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Astronomy Calendar - 2008

Third Quarter Astronomical Events - July, August and September - 2008

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July (continued)

  • Jul 20-26 - International Symposium on Topical Problems of Nonlinear Wave Physics (NWP-2008, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
  • Jul 21 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pallene, Atlas & Pan
  • Jul 21 - Asteroid 2005 RC34 Near-Earth Flyby (0.037 AU)
  • Jul 21 - 10th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 16 Flyby
  • Jul 21 - 35th Anniversary (1973), Mars 4 Launch (Soviet Mars Mission)
  • Jul 21-25 - Cool Stars 15 Meeting, St. Andrews, Scotland
  • Jul 21-25 - MPA/ESO/MPE/USM 2008 Joint Astronomy Conference: Chemical Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies and Stellar Clusters, Garching bei Muenchen, Germany
  • Jul 22 - Comet 19P/Borrelly Perihelion (1.355 AU)
  • Jul 24 - Lecture: Cassini Mission to Saturn Highlights, Pasadena, California
  • Jul 25 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach To Earth (1.390 AU)
  • Jul 25 - Asteroid 2200 Pasadena Closest Approach To Earth (1.474 AU)
  • Jul 25 - Lecture: Cassini Mission to Saturn Highlights, Pasadena, California
  • Jul 25 - 35th Anniversary (1973), Mars 5 Launch (Soviet Mars Orbiter)
  • Jul 26 - Asteroid 5661 Hildebrand Closest Approach To Earth (2.040 AU)
  • Jul 26 - 45th Anniversary (1963), Syncom 2 Launch, 1st Geosynchronous Satellite
  • Jul 27 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #160 (OTM-160)
  • Jul 27 - Asteroid 4446 Carolyn Closest Approach To Earth (1.857 AU)
  • Jul 27 - Asteroid 18725 Atacama Closest Approach To Earth (2.016 AU)
  • Jul 27-Aug 01 - 10th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, Mackinac Island, Michigan
  • Jul 28 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pan & Prometheus
  • Jul 28 - Asteroid 2004 SB56 Near-Earth Flyby (0.064 AU)
  • Jul 28 - Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (1.858 AU)
  • Jul 28 - 35th Anniversary (1973), Skylab-3 Launch
  • Jul 28-Aug 01 - 71st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Matsue, Japan
  • Jul 28-Aug 01 - IAU Symposium 256: The Magellanic System - Stars, Gas, and Galaxies, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
  • Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
  • Jul 29 - Comet C/2007 K3 (Siding Spring) Closest Approach To Earth (1.518 AU)
  • Jul 29 - Asteroid 2004 DL1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
  • Jul 29 - Asteroid 9937 Triceratops Closest Approach To Earth (1.106 AU)
  • Jul 29-Aug 01 - 2008 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Cairns, Australia
  • Jul 30 - 70th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Carme
  • Jul 31 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
  • Jul 31 - Herschel- Planck Ariane 5 Launch
  • Jul 31 - Asteroid 3350 Scobee Closest Approach To Earth (0.840 AU)

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