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                               SPACE CALENDAR
                               June 27, 2003 
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.

Part 3 of 5

October 2003 (Continued)

  Oct 19 - Asteroid 2001 SK9 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.048 AU)
  Oct 21 - Orionid Meteor Shower Peak
  Oct 21 - Asteroid 1998 FG2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
  Oct 22 - Comet Wolf-Harrington Closest Approach To Earth (1.289 AU)
  Oct 22 - Asteroid 2 Pallas At Opposition (8.3 Magnitude)
  Oct 24 - Jupiter Occults PPM 157319 (9.8 Magnitude Star)
  Oct 24 - Asteroid 1989 UQ Near-Earth Flyby (0.150 AU)
  Oct 24 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Deep Space 1 Launch
  Oct 26 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (Europe, North
            America)
  Oct 26 - Moon Occults Venus
  Oct 26 - Comet C/2002 X1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.801
            AU)
  Oct 27 - Asteroid 2002 VS14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.138 AU)
  Oct 28 - Asteroid 31662 (1999 HP11) Near-Earth Flyby (0.129 AU)
  Oct 30 - Asteroid 2001 KZ66 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
  Oct 31 - Asteroid 188 Menippe Occults TYC 1221-01110-1 (9.6
            Magnitude Star)

November 2003
  Nov ?? - Eutelsat W-3A Proton M Launch
  Nov ?? - Cartosat 1 PSLV Launch (India)
  Nov ?? - DSP-23 Delta 4 Launch
* Nov ?? - ROC-Sat 2 Athena 1 Launch
* Nov ?? - Inmarsat 4 F-1 Atlas 5 Launch
  Nov 01 - Comet C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth
            (2.051 AU)
  Nov 01 - Uranus Occults TYC 5808-00088-1 (11.5 Magnitude Star)
  Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
  Nov 03 - Comet Helin-Roman-Crocket Closest Approach To Earth (2.750
            AU)
  Nov 03 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Mariner 10 Launch (Venus &
            Mercury Flyby Mission)
  Nov 04 - Asteroid 2002 QF15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.144 AU)
  Nov 06 - Gravity Probe B Delta 2 Launch
  Nov 06 - Comet C/2002 O7 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (0.962
            AU)
  Nov 06 - Comet C/2003 A2 (Gleason) Perihelion (11.426 AU)
  Nov 06 - Asteroid 2000 EJ26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.149 AU)
* Nov 07 - Mars Exploration Rover-A (Spirit), Trajectory Correction
            Maneuver #4 (TCM-4)
  Nov 07 - Asteroid 2000 VZ44 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
  Nov 08 - Comet Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (2.173 AU)
  Nov 08 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Pioneer 9 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
  Nov 09 - Lunar Eclipse
* Nov 09 - Comet Shoemaker Holt 2 Closest Approach To Earth(2.244 AU)
  Nov 09 - Asteroid 1996 AP1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.116 AU)
  Nov 10 - Comet C/2002 V2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (5.935
            AU)
  Nov 10 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Zond 6 Launch (Soviet Moon
            Orbit & Return)
  Nov 11 - Comet C/2001 T4 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth(7.798 AU)
* Nov 12 - Asteroid 1990 OS Near-Earth Flyby (0.023 AU)
  Nov 12 - Asteroid 1996 GT Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
  Nov 13 - Asteroid 1998 XB Near-Earth Flyby (0.145 AU)
  Nov 15 - Saturn Occults PPM 96742 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
  Nov 15 - Asteroid 1999 XN141 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
  Nov 15 - 15th Anniversary (1988), Buran Launch (Soviet Space
            Shuttle)
  Nov 15 - William Herschel's 265th Birthday (1738)
  Nov 16 - Comet Oterma Closest Approach To Earth (4.611 AU)
  Nov 16 - Asteroid 2000 WN10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.181 AU)
  Nov 16 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Near-Earth Flyby (0.343 AU)
  Nov 16 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Skylab 4 Launch
  Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak 
  Nov 17 - Comet Encke Near-Earth Flyby (0.261 AU)
  Nov 18 - Alan Shepard's 80th Birthday (1923)
* Nov 21 - Mars Exploration Rover-B (Opportunity), Trajectory
            Correction Maneuver #3 (TCM-3)
  Nov 22 - Mars Occults PPM 207297 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
  Nov 22 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 18 Flyby
  Nov 23 - Solar Eclipse (Visible From Antarctica)
  Nov 25 - Moon Occults Mercury
  Nov 25 - Saturn Occults PPM 96684 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
  Nov 26 - Kuiper Belt Object 19521 Chaos At Opposition (41.117 AU)
  Nov 28 - Comet Holt-Olmstead Closest Approach To Earth (1.531 AU)
  Nov 28 - Asteroid 29 Amphitrite At Opposition (8.8 Magnitude)
  Nov 28 - Asteroid 1998 UT18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU)
  Nov 29 - Christian Doppler's 200th Birthday (1803)
  Nov 30 - Asteroid 1996 JG Near-Earth Flyby (0.142 AU)

December 2003
* Dec ?? - Shenzhou V Launch (1st Chinese Manned Space Mission)
  Dec ?? - Sitch 1-M Tsyklon 3 Launch
  Dec ?? - Ekspress AM-22 Proton K Launch
* Dec ?? - Double Star 1 CZ-2C/CTS Launch
* Dec ?? - Delta 4 Heavy Demo Launch
* Dec ?? - Anik F-2 Ariane 5 Launch
* Dec ?? - Cosmos-USPM Tsyklon 2 Launch
  Dec 02 - Asteroid 2003 KU2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.162 AU)
  Dec 03 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Pioneer 10, Jupiter Flyby
  Dec 04 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 1, Venus Orbit
            Insertion
  Dec 06 - Asteroid 2000 YJ11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.146 AU)
  Dec 06 - Asteroid 2001 WF49 Near-Earth Flyby (0.152 AU)
  Dec 08 - Asteroid 2000 WJ10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.190 AU)
  Dec 09 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (21 Degrees)
  Dec 09 - Comet West-Hartley Perihelion (2.129 AU)
  Dec 09 - Asteroid 1999 YC Near-Pallas Flyby (0.040 AU)
  Dec 09 - Asteroid 2001 MT18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.174 AU)
  Dec 09 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 2, Venus
            Atmospheric Probes
  Dec 11 - Asteroid 14 Irene At Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
  Dec 11 - Asteroid 2001 XX4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.091 AU)
  Dec 11 - Annie Jump Cannon's 140th Birthday (1863)
  Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
* Dec 14 - Nozomi, Mars Orbit Insertion
  Dec 14 - Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.560
            AU)
  Dec 15 - Saturn Occults PPM 94676 (9.8 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 17 - Falcon Launch (Inaugural Test Launch)
  Dec 17 - 100th Anniversary (1903), Wright Brothers' First Airplane
            Flight
* Dec 19 - GPS 2R-11 Delta 2 Launch
* Dec 20 - Beagle 2 Separation From Mars Express
  Dec 20 - Asteroid 3362 Khufu Near-Earth Flyby (0.195 AU)
  Dec 21 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 8 Launch
  Dec 21 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12, Venus Landing
  Dec 22 - Winter Solstice (07:04 UT)
  Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
  Dec 22 - Asteroid 925 Alphonsina Occults HIP 23799 (6.3 Magnitude
            Star)
  Dec 22 - 15th Anniversary (1988), Discovery of LEW 88516 (Mars
            Meteorite)
  Dec 24 - Mars Occults PPM 143331 (10.1 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 24 - Deep Space Network's 40th Birthday (1963)
  Dec 25 - Comet C/2002 T6 (LINEAR-NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth
            (2.662 AU)
  Dec 25 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Venera 11, Venus Landing
  Dec 26 - Asteroid 2002 XP37 Near-Earth Flyby (0.268 AU)
* Dec 27 - Beagle 2 Lands On Mars
* Dec 27 - Mars Express, Mars Orbit Insertion

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