2007 CALENDAR FOR ASTEROIDS AND COMETS

2007 CALENDAR FOR ASTEROIDS AND COMETS

ASTROMICAL INFORMATION

January 2007

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Week 1	31	1 International Lunar Decade Begins	2 Asteroid 2006 UQ17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.030 AU) M 15.6	3 Full Moon Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak Earth At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)	4 Asteroid 2001 YE4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU) M 15.9	5 Asteroid 2007 AC2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)	6 Asteroid 2007 AA2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
Week 2	7	8 Stephen Hawking's 65th Birthday (1942)	9	10 Comet P/2006 XG16 (Spacewatch) Closest Approach To Earth (1.138 AU)	11	12 Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) Perihelion (0.171 AU) M 4.5	13
Week 3	14 Asteroid 2007 AU2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)	15 Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (0.818 AU) M 4.5	16	17 17-21 Deep South Texas Stargaze 2007, Escondido Ranch, TX	18 Asteroid 2007 BD Near-Earth Flyby (0.002 AU)	19 Asteroid 2007 BB Near-Earth Flyby (0.003 AU) Asteroid 2007 BU7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.011 AU) New Moon	20
Week 4	21 Asteroid 2007 BY48 Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)	22 Workshop: Metallicity Calibrations for Gaseous Nebulae (Metals 2007), Manoa, HI	23 Comet C/2006 Y2 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (0.987 AU) M 18.85	24	25 Asteroid 25143 Itokawa Closest Approach To Earth (0.447 AU) M 19.0	26 Comet P/2007 B1 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth (1.466 AU) M 18.57	27
Week 5	28	29	30 Asteroid 2007 CS5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU)	31 Asteroid 2006 CJ Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU) M 15.9 Asteroid 2007 CU18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)	1 Anniversary Space Shuttle Columbia Accident 2003 Asteroid 2006 AM4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.014 AU) M 15.5	2 Full Moon	3

February 2007

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Week 5	28	29	30 Asteroid 2007 CS5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU)	31 Asteroid 2006 CJ Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU) M 15.9 Asteroid 2007 CU18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)	1 Anniversary Space Shuttle Columbia Accident 2003 Asteroid 2006 AM4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.014 AU) M 15.5	2 Full Moon	3
Week 6	4	5	6 Comet 114P/Wiseman-Skiff Closest Approach To Earth (1.294 AU) M 16 Comet P/2001 WF2 (LONEOS) Perihelion (0.980 AU) M 15.29 Asteroid 2007 CR5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU)	7 Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation Mag. -0.5 Asteroid 2007 BZ48 Near-Earth Flyby (0.011 AU) M 18 Asteroid 2007 CX50 Near-Earth Flyby (0.016 AU)	8 Asteroid 2007 BD7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU) M 18 Asteroid 2007 CT26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.006 AU) Asteroid 2007 DC Near-Earth Flyby (0.004 AU)	9	10 Saturn At Opposition Mag. 0.0
Week 7	11 Comet P/2001 WF2 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (0.298 AU) M 15.29 Asteroid 2007 CC27 Near-Earth Flyby (0.002 AU)	12 Asteroid 2007 CC19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.005 AU) Asteroid 2007 DQ40 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)	13 Asteroid 2007 DD Near-Earth Flyby (0.010 AU)	14	15 Asteroid 2007 BD8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU) M 20 Asteroid 2007 DM8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.026 AU)	16	17 New Moon
Week 8	18 Chinese New Year Comet C/2007 C1 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth (1.073 AU) Asteroid 2007 CJ15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU) Asteroid 2007 DS7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.005 AU) Asteroid 2007 EE26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.021 AU)	19	20	21 Asteroid 2007 DN41 Near-Earth Flyby (0.002 AU) Asteroid 2007 DB61 Near-Earth Flyby (0.018 AU)	22 Comet C/2007 D2 (Spacewatch) Closest Approach To Earth (0.863 AU) M 20.6	23	24 Comet 185P/2007 A3 (Petriew) Perihelion (0.938 AU) M 10.55
Week 9	25 Asteroid 2007 FC Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)	26	27	28 New Horizons, Jupiter Flyby	1 Asteroid 2007 DG8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU) M 20 Asteroid 2007 FB Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)	2	3 Total Lunar Eclipse Full Moon Asteroid 2007 DJ Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU) M 16.9 Asteroid 2007 EU Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)

March 2007


	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Week 9	25 Asteroid 2007 FC Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)	26	27	28 New Horizons, Jupiter Flyby	1 Asteroid 2007 DG8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU) M 20 Asteroid 2007 FB Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)	2	3 Total Lunar Eclipse Full Moon Asteroid 2007 DJ Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU) M 16.9 Asteroid 2007 EU Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
Week 10	4 4-6 Annual General Meeting of the International Dark-Sky Association, Tuscon, AZ Asteroid 2007 DX40 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU) M 18.9 Asteroid 2007 EZ25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.010 AU)	5	6	7	8	9 Asteroid 2007 EG26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU)	10 Asteroid 2007 EK26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.005 AU) Asteroid 2007 EE126 Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)
Week 11	11 Daylight Saving Asteroid 2007 EH Near-Earth Flyby (0.001 AU) Asteroid 2007 EG Near-Earth Flyby (0.023 AU)	12	13 Asteroid 2007 EK Near-Earth Flyby (0.002 AU) Asteroid 2007 EN88 Near-Earth Flyby (0.006 AU)	14	15 Asteroid 2007 FS3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.006 AU) Asteroid 2007 FP3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.009 AU)	16 Comet 87P/Bus Closest Approach To Earth (1.336 AU) M 16.9 Asteroid 2007 EV Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)	17 Comet P/2006 Y2 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (0.800 AU) M 19.28 2007 All Arizona Messier Marathon, Arizona City, AZ
Week 12	18 Asteroid 2007 EY25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.021 AU) M 19.3 Asteroid 2007 EH26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU) M 19.5 Asteroid 2007 EO88 1.3 LD / 0.0032 AU from Earth M 16.2	19 New Moon Partial Solar Eclipse (Visible From Eastern Asia & Northern Alaska)	20 20-22 Symposium on Seeing, Kona, Hawaii Asteroid 2007 FC3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.009 AU)	21 Vernal Equinox, 00:07 UT Asteroid 2007 FG1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU) Asteroid 2007 FN3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.016 AU)	22 Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (28 Degrees) M 0.2	23 Asteroid 2006 GB Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU) M 19.99	24
Week 13	25 Asteroid 2007 FR3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.008 AU)	26 Asteroid 2007 EG88 7.5 LD / 0.0194 AU from Earth M 19.5	27 Comet C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy) Perihelion (1.093 AU) M 11!	28	29 Asteroid 2007 EN26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU) M 17.8	30 Asteroid 2006 VV2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU) M 9.9	31 Asteroid 2004 FU162 Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU) M 23 Asteroid 2006 VV2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU) M 9.9

April 2007


	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Week 14	1	2 Comet C/2006 T1 (Levy) Closest Approach To Earth (1.493 AU) M 17.44 Full Moon Asteroid 2007 FY20 Near-Earth Flyby (0.014 AU) M 18.51 Asteroid 2007 GU4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)	3 Asteroid 2007 GY1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)	4 Comet 96P/Machholz 1 Perihelion (0.125 AU) M 4.4 Comet 32P/Comas Sola Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.311 AU) M 23.2 Comet C/2007 E1 (Garradd) Closest Approach To Earth (0.512 AU) M 14.5	5	6	7
Week 15	8 Easter Sunday	9	10	11	12 Annual World Space Party: Yuri's Night	13 Asteroid 1994 GL Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU) M 23 Asteroid 3 Juno At Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)	14 Asteroid 2007 DS84 Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU) M 15.26
Week 16	15	16 16-22 Astronomy Week Asteroid 2007 GU1 2.0 LD / 0.0052 AU from Earth M 15.5	17 New Moon Asteroid 2007 HA 6.5 LD / 0.0166 AU from Earth M 13*	18 Asteroid 411 Xanthe Occults HIP 43103 (4.2 Magnitude Star) Workshop: Doing Business With the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, San Diego, CA	19 Comet 2P/Encke Perihelion (0.339 AU) M 15	20	21 Astronomy Day
Week 17	22 Earth Day Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak Asteroid 2007 HV4 1.4 LD / 0.0037 AU from Earth M 18.29	23 AIAA Dynamics Specialists Conference, Waikiki, HI	24 2007 HB15 0.6 LD / 0.0015 AU from Earth M 15.96	25 Comet C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy) Closest Approach To Earth (0.442 AU) M 9.8! Asteroid 2004 HZ 11.8 LD / 0.0303 AU from Earth M 17*	26 Asteroid 2007 HC 4.8 LD / 0.0124 AU from Earth M 18.75 Asteroid 2007 GS3 12.6 LD / 0.0315 AU from Earth M 16.4*	27	28
Week 18	29 University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy Open House, Manoa, HI	30	1	2 Full Moon	3	4 Space Day Asteroid 2007 GQ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU) M 17	5 Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak

May 2007


	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Week 18	29 University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy Open House, Manoa, HI	30	1	2 Full Moon	3	4 Space Day Asteroid 2007 GQ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU) M 17	5 Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Week 19	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Week 20	13 13-20 Texas Star Party, near Fort Davis, TX	14	15	16 New Moon	17 Comet 2P/Encke Closest Approach To Earth (0.507 AU) M 15.5	18	19
Week 21	20	21	22	23 Comet C/2007 E1 (Garradd) Perihelion (1.29 AU) M 16.6	24 24-25 Supernova Remnant Workshop, Honolulu, Hawaii	25 25-28 Riverside Telescope Makers Conference (RTMC), Big Bear, CA	26
Week 22	27 27-31 210th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), Honolulu, HI	28 Comet 96P/Machholz 1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.618 AU) M 12	29 29-31 Astrophysical Ionizing Radiation Sources & Impact on Life, Honolulu, HI	30	31 Asteroid 21 Lutetia At Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)	1 Full Moon	2

June 2007


	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Week 22	27 27-31 210th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), Honolulu, HI	28 Comet 96P/Machholz 1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.618 AU) M 12	29 29-31 Astrophysical Ionizing Radiation Sources & Impact on Life, Honolulu, HI	30	31 Asteroid 21 Lutetia At Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)	1 Full Moon	2
Week 23	3	4	5	6 Jupiter At Opposition Mag. -2.6	7	8	9 Annual CanSat Competition, Amarillo, TX
Week 24	10	11	12	13	14 14-17 Rocky Mountain Star Stare, Pike National Forest, CO	15 New Moon	16
Week 25	17	18 Dwarf Planet 134340 Pluto Closest Approach To Earth (30.294 AU) M 13.88	19	20 Summer Solstice, 20:24 UT	21	22	23 Asteroid 9 Metis At Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
Week 26	24	25 25-29 Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Meeting, San Antonio, TX	26	27	28	29	30 Full Moon (Blue Moon)

July 2007


	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Week 27	1	2 Comet 104P/Kowal 2 Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.297 AU) M 24.64	3	4	5	6 Asteroid 192 Nausikaa At Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)	7 Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
Week 28	8	9	10 Comet 2002 X2 (NEAT) Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.252 AU) M 22.25	11	12	13	14 Comet P/2002 O5 (NEAT) Near-Earth Flyby (0.194 AU) M 16.25 Comet C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (0.581 AU) M 6.3 New Moon
Week 29	15	16	17	18 Comet C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) Mag. 6.2	19	20	21
Week 30	22	23 23-27 2007 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference, Honolulu, HI	24	25	26 Comet P/2002 O5 (NEAT) Perihelion (1.173 AU) M 16.4	27	28
Week 31	29 South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak Asteroid 2007 DT103 9.6 LD / 0.025 AU from Earth M 14.5!	30 Full Moon	31 10a Near Earth Asteroid 2007 DT103 flys by M31	1 Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak	2	3 Conference, Teaching Introductory Astronomy to Non-science Majors, Claremont, CA	4

August 2007


	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Week 31	29 South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak Asteroid 2007 DT103 9.6 LD / 0.025 AU from Earth M 14.5!	30 Full Moon	31 10a Near Earth Asteroid 2007 DT103 flys by M31	1 Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak	2	3 Conference, Teaching Introductory Astronomy to Non-science Majors, Claremont, CA	4
Week 32	5	6 Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak	7	8 Asteroid 2002 CB19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU) M 21	9 Comet Shoemaker-Levy 1 Closest Approach To Earth (1.363 AU) M 13*	10 Comet C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.015 AU) M 7	11
Week 33	12 Perseids Meteor Shower Peak New Moon	13 Neptune At Opposition Mag. 7.8	14	15	16 Asteroid 2005 CN61 Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU) M 25.99* Asteroid 194 Prokne At Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)	17	18
Week 34	19	20	21	22	23	24	25 Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Week 35	26 26-30 SPIE Conference: Optical Engineering and Applications, San Diego, CA	27	28 Total Lunar Eclipse Full Moon	29	30	31	1 25-6 Alpha Aurigids (AUR) Asteroid 115 Thyra At Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)

September 2007


	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Week 35	26 26-30 SPIE Conference: Optical Engineering and Applications, San Diego, CA	27	28 Total Lunar Eclipse Full Moon	29	30	31	1 25-6 Alpha Aurigids (AUR) Asteroid 115 Thyra At Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)
Week 36	2	3	4	5	6	7 1-14 Gamma Aquarids	8
Week 37	9	10 Uranus At Opposition Mag. 5.7	11 5-15 Alpha Triangulids New Moon	12 28-23 Eta Draconids	13	14	15
Week 38	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Week 39	23 26-22 Gamma Piscids	24 Astrophysics in the Next Decade - JWST and Concurrent Facilities, Tucson, AZ	25	26 Full Moon	27	28	29
Week 40	30	1 20-2 Eta Cetids	2 Comet C/2007 F1 (LONEOS) Mag. 11.7 @ 1.5 AU from Earth!	3 Comet 46P/Wirtanen Closest Approach To Earth (1.050 AU) 14.6*!	4 22-11 October Cygnids 4-10 World Space Week	5 8-30 October Cetids	6 22-23 Delta Aurigids (DAU) 6-14 24th Annual Okie-Tex Star Party, Kenton, OK

October 2007


	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Week 40	30	1 20-2 Eta Cetids	2 Comet C/2007 F1 (LONEOS) Mag. 11.7 @ 1.5 AU from Earth!	3 Comet 46P/Wirtanen Closest Approach To Earth (1.050 AU) 14.6*!	4 22-11 October Cygnids 4-10 World Space Week	5 8-30 October Cetids	6 22-23 Delta Aurigids (DAU) 6-14 24th Annual Okie-Tex Star Party, Kenton, OK
Week 41	7	8 7-27 Arietids (Autumn)	9 6-10 Draconids (GIA) Meteor Shower	10	11 New Moon	12 5-16 Northern Piscids	13
Week 42	14	15	16	17	18 10-27 Epsilon Geminids (EGE)	19	20
Week 43	21 15-29 Orionids (ORI) Meteor Shower	22	23	24	25	26 Full Moon	27 Comet 93P/Lovas 1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.833 AU) M 16
Week 44	28	29 Comet C/2007 F1 (LONEOS) Perihelion (0.402 AU) M -1.9 Comet C/2007 F1 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (0.716 AU) M -1.9	30	31 Comet C/2007 E1 (Garradd) Closest Approach To Earth (1.692 AU) M 19.58	1	2 Comet 50P/Arend Closest Approach To Earth (0.999 AU) M 13.76	3

November 2007


	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Week 44	28	29 Comet C/2007 F1 (LONEOS) Perihelion (0.402 AU) M -1.9 Comet C/2007 F1 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (0.716 AU) M -1.9	30	31 Comet C/2007 E1 (Garradd) Closest Approach To Earth (1.692 AU) M 19.58	1	2 Comet 50P/Arend Closest Approach To Earth (0.999 AU) M 13.76	3
Week 45	4	5 5-7 Workshop on the Chronology of Meteorites & the Early Solar System, Koloa, HI	6 Comet C/2007 F1 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (0.701 AU)	7	8	9 New Moon	10 Comet C/2007 F1 (LONEOS) Perihelion (0.499 AU) M 7!?
Week 46	11	12 Dwarf Planet Ceres Closest Approach To Earth (1.832 AU) M 7.24	13	14	15 Asteroid 29 Amphitrite At Opposition (8.8 Magnitude)	16	17
Week 47	18 13-20 Leonids (LEO) Peak	19	20	21 Vernal Equinox, 00:07 UT	22	23	24 Full Moon
Week 48	25	26	27	28	29	30 Asteroid 349 Dembowska At Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)	1

December 2007


	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Week 48	25	26	27	28	29	30 Asteroid 349 Dembowska At Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)	1
Week 49	2	3	4	5	6	7 35th Anniversary (1972), Apollo 17 Launch (Last Manned Mission to the Moon)	8
Week 50	9 New Moon	10	11	12 Comet P/1990 V1 (Shoemaker-Levy 1) Perihelion (1.464 AU) M 13	13 Geminids Meteor Shower Peak	14	15
Week 51	16	17	18	19 Mars Closest Approach To Earth (0.589 AU) Mag. -1.6	20 Asteroid 2004 XL14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU) M 22.8	21	22 Ursids Meteor Shower Peak Winter Solstice, 06:08 UT
Week 52	23	24 Mars At Opposition Mag. -1.6 Full Moon	25 Christmas	26	27	28	29
Week 1	30	31 Deep Impact, Earth Flyby	1 Comet 8P/Tuttle Near-Earth Flyby (0.251 AU) M 5.8	2	3 Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak Earth At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)	4 Comet 8P/Tuttle Mag. 5.73*	5

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