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)