposition (44.537 AU - 25.3 Magnitude)
     Apr 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 KT16 At Opposition (45.411 AU - 25.4 Magnitude)
     Apr 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 JJ132 At Opposition (49.449 AU - 25.8 Magnitude)
     Apr 25 - ICO-D2 Delta 3 Launch
     Apr 25 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 JF132 At Opposition (43.458 AU - 24.3 Magnitude)
     Apr 25 - 10th Aniversary (1990), Hubble Space Telescope Deployment
     Apr 25-27 - Oort Centenary: Looking Ahead In Wonder, Leiden, The Netherlands
     Apr 25-29 - 25th Generaly Assembly Of The European Geophysical Society, Nice, France
     Apr 26 - Moon Occults Neptune
     Apr 27 - Asteroid 1508 Kemi Closest Approach To Earth (2.112 AU)
     Apr 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 JB132 At Opposition (36.184 AU - 23.9 Magnitude)
     Apr 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 JC132 At Opposition (38.162 AU - 24.6 Magnitude)
     Apr 27-29 - Workshop On The Far-Infrared And Submillimeter Spectral Energy Distributions Of Active And Starburst Galaxies, Groningen, The
     Netherlands
     Apr 28 - CHAMP Cosmos Launch (Russia)
     Apr 28 - Mercury Passes 0.3 Degrees From Venus
     Apr 28 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke At Opposition
     Apr 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 1994 JQ1 at Opposition (41.897 AU - 23.3 Magnitude)
     Apr 28 - Jan Oort's 100th Birthday (1900)
     Apr 30 - OrbView-3 Pegasus XL Launch
 
 

May 2000

     May ?? - Progress-M Soyuz-U Launch (Russia)
     May ?? - Odin Start-1 Launch
     May ?? - HETE-2 Pegasus XL Launch
     May ?? - Panamsat 1R Ariane 4 Launch
     May ?? - Astra 2B/GE-7 Ariane 506 Launch
     May ?? - EchoStar-6 Atlas 2AS Launch
     May 01-05 - Meeting On Space Weather Week, Boulder, Colorado
     May 02 - Asteroid 1995 UO5 Closest Approach To Earth (0.413 AU)
     May 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 HC12 At Opposition (38.073 AU - 22.8 Magnitude)
     May 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 HJ12 At Opposition (43.027 AU - 23.5 Magnitude)
     May 02-04 - 2nd NRO/AIAA Workshop On Space Launch Integration, Chantilly, Virginia
     May 02-05 - 4th IAA International Conference On Low-Cost Planetary Missions, Laurel, Maryland
     May 02-05 - 9th Symposium On Product Data Technology Europe 2000, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
     May 03 - GOES-L Atlas IIA Launch
     May 03 - Asteroid 10563 (1993 WD) Near-Earth Flyby (0.336 AU)
     May 03-06 - Middle Atlantic Planetarium Conference 2000, Prince Frederick, Maryland
     May 04 - Space Day
     May 04 - Asteroid A908 SA Closest Approach To Earth (1.314 AU)
     May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
     May 05 - Planetary Allignment
     May 06 - Asteroid 1999 TL12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.362 AU)
     May 07 - ICO-D1 Delta 3 Launch
     May 08 - Mercury Passes 0.8 Degrees From Jupiter
     May 08-12 - Conference On Astrophysical Turbulence, Santa Barbara, California
     May 09 - Mercury Passes 2.1 Degrees From Saturn
     May 10 -[Feb 06] Asteroid 2000 BG19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.379 AU)
     May 10 - Asteroid 1999 AE4 Closest Approach To Earth (1.868 AU)
     May 10-12 - 34th Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium, Greenbelt, Maryland
     May 11 - Comet Holmes Perihelion (2.166 AU)
     May 11 - Comet C/1999 J2 (Skiff) Closest Approach To Earth (6.516 AU)
     May 13 - Mercury At Perihelion
     May 14 - Asteroid 1999 XQ35 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
     May 14 - Asteroid 1998 KV2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.765 AU)
     May 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 HP151 At Opposition (41.685 AU - 23.6 Magnitude)
     May 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 HJ151 At Opposition (41.019 AU - 23.7 Magnitude)
     May 14-18 - Spacebound 2000 Microgravity Sciences Conference, Vancouver, Canada
     May 15 - Asteroid 10 Hygiea At Opposition (9.1 Magnitude)
     May 15 - Asteroid 5 Astraea At Opposition (10.1 Magnitude)
     May 15 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 HQ151 At Opposition (27.569 AU - 23.3 Magnitude)
     May 15 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 HK151 At Opposition (29.386 AU - 22.3 Magnitude)
     May 15-17 - 2000 CEDAR Storm Study Workshop, Westford, Massachusetts
     May 15-19 - 3rd Round Table On Micro/Nano-Technologies For Space, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
     May 15-19 - Conference On The Astrophysics Of Galactic Cosmic Rays, Bern, Switzerland
     May 16 -[Jan 30] Asteroid 19 Fortuna At Opposition (10.7 Magnitude)
     May 16 - Asteroid 1998 WT24 Closest Approach To Earth (0.590 AU)
     May 16-20 - Meeting On Asteroids, Meteorites, Impacts And Their Consequences, Nordlingen Im Ries, Bavaria, Germany
     May 16-20 - International Conference On Substorms-5, St. Petersburg, Russia
     May 17 - Venus Passes 0.1 Degrees From Jupiter
     May 18 - Venus Passes 1.2 Degrees From Saturn
     May 19 - Mercury Passes 1.1 Degrees From Mars
     May 19 -[Feb 04] Asteroid 89 Julia At Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)
     May 19 - Comet P/1999 DN3 (Korlevic-Juric) Closest Approach To Earth (3.334 AU)
     May 21 - Asteroid 7092 Cadmus Near-Earth Flyby (0.343 AU)
     May 21-24 - Conference On Gas And Galaxy Evolultion, Socorro, New Mexico
     May 21-25 - Meeting On The Interstellar Medium In M31 And M33, Bad Honnef, Germany
     May 22 -[Feb 05] Asteroid 2000 BM19 Closest Approach To Earth (0.416 AU)
     May 22 - Kuiper Belt Object 1998 HM151 At Opposition (42.553 AU - 24.3 Magnitude)
     May 22 - 5th Anniversary (1995), Saturn Ring Plane Crossing (1 of 3)
     May 22-26 - American Society For Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing Annual Conference, Washington DC
     May 22-26 - Workshop On Waves In Dusty, Solar And Space Plasmas, Leuven, Belgium
     May 22-28 - 7th Conference On Intersections Between Particle And Nuclear Physics, Quebec City, Canada
     May 23-27 -[Feb 01] Conference On The Evolution Of Galaxies, Granada, Spain
     May 24 -[Feb 05] STARDUST, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #3 (TCM-3)
     May 24-27 - 1st KIAS Astrophysics Workshop: Explosive Phenomena in Astrophysical Compact Objects, Seoul, Korea
     May 24-28 - 4th Workshop Of ESF-IMPACT: Response Of The Earth System To Impact Processes, Lappajarvi, Finland
     May 25 - 1st Flight Of X-38 (V-131R)
     May 25-28 - Canadian Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada
     May 26 - Comet C/1999 N4 (LINEAR) Perihelion (5.497 AU)
     May 28 - Jupiter Passes 1.1 Degrees From Saturn
     May 28-Jun 01 - 4th Tetons Conference On Galctic Structure, Stars And ISM, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
     May 29 - Asteroid 1999 KW4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.129 AU)
     May 29-Jun 02 - Workshop On Waves In Dusty, Solar And Space Plasmas, Leuven, Belgium
     May 29-Jun 03 - Joint European And National Astronomical Meeting for 2000 (JENAM 2000), Moscow, Russia
     May 29-Jun 03 - Bologna 2000 Conference: Structure Of The Nucleus At The Dawn Of The Century, Bologna, Italy
     May 30 - Galileo, Ganymede 28 Flyby
     May 30 - Asteroid 2060 Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (9.065 AU - 16.4 Magnitude)
     May 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 1994 JS at Opposition (33.976 AU - 23.4 Magnitude)
     May 30 - European Space Agency's 25th Birthday (1975)
     May 30-Jun 03 - 2000 Spring Meeting Of The American Geophysical Union (AGU), Washington DC
 
 

June 2000

     Jun ?? - Brasilsat B4 Ariane 4 Launch
     Jun 01 - Comet West-Kohoutek-Ikemura Perihelion (1.596 AU)
     Jun 01 - Asteroid 17 Thetis At Opposition (10.1 Magnitude)
     Jun 01 - Pluto At Opposition
     Jun 01-03 - Kipfest: A Symposium In Honor Of Kip Thorne's 60th Birthday, Pasadena, California
     Jun 02 - Asteroid 1999 MN Near-Earth Flyby (0.156 AU)
     Jun 03 - 35th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 4 Launch
     Jun 04 - Comet C/1999 N4 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (4.581 AU)
     Jun 04 - Asteroid 8405 Asbolus Closest Approach To Earth (6.947 AU)
     Jun 04-08 - 196th AAS Meeting, Rochester, New York
     Jun 05 - Asteroid 1999 HF1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.693 AU)
     Jun 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 1994 JR1 at Opposition (33.767 AU - 23.2 Magnitude)
     Jun 05-08 -[Feb 02] UKRASTRO 2000: Astronomy In Ukraine - 2000 And Beyond, Kyiv, Ukraine
     Jun 08 - Asteroid 1999 LS7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.158 AU)
     Jun 08 - Mercury Occults 78855 (6.9 Magnitude Star)
     Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 Closest Approach To Earth (5.053 AU)
     Jun 08 - 25th Anniversary (1975), Venera 9 Launch (USSR Venus Lander & Orbiter)
     Jun 08 - Giovanni Cassini's 375th Birthday (1625)
     Jun 09 - Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation (24 Degrees)
     Jun 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1996 KV1 at Opposition (39.648 AU - 23.6 Magnitude)
     Jun 11 - 15th Anniversary (1985), Vega 1 Venus Landing
     Jun 12 - NOAA-L Titan II Launch
     Jun 12 - Asteroid 39 Laetitia At Opposition (10.1 Magnitude)
     Jun 12-14 - 6th Circumpolar Symposium On Remote Sensing Of Polar Environments, Yellowknife, Canada
     Jun 12-16 - Conference On Galaxy Disks And Disk Galaxies, Rome, Italy
     Jun 12-18 - 9th IAGA Workshop On Geomagnetic Observatory Instruments, Hurbanovo, Slovakia
     Jun 13 -[Feb 04] Asteroid 3553 Mera Closest Approach To Earth (1.174 AU)
     Jun 13-15 - International Space Station Forum 2000: New Opportunities In Space, Berlin, Germany
     Jun 14 -[Feb 05] MightySat II Minotaur Launch
     Jun 14 - Asteroid 11 Parthenope At Opposition (9.2 Magnitude)
     Jun 14 - Asteroid 2382 Nonie Closest Approach To Earth (1.060 AU)
     Jun 14 - 25th Anniversary (1975), Venera 10 Launch (USSR Venus Lander & Orbiter)
     Jun 14-17 - Shine 2000 Summer Workshop, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
     Jun 14-18 -[Feb 04] International Conference On Challenges For Science And Engineering In The 21st Century, Stockholm, Sweden
     Jun 15 - Cluster-2 (FM6 & FM7) Soyuz-Fregat Launch
     Jun 15 - GPS 2R-5 Delta 2 Launch
     Jun 15 - 15th Anniversary (1985), Vega 2 Venus Landing
     Jun 15-18 - Amateur-Professional Minor Planet Workshop 2000, Alfred, New York
     Jun 16 - Asteroid 1997 WT22 Closest Approach To Earth (0.675 AU)
     Jun 16-21 - 19th International Conference On Neutrino Physics & Astrophysics, Sudbury, Canada
     Jun 17 - Asteroid 1999 JV6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.163 AU)
     Jun 18 -[Feb 06] Russian Zvezda Service Module Proton Launch (International Space Station Element)
     Jun 18 - ICO-D3 Delta 3 Launch
     Jun 18-22 - AAS Meeting - Solar Physics Division, Stateline, Nevada
     Jun 19 - Comet C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.885 AU)
     Jun 19-23 - 6th International Space Ops 2000 Symposium, Toulouse, France
     Jun 19-29 - NATO Symposium On Space Storms And Space Weather Hazards, Crete, Greece
     Jun 20 - Asteroid 7066 Nessus Closest Approach To Earth (14.770 AU - 21.6 Magnitude)
     Jun 20 - 330th Anniversary (1670), Discovery Of Nova 1670 Vulpeculae
     Jun 21 - Summer Solstice, 01:36 UT
     Jun 21 - Venus Passes 0.3 Degrees From Mars
     Jun 21 - Comet Shoemaker 2 Perihelion (1.319 AU)
     Jun 21 - Comet Reinmuth 2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.723 AU)
     Jun 21-23 - 4th European Workshop On Low Temperature Electronics (WOLTE-4), Noordwijk, The Netherlands
     Jun 22 - Progress M1 Soyuz Launch (International Space Station 5P)
     Jun 22 - Asteroid 1998 MN14 Closest Approach To Earth (0.442 AU)
     Jun 22 - Asteroid 1999 LV1 Closest Approach To Earth (2.125 AU)
     Jun 22 - 325th Birthday (1675), Royal Greenwich Observatory Founded
     Jun 23 - GRACE Eurockot Rockot Launch
     Jun 23 - Comet Daniel Perihelion (2.157 AU)
     Jun 24 - NASA Wallops Flight Facility Open House
     Jun 24 - Asteroid 704 Interamnia At Opposition (10.2 Magnitude)
     Jun 24 - Asteroid 1994 AW1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.507 AU)
     Jun 25-30 - 2000 CEDAR Workshop, Boulder, Colorado
     Jun 26 - Asteroid 344 Desiderata At Opposition (9.8 Magnitude)
     Jun 26 - Charles Messier's 270th Birthday (1730)
     Jun 26-30 - 1st Guillermo Haro Lectures On The Starburst-AGN Connection, Tonantzintla, Puebla, Mexico
     Jun 27-30 - 2000 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Tokyo, Japan
     Jun 27-30 - 9th UN/ESA Workshop On Basic Space Sciences, Toulouse, France
     Jun 27-Jul 01 - Nuclei In The Cosmos 2000 Conference, Aarhus, Denmark
     Jun 28 - Asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1) Closest Approach To Earth (0.647 AU)
     Jun 28 - Asteroid 1999 FJ5 Closest Approach To Earth (1.001 AU)
     Jun 29 - TDRS-H Atlas Launch
     Jun 29 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 8 Closest Approach To Earth (1.936 AU)
 
 

July 2000

     Jul ?? - 1st Test Flight Of The X-33
     Jul ?? - Eurasiasat-1 506 Launch
     Jul 01 - HESSI Pegasus XL Launch
     Jul 01 - Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible From South America, South Pacific Ocean
     Jul 02 - Mercury Passes 5 Degrees From Venus
     Jul 02 - 15th Anniversay (1985), Giotto Launch
     Jul 03-07 - US - European Celestial Mechanics Workshop, Poznan, Poland
     Jul 03-07 - Meeting On The Physics Of Galaxy Formation, Tsukuba, Japan
     Jul 04 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
     Jul 04 - Comet C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.255 AU)
     Jul 04 - Asteroid 40 Harmonia At Opposition (9.3 Magnitude)
     Jul 04-08 - IAP 2000: Constructing The Universe With Clusters Of Galaxies, Paris, France
     Jul 07 - Asteroid 1998 QR52 Near-Earth Flyby (0.213 AU)
     Jul 08 - NRO Titan 4B Launch
     Jul 08 - Asteroid 1999 YG3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.384 AU)
     Jul 09-12 - Conference On Catastrophic Events & Mass Extinctions: Impacts And Beyond, Vienna, Austria
     Jul 10-14 - International Workshop On Interacting Winds From Massive Stars, Isles De La Madeleine, Quebec, Canada
     Jul 10-15 - ICEUM4: 4th International Conference On The Exploration And Utilization Of The Moon, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
     Jul 11 - Iridium 12 Delta 2 Launch
     Jul 11 - Asteroid 1986 JK Near-Earth Flyby (0.1218 AU)
     Jul 12 - Venus At Perihelion
     Jul 12 - Asteroid 80 Sappho At Opposition (10.2 Magnitude)
     Jul 13 - Cluster-2 (Phoenix & FM8) Soyuz-Fregat Launch
     Jul 13-19 - 112th Annual Meeting Of The Astronomical Society Of The Pacific, Pasadena, California
     Jul 14 - Asteroid 1999 JD6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.363 AU)
     Jul 14 - 35th Anniversary (1965), Mariner 4 Mars Flyby
     Jul 15 - 25th Anniversary (1975), Apollo 18 Launch (Apollo-Soyuz)
     Jul 15-18 - 112th Annual Meeting Of The Astronomical Society OF The Pacific, Pasadena, California
     Jul 16 - Lunar Eclipse
     Jul 16 -[Jan 30] Asteroid 433 Eros Closest Approach To Earth (0.764 AU)
     Jul 16 - Asteroid 8114 Lafcadio Closest Approach To Earth (1.083 AU)
     Jul 16-19 - 36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Huntsville, Alabama
     Jul 16-23 - 33rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Warsaw, Poland
     Jul 17 - Soyuz Launch (International Space Station 2S Crew)
     Jul 17 - Asteroid 4 Vesta At Opposition (5.4 Magnitude)
     Jul 17 - 25th Anniversary (1975), Apollo-Soyuz Handshake
     Jul 17-18 - The Cosmos In The Classroom 2: A Symposium On The Triumphs And Tribulations Of Teaching Astronomy To Non-Science Majors,
     Pasadena, California
     Jul 17-20 - 9th Annual AIAA/BMDO Technology Conference, San Diego, California
     Jul 17-21 -[Feb 03] 11th International Symposium On Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions, Campinas, Brazil
     Jul 17-28 - Conference On Cosmology And Particle Physics, Verbier, Switzerland
     Jul 18 - 35th Anniversary (1965), Zond 3 Launch (USSR Moon Flyby Mission)
     Jul 19-22 - Astrocon 2000, Ventura, California
     Jul 20 - Comet C/1997 BA6 (Spacewatch) Closest Approach To Earth (3.200 AU)
     Jul 22 - Asteroid 4953 (1990 MU) Closest Approach To Earth (0.943 AU)
     Jul 23 - Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) Near-Earth Flyby (0.373 AU)
     Jul 24 - Asteroid P/1999 J5 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.010 AU)
     Jul 24 - 50th Anniversary (1950), 1st Launch Of Bumper Rocket At Cape Canaveral
     Jul 24-28 - COSPAR Colloquium On The Outer Heliosphere: The Next Frontier, Potsdam, Germany
     Jul 25 - Asteroid 1997 WU22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.226 AU)
     Jul 25 - Christoph Scheiner's 425th Birthday (1575)
     Jul 26 - Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) Perihelion (0.764 AU)
     Jul 26 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 OY3 At Opposition (37.877 AU - 22.7 Magnitude)
     Jul 26 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 OL4 At Opposition (40.593 AU - 24.1 Magnitude)
     Jul 26 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 OK4 At Opposition (43.843 AU - 24.2 Magnitude)
     Jul 27 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (19 Degrees)
     Jul 27 - Asteroid 1998 BB10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
     Jul 27 - Asteroid 12711 (1991 BB) Near-Earth Flyby (0.1662 AU)
     Jul 27 - Neptune At Opposition
     Jul 27 - Asteroid 1999 OX3 Closest Approach To Earth (27.584 AU - 22.0 Magnitude)
     Jul 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 OH4 At Opposition (37.487 AU - 23.9 Magnitude)
     Jul 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 OD4 At Opposition (43.085 AU - 23.8 Magnitude)
     Jul 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 OO4 At Opposition (38.692 AU - 24.0 Magnitude)
     Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
     Jul 29 - Moon Occults Mercury
     Jul 30 - Moon Occults Mars
     Jul 30-Aug 04 - SPIE's 45th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California
     Jul 31 - Partial Solar Eclipse (Visible From N. Asia & NW USA)
     Jul 31 - Asteroid 8 Flora At Opposition (8.6 Magnitude)
     Jul 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 KL17 At Opposition (43.722 AU - 25.2 Magnitude)
 
 

August 2000

     Aug ?? - ICO-A1 Atlas 2AS Launch
     Aug ?? - Loral Tempo FM-1 Atlas 2AS Launch
     Aug ?? -[Jan 31] Eutelsat W-1R Proton Launch
     Aug 01 - Moon Occults Venus
     Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
     Aug 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 KR18 At Opposition (51.267 AU - 25.2 Magnitude)
     Aug 04 - Comet Ashbrook-Jackson Closest Approach To Earth (1.578 AU)
     Aug 05 - Asteroid 9 Metis At Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
     Aug 05 - Neil Armstrong's 70th Birthday (1930)
     Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
     Aug 06-17 - 31st International Geological Congress, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
     Aug 07 - Kuiper Belt Ojbect 1999 RA215 At Opposition (42.994 AU - 23.7 Magnitude)
     Aug 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 OG4 At Opposition (46.380 AU - 24.5 Magnitude)
     Aug 07-10 - IAU Symposium 202: Planetary Systems In The Universe, Mancester, United Kingdom
     Aug 07-11 - IAU Symposium 203: Recent Insights Into The Physics Of The Sun And Heliosphere, Manchester, United Kingdom
     Aug 07-18 - 24th IAU General Assembly, Manchester, United Kingdom
     Aug 08 - Soyuz Launch (ISS 2S-TM - International Space Station Crew)
     Aug 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 OJ4 At Opposition (36.845 AU - 23.0 Magnitude)
     Aug 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 OC4 At Opposition (39.654 AU - 24.2 Magnitude)
     Aug 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 ON4 At Opposition (39.644 AU - 24.0 Magnitude)
     Aug 08 - 400th Anniversary (1600), Discovery Of Variable Star P Cygni
     Aug 09 - Mercury At Perihelion
     Aug 09 - Asteroid 3 Juno At Opposition (8.7 Magnitude)
     Aug 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 OM4 At Opposition (42.717 AU - 23.6 Magnitude)
     Aug 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 OE4 At Opposition (42.681 AU - 23.3 Magnitude)
     Aug 09 -[Feb 01] Kuiper Belt Object 1999 OZ3 At Opposition (43.244 AU - 23.8 Magnitude)
     Aug 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 OF4 At Opposition (43.937 AU - 23.4 Magnitude)
     Aug 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 OA4 At Opposition (44.858 AU - 24.6 Magnitude)
     Aug 10 - Mercury Passes 0.1 Degrees From Mars
     Aug 10 - Asteroid 1991 TB2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.267 AU)
     Aug 10 -[Feb 03] 5th Anniversary (1995), Saturn Ring Plane Crossing (2 of 3)
     Aug 10 - 10th Anniversary (1990), Magellan Venus Orbit Insertion
     Aug 10-13 - International Mars Society Convention, Toronto, Canada
     Aug 11 - Comet Shajn-Schaldach Closest Approach To Earth (1.952 AU)
     Aug 11 - Uranus At Opposition
     Aug 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RT214 At Opposition (39.596 AU - 23.8 Magnitude)
     Aug 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RS214 At Opposition (41.951 AU - 24.2 Magnitude)
     Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
     Aug 12 - Comet C/1999 T2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.945 AU)
     Aug 12 - 40th Anniversary (1960), Echo 1 Launch
     Aug 13 - Moon Occults Neptune
     Aug 14 - Asteroid 4486 Mithra Near-Earth Flyby (0.0466 AU)
     Aug 14 - Asteroid 1999 XM141 Closest Approach To Earth (0.772 AU)
     Aug 14-17 - AIAA Guidance, Navigation And Control Conference, Denver, Colorado
     Aug 15 - Asteroid 4769 Castalia Near-Earth Flyby (0.2458 AU)
     Aug 15 -[Jan 31] Asteroid 1951 Lick Closest Approach To Earth (0.814 AU)
     Aug 15 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RV214 At Opposition (47.613 AU - 24.8 Magnitude)
     Aug 15-18 - IAU Symposium 204: The Extragalactic Infrared Background And Its Cosmological Implications, Manchester, United Kingdom
     Aug 15-18 - IAU Symposium 205: Galaxies And Their Constituents At The Highest Resolutions, Manchester, United Kingdom
     Aug 17 - Progress M1 Soyuz Launch (International Space Station 6P)
     Aug 17 - 30th Anniversary (1970), Venera 7 Launch (USSR Venus Lander)
     Aug 18 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 5 Perihelion (1.989 AU)
     Aug 18 - Asteroid 1997 BR Closest Approach To Earth (0.447 AU)
     Aug 18 - Asteroid 5786 Talos Closest Approach To Earth (0.753 AU)
     Aug 18 - 15th Anniversary (1985), Susei Launch (Japan Comet Mission)
     Aug 19 -[Feb 02] STS-106 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space Station 2A.2B
     Aug 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RU214 At Opposition (43.600 AU - 23.8 Magnitude)
     Aug 20 - 25th Anniversary (1975), Viking 1 Launch (Mars Orbiter/Lander Mission)
     Aug 21 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RF215 At Opposition (42.953 AU - 23.8 Magnitude)
     Aug 21 - 35th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 5 Launch
     Aug 21-23 - P Cygni Workshop: 400 Years Of Progress, Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
     Aug 21-24 - Conference On The New Era Of Wide-Field Astronomy, Lancashire, United Kingdom
     Aug 21-25 - 2nd International Conference On Mars Polar Science and Exploration, Rekyjavik, Iceland
     Aug 24-26 - International Conference On Eta Carinae And Other Mysterious Stars, Hven, Sweden
     Aug 25 - ICO-5 Delta 3 Launch
     Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
     Aug 25 - Comet Encke Closest Approach To Earth (1.303 AU)
     Aug 25 - Asteroid 1999 TL12 Closest Approach To Earth (0.468 AU)
     Aug 25 - Asteroid 1996 TO5 Closest Approach To Earth (1.331 AU)
     Aug 25 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RE215 At Opposition (41.093 AU - 22.8 Magnitude)
     Aug 25 - 135th Anniversary (1865), Shergotty Meteorite Fall (Mars Meteorite)
     Aug 27 - Comet Tempel 1 Closest Approach To Earth (1.664 AU)
     Aug 27-Sep 01 - 25th European Congress On Molecular Spectroscopy, Coimbra, Portugal
     Aug 28 - Moon Occults Mars
     Aug 28 - Asteroid 1993 QP Near-Earth Flyby (0.2359 AU)
     Aug 28 - Asteroid 8013 (1990 KA) Closest Approach To Earth (0.992 AU)
     Aug 28-Sep 01 - 63rd Annual Meeting Of the Meteoritical Society, Chicago, Illinois
     Aug 29 - Asteroid 3102 Krok Near-Earth Flyby (0.370 AU)
     Aug 29 - Asteroid 1998 YF27 Closest Approach To Earth (1.518 AU)
     Aug 30 - Comet C/1999 T3 (LINEAR) Perihelion (5.366 AU)
     Aug 31 - Milstar-2 Titan 4B Launch
     Aug 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RH215 At Opposition (36.526 AU - 23.9 Magnitude)
     Aug 31 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RG215 At Opposition (44.174 AU - 23.9 Magnitude)
 
 

September 2000

     Sep ?? - Mir Deorbited From Earth Orbit?
     Sep ?? - GALEX Pegasus XL Launch
     Sep 02 - Asteroid 22 Kalliope At Opposition (10.7 Magnitude)
     Sep 03 -[Jan 31] Asteroid 27 Euterpe At Opposition (9.8 Magnitude)
     Sep 03-07 - 16th International Conference On High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Prague, Czech Republic
     Sep 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RJ215 At Opposition (34.123 AU - 22.8 Magnitude)
     Sep 04-08 - X-Ray Astronomy 2000 Meeting, Mondello, Palermo, Italy
     Sep 04-08 - 4th INTEGRAL Workshop, Alicante, Spain
     Sep 05-08 - Meeting On The Origin Of The Stars and Planets: The VLT View, Garching near Munich, Germany
     Sep 06 - Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom Near-Earth Flyby (0.1896 AU)
     Sep 06-08 - 8th AIAA/NASA/USAF/ISSMO Symposium On Multidisciplinary Analysis And Optimization, Long Beach, California
     Sep 07 - Docking Compartment 1 Soyuz Launch (International Space Station 4R)
     Sep 08 - Ulysses, Begin Of 3rd Solar Passage
     Sep 09 - Comet Encke Perihelion (0.340 AU)
     Sep 09 - Asteroid 1998 UO1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.409 AU)
     Sep 09 - 25th Anniversary (1975), Viking 2 Launch (Mars Lander/Orbiter)
     Sep 10 - Asteroid 6239 Minos Closest Approach To Earth (0.577 AU)
     Sep 10-15 - 1st International Symposium On Microgravity Research & Applications In Physical Sciences & Biotechnology, Sorrento, Italy
     Sep 11 - Asteroid 1865 Cerberus Closest Approach To Earth (0.613 AU)
     Sep 11 - 15th Anniversary (1985), ICE, Comet Giacobini-Zinner Encounter
     Sep 11-13 - 3rd Microquasar Workshop, Granada, Spain
     Sep 11-15 - 20th NSO/Sacramento Peak Summer Workshop: Advanced Solar Astrometry - Theory, Observation and Instrumentation, Sunspot, New
     Mexico
     Sep 12 - Asteroid 6063 Jason Closest Approach To Earth (1.171 AU)
     Sep 12 - 30th Anniversary (1970), Luna 16 Launch (USSR Moon Sample Return)
     Sep 14 - Comet Kojima Perihelion (2.003 AU)
     Sep 14 - John Dobson's 85th Birthday (1915)
     Sep 14-16 - 2nd International Conference On Microwave And Millimeter Wave Technology, Beijing, China
     Sep 15 - Vegetation Canopy Lidar (VCL) Athena 1 Launch
     Sep 17 - Asteroid 1998 SG36 Closest Approach To Earth (1.024 AU)
     Sep 17-22 - ISES Millennium Solar Forum 2000, Mexico City, Mexico
     Sep 18 - Comet Wolf Closest Approach To Earth (1.523 AU)
     Sep 18 - Asteroid 1991 CB1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.2477 AU)
     Sep 19 -[Feb 05] Asteroid 48 Doris At Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
     Sep 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 TC36 At Opposition (30.771 AU - 20.3 Magnitude)
     Sep 19-21 - AIAA Space 2000 Conference & Exposition, Long Beach, California
     Sep 21 -[Feb 02] STS-92 Launch, Discovery, International Space Station 3A (3-Person Permanent Habitation)
     Sep 21 - GPS 2R-6 /ProSeds Delta 2 Launch
     Sep 21 - Asteroid 1998 FM5 Closest Approach To Earth (1.811 AU)
     Sep 21-24 - International Meteor Conference 2000, Pucionasa, Romania
     Sep 22 - Autumnal Equinox, 17:11 UT
     Sep 24 - Asteroid 1998 TU3 Closest Approach To Earth (0.794 AU)
     Sep 24 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RW214 At Opposition (41.944 AU - 23.7 Magnitude)
     Sep 24-30 - 6th International WEIN Symposium: Physics Beyond The Standard Model, Heidelberg, Germany
     Sep 25 - Asteroid 1998 QH2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.146 AU)
     Sep 25-28 - Conference On Interferometry In Speckle Light: Theory And Applications, Lausanne, Switzerland
     Sep 26-28 - 3rd Annual Military And Aerospace Applications Of Programmable Devices And Technologies Conference, Laurel, Maryland
     Sep 27 - Asteroid 1999 SN5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.300 AU)
     Sep 27-29 - COSPAR Colloquium on Space Weather Study Using Multi-point Techniques, Ta-Shee, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
     Sep 28 - Venus Occults 158372 (7.6 Magnitude Star)
     Sep 28 - Asteroid 1999 TD10 Closest Approach To Earth (11.395 AU - 19.5 Magnitude)
     Sep 29 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia At Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
     Sep 29 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RX214 At Opposition (44.551 AU - 23.4 Magnitude)
     Sep 29-Oct 02 - StarGaze 2000, Ilford, Australia
     Sep 30 - LMI-4 Proton Launch
     Sep 30 - NRO Atlas 2 Launch
     Sep 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RZ214 At Opposition (39.219 AU - 24.0 Magnitude)
     Sep 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RK215 At Opposition (42.105 AU - 24.1 Magnitude)
     Sep 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RC215 At Opposition (42.496 AU - 23.2 Magnitude)
 
 

October 2000

     Oct ?? - ICO-A2 Atlas 2AS Launch
     Oct 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RB215 At Opposition (30.617 AU - 24.4 Magnitude)
     Oct 01 -[Jan 31] Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RN215 At Opposition (43.715 AU - 23.2 Magnitude)
     Oct 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RY214 At Opposition (36.914 AU - 23.2 Magnitude)
     Oct 02-06 - 1st S-RAMP Conference, Sapporo, Japan
     Oct 02-06 - Conference On Spin And Magnetism In Young Neutron Stars, Santa Barbara, California
     Oct 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 1992 QB1 At Opposition (39.922 AU - 23.3 Magnitude)
     Oct 03 - 15th Anniversary (1985), STS 51-J Launch, Maiden Flight Of Space Shuttle Atlantis
     Oct 03 - 185th Anniversary (1815), Chassigny Meteorite Fall (Mars Meteorite)
     Oct 03-06 - 34th ESLAB Symposium On The 3D Heliosphere At Solar Maximum, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
     Oct 04 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RD215 At Opposition (37.964 AU - 23.4 Magnitude)
     Oct 04-10 - World Space Week
     Oct 05 - ORBCOMM-5 Pegasus XL Launch
     Oct 05 - Comet Brorsen Perihelion (0.586 AU)
     Oct 05 - Comet C/1999 K8 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.448 AU)
     Oct 05 - Asteroid 8563 (1995 US) Closest Approach To Earth (1.826 AU)
     Oct 05 -[Feb 03] Kuiper Belt Object 1999 RR215 At Opposition (39.393 AU - 24.1 Magnitude)
     Oct 06 - Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation (25 Degrees)
     Oct 06 - Asteroid 1998 UP1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.111 AU)
     Oct 06 - 10th Anniversary (1990), Ulysses Launch
     Oct 08 -[Feb 06] Asteroid 2000 BF19 Closest Approach To Earth (0.924 AU)
     Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
     Oct 09-11 - Conference On Deep Fields, Garching, Germany
     Oct 11 - Asteroid 1996 TE11 Closest Approach To Earth (0.782 AU)
     Oct 11 - 55th Anniversary (1945), WAC Corporal Launch
     Oct 12 - Defense Satellite Communications Systems (DSCS) Atlas 2A Launch
     Oct 16-20 - ERS - ENVISAT Symposium: Looking At Our Earth In The New Millennium, Gothenburg, Sweden
     Oct 18 - DSP-21 Titan 4B Launch
     Oct 18 - Jason/ TIMED Delta 2 Launch
     Oct 19 - Comet C/1999 T3 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (4.609 AU)
     Oct 19 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's 90th Birthday (1910)
     Oct 20 - 25th Anniversary (1975), Zond 8 Launch (USSR Moon Flyby Mission)
     Oct 21 - Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
     Oct 21 - Asteroid 28 Bellona At Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
     Oct 22 - 25th Anniversary (1975), Venera 9 Landing/Orbiting Venus
     Oct 23 - Asteroid 1992 QN Closest Approach To Earth (0.619 AU)
     Oct 23-27 - 32nd Annual Meeting Of The Division For Planetary Sciences Of The AAS, Pasadena, California
     Oct 24 - Asteroid 2204 Lyyli Closest Approach To Earth (0.875 AU)
     Oct 25 - Asteroid 30 Urania At Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
     Oct 25 - Asteroid 2340 Hathor Near-Earth Flyby (0.1970 AU)
     Oct 25 - 25th Anniversary (1975), Venera 10 Landing/Orbiting Venus
     Oct 27 -[Feb 03] Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Closest Approach To Earth (0.919 AU)
     Oct 28 - Comet Holmes Closest Approach To Earth (1.617 AU)
     Oct 28 - Asteroid 173 Ino At Opposition (10.6 Magnitude)
     Oct 29 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (North America, Europe)
     Oct 29 - Asteroid 12 Victoria At Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
     Oct 30 - Asteroid 6490 (1991 NR2) Closest Approach To Earth (1.392 AU)
     Oct 30 - Asteroid 1999 YC Closest Approach To Earth (1.640 AU)
     Oct 31 - Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
 
 

November 2000

     Nov ?? -[Feb 06] Soyuz TM-204 Launch (ISS-2R - 1st International Space Station Crew)
     Nov ?? - Envisat-1 Ariane 5 Launch
     Nov 02 - Comet Kowal-Mrkos Perihelion (2.693 AU)
     Nov 02 - Harlow Shapley's 115th Birthday (1885)
     Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
     Nov 03 - Comet C/1999 Y1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.589 AU)
     Nov 04 - Asteroid 9816 (2643 P-L) Closest Approach To Earth (1.595 AU)
     Nov 05 - DMSP-16 Titan 2 Launch
     Nov 05 - Mercury At Perihelion
     Nov 05-10 - Meeting Of The High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the American Astronomical Society, Honolulu, Hawaii
     Nov 06 - Asteroid 1999 VP11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.390 AU)
     Nov 07 -[Feb 05] Microwave Anisotrpy Probe (MAP) Delta 2 Launch
     Nov 08-10 - Workshop On Earth-Moon Relationships, Padua, Italy
     Nov 10 - 30th Anniversary (1970), Luna 17 Launch (Soviet Moon Rover Mission)
     Nov 11 - Vesto Slipher's 125th Birthday (1875)
     Nov 12 - 20th Anniversary (1980), Voyager 1 Flyby Of Saturn
     Nov 12-15 - Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) Conference, Boston, Massachusetts
     Nov 13 - Asteroid 1998 XM4 Closest Approach To Earth (1.527 AU)
     Nov 13-17 - Astronomical Site Evaluation In The Visible And Radio Range, Marrakech, Morocco
     Nov 15 - OrbView-4/QuikTOMS Taurus 2110 Launch
     Nov 15 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (19 Degrees)
     Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
     Nov 17 - Asteroid 31 Euphrosyne At Opposition (10.3 Magnitude)
     Nov 19 - Saturn At Opposition
     Nov 19 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Near-Earth Flyby (0.322 AU)
     Nov 19 - Asteroid 9242 Olea Closest Approach To Earth (0.930 AU)
     Nov 20 - Asteroid 115 Thyra At Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
     Nov 21 - Comet Wolf Perihelion (2.413 AU)
     Nov 22 - Asteroid 1992 HF Near-Earth Flyby (0.1717 AU)
     Nov 23 - Progress M1 Soyuz Launch (International Space Station 7A.1)
     Nov 24 - Comet C/1999 T2 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.037 AU)
     Nov 25 - Venus Occults 187691 (7.9 Magnitude Star)
     Nov 27 - Ulysses, Maximum Southern Latitude (80.2 Degrees)
     Nov 27 - Mars Occults 139039 (7.2 Magnitude Star)
     Nov 27 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 5 Closest Approach To Earth (1.242 AU)
     Nov 27-30 - Risk Management Symposium, McLean, Virginia
     Nov 28 - Jupiter At Opposition
     Nov 29 - Comet C/1999 U4 (Catalina-Skiff) Closest Approach To Earth (4.718 AU)
     Nov 29 - Asteroid 2212 Hephaistos Closest Approach To Earth (1.329 AU)
     Nov 30 - Comet Gehrels 3 Closest Approach To Earth (2.748 AU)
     Nov 30 -[Feb 02] STS-97 Launch, Space Shuttle Endeavour, Internation Space Station 4A
 
 

December 2000

     Dec ?? - Lunar TrailBlazer Launch (Commerical Moon Orbiter)
     Dec 01 - Comet Clark Perihelion (1.559 AU)
     Dec 01 - Comet Hartley 3 Closest Approach To Earth (1.601 AU)
     Dec 03 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 Closest Approach To Earth (2.795 AU)
     Dec 04 - 35th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 7 Launch
     Dec 06 - Mercury Occults 184105 (7.4 Magnitude Star)
     Dec 06 - Asteroid 16 Psyche At Opposition (9.3 Magnitude)
     Dec 08 - Asteroid 8771 Biarmicus Closest Approach To Earth (1.246 AU)
     Dec 08 - 10th Anniversary (1990), Galileo, 1st Earth Flyby
     Dec 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 1999 XY143 At Opposition (42.265 AU - 22.5 Magnitude)
     Dec 12 - Venus Passes 2.5 Degrees From Neptune
     Dec 12 - Asteroid 5751 Zao Closest Approach To Earth (0.844 AU)
     Dec 12-15 - ESA Symposium: The Promise Of FIRST, Toledo, Spain
     Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
     Dec 13 - Comet C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley) Perihelion (1.172 AU)
     Dec 14 - GPS 2R-7 Delta 2 Launch
     Dec 15 - 30th Anniversary (1970), Venera 7, Venus Landing
     Dec 15 - 35th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 6 Launch
     Dec 16 - 35th Anniversary (1965), Pioneer 6 Launch
     Dec 18 - Mercury Occults 44 Oph (4.2 Magnitude Star)
     Dec 18 - 155th Anniversary (1845), Hencke's Discovery Of Asteroid Astraea
     Dec 19 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.133 AU)
     Dec 21 - EOS-PM Delta 2 Launch
     Dec 21 - Winter Solstice, 13:34 UT
     Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
     Dec 22 - Comet Lovas 2 Closest Approach To Earth (2.083 AU)
     Dec 22 - Asteroid 4183 Cuno Near-Earth Flyby (0.1427 AU)
     Dec 24 - Venus Passes 1.2 Degrees From Uranus
     Dec 24 - Asteroid 2000 AF205 Near-Earth Flyby (0.226 AU)
     Dec 25 - Partial Solar Eclipse (Visible From North America)
     Dec 28 - Galileo, Ganymede 29 Flyby
     Dec 29 - Comet Bus Perihelion (2.181 AU)
     Dec 30 - Cassini, Jupiter Flyby
     Dec 30 - Asteroid 64 Angelina At Opposition (10.3 Magnitude)
 
 

January 2001

     Jan ?? - STS-102 Launch, Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Station Assembly Flight 5A.1, Multi-Purpose Logistics Module-1 (Leonardo)
     Jan 01 - 200th Anniversary (1801), Piazzi's Discovery Of Ceres
     Jan 03 - ORBCOMM-6 Pegasus XL Launch
     Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
     Jan 03 - Earth at Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
     Jan 03 - Asteroid 4688 (1980 WF) Near-Earth Flyby (0.1701 AU)
     Jan 03 - Asteroid 3362 Khufu Near-Earth Flyby (0.2174 AU)
     Jan 06 - Comet Ashbrook-Jackson Perihelion (2.306 AU)
     Jan 07 - Genesis Delta 2 Launch
     Jan 09 - Lunar Eclipse
     Jan 11 - STS-107 Launch, Space Shuttle Columbia, Spacehab
     Jan 12 -[Feb 05] Asteroid 1997 XF11 Closest Approach To Earth (1.480 AU)
     Jan 14 - Mercury Passes 2.2 Degress From Neptune
     Jan 15 - STARDUST, Earth Flyby
     Jan 15 - Comet Smirnova-Chernykh Perihelion (3.546 AU)
     Jan 15 - 25th Anniversary (1976), Helios 2 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
     Jan 16 - Ulysses, End Of 3rd Solar Passage
     Jan 17 - Venus At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (47 Degrees)
     Jan 18 -[Feb 02] STS-98 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space Station 5A
     Jan 18 - Asteroid 1994 AW1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.258 AU)
     Jan 18 - Asteroid 1998 XE12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.303 AU)
     Jan 22 - Mercury Passes 0.4 Degrees From Uranus
     Jan 24 - Chinese New Year
     Jan 24 - 15th Anniversary (1986), Voyager 2 Flyby Of Uranus
     Jan 25 - NRO Titan 4B Launch
     Jan 25 - Asteroid 1999 YK5 Closest Approach To Earth (0.554 AU)
     Jan 25 - Joseph Lagrange's 265th Birthday (1736)
     Jan 28 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (18 Degrees)
     Jan 28 - 15th Anniversary (1986), Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion
     Jan 29 -[Jan 31] Asteroid 1981 Midas Closest Approach To Earth (1.943 AU)
     Jan 31 - End Of Mars Global Surveyor Primary Mission
     Jan 31 - 30th Anniversary (1971), Apollo 14 Launch (3rd Manned Moon Landing)
     Jan 31 - 35th Anniversary (1966), Luna 9 Launch (Soviet Moon Lander)

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