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1\26 Space Calendar Update - January 26, 2003
Part 3 of 4

July 2003
  Jul 01 - STARDUST, Deep Space Manuever #3 (DSM-3)
  Jul 02 - Comet Smirnova-Chernykh Closest Approach To Earth (3.385 AU)
  Jul 03 - Asteroid 1999 LT7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
  Jul 03 - Asteroid 2001 CC21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.200 AU)
  Jul 04 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
  Jul 04 - Henrietta Leavitt's 135th Birthday (1868)
  Jul 06 - Comet Whipple Perihelion (3.088 AU)
  Jul 06 - Comet Longmore Closest Approach To Earth (2.133 AU)
  Jul 06 - Asteroid 2000 WN63 Near-Earth Flyby (0.233 AU)
  Jul 06 - 65th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter
Moon Lysithea
  Jul 08 - Venus Passes 0.8 Degrees From Saturn
  Jul 08 - Asteroid 2000 QP Near-Earth Flyby (0.213 AU)
  Jul 09 - Comet C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT) Perihelion (2.792 AU)
  Jul 12 - Comet C/2002 X1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.487 AU)
  Jul 12 - 15th Anniversary (1988), Phobos 2 Launch (Soviet Mars Orbiter)
  Jul 13 - Comet Helin-Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (2.285 AU)
  Jul 14 - Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.978 AU)
  Jul 15 - Comet Jackson-Neujmin Closest Approach To Earth (1.529 AU)
  Jul 16 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 4 Perihelion (2.011 AU)
  Jul 17 - Moon Occults Mars
  Jul 19 - Asteroid 2000 OL8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
* Jul 20 - Gravity Probe B Delta 2 Launch
  Jul 21 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 16 Flyby
  Jul 21 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Mars 4 Launch (Soviet Mars Mission)
  Jul 24 - STS-116 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space Station 12A.1
  Jul 25 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Mars 5 Launch (Soviet Mars Orbiter)
  Jul 26 - Mercury Passes 0.3 Degrees From Jupiter
  Jul 26 - Asteroid 2000 PH5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)
  Jul 26 - 40th Anniversary (1963), Syncom 2 Launch, 1st Geosynchronous Satellite
  Jul 28 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Skylab-3 Launch
  Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
* Jul 30 - Progress M-48 Soyuz Launch (International Space Station 12P)
  Jul 30 - Comet C/2002 L9 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (6.363 AU)
  Jul 30 - 65th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Carme

August 2003
  Aug ?? - MTSAT-1RA H-2A Launch
  Aug ?? - DSP-23 Delta 4 Launch
* Aug ?? - Satmex-6/Smart-1 Ariane 5 Launch
  Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
  Aug 01 - Maria Mitchell's 185th Birthday (1818)
  Aug 02 - Comet P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) Closest Approach To Earth (2.139 AU)
  Aug 04 - Neptune At Opposition
  Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
  Aug 08 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 2 Launch 
  Aug 10 - Asteroid 2000 PG5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.174 AU)
  Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
  Aug 12 - 25th Anniversary (1978), ISEE-3 (ICE) Launch (Comet Flyby Mission)
* Aug 13 - Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Closest Approach To Earth (1.975 AU)
  Aug 14 - Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)
  Aug 15 - Astreroid 29075 (1950 DA) Closest Approach To Earth (0.681 AU)
  Aug 16 - Asteroid 37655 (1994 PM) Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
  Aug 18 - Comet Hartley 1 Perihelion (1.980 AU)
  Aug 18 - Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom Near-Earth Flyby (0.174 AU)
  Aug 22 - Asteroid 1997 GD32 Near-Earth Flyby (0.114 AU)
  Aug 24 - Uranus At Opposition
  Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
  Aug 25 - Asteroid 2000 BM19 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.045 AU)
  Aug 27 - Asteroid 1998 CS1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.033 AU)
  Aug 28 - Mars At Opposition
  Aug 28 - Comet du Toit Perihelion (1.274 AU)
  Aug 28 - Asteroid 2002 JR100 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
  Aug 28 - 10th Anniversary (1993), Galileo Flyby Of Asteroid Ida & Dactyl
  Aug 29 - Comet Russell 4 Perihelion (2.231 AU)

September 2003
  Sep 01 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 Closest Approach To Earth (4.737 AU)
  Sep 05 - Asteroid 1998 SU4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.188 AU)
  Sep 08 - Asteroid 2001 QJ96 Near-Earth Flyby (0.179 AU)
  Sep 09 - Moon Occults Mars
  Sep 09 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Venera 11 Launch (Soviet Venus Lander)
  Sep 11 - Asteroid 1998 VS Near-Earth Flyby (0.158 AU)
  Sep 11 - Asteroid 2002 CD Near-Earth Flyby (0.204 AU)
  Sep 12 - Comet C/2002 R3 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.004 AU)
* Sep 14 - Asteroid 2001 CL42 Near-Earth Flyby (0.200 AU)
  Sep 14 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Zond 5 Launch (Soviet Moon Orbiter)
  Sep 14 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12 Launch (Soviet Venus Lander)
  Sep 16 - Asteroid 2000 GF2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)
  Sep 16 - Asteroid 7336 Saunders Near-Earth Flyby (0.190 AU)
  Sep 16 - Asteroid 2000 AG6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.194 AU)
  Sep 17 - Asteroid 22771 (1999 CU3) Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
  Sep 19 - Comet C/2002 J5 (LINEAR) Perihelion (5.727 AU)
  Sep 19 - 155th Anniversary (1848), William and George Bond's Discovery of 
           Saturn Moon Hyperion
  Sep 21 - Galileo, Jupiter Impact
  Sep 21 - Asteroid 2001 QL142 Near-Earth Flyby (0.204 AU)
  Sep 22 - Comet C/2002 O7 (LINEAR) Perihelion (0.903 AU)
  Sep 23 - Autumnal Equinox, 10:47 UT
  Sep 25 - Comet Wild 2 Perihelion (1.590 AU)
  Sep 26 - Mercury Greatest Western Elongation (17 Degrees)
  Sep 26 - Asteroid 2063 Bacchus Near-Earth Flyby (0.122 AU)
  Sep 26 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 17 Flyby
  Sep 28 - Asteroid 1999 TO13 Near-Earth Flyby (0.105 AU)
  Sep 29 - Asteroid 1998 RO1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.125 AU)

October 2003
* Oct ?? - Shenzhou V Launch (1st Chinese Manned Space Mission)
  Oct ?? - Lunar TrailBlazer Launch (Commerical Moon Orbiter)
  Oct ?? - Superbird 6 Atlas 2AS Launch
  Oct 01 - NASA's 45th Birthday (1958)
  Oct 02 - STS-117 Launch, Space Shuttle Endeavour, Internationl Space Station 13A
  Oct 02 - Comet Maury Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)
  Oct 03 - Comet C/2002 J4 (NEAT) Perihelion (3.633 AU)
  Oct 03 - Asteroid 1997 US9 Near-Venus Flyby (0.040 AU)
  Oct 04 - Asteroid 1998 TU3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.195 AU)
* Oct 06 - Moon Occults Mars
  Oct 07 - Asteroid 1998 UP1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.126 AU)
  Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
  Oct 09 - Comet Van Biesbroeck Perihelion (2.415 AU)
  Oct 10 - 20th Anniversary (1983), Venera 15, Venus Orbit Insertion
  Oct 11 - Asteroid 1991 VA Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
  Oct 11 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 7 Launch
  Oct 11 - Wilhelm Olbers' 245th Birthday (1758)
  Oct 12 - Comet P/2002 O8 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.848 AU)
  Oct 13 - British Interplanetary Society 70th Birthday (1933)
  Oct 14 - Asteroid 2002 RR25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.158 AU)
  Oct 16 - 20th Anniversary (1983), Venera 16, Venus Orbit Insertion
  Oct 17 - Asteroid 2000 HD24 Near-Vesta Flyby (0.038 AU)
  Oct 18 - Soyuz 7 Launch (International Space Station 7S)
  Oct 18 - Asteroid 1990 UA Near-Earth Flyby (0.131 AU)
* Oct 18 - Asteroid 2000 FK10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.175 AU)
  Oct 18 - Asteroid 4197 (1982 TA) Near-Earth Flyby (0.187 AU)
  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 25 - Asteroid 2002 LW Near-Earth Flyby (0.183 AU)
* 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)

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