Arkansas Sky Observatory

Jan ?? - Mars Odyssey, End Of Aerobraking
Jan ?? - Echostar 8 Proton K Launch
Jan ?? - Shenzhou 3 Long March 2F Launch (China)
Jan ?? -[Dec 29] DirecTV-5 Ariane 4 Launch
Jan 01 - Jupiter At Opposition
Jan 01 - Asteroid 2001 ND13 Closest Approach To Earth (0.546 AU)
Jan 03 - Earth at Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
Jan 03 - Comet Wild 4 Closest Approach To Earth (2.280 AU)
Jan 04 - Comet C/2001 T4 (NEAT) Perihelion (8.555 AU)
Jan 04 - Asteroid 1993 KH Closest Approach To Earth (0.986 AU)
Jan 04 - Wilhelm Beer's 205th Birthday (1797)
Jan 05 -[Dec 26] Asteroid 2001 YE4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU)
Jan 06 - Asteroid 2001 XU30 Near-Earth Flyby (0.103 AU)
Jan 06 - Asteorid 2001 WG2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.607 AU)
Jan 06-10 - 199th AAS Meeting, Washington, DC
Jan 07 -[Dec 29] Asteroid 2001 YB5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.0055 AU)
Jan 07 - Asteroid 2001 XR30 Near-Earth Flyby (0.199 AU)
Jan 08 - Comet Machholz 1 Perihelion (0.124 AU)
Jan 08 - Comet Machholz 1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.862 AU)
Jan 08 - Comet C/2001 X1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.739 AU)
Jan 08 - Asteroid 2001 TN41 Closest Approach To Earth (0.508 AU)
Jan 08 - Stephen Hawking's 60th Birthday (1942)
Jan 09 - Mercury Passes 1.2 Degrees From Neptune
Jan 09 - Asteroid 2001 WF2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.203 AU)
Jan 10 -[Dec 27] Turksat 2A Ariane 4 Launch
Jan 10 - Comet P/2001 R1 (LONEOS) Near-Mars Flyby (0.014 AU)
Jan 10 - Asteroid 1996 TE9 Closest Approach To Earth (0.904 AU)
Jan 10-11 - Symposium On Galaxies: Mind Over Matter, Washington DC
Jan 11 - Comet Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (1.702 AU)
Jan 11 - Asteroid 2001 UU92 Near-Earth Flyby (0.128 AU)
Jan 11 - Asteroid 2340 Hathor Near-Earth Flyby (0.2553 AU)
Jan 11 - Asteroid 1998 HL1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.544 AU)
Jan 11 - 215th Anniversary (1787), William Herschel's Discovery of Uranus Moons Titania and Oberon
Jan 12 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (19 Degrees)
Jan 12 - Comet C/1999 U4 (Catalina-Skiff) Closest Approach To Earth (4.415 AU)
Jan 12 - Sergei Korolev's 95th Birthday (1907)
Jan 14 - Milstar 2-F3 Titan 4B Launch
Jan 14 - Comet Metcalf-Brewington Closest Approach To Earth (2.312 AU)
Jan 14 -[Dec 27] Asteroid 516 Amherstia Occults HIP 36335 (7.6 Magnitude Star)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 1998 BG9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.230 AU)
Jan 14-16 - Conference: New Views of the Moon, Europe, Berlin, Germany
Jan 14-17 - 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada
Jan 15 - Envisat-1 Ariane 5 Launch
Jan 15 -[Dec 24] Asteroid 2001 YP3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)
Jan 16 - Insat 3C Ariane 4 Launch
Jan 16 -[Dec 28] Asteroid 754 Malabar Occults HIP 57132 (8.2 Magnitude Star)
Jan 16 - Asteroid 7431 (1991 VK) Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)
Jan 17 - Galileo, Io 33 Flyby
Jan 17 - Coriolis Titan 2 Launch
Jan 17 - Comet P/2001 TU80 (LINEAR-NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (0.987 AU)
Jan 17 - Comet P/2001 Q2 (Petriew) Closest Approach To Earth (1.221 AU)
Jan 18 -[Dec 28] STARDUST, Deep Space Maneuver #2 (DSM-2)
Jan 18 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 Perihelion (3.409 AU)
Jan 18 -[Dec 29] Asteroid 134 Sophrosyne Occults TYC 2480-01151-1 (9.9 Magnitude Star)
Jan 19 -[Dec 25] Asteroid 2001 QM153 Near-Earth Flyby (0.358 AU)
Jan 19 - Asteroid 2001 YF1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.454 AU)
Jan 19 - Asteroid 1998 SV4 Closest Approach To Earth (0.773 AU)
Jan 19 - Asteroid 1998 XN2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.935 AU)
Jan 19 - Symposium: Mars on Earth: Life on Mars, Milton Keynes, England
Jan 21 - Asteroid 1794 Finsen Occults TYC 0154-02070-1 (9.9 Magnitude Star)
Jan 21 - Asteroid 3103 Eger Closest Approach To Earth (0.456 AU)
Jan 21 - Asteroid 1996 GT Closest Approach To Earth (0.608 AU)
Jan 21 - Asteroid 5590 (1990 VA) Closest Approach To Earth (0.668 AU)
Jan 21 - Asteroid 1997 NJ6 Closest Approach To Earth (0.690 AU)
Jan 21-25 - IAU Colloquium 186: Cometary Science After Hale-Bopp, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Jan 22 - Echostar 7 Atlas 3B Launch
Jan 22 - Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (0.555 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 4660 Nereus Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
Jan 23 - Asteroid 2001 OB36 Closest Approach To Earth (0.967 AU)
Jan 24 - HESSI Pegasus XL Launch
Jan 24 - Moon Occults Saturn
Jan 24 - Asteroid 2001 CC21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.208 AU)
Jan 24 -[Dec 26] Asteroid 2001 XR1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.444 AU)
Jan 25 - Venus Passes 1.3 Degrees From Neptune
Jan 25 - Comet C/2001 X1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.028 AU)
Jan 25 - Asteroid 2001 TX16 Closest Approach To Earth (0.483 AU)
Jan 26 - Moon Occults Jupiter
Jan 26 - Mercury Passes 4.4 Degrees From Venus
Jan 26 - Mercury Passes 3.2 Degrees From Neptune
Jan 26 - Asteroid 2001 AF2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.544 AU)
Jan 27 - Comet Wilson-Harrington Closest Approach To Earth (2.120 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 366 Vicentina Occults HIP 3712 (9.0 Magnitude Star)
Jan 27 -[Dec 30] Asteroid 8 Flora Occults TYC 0850-00385-1 (9.5 Magnitude Star)
Jan 27 -[Dec 25] Asteroid 2001 YT3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.278 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 1997 AQ18 Closest Approach To Earth (0.640 AU)
Jan 27 - 35th Anniversary (1967), Apollo 1 Fire
Jan 27-31 - 2002 AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, San Antonio, Texas
Jan 27-Feb 02 - Conference: Ultra High Energy Particles from Space, Aspen, Colorado
Jan 28 - Comet Spacewatch Perihelion (1.529 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 2000 AZ93 Near-Earth Flyby (0.160 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 3361 Orpheus Near-Earth Flyby (0.170 AU)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 2000 BD19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.349 AU)
Jan 29 - Comet Gehrels 3 Closest Approach To Earth (2.673 AU)
Jan 29 - Asteroid 2001 YE1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU)
Jan 31 - Comet d'Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (2.337 AU)

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